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Sonic Spinball is one of those few times a company got it right. Well, at least as far as what the character was suited for. Sonic the Hedgehog can turn into a ball to speed through levels. Taking that idea and going the pinball route makes sense. Another time Sega got it right was Sonic […]
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Sonic Spinball Takes Sega Mascot into Popular Arcade Machine – November 23rd, 1993 – Today in Video Game History
November 22nd, 2020 
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Amstrad GX-4000 Sees Fan Porting Sonic the Hedgehog
November 1st, 2019 Carl Williams When Sega released Sonic the Hedgehog it was one of those moments in gaming that everything had to be right. Luckily it was. Sony would go through a similar situation later with Crash Bandicoot but that is another article for another day. Sega went on an all-out push for Sonic and it paid off in […]
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Sonic CD Joins Sega Forever on Mobile
February 3rd, 2018 Carl Williams Sega is pushing their retro games with this Sega Forever project over on mobile platforms. On one hand it is awesome because you can play the full game with intermittent advertising pop up (free to play basically) or you can pay a one-time fee to remove the ads. On the other, it is kind of […]
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Sonic 3D Blast Director’s Cut Released by Original Creator
January 30th, 2018 Carl Williams Sega was nothing if not prolific with Sonic based games on their Genesis console. While that certainly changed on Saturn and Dreamcast, we still have the 16-bit platform that pushed Sonic into new genres like how Nintendo worked Mario in the 8-bit days. Sonic 3D Blast Director’s Cut is just that, literally the Director’s Cut […]
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A Retro Gamer’s 12 Days Of Christmas: The Fifth Day, Sonic CD
December 16th, 2017 Brandon Weicks On the fifth day of Christmas my true love sent to me, five golden rings. Believe it or not, the fifth day topic was hard to decide upon. While I am not the biggest fan of Tolkien’s books or the movies based on them, there are several good Lord of the Rings games that span […]
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Sonic 2 HD Fan Made Remake Playable Demo Released
October 2nd, 2017 Neil Reive Sonic 2 is one of the best games to grace Sega’s classic 16-bit Genesis / Mega Drive gaming machine, so it is no wonder that fans have been wanting to revisit the game. It was back in 2014 when we first covered the Sonic 2 HD project, and it is just recently that a playable […]
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Super Mario Run Android Running Game Review, Meets Sonic the Hedgehog
March 26th, 2017 Carl Williams Android owners have often complained that they don’t get the “big name” releases like iPhone does. Well, while that is often true, the truer statement is that iPhone gets those big-name releases first. Super Mario Run is no exception. iPhone gamers have been playing this game since December. Android users just got it a few […]
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Sonic 2 Sega Master System Fan Remaster Hands On
December 6th, 2016 Carl Williams Sega released the original Sonic 2 on the Sega Master System back in 1992–24 years ago. That is quite a while ago. Fans have seemingly clamored for more 2D Sonic the Hedgehog games over the years that followed. For short periods it seemed as if Sega was going to listen to fans and give them […]
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Build-A-Bear Workshop Welcomes Sonic the Hedgehog and Friend
December 6th, 2016 Carl Williams Build-A-Bear Workshop welcomes the Sonic the Hedgehog, and friend, to the popular toy making service.
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Sonic the Hedgehog 25th Anniversary Art Book Available for Pre-Order
December 6th, 2016 Neil Reive Sonic (the hedgehog) is arguably Sega’s most famous creation, with the games series spanning two decades, numerous games, and various releases on consoles. The blue spiky mammal recently celebrated his 25th birthday, having first appeared on the Sega Genesis in August 23, 1991 in the self titled 16-bit platform game. As part of the 25th […]
