Sonic The Hedgehog Arcade

Description

Dr. Robotnik's next shot at world domination comes in the form of his new island base, Eggman Island. When Sonic, Ray, and Mighty drop in uninvited, Robotnik catches them by surprise with a huge machine. After finding themselves imprisoned in a tower, the trio break free onto the island, and decide that some major property damage must be done.

Sonic The Hedgehog Arcade was produced by Sega of Japan in 1993.

Sega of Japan released 4 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1970. Sega of Japan was based in Japan.

Other machines made by Sega of Japan during the time period Sonic The Hedgehog Arcade was produced include: Surfer, Combat, and Looney Tunes: By A Hare

Specs

Name	Sonic The Hedgehog Arcade
Developer	Sega of Japan (Japan)
Year	1993
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	9626
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Platform
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	Sega System 32
# Simultaneous Players	3
# Maximum Players	3
Game Play	Joint
Control Panel Layout	Multiple Player
Controls	Trackball: Optical Buttons: 1 - Jump
Sound	Amplified Stereo (two channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard

Game Play

The game play is somewhat similar to Marble Madness. Use the trackball to navigate through the six levels of Dr. Robotnik's fortress while avoiding the countless traps he has set for you. You can attack the enemies by jumping on them, but usualy the best strategy is to avoid them and keep running.

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Trivia

Sonic Arcade marked the first appearance of the characters Ray and Mighty. Ray has not appeared in any sequels thus far, but in the game IKnuckles ChaotixI for the Mega32X, Mighty the Armadillo appears as a selectable character along with another character called Knuckles.

Miscellaneous

One of the many Sonic games made by Sega. However, this is the only Sonic arcade game with the excpeton of ISonic FightersI, and it was never released on any console system.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Sonic The Hedgehog Arcade Census

There are 15,282 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,675 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,993 machines (6,997 unique titles).

Uncommon - There are 14 known instances of this machine owned by Sonic The Hedgehog Arcade collectors who are active members. Of these, It is an original dedicated machine. 3 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 10 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list. There are 3 active VAPS members looking for Sonic The Hedgehog Arcade boards sets.

This game ranks a 3 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

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Technical

This game uses a Sega System 32 motherboard. Trackballs interface through a 26pin connecter on a threeinch square riser card to the right of the JAMMA harness. The setup menu allows the operator to configure it for a two or threeplayer cabinet.

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