By John Leung
Sega’s famous blue hedgehog was created by the brain trust of the Sonic Team, led by Yuji Naka (creator of other games such as Chu Chu Rocket and Billy Hatcher).
In the games, Sonic must battle the evil Dr. Robotnik, speed through zones and grab the rings and defeat Dr. Robotnik’s somewhat easy-to-defeat bosses (when compared with other games’ bosses).
Sonic has spawned many a game on the now defunct Genesis, Saturn, Dreamcast and recently the Nintendo Gamecube (after Sega decided to concentrate on only games) along with billions of dollars of merchandise and three TV cartoons.