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The Sonic Game Retro Gamers Have Always Wanted Is Out In August

By Matt |

<div><p>Any child of the 90s will remember <em>Sonic the Hedgehog</em>. Ever since his first appearance on the Sega Genesis in 1991, the Blue Blur has had a long career as Sega's mascot, often being considered the closest competitor to Super Mario, gaming's unstoppable juggernaut.</p><p></p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://legacy.throwbacks.com/content/images/2017/05/genesis_does_what_nintendont_large.jpg" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center">If you played video games in the 90s, you remember the console wars...</figcaption></figure></div><p></p><p>Over the years, Sonic's been featured in all sorts of different kinds of games. He's driven race cars, played tennis, surfed on hoverboards, and even fought King Arthur (yes, really)!</p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://legacy.throwbacks.com/content/images/2017/05/latest-21" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center">He's also romanced a human princess, but we try not to talk about that one...</figcaption></figure></div><p></p><p>Even with all this variety, plenty of longtime Sonic fans have spent years asking for more of the classic 2D platforming gameplay they know and love from childhood, a demand which has only skyrocketed thanks to things like <a href="https://www.throwbacks.com/sega-genesis-2084914284/">the Sega Genesis being put back into production.</a> </p><p>Well Sonic fans, we're finally getting what we've always wanted; <em>Sonic Mania</em> has been confirmed for release on August 15th!</p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://legacy.throwbacks.com/content/images/2017/05/Sonic_Mania_Key_Art_1495557760-656x729.jpg" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center">My 6-year-old self is screaming with joy.</figcaption></figure></div><p></p><p>Despite being a brand new release, <em>Sonic Mania</em> looks like all the awesome, simple gameplay we know and love from the Genesis years. The cast is back down to the classic 3 leads of Sonic, Tails and Knuckles, and Sega's already shown off the return of a few classic levels like Green Hill Zone and Flying Battery Zone.</p><p></p><div><amp-youtube height="9" width="16" layout="responsive" data-videoid="GyXg9kAp4Vc"></amp-youtube></div><p></p><p>You're also still fighting Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik and his legions of robots. The robots still explode when you hit them and release the cute little woodland creatures trapped inside, exactly like you remember.</p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://legacy.throwbacks.com/content/images/2017/05/37bd6995-58c2-4c2a-a62a-04617458791c_sonic_mania_studiopolis_gunner_1488910945.png" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center">Those robots are going down!</figcaption></figure></div><p></p><p>Make no mistake though, this doesn't look like just a retread of the original games; there's been plenty of new levels shown off as well. Some of them, like Studiopolis, even have lots of neat graphical effects used to enhance them that the Genesis probably never could've handled!</p><div><amp-youtube height="9" width="16" layout="responsive" data-videoid="bRabF0_MOeA"></amp-youtube></div><p></p><p></p><div align="center" data-freestar-ad="__336x280 __789x280" id="throwbacks_articles_incontent _1"> </div><p></p><p>Coolest of all, this is the first official Sonic game made almost entirely by fans! The project is lead by Christian Whitehead, who previously helped Sega with their port of <em>Sonic CD</em> for recent consoles and PC, as well as their awesome mobile versions of <em>Sonic</em> and <em>Sonic 2</em>. </p><p></p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://legacy.throwbacks.com/content/images/2017/05/latest-22" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center">Good job Christian!</figcaption></figure></div><p></p><p>Whitehead is also supported by PagodaWest Games (who have worked on some impressive Sonic fan games before, like <em><a href="http://sonic2hd.blogspot.ca/">S2HD</a></em>), and the game even features hand-drawn art by Tyson Hesse, one of the artists for the Archie Comics <em>Sonic the Hedgehog</em> comic series! In short, it looks like a real labor of love.</p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://legacy.throwbacks.com/content/images/2017/05/sonicmania05_0.png" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center">The game is definitely gorgeous.</figcaption></figure></div><p></p><p>Sega themselves are even getting into the retro spirit. They released a commercial for the game that looks exactly like the one for <em>Sonic 2</em> from the 90s!</p><p></p><div><amp-youtube height="9" width="16" layout="responsive" data-videoid="kHFoeahYcV8"></amp-youtube></div><div><amp-youtube height="9" width="16" layout="responsive" data-videoid="JM7viKTmBOQ"></amp-youtube></div><p></p><p>What's especially awesome is, it's a classic Sonic game that you don't even have to dust off a Genesis to play! <em>Sonic Mania</em> is being released on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC, meaning just about any modern gamer can get a taste of what made the franchise so cool when we were kids.</p><div><amp-youtube height="9" width="16" layout="responsive" data-videoid="wvD8NZN9Zsg"></amp-youtube></div><p></p><p><strong>Sure hope you're all as excited for this as I am!</strong></p><p></p><p></p><amp-apester-media height="390" data-apester-media-id="592ef46f80639da10ef569ca"></amp-apester-media><p></p><h3>August too late to wait for some retro Sega good times? <a href="https://www.throwbacks.com/return-of-the-console-wars-1945213011/">Check out this Genesis remake that comes with 80 games!</a></h3></div>

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