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[edit]

Sonic 1 MD preview in Mega Drive Fan August 1990.png

Mega Drive Fan
🇯🇵 August 1990

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

Sonic 1 MD preview in EGM issue 13.jpg

Electronic Gaming Monthly
🇺🇸 August 1990

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

Electronic Gaming Monthly
🇺🇸 August 1990

Blurb

Sonic 1 MD preview in EGM issue 14.png

Electronic Gaming Monthly
🇺🇸 September 1990

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

Sonic 1 MD preview in Generation 4 issue 30.png

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

Sonic 1 MD preview in ACE issue 43.png

ACE
🇬🇧 April 1991

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

Sonic 1 MD Japanese preview in Beep MegaDrive April 1991.png

Beep! MegaDrive
🇯🇵 April 1991

Sonic 1 MD Japanese preview in Mega Drive Fan April 1991.png

Mega Drive Fan
🇯🇵 April 1991

Sonic 1 MD preview in Sega Visions issue 4.pdf

Sega Visions
🇺🇸 April/May 1991

Sonic 1 MD preview blurb in EGM issue 21.jpg

Electronic Gaming Monthly
🇺🇸 April 1991

Blurb

Sonic 1 MD preview in Game Players issue 22.png

Game Players
🇺🇸 April 1991

Sonic 1 MD preview in GamePro issue 21.pdf

GamePro
🇺🇸 April 1991

Originally printed on non-consecutive pages

Sega CES 1991 coverage from Sega Power issue 18.jpg

Sega Power
🇬🇧 May 1991

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

Sonic 1 MD preview in Mega Drive Fan May 1991.jpg

Mega Drive Fan
🇯🇵 May 1991

Sonic 1 MD preview in Raze issue 8 edited.jpg

Raze
🇬🇧 June 1991

Edited together from two consecutive pages for readability

Sonic 1 MD preview in EGM issue 22.pdf

Electronic Gaming Monthly
🇺🇸 May 1991

Sonic 1 MD preview in Mean Machines issue 8.pdf

Mean Machines
🇬🇧 May 1991

Sonic 1 MD Japanese preview in Mega Drive Fan June 1991.pdf

Mega Drive Fan
🇯🇵 June 1991

Sonic 1 MD preview in CVG issue 115.pdf

Computer & Video Games
🇬🇧 June 1991

Sonic 1 MD preview in Game Players Sega Guide vol 2 issue 3.pdf

Game Players Sega Guide!
🇺🇸 June/July 1991

Sonic 1 MD preview and partial interview in Sega Power issue 20.pdf

Sega Power
🇬🇧 July 1991

Also features part of an interview with people from Virgin (which is mostly, but not entirely, unrelated to Sonic)

Sonic 1 MD Japanese preview in Mega Drive Fan July 1991.pdf

Mega Drive Fan
🇯🇵 July 1991

Sonic 1 MD preview in Mega Force France issue 1.pdf

Mega Force
🇫🇷 July/August 1991

Sonic 1 MD preview in Raze issue 10.pdf

Raze
🇬🇧 August 1991

Sonic 1 MD Portuguese preview in Supergame issue 1.pdf

Supergame
🇧🇷 July 1991

Magazine covers[edit]

EGM issue 22 cover.jpg

Electronic Gaming Monthly
🇺🇸 May 1991

Mean Machines issue 8 cover.jpg

Mean Machines
🇬🇧 May 1991

Sega Visions issue 5 cover.jpg

Sega Visions
🇺🇸 Summer 1991

GamePro issue 23 cover.jpg

GamePro
🇺🇸 June 1991

VG&CE issue 29 cover.jpg

VideoGames & Computer Entertainment
🇺🇸 June 1991

Sega Power issue 20 cover.jpg

Sega Power
🇬🇧 July 1991

Beep MegaDrive July 1991 cover.pdf

Beep! MegaDrive
🇯🇵 July 1991

Mega Drive Fan July 1991 cover.jpg

Mega Drive Fan
🇯🇵 July 1991

Games-X June 27 to July 3 1991 cover.jpg

Games-X
🇬🇧 June 27 - July 3, 1991

Also features Super Mario World

Supergame issue 1 cover.jpg

Supergame
🇧🇷 July 1991

VideoGame issue 5 cover.jpg

VideoGame
🇧🇷 July 1991

Features[edit]

Sonic 1 MD feature in Sega Visions issue 5.pdf

Sega Visions
🇺🇸 Summer 1991

Sonic 1 MD Japanese feature and interview in Beep MegaDrive July 1991.pdf

Beep! MegaDrive
🇯🇵 July 1991

Also includes an interview

Sonic 1 MD codes and tricks in Mega Play issue 5.pdf

Mega Play
🇺🇸 July/August 1991

Cheat codes and an infinite lives trick

Reader letters[edit]

Sonic 1 MD early screenshot in EGM issue 16 reader mail.jpg

Electronic Gaming Monthly
🇺🇸 November 1990

Pre-release letter featuring another early screenshot

Advertising[edit]

Sonic 1 MD UK print ad from Mean Machines issue 9.pdf

Print ad
🇬🇧 1991

Taken from issue 9 of Mean Machines (dated June 1991)

Sonic 1 MD Japanese print ad from Beep MegaDrive July 1991.pdf

Print ad
🇯🇵 1991

Taken from Beep! MegaDrive's July 1991 issue

Reviews[edit]

Sonic 1 MD review in GamePro issue 23.pdf

GamePro
🇺🇸 June 1991

Sonic 1 MD review in VG&CE issue 29.jpg

VideoGames & Computer Entertainment
🇺🇸 June 1991

Sonic 1 MD German review in VideoGames from June 7 1991.pdf

Video Games
🇩🇪 June 7, 1991

Sonic 1 MD review feat. Super Mario World in Games-X issue 10.pdf

Games-X
🇬🇧 June 27 - July 3, 1991

Frequently compares the game to Super Mario World, down to printing scores for both titles at the end

Sonic 1 MD review in New Computer Express issue 138.pdf

New Computer Express
🇬🇧 June 29, 1991

Sonic 1 MD review in Mean Machines issue 10.pdf

Mean Machines
🇬🇧 July 1991

Sonic 1 MD panel review from Mega Play issue 5.jpg

Mega Play
🇺🇸 July/August 1991

Panel review

Sonic 1 MD French review in Player One issue 11.pdf

Player One
🇫🇷 July/August

Electronic Gaming Monthly
🇺🇸 July 1991

Panel review

Sonic 1 MD Portuguese review in VideoGame issue 5.pdf

VideoGame
🇧🇷 July 1991

Miscellaneous[edit]

Sonic 1 MD Japanese feature about the soundtrack and Dreams Come True in SPEC issue 7.pdf

Sega Players Enjoy Club
🇯🇵 November 1990

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

Sonic 1 MD Japanese feature including Dreams Come True from SPEC issue 7.pdf

Sega Players Enjoy Club
🇯🇵 November 1990

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

Sonic related Sega contest in GamePro issue 23.jpg

GamePro
🇺🇸 June 1991

Announcement of a Sonic-related contest to win various Sonic/Sega prizes

Sonic 1 MD news item about UK imports in Mean Machines issue 10.jpg

Mean Machines
🇬🇧 July 1991

News item about Sega of America's efforts to block British wholesalers from importing and reselling American copies early

Forum posts[edit]

Usenet[edit]

"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[edit]

↑ 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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