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Sonic Underground

Sonic Underground is an LCD game created by Tiger Electronics in 2000. The game case was shaped like Sonic holding a guitar, an instrument he uses in the television show Sonic Underground. This is one of the…

31 December 2000

Sonic Underground is a video game developed by Tiger Electronics, released 31 December 2000 on Handheld Electronic LCD.

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What Sonic Underground is

Sonic Underground was developed by Tiger Electronics and released in 2000. It is available on Handheld Electronic LCD only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Sonic Underground is an LCD game created by Tiger Electronics in 2000. The game case was shaped like Sonic holding a guitar, an instrument he uses in the television show Sonic Underground. This is one of the few Sonic games to be based off a television series. The background of the game seems to be from one of the Sonic television shows, most likely Sonic Underground.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Sonic The Hedgehog series

Sonic Underground is the 75th of 407 entries we hold in the Sonic The Hedgehog series. The next entry was Sonic Adventure in 2000.

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What it launched against

Sonic Underground launched on 31 December 2000, within three weeks of Pokémon Crystal Version, Phantasy Star Online, Pokémon Stadium 2 and Quake III: Team Arena.

Released around the same time: Pokémon Crystal Version, Phantasy Star Online, Pokémon Stadium 2, Quake III: Team Arena.

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When did Sonic Underground come out?
Sonic Underground was released on 31 December 2000 for Handheld Electronic LCD.