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Sonic The Hedgehog - Xbox Live Arcade

Also known as: Sonic the Hedgehog - Xbox Live Arcade [UK]

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This iconic first game featuring Sega's rocketing hedgehog punk convinced a lot of us to beg our moms for a Genesis. And now, we can beg our moms to buy us an Xbox 360 so we can relive those cherished childhood memories.

Genre: Action
Release date: Jul 11, 2007
Published by: Sega
Developed by: Backbone Entertainment
Multiplayer Modes:

Offline

1 player SOLO

Designer: Yuji Naka (original)
Franchise: Sonic the Hedgehog
Features: Dolby Digital 5.1, MSRP: 400 Microsoft Points

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Review

Return of the Plumber Killer

Jul 27, 2007

Xbox Live Arcade is a great service that tends to dip a little too far back for its titles a fair bit. Publishers have only barely dipped their feet into the most recent gaming golden age - the 16-bit era. One of the greatest console battles in history produced some of the best, most inspired games on any console. And now one of the two figureheads of that battle has finally arrived on Live. Sonic the Hedgehog probably isn't as fast as most of us remember. Back in '91 this was state of the art ...

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