Sonic the Hedgehog (16-bit)

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Sonic the Hedgehog is a 1991 platform game released by Sega in June 1991. The first installment in the series of the same name, it would prove to be a massive success in the West, bolstering sales of the Mega Drive (Genesis in North America) and establishing it as a serious rival to the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

Previews

Mega Drive Fan
🇯🇵 August 1990

Part of the magazine's coverage of the 1990 Tokyo Toy Show

Electronic Gaming Monthly
🇺🇸 August 1990

Part of the magazine's coverage of the 1990 Tokyo Toy Show

Electronic Gaming Monthly
🇺🇸 August 1990

Blurb

Electronic Gaming Monthly
🇺🇸 September 1990

Part of the magazine's coverage of the 1990 Tokyo Toy Show

Electronic Gaming Monthly
🇺🇸 November 1990

Reader mail about the game, featuring another early screenshot

Génération 4
🇫🇷 February 1991

Mean Machines
🇬🇧 February 1991

Blurb regarding the game's appearance at the 1991 Winter Consumer Electronic Show

Computer & Video Games
🇬🇧 March 1991

Part of the magazine's coverage of the 1991 Winter Consumer Electronic Show

ACE
🇬🇧 April 1991

Part of the magazine's coverage of the 1991 Winter Consumer Electronic Show

Beep! MegaDrive
🇯🇵 April 1991

Mega Drive Fan
🇯🇵 April 1991

Sega Visions
🇺🇸 April/May 1991

Electronic Gaming Monthly
🇺🇸 April 1991

Blurb

Game Players
🇺🇸 April 1991

GamePro
🇺🇸 April 1991

Originally printed on non-consecutive pages

Sega Power
🇬🇧 May 1991

Coverage of Sega's presence at the 1991 Consumer Electronic Show, including various other games

Mega Drive Fan
🇯🇵 May 1991

Raze
🇬🇧 June 1991

Edited together from two consecutive pages for readability

Electronic Gaming Monthly
🇺🇸 May 1991

Mean Machines
🇬🇧 May 1991

Magazine covers

Electronic Gaming Monthly
🇺🇸 May 1991

Mean Machines
🇬🇧 May 1991

Miscellaneous

Sega Players Enjoy Club
🇯🇵 November 1990

Feature about Dreams Come True & their involvement with the game's soundtrack

Sega Players Enjoy Club
🇯🇵 November 1990

Feature about Sonic as a character (featuring Dreams Come True)

Forum posts

Usenet

"Sonic 'Hog News Wanted" (a user solicits opinions on the game, with details indicating some people had received it prior to the official American release date; June 12, 1991)

References

↑ This Usenet thread, dated June 12, 1991, mentions that some people in the USA had managed to obtain and play a copy of the game as early as the previous day.
↑ Sega of Japan mentions this date on two separate web pages: their game history and their page for the game's Wii Virtual Console release.

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