▲
1
▼
According to former SEGA employee Steven Frost, the reason why the game was panned by critics was because of "over-ambition" from the development team at SEGA:
"The biggest mistake in Boom was trying to cram too much into the game... Not only were we trying to make just a really good Sonic game, we were trying to add more to it. We overextended our grasp in some ways. We're trying to add in a bungee mechanic, and we're adding combat, and we're adding puzzles, vehicles, hopefully a more compelling story and a bunch of different environments. And it's just a lot, you know? If there's any lesson for me, it's that being too ambitious can be bad."
▲
1
▼
▲
1
▼
There is an early version of a cutscene still present on the disk, showing Sonic using a crystal shard.
▲
1
▼
Within the game's data are two unused voice clips of Amy saying "You go girl!" and "Way to go Perci". This may suggest that Perci was intended to be playable at one point during development.
▲
1
▼
At release a glitch could be exploited to give Knuckles infinite jumps in midair, allowing the game to be finished in less than an hour. This glitch was fixed in the January 2015 update.
▲
1
▼
According to an interview with Bob Rafei, CEO of Big Red Button Entertainment, the idea for the Enerbeam Tether came from Knuckles' Chaotix.
Related Games
Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal
Sonic Generations
Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing
Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Sonic CD
Sega Smash Pack Volume 1
Sonic Gems Collection
Sonic Drift 2
Sonic Forces: Speed Battle
Sonic the Hedgehog Chaos
LEGO Dimensions
Sonic Dash
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection
Sonic Classic Collection
Sonic Lost World
Sonic X
Sonic Adventure 2: Battle
Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I
Sonic Mars
Shadow the Hedgehog
Sonic R
Sonic Skateboard
Team Sonic Racing
Sonic Origins Plus
Tails and the Music Maker
Sonic Underground
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games
Sega Genesis Classics
Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity
Sonic Mania
Shadow Basketball
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic Dream Team
Sonic Unleashed
Sega Top Ten
Sonic Frontiers
Sonic Forces
Sonic the Hedgehog Pocket Adventure
Sonic Advance
Sonic the Fighters
Sonic Superstars
Sonic Lost World
Sonic X-treme
Sonic XS
Sonic Labyrinth