Sonic Spinball
1993 pinball video game / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball, also known as Sonic Spinball, is a 1993 pinball video game developed by Sega Technical Institute and published by Sega. It is a spinoff of the Sonic the Hedgehog series. Players control Sonic the Hedgehog, who must stop Doctor Robotnik from enslaving the population in a giant pinball-like mechanism. The game is set in a series of pinball machine-like environments with Sonic acting as the pinball.
Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball | |
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Developer(s) | Sega Technical Institute |
Publisher(s) | Sega |
Producer(s) | Yutaka Sugano |
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Artist(s) | John Duggan |
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Series | Sonic the Hedgehog |
Platform(s) | Sega Genesis, Game Gear, Master System, Windows, Game Boy Advance |
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Genre(s) | Action, pinball |
Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Sonic Spinball was developed by the American staff of Sega Technical Institute, as the Japanese staff was occupied with developing Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and Sonic & Knuckles. When Sega management realized that Sonic 3 would not be completed in time for the 1993 holiday shopping season, they commissioned another Sonic game. After a hasty nine-month[4] development, Sonic Spinball was released for the Sega Genesis in November 1993 and for the Game Gear and Master System in 1994.
Sonic Spinball received mixed reviews, with critics praising the novelty and graphics but criticizing the controls. A second pinball game, Sonic Pinball Party, was released in 2003, and a Sonic Spinball spinning rollercoaster opened in Alton Towers theme park, in 2010. Spinball has been ported to various consoles and included in Sega compilations.