Sonic the Hedgehog (16-bit) From Videogame Morgue File
Platforms
Sega Mega Drive/Genesis (original)
Date
June 23, 1991 (official release date) June 11, 1991
🇺🇸 (unofficial)
[1] June 23, 1991
🇺🇸 (official)
June 24, 1991
🇬🇧 June 1991
🇪🇺 July 26, 1991
🇯🇵 [2] [3]
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.
History [ edit ]
Electronic Gaming Monthly 🇺🇸 September 1991
"Behind the Screens" feature on the game's development and release
Previews [ edit ]
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
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
Mega Drive Fan 🇯🇵 June 1991
Computer & Video Games 🇬🇧 June 1991
Game Players Sega Guide! 🇺🇸 June/July 1991
Sega Power 🇬🇧 July 1991
Also features part of an interview with people from Virgin (which is mostly, but not entirely, unrelated to Sonic )
Mega Drive Fan 🇯🇵 July 1991
Mega Force 🇫🇷 July/August 1991
Sega Players Enjoy Club 🇯🇵 July 8, 1991
Magazine covers [ edit ]
Electronic Gaming Monthly 🇺🇸 May 1991
Sega Visions 🇺🇸 Summer 1991
VideoGames & Computer Entertainment 🇺🇸 June 1991
Beep! MegaDrive 🇯🇵 July 1991
Mega Drive Fan 🇯🇵 July 1991
Mega Drive Fan 🇯🇵 August 1991
Computer + Video Giochi 🇮🇹 September 1991
Features [ edit ]
Sega Visions 🇺🇸 Summer 1991
Beep! MegaDrive 🇯🇵 July 1991
Also includes an interview
Mega Play 🇺🇸 July/August 1991
Cheat codes and an infinite lives trick
Beep! MegaDrive 🇯🇵 August 1991
Guide to Labyrinth and Star Light Zone
Mega Drive Fan 🇯🇵 August 1991
Guide to Marble Zone
Electronic Gaming Monthly 🇺🇸 August 1991
Cheat codes and tricks
Game Players Sega Guide! 🇺🇸 August/September 1991
Guide to every stage in the game
Beep! MegaDrive 🇯🇵 September 1991
Level select code
Mega Drive Fan 🇯🇵 September 1991
Full guide
Computer & Video Games 🇬🇧 September 1991
Level select code
Raze 🇬🇧 October 1991
Guide (including codes, tips, and more)
Consoles + 🇫🇷 September 1991
General guide, including a map of Green Hill Zone's first act
Mega Drive Fan 🇯🇵 October 1991
Level select code
Mega Drive Fan 🇯🇵 October 1991
Tips on Spring Yard Zone's boss
Mega Force 🇫🇷 September/October 1991
Comprehensive guide to the entire game
Electronic Gaming Monthly 🇺🇸 September 1991
"Code" that causes Sonic to die in attract mode & the ending
Electronic Gaming Monthly 🇺🇸 September 1991
Outline of the game's ending
Computer & Video Games 🇬🇧 October 1991
Tips for every boss
Ação Games 🇧🇷 October 1991
Guide to each zone
Electronic Gaming Monthly 🇺🇸 October 1991
Guide to the first two zones
Reader letters [ edit ]
Electronic Gaming Monthly 🇺🇸 November 1990
Pre-release letter featuring another early screenshot
Mega Drive Fan 🇯🇵 October 1991
Also includes a piece of reader fanart
Advertising [ edit ]
Print ad 🇬🇧 1991
Taken from issue 9 of Mean Machines (dated June 1991)
Print ad 🇯🇵 1991
Taken from Beep! MegaDrive' s July 1991 issue
Print ad 🇯🇵 1991
Taken from Mega Drive Fan' s August 1991 issue; also advertises promotional plushies distributed in Sega's claw machines
Reviews [ edit ]
VideoGames & Computer Entertainment 🇺🇸 June 1991
Video Games 🇩🇪 June 7, 1991
Games-X 🇬🇧 June 27 - July 3, 1991
Frequently compares the game to Super Mario World
New Computer Express 🇬🇧 June 29, 1991
Mean Machines 🇬🇧 July 1991
Mega Play 🇺🇸 July/August 1991
Panel review
Electronic Gaming Monthly 🇺🇸 July 1991
Panel review
Joystick 🇫🇷 July/August 1991
Beep! MegaDrive 🇯🇵 August 1991
Panel review
Computers & Video Games 🇬🇧 August 1991
Sega Power 🇬🇧 September 1991
Megazone 🇦🇺 August/September 1991
Computer + Video Giochi 🇮🇹 September 1991
The Games Machine 🇮🇹 September 1991
Hobby Consolas 🇪🇸 October 1991
Micromania (second period) 🇪🇸 October 1991
Miscellaneous [ edit ]
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)
GamePro 🇺🇸 June 1991
Announcement of a Sonic-related contest to win various Sonic/Sega prizes
Mean Machines 🇬🇧 July 1991
News item about Sega of America's efforts to block British wholesalers from importing and reselling American copies early
Computers & Video Games 🇬🇧 August 1991
Poster
Forum posts [ edit ] References [ edit ]
