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Sonic the Hedgehog

Release date May 20, 2009

Mobile PC Platform

Developer: Sonic Team
Publisher: Sega

GMDB Rating

8.1/10

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Overview

About Sonic the Hedgehog

Sonic the Hedgehog is a 2D side-scrolling platformer developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega for the Genesis/Mega Drive. Players control Sonic the Hedgehog, who can run at near supersonic speeds and sets out on a quest to defeat Dr. Robotnik, a scientist who has imprisoned animals in robots and seeks the powerful Chaos Emeralds.

Details

Game Details

Age Ratings

CLASS_IND LESRB E10+PEGI 3

PC Support

Operating systems: Windows, macOS, Linux

Performance

System Requirements

PC requirements.

Minimum

Graphics	32MB or greater graphics card
Storage	50MB free disc space
Additional Notes	OS *: Windows® XP or higher DirectX®: DirectX® 9.0 or greater System specs for classic launcher.

Storage	50MB free disc space
Additional Notes	OS *: Windows® XP or higher Graphics/CPU: NVidia GeForce GTX 280 or ATI Radeon HD 6630 or equivalent DirectX® 9c or higher 1GB VRam / Intel i3-2100 or AMD Phenom II X4 940 or equivalent dual core CPU DirectX®: DirectX® 9c or greater

Release Dates

Platform and region-specific release information.

Platform	Region	Date
Sega Mega Drive/Genesis	north_america	June 23, 1991
Sega Mega Drive/Genesis	europe	July 24, 1991
Sega Mega Drive/Genesis	japan	July 26, 1991
Sega Mega Drive/Genesis	brazil	January 1, 2000
Wii	north_america	August 4, 2008
Wii	japan	August 5, 2008
Wii	europe	September 19, 2008
iOS	worldwide	May 20, 2009
PC (Microsoft Windows)	worldwide	October 26, 2010
PlayStation 3	worldwide	March 2, 2011
Xbox 360	worldwide	May 2007Month
Sega Mega Drive/Genesis	brazil	1991Year