Sonic the Hedgehog

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 43. Chapters: Sonic Team, Sonic the Comic, Crush 40, Sonic the Hedgehog franchise timeline, Sonic: the Beginning, Sonic X, List of Sonic the Hedgehog voice actors, Sonic Universe, Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie, List of Sonic the Hedgehog printed media, Magna-Fi, Sega World Sydney, Jun Senoue, Games developed by Sonic Team and affiliates, SegaWorld, List of Sonic Team Designers, Brent Cash, Sonic X Trading Card Game, List of creators of Sonic the Hedgehog comics, They Call Me Sonic, Sonic Spin City, Sarah Wulfeck. Excerpt: Sonic the Hedgehog is a video game series released by Sega starring and named after its mascot character, Sonic the Hedgehog. The series began in 1991 with the release of Sonic the Hedgehog on the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, which was responsible for turning Sega into a leading video game company during the 16-bit era. The Sega division responsible for the first game in the series was called Sonic Team, and the group has since developed many titles in the franchise. Prominent members of its initial staff included programmer Yuji Naka, designer Naoto Ohshima and game planner Hirokazu Yasuhara. Other developers of Sonic games have included the American Sega Technical Institute, Japanese Dimps, Canadian BioWare, and British Traveller's Tales. While the first games in the series were platform games, the series has expanded into other genres such as action-adventure, fighting, racing, role-playing, and sports. Title screen from Sonic the Hedgehog, the first game in the Sonic franchise.Nearly all games in the series feature a blue hedgehog named Sonic as the central player character and protagonist. The games detail Sonic and his allies attempt to save the world from various threats, primarily the evil genius Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik, the main antagonist of the series. Robotnik's aim is to rule the Earth; to achieve this, he usually attempts to eliminate Sonic and to acquire the powerful Chaos Emeralds. Green Hill Zone from Sonic the Hedgehog (1991)The first Sonic game, titled Sonic the Hedgehog, was a platform game released in 1991 that featured protagonist Sonic running through the game's levels in order to foil Doctor Robotnik's attempt to take over the world. The game focused Sonic's ability to run and to jump at high speeds with the use of springs, slopes, and loop-the-loops. Its sequel, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, a platform game released in 1992, increased the overall size and speed of the series' gameplay and was the second best-selling Genesis game of all time. The game