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Sonic: Before the Sequel

Sonic Before the Sequel (abbreviated Sonic BTS) is a fan game created by LakeFeperd that is meant to explain the events that may have taken place between Sonic the Hedgehog 1 and Sonic the Hedgehog 2. In it…

5 August 2012

Sonic: Before the Sequel is an adventure developed by LakeFeperd, released 5 August 2012 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Sonic: Before the Sequel is

Sonic: Before the Sequel is an adventure game developed by LakeFeperd and released in 2012. It was published by Sonic Retro. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Sonic Worlds.

The premise, in the publisher's words

After the events of Sonic 1, Sonic releases the Chaos Emeralds and is teleported to Hilltop Heights Zone. There, he catches sight of the nearly completed Death Egg and speeds off to stop it's impending launch. Later on after duking it out with Eggman, he heads off into Star Shore Zone. There, Tails is looking awkwardly at a Motobug that seems to be asleep, and he tries to touch it, and it awakes, and just as it is about to attack Tails, Sonic comes out of nowhere, destroys the badnik, and hurries off. Tails, amazed at the sight, sets out to follow the blue bur.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Sonic: Before the Sequel launched on 5 August 2012, within three weeks of Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Sleeping Dogs and Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition.

Released around the same time: Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Sleeping Dogs, Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition.

Official trailer

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When did Sonic: Before the Sequel come out?
Sonic: Before the Sequel was released on 5 August 2012 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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