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Sonic Adventure

Developer: Sonic Team · Published by Sega · 1998
Sonic's first 3D outing, and a Dreamcast showcase.
Platformer3DSpeedSonic
5.0
Masterpiece
POCG VERDICT
A challenging, gorgeous, replay-packed Dreamcast showcase.
Sonic's first 3D outing is a gorgeous, challenging Dreamcast showcase with huge replayability via its A-rank time missions. A camera and the odd glitch aside, a masterpiece.
About This Game

Sonic Adventure is Sonic Team's 1998 3D platformer for the Sega Dreamcast, the first fully 3D mainline Sonic game. It mixes high-speed stages across multiple characters with hub-world exploration and time- and ring-based ranking missions. A Dreamcast launch showcase, it later saw a DX re-release.

POCG ReviewOriginal: September 9, 1999 · Restored: June 5, 2026
5.0
Masterpiece
Review Verdict
Sonic Adventure
Sonic's first 3D outing is a gorgeous, challenging Dreamcast showcase with huge replayability via its A-rank time missions. A camera and the odd glitch aside, a masterpiece.
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Original Hardware
A Sega Dreamcast and the GD-ROM.
Modern Re-release
Re-released as Sonic Adventure DX on GameCube and PC, and later digitally on Xbox 360, PS3 and Steam.