Key points
- Game speed bound to frame rate and no frame skipping; any framedrops will slow the game down. With over 60Hz monitors cap the frame rate to 60 FPS or change monitors refresh rate to 60Hz.
General information
- Official developer site
- Sonic News Network - A massive wiki for the Sonic the Hedgehog universe
- Sonic Retro - A huge fan site for everything Sonic the Hedgehog. Mods for all the games can be found here
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Template:Availability Table
- For all digital versions, Sonic Adventure 2 Battle is available as separate DLC
Essential improvements
Bypass launcher
- By default launcher is opened before game. This is mostly unnecessary if you already have set everything up and requires mouse which makes playing with controller mess.
- This method has some problems when also using Nvidia Control Panel.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
- Chao Garden is saved to the file
SONIC2B__ALF
- Game progression is saved to numbered
SONIC2B__S##
files; one file per slot.
Video settings
External general settings.
Template:Video settings
Input settings
External control settings.
Template:Input settings
Audio settings
Template:Audio settings
Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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German |
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French |
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Italian |
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Japanese |
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Spanish |
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Network
Multiplayer types
Type |
Native |
Players |
Notes |
Local play |
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2 |
Other player can use keyboard. "Battle" DLC adds 21 battle maps to multiplayer. |
Issues unresolved
Game freezing for few seconds randomly
- For some reason game simply freezes for few seconds but it's still possible to hear music and noises. Sometimes turns screen to black.
Issues fixed
Launcher crashes when trying to start the game, No resolution options available
System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
XP, Vista, 7 |
7 |
Processor (CPU) |
Pentium 4 @ 3.2 GHz/Athlon 64 3000+ or Equivalent & above
| Intel Core 2 DUO @ 2.4 GHz/Athlon 64 X2 4200+ & above |
System memory (RAM) |
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Hard disk drive (HDD) |
3 GB space |
6 GB |
Video card (GPU) |
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 ATI RADEON HD 3650 256 of VRAM
| NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 ATI Radeon HD 4850 512 of VRAM |
Sound (audio device) |
DirectX compatible sound card | |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
References