Sonic the Hedgehog (16-bit): Difference between revisions
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|file=Sonic 1 MD Japanese preview in SPEC July 8 1991.jpg | |||
|title=Sega Players Enjoy Club | |||
|date=July 8, 1991 | |||
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|date=June 27 - July 3, 1991 | |date=June 27 - July 3, 1991 | ||
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|description=Also features ''[[Super Mario World]] | |description=Also features ''[[Super Mario World]]'' | ||
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|file=Mega Drive Fan August 1991 cover.jpg | |||
|title=Mega Drive Fan | |||
|date=August 1991 | |||
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|description=Guide to Labyrinth and Star Light Zone | |description=Guide to Labyrinth and Star Light Zone | ||
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|file=Sonic 1 MD feature in Mega Drive Fan August 1991.pdf | |||
|title=Mega Drive Fan | |||
|date=August 1991 | |||
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|description=Guide to Marble Zone | |||
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|file=Sonic 1 MD codes and secrets in EGM issue 25.pdf | |||
|title=Electronic Gaming Monthly | |||
|date=August 1991 | |||
|country=US | |||
|description=Cheat codes and tricks | |||
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|file=Sonic 1 MD guide in Game Players Sega Guide vol 2 issue 4.pdf | |||
|title=Game Players Sega Guide! | |||
|date=August/September 1991 | |||
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|description=Guide to every stage in the game | |||
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|description=Taken from ''Beep! MegaDrive'''s July 1991 issue | |description=Taken from ''Beep! MegaDrive'''s July 1991 issue | ||
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|file=Sonic 1 MD Japanese print ad from Mega Drive Fan August 1991.pdf | |||
|title=Print ad | |||
|date=1991 | |||
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|description=Taken from ''Mega Drive Fan'''s August 1991 issue; also advertises promotional plushies distributed in Sega's claw machines | |||
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|file=Sonic 1 MD review in CVG issue 117.pdf | |||
|title=Computers & Video Games | |||
|date=August 1991 | |||
|country=UK | |||
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|file=Sonic 1 MD review in Raze issue 11.pdf | |||
|title=Raze | |||
|date=September 1991 | |||
|country=UK | |||
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|file=Sonic 1 MD Portuguese review in Acao Games issue 4.pdf | |||
|title=Ação Games | |||
|date=August 1991 | |||
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|file=Sonic 1 MD review in Zero issue 22.pdf | |||
|title=Zero | |||
|date=August 1991 | |||
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|file=Sonic 1 MD review in Sega Power issue 22.pdf | |||
|title=Sega Power | |||
|date=September 1991 | |||
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|file=Sonic 1 MD review in Megazone issue 17.pdf | |||
|title=Megazone | |||
|date=August/September 1991 | |||
|country=AU | |||
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|description=News item about Sega of America's efforts to block British wholesalers from importing and reselling American copies early | |description=News item about Sega of America's efforts to block British wholesalers from importing and reselling American copies early | ||
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|file=Sonic 1 MD poster in CVG issue 117.pdf | |||
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|date=August 1991 | |||
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|description=Poster | |||
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Revision as of 12:09, 30 May 2022
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]
Magazine covers[edit]
Features[edit]
Reader letters[edit]
Advertising[edit]
Reviews[edit]
Games-X
🇬🇧 June 27 - July 3, 1991
🇬🇧 June 27 - July 3, 1991
Frequently compares the game to Super Mario World, down to printing scores for both titles at the end
Miscellaneous[edit]
Forum posts[edit]
Usenet[edit]
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.
