Sonic Retro
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Blue, blue skies I see
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Spring forward, roll back. That's the saying right
We're turning back the clocks.
Over the next few months, join us as we take fans around the world back in time for a Sonic Rewind and remember together what made Sonic the icon he is today, with some fun new surprises thrown in the mix!
🎨: @loopyyylupe.bsky.social
Over the next few months, join us as we take fans around the world back in time for a Sonic Rewind and remember together what made Sonic the icon he is today, with some fun new surprises thrown in the mix!
🎨: @loopyyylupe.bsky.social
January 17, 2026 at 2:41 AM
Spring forward, roll back. That's the saying right
But do they have those little poems
BREAKING: Sonic Beanie Babies are here!
Well...sort of. Ty has licensed the Sonic brand to make into "Beanie Bouncers," a line of spherical plushies that "bounce," which are the Beanie Baby maker's "big current thing." #SonicNews
The reveal video misspells Knuckles' name & calls Tails "Miles":
Well...sort of. Ty has licensed the Sonic brand to make into "Beanie Bouncers," a line of spherical plushies that "bounce," which are the Beanie Baby maker's "big current thing." #SonicNews
The reveal video misspells Knuckles' name & calls Tails "Miles":
January 17, 2026 at 2:00 AM
But do they have those little poems
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David Rosen, who helped create Sega and changed the coin-op industry forever, has passed away.
www.replaymag.com/segas-dave-r...
An absolute titan in video game history. May he rest in peace.
www.replaymag.com/segas-dave-r...
An absolute titan in video game history. May he rest in peace.
January 4, 2026 at 9:13 PM
David Rosen, who helped create Sega and changed the coin-op industry forever, has passed away.
www.replaymag.com/segas-dave-r...
An absolute titan in video game history. May he rest in peace.
www.replaymag.com/segas-dave-r...
An absolute titan in video game history. May he rest in peace.
One of the best, and gone too soon. His work, and his memory, will live on. Rest In Peace, Nick.
This is absolutely heartbreaking news.
Nick Thorpe
@hkt3030.neocities.org
our incredible features editor, sadly passed away yesterday. He was an incredible asset to the magazine and a compassionate and fantastic friend. My thoughts go out to his friends and family.
I just can’t believe he’s gone
Nick Thorpe
@hkt3030.neocities.org
our incredible features editor, sadly passed away yesterday. He was an incredible asset to the magazine and a compassionate and fantastic friend. My thoughts go out to his friends and family.
I just can’t believe he’s gone
December 2, 2025 at 11:27 PM
One of the best, and gone too soon. His work, and his memory, will live on. Rest In Peace, Nick.
Cel-shading was instantly hip with the release of Jet Set Radio. Sonic using it? Made perfect sense. Then we saw that intro. Woah, cool! This was destined to be even better than Mario Party.
Did it succeed on that front? Well, that is up to you.
Did it succeed on that front? Well, that is up to you.
'Sonic Shuffle' was released on the SEGA Dreamcast 25 years ago today in the US.
November 14, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Cel-shading was instantly hip with the release of Jet Set Radio. Sonic using it? Made perfect sense. Then we saw that intro. Woah, cool! This was destined to be even better than Mario Party.
Did it succeed on that front? Well, that is up to you.
Did it succeed on that front? Well, that is up to you.
Tangle & Whisper are the stars here, but what I want to know is this: can we play NiGHTS driving the car version of NiGHTS
Get ready for a victory lap! There's more FREE content coming soon to Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds!
✨ NiGHTS - December 2025
🍌 AiAi - January 2026
💥 Tangle & Whisper - February 2026
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is available now!
✨ NiGHTS - December 2025
🍌 AiAi - January 2026
💥 Tangle & Whisper - February 2026
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is available now!
November 12, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Tangle & Whisper are the stars here, but what I want to know is this: can we play NiGHTS driving the car version of NiGHTS
I thought it was Shadow who likes coffee
October 1, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I thought it was Shadow who likes coffee
Brunch
What happens when two speedsters come together?
October 1, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Brunch
A peak into what could have been…
It is now the 8th anniversary of Mania so time to dig up some Sonic trivia... This year, it's Kanga Clanga! (aka the Kangus). This lovable robo-roo originally lived in the outback but now entertains us all in Pinball Carnival Zone!
August 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM
A peak into what could have been…
34 years ago today, in the hallowed halls of Electronics Boutique, the first known copies of Sonic the Hedgehog were sold in Palo Alto and Cupertino, California. Over the coming days, it would pop up in cities coast to coast. He wasn’t the most famous hedgehog in the world yet, but oh boy, would he…
June 11, 2025 at 8:39 PM
34 years ago today, in the hallowed halls of Electronics Boutique, the first known copies of Sonic the Hedgehog were sold in Palo Alto and Cupertino, California. Over the coming days, it would pop up in cities coast to coast. He wasn’t the most famous hedgehog in the world yet, but oh boy, would he…
Reposted by Sonic Retro
Introducing our newest collection: The Craig Stitt art and design papers!
Craig Stitt was an artist and designer for Sega and Insomniac, working on games like Sonic 2, Spyro the Dragon, and Ratchet & Clank.
Read more:
Craig Stitt was an artist and designer for Sega and Insomniac, working on games like Sonic 2, Spyro the Dragon, and Ratchet & Clank.
Read more:
Introducing the Craig Stitt papers | Video Game History Foundation
Presenting our newest library collection from Sega and Insomniac artist Craig Stitt.
gamehistory.org
June 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Introducing our newest collection: The Craig Stitt art and design papers!
Craig Stitt was an artist and designer for Sega and Insomniac, working on games like Sonic 2, Spyro the Dragon, and Ratchet & Clank.
Read more:
Craig Stitt was an artist and designer for Sega and Insomniac, working on games like Sonic 2, Spyro the Dragon, and Ratchet & Clank.
Read more:
I wonder just how fresh those cookies were...
Wrapping up the week with a SegaSonic Fresh Cookies box! It features a fun illustration of Sonic and Tails soaring through Sega-themed entertainment centers.
Link below for scans!
Link below for scans!
May 18, 2025 at 2:40 AM
I wonder just how fresh those cookies were...
Maybe Sonic is having trouble learning to rumble
April 30, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Maybe Sonic is having trouble learning to rumble
The folks over at Obscure Gamers released a plethora of Sega-related development material recovered from a Macintosh workstation. Included in that material? Some early builds of Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II. Which has an ending cutscene we've never seen before...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnSs...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnSs...
Sonic 4 Episode 2 (Beta 2, 01/27/2012) - To Be Continued Scene
YouTube video by Nuclear [NUKELEDGE]
www.youtube.com
April 20, 2025 at 2:54 AM
The folks over at Obscure Gamers released a plethora of Sega-related development material recovered from a Macintosh workstation. Included in that material? Some early builds of Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II. Which has an ending cutscene we've never seen before...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnSs...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnSs...
Sonic Channel, the official Sega of Japan Sonic site, is now 20 years old. To celebrate, they've completely revamped the design, added some new character profiles, and...
...there's a timeline...
sonic.sega.jp/SonicChannel/
...there's a timeline...
sonic.sega.jp/SonicChannel/
ソニックチャンネル
ソニック公式ポータルサイト「ソニックチャンネル」へようこそ！
sonic.sega.jp
March 20, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Sonic Channel, the official Sega of Japan Sonic site, is now 20 years old. To celebrate, they've completely revamped the design, added some new character profiles, and...
...there's a timeline...
sonic.sega.jp/SonicChannel/
...there's a timeline...
sonic.sega.jp/SonicChannel/
A release 17 years in the making.
A new way to play Sonic Unleashed on PC.
Unleashed Recompiled is now available!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJre...
Unleashed Recompiled is now available!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJre...
Unleashed Recompiled - Release Trailer
YouTube video by Skyth
www.youtube.com
March 1, 2025 at 11:51 PM
A release 17 years in the making.
You ever just lay awake in the middle of the night wishing you were grinding on a rail in your best set of SOAP shoes
sonic the hedgehog is playing a video game with a time of 0:07
Alt: sonic the hedgehog is playing a video game with a time of 0:07, grinding on a rail in Sonic Unleashed
media.tenor.com
February 15, 2025 at 11:23 AM
You ever just lay awake in the middle of the night wishing you were grinding on a rail in your best set of SOAP shoes
Oh hey, Sega showed off Sonic Racing CrossWorlds during Sony's State of Play. Sure you've already seen it. But we talk about Sonic here from time to time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks_U...
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds - Announce Trailer
YouTube video by Sonic the Hedgehog
www.youtube.com
February 13, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Oh hey, Sega showed off Sonic Racing CrossWorlds during Sony's State of Play. Sure you've already seen it. But we talk about Sonic here from time to time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks_U...
We were so close to having two Sonic games on the Mega-CD. Well. Not really. But it makes you wonder what could have been…
For years I thought the Sister Sonic legend was a dirty rumor started by Victor Ireland, maybe related to one of his revenge fantasies or something, but a look into some old magazines reveals how weirdly true it all is.
How could this nonsense have come so close to happening? 🧵
How could this nonsense have come so close to happening? 🧵
January 29, 2025 at 9:44 PM
We were so close to having two Sonic games on the Mega-CD. Well. Not really. But it makes you wonder what could have been…
So! It's Christmas Day. Who is seeing Sonic the Hedgehog 3 for the first/second/third time? I heard it did pretty well opening weekend...
December 26, 2024 at 12:12 AM
So! It's Christmas Day. Who is seeing Sonic the Hedgehog 3 for the first/second/third time? I heard it did pretty well opening weekend...
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Spider-Man? She-Hulk? Mere footnotes, I'm afraid. It's all about Zonic the Zone Cop.
*Technically, I wrote only 1 Sonic the Hedgehog story. The office cannibalized that story's cold open, ran it as a short, and then had me write a new cold open.
And that was...
*checks the date*
...a quarter of a century ago.
When I'm a ghost, it's gonna freak me the f*** out if THAT'S my legacy.
And that was...
*checks the date*
...a quarter of a century ago.
When I'm a ghost, it's gonna freak me the f*** out if THAT'S my legacy.
December 8, 2024 at 1:41 AM
Spider-Man? She-Hulk? Mere footnotes, I'm afraid. It's all about Zonic the Zone Cop.
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I wrote a grand total of 2 Sonic the Hedgehog stories.
It's so weird to me one of the characters I co-created in them continues to live on.
We find out in a multiverse with PARALLEL realities, the cop who polices them lives sideways in the one PERPENDICULAR reality that runs through all of them.
It's so weird to me one of the characters I co-created in them continues to live on.
We find out in a multiverse with PARALLEL realities, the cop who polices them lives sideways in the one PERPENDICULAR reality that runs through all of them.
one day. one day ill get to see you just to have one of these fuckass comics signed by you. thank you for creating one of the most unhinged character concepts that ive ever gotten attached to im being so genuine.
Zonic pissing comic.
Zonic pissing comic.
December 7, 2024 at 9:08 AM
I wrote a grand total of 2 Sonic the Hedgehog stories.
It's so weird to me one of the characters I co-created in them continues to live on.
We find out in a multiverse with PARALLEL realities, the cop who polices them lives sideways in the one PERPENDICULAR reality that runs through all of them.
It's so weird to me one of the characters I co-created in them continues to live on.
We find out in a multiverse with PARALLEL realities, the cop who polices them lives sideways in the one PERPENDICULAR reality that runs through all of them.
A public service announcement
60+ retro SEGA games are getting delisted across digital stores, including Sonic Spinball, 3D Blast, Crazy Taxi, & Jet Set Radio on Steam, NiGHTS on Steam & Xbox, Sonic the Fighters on Xbox, & SEGA Genesis Classics on all platforms. #SonicNews
Happens Dec 6.
www.sonicstadium.org/news/games/s...
Happens Dec 6.
www.sonicstadium.org/news/games/s...
SEGA Delisting Massive Trove of Genesis, Saturn, Dreamcast, and Arcade Games from All Platforms in December
In unfortunate news, SEGA's support website has announced that a lengthy library of their classic games are being delisted from all major digital platforms, including a handful of classic Sonic titles...
www.sonicstadium.org
November 8, 2024 at 12:11 AM
A public service announcement