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Composer Yuzo Koshiro in 2006. In 1990, Sega released the Game Gear, [10] an 8-bit handheld game console designed to compete with Nintendo's Game Boy. [11] Around the same time, Sonic Team worked on Sonic the Hedgehog for the 16-bit Genesis and Sega wanted to increase consumer awareness of the Game Gear by producing a version of Sonic for the system.
The game inspired a number of unofficial variants, including Somari, a pirated Nintendo Entertainment System conversion featuring Nintendo's Mario character in levels from the original Sonic game, [165] Sonic the Hedgehog Megamix, a total conversion mod of the original game, [166] and Sonic 1 Boomed, a ROM hack which implements Sonic's redesign ...
Sonic Gems Collection is a compilation of obscure video games published by Sega for various consoles, such as the Sega CD, Sega Saturn, and Game Gear.It primarily focuses on Sonic the Hedgehog games, including Sonic CD (1993), [1] Sonic the Fighters (1996), Sonic R (1997), and six of the twelve Sonic games released for the Game Gear, with the other six having been included in the previous ...
The Game Gear. This is a list of the 365 [a] games available for Sega's Game Gear handheld video game system. For games that were announced for the Game Gear, but never ended up releasing, see the list of cancelled Game Gear games. There was an adapter for the Game Gear that allowed it to play Master System games. This article lists only the ...
An add-on by the name of Sonic Origins Plus was released in 2023, which added all twelve Game Gear Sonic games: Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Sonic Chaos, Sonic Triple Trouble, Sonic Drift, Sonic Drift 2, Sonic Spinball, Sonic Blast, Sonic Labyrinth, Tails' Skypatrol, Tails Adventure, and Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine.
The title screen of Sonic the Hedgehog (1991) for Game Gear A standard Game Gear cartridge. Over 300 total Game Gear games were released, [6] although only six launch games. Prices for game cartridges initially ranged from $24.99 to $29.99. The casings are molded black plastic with a rounded front to aid in removal. [7]
Some SNK staff formed Dimps the following year, and developed original 2D Sonic games—Sonic Advance (2001), Sonic Advance 2 (2002), and Sonic Advance 3 (2004)—for Nintendo's Game Boy Advance (GBA). [92] [93] Sonic Advance was the first original Sonic game released for a Nintendo console after Sega and Nintendo's fierce rivalry in the 1990s.
Green Hill Zone as it appears in 3D ("Modern") form in Sonic Generations. While the original game was a 2D side-scroller, Green Hill Zone was remade in full 3D as a secret level in the 2001 game Sonic Adventure 2; the player unlocks it after collecting all 180 of the emblems found by completing the game's many objectives. [8]