By Brian Ashcraft, 6:22 AM on Wed Jan 3 2007, 4,343 views (Edit, to draft, Top, Slurp)

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Back before 3D and human kissing, Team Sonic made some truly fantastic side scrollers. While Sonic the Hedgehog didn't go through as many evolutionary changes as Mario (or Link, for that matter), the spite character did get tune-ups during its 2D lifes, which spanned the Master System, the Genesis and the GameGear. Site NFG Games has a look back at the blue character, writing:

Sega had their work cut out for them with their many releases over two primary platforms, and as you can see they usually nailed it. During the 16-bit heyday Sega employed some very talented people, and most of their efforts were as good as anyone could hope for.

Yep. Sigh. Brian Ashcraft

Old School Sonic [NFG Games via Insert Credit]