Ristar (Genesis): An Old Hidden Gem from Various Sonic Team Members

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Anyone ever Play Ristar for the Genesis? I just got done playing it for the first time and it was a cool little hidden gem from various Sonic Team members! And let me say, the graphics/pixel art and music is simply amazing! Also, Tomoko Sasaki composed the soundtrack, same composer who did the NiGHTS into Dreams ost!

I just love the design of the levels and the grab and throw play mechanics. A fun thing to note is well, Sonic Unleashed is a sort of psudo sequel to Ristar. All of Sonic’s Warehog segments play homage to this game!

Team members who worked on Ristar also worked on:

NiGHTS into Dreams
Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams
Sonic Adventure
Sonic R
Sonic CD
Knuckles’ Chaotix
Burning Rangers
Astal

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I played it a bit some time ago. I thought it was quite well done and quite an enjoyable game. Never beat it but I got about 2/3rds of the way through.

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The music is also very unique. I was getting NiGHTS into Dreams vibes, but it also felt so alien!