Sonic the Hedgehog: The Early Days
Now that the Sonic image had been created, artist and programmers went to work at giving form to their creation, and developing a video game around the blue blur. Finally, Sonic the Hedgehog game was sent out to retail stores on June 23, 1991 to expecting fans everywhere. The game contained many of the ingredients Sonic is known for today. Among the features in the first title where the creation of Sonicň€™s worst enemy, Dr. Robotnik, also known as Eggman, the green hills in the background, treasure hunting in the form of rings and the famous (very hard to get) Chaos Emeralds, and of course, his infamous speed for running, jumping through loops and dodging enemies.Ň The game seemed to catch on quickly, with harmonious tunes that kept video game players coming back and spreading the word. The team at Sega had accomplished what they set out to do as Sonic and friends became a serious contender with Mario and Super Mario in the video games arena. Sega took advantage of this momentum and released Sonic the Hedgehog 2 in 1992. This time, Sonic was a little faster, bigger, and now counted with the introduction of Miles ň€śTailsň€ť Prower, one of Sonicň€™s best friends who followed Sonic around in his adventure, or could also be controlled by a second player. The game succeeded in adding to Sonicň€™s popularity, and as sales continue to rise Sonic came out in a cartoon series and also as a comic book.A couple more titles continued to follow, many of which came out for Segaň€™s magadrive console, and the short lived Sega Saturn. But despite Segaň€™s misfortune with their game console, it has not been the case with Sonic the Hedgehog, which continues to entertain his millions of fans everywhere.