14 Fan-Made Sonic Games That Succeed Where Sega Failed

14. Sonic: Before/After The Sequel

Maybe it's cheating to put two games in one spot. But we figure they're similar enough to take one spot.

Sonic: Before The Sequel and Sonic: After the Sequel, the first two of a trilogy, are two of the most popular Sonic fan games ever released. Once you've dug yourself into all that's on offer, it's not hard to understand why.

Created by designer Felipe "LakeFeperd" Daneluz, Before the Sequel positions itself as a prequel to Sonic 2 (hence "before the sequel"), and perfectly captures everything Sonic's best games have in spades. Likewise, AtS positions itself between Sonic 2 and 3.

With catchy, all-original soundtracks, classic 16-bit graphics and a perfect physics replication of the Mega Drive games, both of these games shattered expectations of Sonic fan games, and are shining diamonds that can easily rival Sega's work.

One bright point is the incredible soundtrack- the quality of which has been praised by Jun Senoue, composer of Sonic 3 and beyond.

You can download Sonic: Before The Sequel at https://sites.google.com/site/sonicbts/.

After the Sequel can be downloaded at https://sites.google.com/site/sonicbtsbooth/.