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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 
Carl Williams 
Posted in Genesis, News, Sega 
Tags: arcade, pinball, Sonic Spinball, sonic the hedgehog 
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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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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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Posted in Console, Reviews, Sega Tags: 12 days of christmas, lord of the rings, sega cd, Sonic CD, sonic the hedgehog, WWF King of the Ring No Comments »
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 […]
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Retro Games are Making a Comeback
November 29th, 2016 Carl Williams No matter how many unique weapons, complex objectives, intricate storylines, or virtual acres of free-roaming space are available in these new-fangled state-of-the-art console epics, sometimes you just need to take it back to the simplicity of old-school games.
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Posted in Comp, Console, NEC, News, Nintendo, Portables, Sega, Sony, Xbox Tags: Assassin's Creed, gameboy, nintendo, Pokemon Go, retro, retro gaming, retrogaming, sega, sonic the hedgehog, streets of rage, The Witcher No Comments »
Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine Expands the Sonic Universe – November 26th, 1993 – Today in Video Game History
November 26th, 2016 Carl Williams Sega expanded the Sonic the Hedgehog universe with Dr Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine on the Sega Genesis. Puyo Puyo fans will instantly be at home here.
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Fans Release Green Hill Paradise Act 2 Starring Sonic the Hedgehog
September 12th, 2016 Carl Williams Sega is a unique company. Rather than being like Nintendo and going after the fans that create games using Sega characters, Sega works with a lot of them. Weird. Anyhow, some fans have released the latest trailer for a 3D Sonic the Hedgehog game- Green Hill Paradise Act 2. This is amazing and it is […]
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Oddballs in Gaming: Sonic Heroes
August 5th, 2016 Dash The Bomber What goes up must come down, yet my feet don’t touch the ground! Seeing the world spinning upside down a mighty crash without a sound! These are the words that resonate in the mind of those players who loved Sonic Heroes for its amazing soundtrack. Sonic Heroes was the sequel to the amazingly corny, but […]
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Swabby Homebrew Independent Sega Game Gear Shooter Released
June 17th, 2016 Carl Williams Scrolling shooters. You are probably tired of me bringing up that the heyday of this genre being long gone. That is fine. It seems to be working. We are seeing more scrolling shooting games pop up from the independent developer world. That makes me happy. I mean, I still for the most part suck at […]
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