Timeline of Sonic 1 development Part 1: 1988 - 1989 1988/10/05 – 06: The 26th AM Show is held in Tokyo. Yūji Naka sees Daimakaimura 1988/10/29: The Mega Drive is released in Japan 1988/11/21: Nintendo unveils the Super Famicom 1988/11 or 12: Naka begins working on the MD port of Daimakaimura 1989/05: The Daimakaimura MD master ROM is completed 1989, May or later: Naka begins working on Metal Lancer 1989/??: Naoto Ōshima meets Shigeru Miyamoto and is inspired to make a game to rival Mario 1989/07/28: Nintendo reveals Super Mario World under its working title of Mario 4 1989/08/03: Daimakaimura on MD is released 1989, after July: Ōshima formally proposes his Mario killer, Twins Special Second half of 1989 (probably): Metal Lancer is scrapped Second half of 1989 (probably): Naka joins Ōshima on the Twins Special project

Where do baby hedgehogs come from? Not from company mascot contests, despite what you’ve probably heard (tho that was a thing that happened, too).

How did Sonic 1 REALLY come to be? Plotting the milestones on a timeline is hard because we have so few concrete dates, but let's connect some dots 🧵

Sonic Rumble Party - Sonic Meets Care Bears! 💗🌈 YouTube video by Sonic Rumble Party

If this game is about Sonic and Eggman playing with toys, this just means Eggman has been into the Care Bears for years. Which begs the question, which Care Bear is his favorite? youtu.be/NB5tYFhxhY8

Spring forward, roll back. That's the saying right

But do they have those little poems

1996-12 Next Generation pg 8. David Rosen.

David Rosen and his wife Masako, circa 1980s.

1969-07 VT Music & Games pg 18. David Rosen.

David Rosen, who helped create Sega and changed the coin-op industry forever, has passed away.

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An absolute titan in video game history. May he rest in peace.

One of the best, and gone too soon. His work, and his memory, will live on. Rest In Peace, Nick.

Cel-shading was instantly hip with the release of Jet Set Radio. Sonic using it? Made perfect sense. Then we saw that intro. Woah, cool! This was destined to be even better than Mario Party.

Did it succeed on that front? Well, that is up to you.

Tangle & Whisper are the stars here, but what I want to know is this: can we play NiGHTS driving the car version of NiGHTS

I thought it was Shadow who likes coffee

Brunch

A peak into what could have been…

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

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.

The English site is not open yet. www.sega.com/sonic-the-he...

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?

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

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...