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Sonic Retro@sonicretro.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Definitely worth a read. Not only for the anecdote of what Naka wanted to call Billy Hatcher in the west, but that is a highlight.

SEGA-16@sega-16.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Mike Fischer began his Sega tenure at a young age and spent his first few years in Japan before transferring over to SOA. He went on to executive positions at Namco, Square/Enix, and Xbox. He told us about some of the historic events he witnessed over the years. www.sega-16.com/2026/05/inte...

A promotional image for Sega-16's interview with former Sega VP and Project Manager Mike Fischer. The image shows Fischer in front of Sega's Japanese office sign, with Tom Kalinske and Hayao Nakayama peering over the top. The article title hovers above them.
The GHZ@theghz.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Where do baby hedgehogs come from? Not from company mascot contests, despite what you’ve probably heard (tho that was a thing that happened, too). How did Sonic 1 REALLY come to be? Plotting the milestones on a timeline is hard because we have so few concrete dates, but let's connect some dots 🧵

Timeline of Sonic 1 development Part 1: 1988 - 1989 1988/10/05 – 06: The 26th AM Show is held in Tokyo. Yūji Naka sees Daimakaimura 1988/10/29: The Mega Drive is released in Japan 1988/11/21: Nintendo unveils the Super Famicom 1988/11 or 12: Naka begins working on the MD port of Daimakaimura 1989/05: The Daimakaimura MD master ROM is completed 1989, May or later: Naka begins working on Metal Lancer 1989/??: Naoto Ōshima meets Shigeru Miyamoto and is inspired to make a game to rival Mario 1989/07/28: Nintendo reveals Super Mario World under its working title of Mario 4 1989/08/03: Daimakaimura on MD is released 1989, after July: Ōshima formally proposes his Mario killer, Twins Special Second half of 1989 (probably): Metal Lancer is scrapped Second half of 1989 (probably): Naka joins Ōshima on the Twins Special project
Sonic Retro@sonicretro.bsky.social · last yr.

34 years ago today, in the hallowed halls of Electronics Boutique, the first known copies of Sonic the Hedgehog were sold in Palo Alto and Cupertino, California. Over the coming days, it would pop up in cities coast to coast. He wasn’t the most famous hedgehog in the world yet, but oh boy, would he…