Sonic Retro

34 years ago today, in the hallowed halls of Electronics Boutique, the first known copies of Sonic the Hedgehog were sold in Palo Alto and Cupertino, California. Over the coming days, it would pop up in cities coast to coast. He wasn’t the most famous hedgehog in the world yet, but oh boy, would he…

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Introducing our newest collection: The Craig Stitt art and design papers!

Craig Stitt was an artist and designer for Sega and Insomniac, working on games like Sonic 2, Spyro the Dragon, and Ratchet & Clank.

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I wonder just how fresh those cookies were...

Maybe Sonic is having trouble learning to rumble

OG 25 Release + SEGA Mac's saved data! Today we're releasing a catchup release. This contains a mix of new, donated builds and some reuploads for lost content we've found over the past few months. A huge thank you goes to all who donated!...

Also in the release are some early builds of the 2011 build of Sonic CD for iOS. Check out the announcement over at Obscure Gamers, and as always, you can see people chat about the discoveries on the Retro forum. www.obscuregamers.com/threads/og-2...

...and the model of the Master Emerald inside the Death Egg Mk. II. Woah!

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Also hiding out in that build? A 3D Model of Knuckles the Echidna...

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YouTube video by Nuclear [NUKELEDGE] Sonic 4 Episode 2 (Beta 2, 01/27/2012) - To Be Continued Scene

The folks over at Obscure Gamers released a plethora of Sega-related development material recovered from a Macintosh workstation. Included in that material? Some early builds of Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II. Which has an ending cutscene we've never seen before...

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ソニックチャンネル ソニック公式ポータルサイト「ソニックチャンネル」へようこそ！

Sonic Channel, the official Sega of Japan Sonic site, is now 20 years old. To celebrate, they've completely revamped the design, added some new character profiles, and...

...there's a timeline...

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A release 17 years in the making.

You ever just lay awake in the middle of the night wishing you were grinding on a rail in your best set of SOAP shoes

There's also a manual you can take a peak at. You can read about King Boom Boo being an item. Or how you can just drive a monster truck. Omochao? He's been demoted to an item as well. Sorry, Team Sonic Racing fans. manual.sega.jp/sonicracingc...

If you don't have a PS5, no harm in clicking the above link anyway. It's got screenshots! Character art! Woah, Sage is playable! So is Zazz. Maybe Sonic Dash will finally update his boss battle to reflect his new found racing prowess.

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セガ史上最高峰のレーシングゲームが登場！『ソニックレーシング クロスワールド』クローズドネットワークテストへの参加はこちら！|SEGA 同じレースは二度とない！？『ソニックレーシング クロスワールド』で予測不能の”驚き”が詰まったレースバトルを体験しよう！ 対応機種：PlayStation®5、PlayStation®4、Xbox Series X|S、Xbox One、Nintendo Switch™、PC(Steam、Epic Games Store)

For anyone with a PlayStation 5, you can sign up for the network test. The Extreme Gear isn't going to be available, which makes you wonder what tricks are hiding up its sleeve...

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What looks to be a space-faring race track. The surface is lava, with a dragon-esque creature coming out of the lava, also made out of lava. A lot of lava here. The sky is full of stars, and other planets look relatively close

A track based on Casino Park, originally from Sonic Heroes. Large Dice are seen floating about, the words "Casino Park" both circling the race track and upon a building next to the track.

A large purple dinosaur with horns leans forward, mouth agape, ready to bite whoever drives past it. From a track based on Dinosaur Jungle from Sonic and the Secret Rings.

Sonic the Hedgehog drives on the ruins of a pirate ship. In front of him, a large kraken. On either side, ghosts which resemble those first featured in Sonic Adventure 2. Likely based on the stage Pirate Storm from Sonic and the Secret Rings.

There's not one, but two stages based on Sonic and the Secret Rings! Ok, that feels like a bit of a deep cut. But the question is, will the dinosaur eat Sonic at any point? Are we finally going to race inside someone's digestive system? ...er, let's pretend we didn't ask that.

An image from a track in Sonic Racing CrossWorlds, based on Metal Harbor from Sonic Adventure 2. E-123 Omega, Knuckles Tails, Shadow, Eggman, and Zazz are the six competitors. The create-a-characters from Sonic Forces stand on the side of the track, while a collection of Neutral, Hero, and Dark Chao watch from the stands.

A new location in Sonic Racing CrossWorlds, called "Wonder Museum" (at least, that's what a quick machine translation calls it). The interior looks like the lobby of a museum, with a huge globe hanging over the first turn. On the left, a piece of technology that looks as if it was created by the Ancients from Sonic Frontiers.

Amy Rose flying above a new location in her car, from the game Sonic Racing CrossWorlds. The location is covered in flowers of multiple colors, including purple, pink, and red. A bridge made of flowers can be seen in the distance.

Water Palace, from Sonic Racing CrossWorlds. It is based on the stage from Sonic Rush. Ornate structures of gold and blue are seen, along with a road that is semi-transparent, letting you see the water below.

Who would have guessed that in this day and age, we'd get the Extreme Gear back? More importantly, who would have thought we'd get a track based on a level from Sonic Rush?

YouTube video by Sonic the Hedgehog Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds - Announce Trailer

Oh hey, Sega showed off Sonic Racing CrossWorlds during Sony's State of Play. Sure you've already seen it. But we talk about Sonic here from time to time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks_U...

We were so close to having two Sonic games on the Mega-CD. Well. Not really. But it makes you wonder what could have been…

So! It's Christmas Day. Who is seeing Sonic the Hedgehog 3 for the first/second/third time? I heard it did pretty well opening weekend...

An early review from The Hollywood Handle stating: #SonicMovie3 nears perfection and is easily the best film of the trilogy. While the first film felt like it was a kids film, this third film feels like it’s aimed at young adults with its story and tone although the jokes never fail to find their place for the younger audience. Keanu Reeves is the perfect casting for Shadow who is handled with great care and has a story that’s emotional and powerful. Jim Carrey’s return turns the dial up on his charismatic and energetic characteristics. Ben Schwartz, Colleen O’ Shaughnessey and Idris Elba are an unstoppable trio that bring the film together with their vocal performances.

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Spider-Man? She-Hulk? Mere footnotes, I'm afraid. It's all about Zonic the Zone Cop.

I wrote a grand total of 2 Sonic the Hedgehog stories.

It's so weird to me one of the characters I co-created in them continues to live on.

We find out in a multiverse with PARALLEL realities, the cop who polices them lives sideways in the one PERPENDICULAR reality that runs through all of them.

A public service announcement

We are ready to double down on Shadow this year

If you haven't watched that special before, you should. It's 90's, it's video games, it's the perfect opener before dusting off your own Genesis and playing through the best 16-bit gaming had to offer.

But it's ok if you can only play it on Sonic Origins.

YouTube video by SEGAbits MTV and SEGA: Rock the Rock – Sonic & Knuckles

The day before, those waiting for the next Sonic game got a sneak peak of it in action - assuming they had cable television. Rock the Rock, a television special taking place on Alcatraz, showed the finals of a video game tournament ran by Sega, ending in Mushroom Hill www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiI1...

sonic the hedgehog , tails , knuckles and eggman are standing next to each other Alt: sonic the hedgehog , tails , knuckles and eggman are standing next to each other as "No Way! No Way! No Way?" scrolls above

Knuckles the Echidna? Playable. Not just in & Knuckles, not just in Sonic 3, but also Sonic 2! And if you slapped the original Sonic the Hedgehog into that flip-top cart? Special Stages as far as the eye could see. Assuming you knew to press A + B + C.

The cover to the North American version of Sonic & Knuckles on the Sega Genesis. The logo for the game sits on top of the box art, with a graphical logo representing Sonic and Knuckles in the middle. Rated GA for General Audiences. Features the Lock-On Technology logo in the corner.

The title screen for Sonic & Knuckles. Sonic the Hedgehog stands on the left, Knuckles the Echidna in the right, a crashed Death Egg behind them. The character of Sonic is currently selected as the playable character.

The logo for Lock-On Technology.

Before October 18th ends, we gotta mention it. 30 years ago today, the Death Egg Saga's grand finale played out in Sonic & Knuckles. The second half of Sonic the Hedgehog 3, the two games could be combined using a piece of tech that had to be from the future - Lock-On Technology.

This is how the pitch meeting to Sonic Adventure started