Sonic Gamebook Origins
A downloadable game for Windows
A brand-new old adventure!
- Relive the classic adventure gamebook Sonic vs. Zonik, now in full digital glory!
- Everything is recorded by the game! No more pencil and paper - enjoy the adventure without lifting a finger!
- Progress saves automatically, so come back and resume your game as you please!
- Never get lost again with the included Cheat Sheet, a detailed guide to every section in the game!
- Toggle a variety of options to customize your experience and foil Robotnik's diabolical traps!
- Features authentic Sega Genesis music to suit the mood of each location!
Save Data
Sonic vs. Zonik game data is saved to a JSON file automatically after visiting a section. Options are saved to a JSON file upon clicking the "Save Changes" button in the Options menu.
Save data is located at the following Windows path:
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\LocalLow\ThePowerPlayer\Sonic Gamebook Origins
To delete your saved progress, simply click the "Erase Save Data" button at the bottom of the Options menu, then click "Yes". Alternatively, open this path in File Explorer (replace <username> with your own username), then simply delete "SonicVsZonik.json" and/or "Options.json".
Open source!
Source code: https://github.com/ThePowerPlayer/GamebookOrigins
All images, audio and text are copyright of their respective holders. The Sonic the Hedgehog franchise is © SEGA. All music is from the Sonic the Hedgehog and Streets of Rage series, and is © SEGA. All sound effects are from the Sonic the Hedgehog series, and are © SEGA.
Sonic vs. Zonik is written by Nigel Gross and Jon Sutherland and is © SEGA. Cover illustration by Keith Ward.
This is a non-profit fan work programmed by ThePowerPlayer.
Status | Released |
Platforms | Windows |
Author | ThePowerPlayer |
Genre | Interactive Fiction, Adventure |
Tags | gamebook, sonic, sonic-the-hedgehog |
Download
Install instructions
Simply run "Sonic Gamebook Origins.exe" to get started.
To open the Cheat Sheet, either double-click on it or drag the file into your web browser of choice.
Development log
- Update 1 Released!30 days ago
Comments
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This is amazing! By sheer coincidence I found out about this when trying to find scans of the Sonic Gamebooks on the Internet Archive. I made this account just to show my appreciation for this game because it really goes above and beyond in terms of presentation and features! There's a lot of effort put into this, for something very niche but an interesting installment in the Sonic franchise. I hope you plan on including other books in the series because this is a great way to preserve them. And you should absolutely submit this for SAGE 24 so you can bring more eyes on this project and have more people be aware of the gamebooks. :)
If you ever plan on adding more books, there are scans on Internet Archive done by electricsheep82 that you could use, I'm not sure how complete they are though. There's also a complete scan of the 2nd book(Zone Rangers) you can find on the user "Retro Reading Time/Ninja Dentist" page on IA . But yeah, fantastic work!
Thank you so much! I've submitted this project to SAGE 2024, and I'm very happy that someone else is as enthusiastic about this as I am.