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A Look Back at Sonic the Hedgehog

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the cruising-for-some-rings dept.

SonicHero writes "Part of its Essential 50 series, 1UP has posted a very interesting look back at Sonic the Hedgehog. It discusses how the character came about, how Sega marketed him, and how Sonic ultimately changed the course of the 16-bit platform wars."

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  1. Never my cup of tea. by Lord+Graga · · Score: 4, Insightful

    All the times I've played Sonic it's been like... Hold down right and press jump on the right times, correct any silly little errors that I might make, and win the level. It's nothing fancy :P

  2. Forgive this somewhat offtopic point, but.. by u-238 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Why has the popular percetpion of the "Gamer" been composed of bratty MTV esque focus group, as seen in this 1up sight, and on the G4 TechTV channel?

    For example

  3. Re:What they don't mention by jest3r · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Unfortunately Sonic didn't have the staying power that Mario had / has. Sonic sucked after Sonic 2 and the Genesis ... Mario was / is alive and kicking on almost every Nintendo system to date.

  4. I know I'm in a minority... by Weirdofreak · · Score: 3, Insightful

    But I'm not a fan of the early Sonic games. Maybe you don't get the same experience from playing the Mega Collection disk on your 'Cube, but I played each for about ten minutes before getting bored. It's just so repetitive. Run to the right, don't get hurt. That doesn't apply to Sonic 3D, but I don't like that either. The same goes for the early Mario games as well. Super Mario World is often thought to be a simply amazing game, but after a few days with the ROM I got bored.

    It's like that with any 'mindless' game. I don't know why I can't them for long. Maybe I just don't feel like I'm progressing. Maybe I just suck too much and am too lazy to keep playing until I improve. I dunno. There's no doubt they're good games - but they just aren't my style. Everybody else seems to love them, I hate 'em.

  5. Great game by Stevyn · · Score: 4, Insightful

    When I was a kid, I spent many hours paying sonic 2. Now I can play it through emulations on my computer or xbox. It's the perfect example how a good game doesn't depend on great graphics or an internet connection, but just a good idea.

  6. More thoughts by Syncdata · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Poverty is not in and of itself a virtue.
    Wealth is not in and of itself a vice.
    Envy is in every way a vice (or worse).

    Some people have parents that can afford ponies.
    Some parents, like my own, can't.

    Some people, such as myself, have loving families.
    Some people don't.

    Life is a mixed bag, and bitching about it just cheapens yourself, and causes you to overlook the good bits.

    --
    "Inattention makes clowns of us all" -Bean