Retrospective reviewers generally had little praise for Sonic Blast and have deemed it one of the series' worst games. Despite their similar titles and coinciding releases, Sonic Blast and Sonic 3D Blast have little in common. It was the final Sonic the Hedgehog game for the system, and has been rereleased on the Master System (1997), through three Sonic-themed compilations (2003, 2004, and 2023), and the Nintendo 3DS's Virtual Console (2012). In separate bonus stages, the player must run forward and collect rings to earn one of the Chaos Emerald shards. As a Sonic the Hedgehog series platformer, the characters run and jump to reach the end of a level while defeating enemy robots and collecting rings. To stop Doctor Robotnik from using Chaos Emerald shards to fortify his base, the player controls Sonic the Hedgehog and Knuckles the Echidna through 15 levels.
Sonic Blast is a 1996 side-scrolling platform video game known for its use of pre-rendered visuals.
