The cancellation of X-treme is widely considered a large reason for the Saturn's commercial failure outside Japan (Sonic wasn't as popular in his home country at the time, so the lack of a 3D Sonic game wasn't a big concern there).Ī disc containing an early Saturn tech demo was discovered in 2005 and released to the public on July 17, 2007. Sonic X-treme was intended to be the first 3D Sonic game (it would've preceded Sonic Adventure by two years), developed from concepts stretching back to the Genesis era, but ran into a myriad of development problems that culminated in its cancellation in August 1996 the Saturn port of Sonic 3D Blast was released in its place.
This game was never completed and/or given a public release.Īs a result of this, keep in mind that the developers might have used or deleted some of the content featured here, had the game actually been released.