Sonic the Hedgehog (16-bit video game)
This article is about the 16-bit video game. For the 8-bit game, see Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit video game). For the film, see Sonic the Hedgehog (film). For the series, see Sonic the Hedgehog.
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| Sonic the Hedgehog | |
| Developer | Sonic Team |
| Publisher | Sega Tec Toy (Mega Drive in Brazil) |
| Systems | Android, Game Boy Advance, GameCube, Genesis, Genesis Mini, iOS, Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Saturn, Switch, Wii, Windows, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One |
| Released | Genesis NA: June 23, 1991 EU/AU: July 1991 JP: July 26, 1991 Brazil: September 1991 Saturn JP: 20 June 1997 NA: 22 August 1997 EU: 28 August 1997 GameCube NA: November 10, 2002 JP: December 18, 2002 EU: March 7, 2003 PlayStation 2, Xbox NA: November 2, 2004 JP: December 9, 2004 EU: February 4, 2005 Windows EU: March 31, 2006 NA: March 9, 2007 WW: October 26, 2010 Wii JP: December 2, 2006 NA: November 19, 2006 AU: December 7, 2006 EU: December 8, 2006 Xbox 360 WW: July 11, 2007 Nintendo DS NA: March 2, 2010 AU: March 11, 2010 EU: March 12, 2010 PlayStation 3 NA: April 19, 2011 EU/AU: April 20, 2011 JP: July 28, 2011 iOS/Android WW: December 12, 2013 Nintendo 3DS JP: September 22, 2015 WW: October 8, 2015 Linux, macOS, PlayStation 4, Xbox One WW: May 29, 2018 Nintendo Switch WW (Sega Ages): September 19, 2018 Sega Genesis Mini WW: September 19, 2019 |
| Added to museum | Windows: March 11, 2016 Android: December 19, 2018 Genesis Mini: May 4, 2019 Switch (Sega Ages): April 14, 2021 |
Sonic the Hedgehog is the first game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series.
Versions
Sonic the Hedgehog was originally released for the Sega Genesis in 1991. It was released in the Sonic Jam compilation for Saturn in 1997, in Sonic Mega Collection for GameCube in 2002, in Sonic Mega Collection Plus for PlayStation 2 and Xbox in 2004 and for Windows in 2006. It was then released for Wii Virtual Console in 2006, for Xbox 360 in 2007, in Sonic Classic Collection for Nintendo DS in 2010, for PlayStation 3 in 2011, for Android, and iOS in 2013, and for Nintendo 3DS in 2015. It was then released in the Sega Genesis Classics compilation for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch in 2018.
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