Hedgehog strikes out

Published November 20, 2006 5:00am ET



Happy 15th birthday, Sonic the Hedgehog. To celebrate, they’ve made you into an unplayable mess of a game.

On June 21, 1991, a game was released that swept the gaming world and taught everyone the name of one plucky little mammal: Sonic the Hedgehog. In that game for the Sega Genesis, you run left or right saving tiny animals from the robotic horrors Dr. Robotnic built to terrorize the land.

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