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Sonic

Sonic is a keychain-based LCD game created by Tiger Electronics in 1998. The game case is shaped somewhat like a Game Boy Micro and has a keychain attached to it. The game features a standard directional pad…

31 December 1998

Sonic is a video game developed by Tiger Electronics, released 31 December 1998 on Handheld Electronic LCD.

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What Sonic is

Sonic was developed by Tiger Electronics and released in 1998. It is available on Handheld Electronic LCD only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Sonic is a keychain-based LCD game created by Tiger Electronics in 1998. The game case is shaped somewhat like a Game Boy Micro and has a keychain attached to it. The game features a standard directional pad and 2 buttons "A" and "B", as well as reset and power toggle buttons. The background of the game seems to be an industrial area, likely Eggman's base, as there are grills on the floor. The game comes in both black and blue casings.
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How it plays

It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Sonic The Hedgehog series

Sonic is the 65th of 407 entries we hold in the Sonic The Hedgehog series. The next entry was Sonic R in 1998.

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What it launched against

Sonic launched on 31 December 1998, within three weeks of Suikoden II, Super Smash Bros., Crazy Taxi (1999) and Mario Party.

Released around the same time: Suikoden II, Super Smash Bros., Crazy Taxi (1999), Mario Party.

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When did Sonic come out?
Sonic was released on 31 December 1998 for Handheld Electronic LCD.