Sonic the Hedgehog (16-bit): Difference between revisions

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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]

Mega Drive Fan
🇯🇵 August 1990

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

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-|file=Sonic 1 MD early screenshot in EGM issue 16 reader mail.jpg
-|title=Electronic Gaming Monthly
-|date=November 1990
-|country=US
-|description=Reader mail about the game, featuring another early screenshot
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 |date=May 1991
 |country=UK
+}}
+{{GalleryCard
+|file=Sonic 1 MD Japanese preview in Mega Drive Fan June 1991.pdf
+|title=Mega Drive Fan
+|date=June 1991
+|country=JP
+}}
+{{GalleryCard
+|file=Sonic 1 MD preview in CVG issue 115.pdf
+|title=Computer & Video Games
+|date=June 1991
+|country=UK
+}}
+{{GalleryCard
+|file=Sonic 1 MD preview in Game Players Sega Guide vol 2 issue 3.pdf
+|title=Game Players Sega Guide!
+|date=June/July 1991
+|country=US
+}}
+{{GalleryCard
+|file=Sonic 1 MD preview and partial interview in Sega Power issue 20.pdf
+|title=Sega Power
+|date=July 1991
+|country=UK
+|description=Also features part of an interview with people from Virgin (which is mostly, but not entirely, unrelated to ''Sonic'')
+}}
+{{GalleryCard
+|file=Sonic 1 MD Japanese preview in Mega Drive Fan July 1991.pdf
+|title=Mega Drive Fan
+|date=July 1991
+|country=JP
+}}
+{{GalleryCard
+|file=Sonic 1 MD preview in Mega Force France issue 1.pdf
+|title=Mega Force
+|date=July/August 1991
+|country=FR
+}}
+{{GalleryCard
+|file=Sonic 1 MD preview in Raze issue 10.pdf
+|title=Raze
+|date=August 1991
+|country=UK
+}}
+{{GalleryCard
+|file=Sonic 1 MD Portuguese preview in Supergame issue 1.pdf
+|title=Supergame
+|date=July 1991
+|country=BR
 }}
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 |date=May 1991
 |country=UK
+}}
+{{GalleryCard
+|file=Sega Visions issue 5 cover.jpg
+|title=Sega Visions
+|date=Summer 1991
+|country=US
+}}
+{{GalleryCard
+|file=GamePro issue 23 cover.jpg
+|title=GamePro
+|date=June 1991
+|country=US
+}}
+{{GalleryCard
+|file=VG&CE issue 29 cover.jpg
+|title=VideoGames & Computer Entertainment
+|date=June 1991
+|country=US
+}}
+{{GalleryCard
+|file=Sega Power issue 20 cover.jpg
+|title=Sega Power
+|date=July 1991
+|country=UK
+}}
+{{GalleryCard
+|file=Beep MegaDrive July 1991 cover.pdf
+|title=Beep! MegaDrive
+|date=July 1991
+|country=JP
+}}
+{{GalleryCard
+|file=Mega Drive Fan July 1991 cover.jpg
+|title=Mega Drive Fan
+|date=July 1991
+|country=JP
+}}
+{{GalleryCard
+|file=Games-X June 27 to July 3 1991 cover.jpg
+|title=Games-X
+|date=June 27 - July 3, 1991
+|country=UK
+|description=Also features ''[[Super Mario World]]
+}}
+{{GalleryCard
+|file=Supergame issue 1 cover.jpg
+|title=Supergame
+|date=July 1991
+|country=BR
+}}
+{{GalleryCard
+|file=VideoGame issue 5 cover.jpg
+|title=VideoGame
+|date=July 1991
+|country=BR
+}}
+{{GalleryEnd}}
+== Features ==
+{{GalleryStart}}
+{{GalleryCard
+|file=Sonic 1 MD feature in Sega Visions issue 5.pdf
+|title=Sega Visions
+|date=Summer 1991
+|country=US
+}}
+{{GalleryCard
+|file=Sonic 1 MD Japanese feature and interview in Beep MegaDrive July 1991.pdf
+|title=Beep! MegaDrive
+|date=July 1991
+|country=JP
+|description=Also includes an interview
+}}
+{{GalleryCard
+|file=Sonic 1 MD codes and tricks in Mega Play issue 5.pdf
+|title=Mega Play
+|date=July/August 1991
+|country=US
+|description=Cheat codes and an infinite lives trick
+}}
+{{GalleryEnd}}
+== Reader letters ==
+{{GalleryStart}}
+{{GalleryCard
+|file=Sonic 1 MD early screenshot in EGM issue 16 reader mail.jpg
+|title=Electronic Gaming Monthly
+|date=November 1990
+|country=US
+|description=Pre-release letter featuring another early screenshot
+}}
+{{GalleryEnd}}
+== Advertising ==
+{{GalleryStart}}
+{{GalleryCard
+|file=Sonic 1 MD UK print ad from Mean Machines issue 9.pdf
+|title=Print ad
+|date=1991
+|country=UK
+|description=Taken from issue 9 of ''Mean Machines'' (dated June 1991)
+}}
+{{GalleryCard
+|file=Sonic 1 MD Japanese print ad from Beep MegaDrive July 1991.pdf
+|title=Print ad
+|date=1991
+|country=JP
+|description=Taken from ''Beep! MegaDrive'''s July 1991 issue
+}}
+{{GalleryEnd}}
+== Reviews ==
+{{GalleryStart}}
+{{GalleryCard
+|file=Sonic 1 MD review in GamePro issue 23.pdf
+|title=GamePro
+|date=June 1991
+|country=US
+}}
+{{GalleryCard
+|file=Sonic 1 MD review in VG&CE issue 29.jpg
+|title=VideoGames & Computer Entertainment
+|date=June 1991
+|country=US
+}}
+{{GalleryCard
+|file=Sonic 1 MD German review in VideoGames from June 7 1991.pdf
+|title=Video Games
+|date=June 7, 1991
+|country=DE
+}}
+{{GalleryCard
+|file=Sonic 1 MD review feat. Super Mario World in Games-X issue 10.pdf
+|title=Games-X
+|date=June 27 - July 3, 1991
+|country=UK
+|description=Frequently compares the game to ''[[Super Mario World]]'', down to printing scores for both titles at the end
+}}
+{{GalleryCard
+|file=Sonic 1 MD review in New Computer Express issue 138.pdf
+|title=New Computer Express
+|date=June 29, 1991
+|country=UK
+}}
+{{GalleryCard
+|file=Sonic 1 MD review in Mean Machines issue 10.pdf
+|title=Mean Machines
+|date=July 1991
+|country=UK
+}}
+{{GalleryCard
+|file=Sonic 1 MD panel review from Mega Play issue 5.jpg
+|title=Mega Play
+|date=July/August 1991
+|country=US
+|description=Panel review
+}}
+{{GalleryCard
+|file=Sonic 1 MD French review in Player One issue 11.pdf
+|title=Player One
+|date=July/August
+|country=FR
+}}
+{{GalleryCard
+|file=Sonic 1 MD panel review in EGM issue 24.jpg
+|title=Electronic Gaming Monthly
+|date=July 1991
+|country=US
+|description=Panel review
+}}
+{{GalleryCard
+|file=Sonic 1 MD Portuguese review in VideoGame issue 5.pdf
+|title=VideoGame
+|date=July 1991
+|country=BR
 }}
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 |country=JP
 |description=Feature about Sonic as a character (featuring Dreams Come True)
+}}
+{{GalleryCard
+|file=Sonic related Sega contest in GamePro issue 23.jpg
+|title=GamePro
+|date=June 1991
+|country=US
+|description=Announcement of a Sonic-related contest to win various Sonic/Sega prizes
+}}
+{{GalleryCard
+|file=Sonic 1 MD news item about UK imports in Mean Machines issue 10.jpg
+|title=Mean Machines
+|date=July 1991
+|country=UK
+|description=News item about Sega of America's efforts to block British wholesalers from importing and reselling American copies early
 }}
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Sonic the Hedgehog (16-bit): Difference between revisions

Revision as of 07:56, 16 May 2022

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