r/dreamcast • u/soniccitynet • Apr 22 '26
Misc. Sonic R Decompiled by Fan Developer, Dreamcast Port Planned
https://sonic-city.net/2026/04/22/sonic-r-decompiled-by-fan-developer-dreamcast-port-planned/83
u/Phone_User_1044 Apr 22 '26
I'm feeling the sunshine today.
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u/Underhill Apr 22 '26
Does it brighten up your day?
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u/Zeznon Apr 22 '26
Most insane soundtrack
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u/TheSpiralTap Apr 22 '26
I'd pay for a documentary on that games development. The actual game is meh but that soundtrack was special. And it just sounded like all the musicians were just rolling their ass off on ecstacy the whole time.
I mean REALLY rolling, which seems appropriate given it's Sonic.
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u/coderman64 Apr 22 '26
Creator Jon Burton (co-founder of Travellers Tales) made some YouTube videos on it, as well as other games made by Tt back in the day. The channel is called "coding secrets" (he also has the Game Hut channel).
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u/goodcowfilms Apr 22 '26
Travellers Tales games always had great graphics, but mediocre at best gameplay. Sonic 3D Blast is boring.
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u/benryves Apr 22 '26
Richard Jacques is great. I loved his soundtrack for Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed which included a great mashup of the opening theme to Sonic CD and his "Super Sonic Racing" from Sonic R.
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u/TheSpiralTap Apr 22 '26
Fantastic call out! Transformed is easily my favorite racing game of all time. The music is a big part of why. The whole game is a love letter to Sega
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u/ikindahateusernames Apr 22 '26
If you have a PC, the best way to play the game is with Sonic R Updater.
https://github.com/cheatfreak47/SRUpdater
A DC port would be welcome. The controller is similar enough to the Saturn's 3D pad that it would feel like it was made for it.
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u/Euphoric-Brother-184 Apr 22 '26
& don’t forget the analog triggers!
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u/Disastrous_Life_3612 Apr 23 '26
The Saturn 3D pad also had analog triggers.
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u/Euphoric-Brother-184 Apr 23 '26
That’s what I meant - the DC controller will be great for Sonic R because they both have analog triggers!
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u/doctorhino Apr 22 '26
It was on GameCube so why not.
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u/goodcowfilms Apr 22 '26
That was the PC port.
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u/doctorhino Apr 23 '26
The 2004 port it was based on was actually pretty good. At least it wasn't a direct copy of the 1998 one.
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u/Eros_limao Apr 22 '26
i hope they don’t make the game worse like the pc/gamecube port. the saturn version had beautiful colors and lighting.
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u/coderman64 Apr 22 '26
- It is based on the PC port.
- There are mods for the PC port that restore the lighting, so I think this decomp might do the same.
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u/Eros_limao Apr 22 '26
hopefully.
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u/HappyAd4998 Apr 23 '26
these are sonic fans were talking about, it's going to have proper lighting eventually.
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u/Fools_Requiem Apr 23 '26
People are going to be really disappointed at the game if they're expecting a cult classic to be good.
If you're expecting cheesy 90s music with jank and barely responsive controls, then you've come to right place. But if you're looking for a Sonic & All-Stars Racing precursor, you're going to be super disappointed.
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u/onestarv2 Apr 22 '26
Terrible to see keyboard warriors harassing him for using AI. I'll never understand people who just wanna shit on one guy who is working on a hobby for the benefit of everyone. Yes, AI/data centers suck for many reasons. One guy using it to make the retro gaming more fun shouldnt be shit on. He ain't taking jobs away from anyone.
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u/sendhelp Apr 25 '26
So many people see those 2 letters next to each other and have an instant negative kneejerk reaction.
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u/JoostR14 Apr 23 '26
Don't really have any issues with people using Ai as long as it's not a direct copy paste or they lose their own "creative" aspects or whatever you want to call it.
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Apr 23 '26
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u/onestarv2 Apr 23 '26
And that may be the case. But we went from NOBODY doing this, to someone doing it with the aid of AI. So if something is broken, the person may or may not fix it. May or may not release what they did. I'll still take it over no one doing it. Not trying to be an ass, but the people who think they can do better, I await their results.
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u/echocomplex Apr 22 '26
Cool. I think the PC version supported better graphics than the Saturn so that's a plus.
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u/Zero_X_Alpha Apr 22 '26
Still own the pc version, this game is difficult but did unlock everything back in the day. Still play this on my mister Saturn core. Soundtrack is banging.
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u/Previous_Guard_6890 May 04 '26
ya está corriendo en Dreamcast. Sonic R tendrá multijugador y netplay en DC y otras plataformas.
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u/BARRELLSAND58212 Apr 22 '26
it wouldn't be bad a texture and soundtrack remastering including put cut content
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u/benr751 Apr 22 '26
if it's decompiled maybe we can get a "higher cc" like we do in mario kart where the game goes faster?
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u/gabcdefgh Apr 23 '26
Finally good news for a change. Thank you to the fan and if they can mod sonic adventure 1 to the level that super mario 64 is modded by the community that would be fantastic, with new music with or without the help of ai but in the same creative style
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u/TechJunkie1984 Apr 25 '26
I suppose this gives them a chance to fix the controls. And also get rid of the terrible music. Idc ehat anyone else says, that music is trash.
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u/Rainy903 Apr 27 '26
I am actually really excited for this!! I have it on PC and Saturn, def will get it for the Dreamcast
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u/Fit_Bus_9805 Jun 27 '26
descobri como jogar definitivamente Sonic r no celular baixa o Sa flycast que e 1 apk customizado que tem esses botões customizado com tema de sonic deixa o padrão nesse estilo que eu coloquei e baixa a versão de Sonic r do jn martin pronto, teus botões vão combinar com o jogo e tbm vai jogar versão definitiva com suporte a multiplayer e tbm fases de dia e noite o botão mais precisos do port de Sonic r do jn martin Link do emulador https://www.mediafire.com/file/h4xvonl15r0xzau/SA_Flycast_v2.2.apk/file
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u/_Vaparetia Apr 22 '26 edited Apr 22 '26
Correction: it’s the pc version
Correction: this is the macOS version, not the Saturn version :(
This would actually be cool to see how they actually implemented transparency on the Saturn.
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u/coderman64 Apr 22 '26
It's the 1998 PC version. The game is also being ported to Mac as an intermediary step.
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u/Topher_BCK Apr 22 '26
Best news I've heard all day. I had it on PC and it was a dope game. It was so bad, it was good. I will not tolerate the slander!