SPECTACULAR SUPERSTARS!

It happened with in the Seventies, it happened with in the Eighties, and in the early Nineties, near single-handedly propelled Sega to international credibility and cool. “When came out on Mega Drive, it gave it such a massive kick – it was quite a young audience, but it was quite an aspirational thing. It just looked cool,” says Paul Glancey, formerly of and other magazines. “As a character and was the better game, but Sonic just had a bit more of an edge to him, and that seemed important at the time.”