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A Look Back at Sonic the Hedgehog
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."
But all I saw was a blue blur.
A cute little hedgehog is more marketable than a short fat plumber who plays with mushrooms.
My favorite had to be the Sega CD game...and it had a kickass soundtrack!
You're all bastards!
Everyone knows that Sonic was stolen. Shlomo the Hedgehog, know THERE was a 16 bit hero! Y'know... his epic battle with Rabbi Rabotnik, Dradles, his sidekick... Does no one remember?
and we all had a sister or cousin who thought green hill was hard..
I like muppets.
Anyone else think of this Penny Arcade strip?
My religion forbids the use of sigs.
On the same topic, Lost Levels had an interesting article awhile back on Sonic X-treme, the would-be flagship game for the Saturn and how it went through development hell and eventually ended up being scrapped. You can read about it here
The Braying and Neighing of Barnyard Animals Follows.
.. on me at least.
As someone who was a SNES owner and longtime Nintendo fan, I remember feeling jealous of the Genesis after reading some gaming magazines which showcased Sonic/Genesis as a faster and cooler system. It is true that at one point the Genesis became the more desirable console to own, largely due to Sonic. The pure speed of Sonic appealed to me as a new angle for side-scrollers.
What this article didn't touch on was how Nintendo's SNES eventually won in the end (due to its much more extensive 3rd party library and probably a few other things). I did not regret going with the SNES after DKC. Zelda (Link to the Past), Super Metroid, etc.
As much as I love Sonic, I can't stand what they keep doing to him.
My gf and I both own Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut and Sonic Heros (game cube games). While the games are both fun, the image that Sonic and friends give off is excessively Tacky. Tacky in a really annoying matter (ie: they have dumb sayings like "Lets Blast off with sonic speed! Alright! OK!")
And have you seen the sonic cartoon currently playing on The WB ? Those characters are beyond goofy and dumb. When I was a kind (10 years ago?), There used to be a really nice sonic cartoon on Saturday mornings (ABC broadcasted), and it had a much more serious look and feel (animation wise).
Sega & Sonic Team: Stop screwing up Sonic and licensing it to all the wrong people
Sunny Dubey
NO spellcheck of any kind was used, deal with it.
Not mention eventually inspiring the name for a crucial signaling pathway, one imperative for the normal development and patterning of numerous human organs.
Reading articles like this really upset me. Sega is (or was) a brilliant company. For years I was amazed by the risks that Sega would take to release some really brilliant games. While everyone else (i.e. Sony and Nintendo) were releasing the same old first-person shooters and guaranteed sellers, Sega was taking real risks with trying new types of games. Some of my favorite Dreamcast examples are
- Samba De Amigo
- Jet Grind Radio
- Seaman
- Typing of the Dead
- Space Channel 5
- Chu Chu Rocket
- Ooga Booga
I'm sure there are some I'm forgeting.The Sega Dreamcast was an absolutely great console. The games for it were bizarre, but brilliant and amazingly fun. Their biggest mistake(s) was not basing it on DVD and of course their partnering with MS. The death of the Dreamcast marked a severe turning point in my thinking. It was when Sega announced the death of the Dreamcast that I truly became a hater of MS and it marked the end of me being an enthusiastic gamer. Forget the XBox and the PS2, when I want to play some fun games I still turn on my Dreamcast
As a side note I would have loved to be in the room during the meeting when the idea for Samba De Amigo was pitched
OS X, Linux, Tivo, Amiga, my fascination with cult-like technologies would intrigue any psychiatrist.