Gaming History You Should Know – Sonic Xtreme September 13, 2014

I’ve always been interested in exactly what events transpire for developers to create a completed game. I know game development is a difficult and time consuming process, but in the end it all works out. This is one of the times when things REALLY did not work out.

After the release of Sonic and Knuckles on the Genesis, Sega was riding high on their chief mascot. He had a Saturday morning cartoon on ABC for goodness sakes! Have you ever noticed there was never really a true Sonic The Hedgehog game released for the Sega Saturn? Well there was a game that Sega had in development for the Saturn and they wanted to have it out for the Christmas Season called Sonic Xtreme, but it sadly never saw the light of day.

So why did this game never get released? YouTube User miiyouandmii2 tried to find out and created a very well researched video series on the ill fated game’s development for his series, From Concept to Console. If you’re a gaming history buff like me or a fan of the blue hedgehog you owe it to yourself to give the series a look!