![]() Those treasured memories I would have of myself and my father at 7am on a cold Saturday morning trying to get through Sky Chase Zone on Sonic 2 or the delight we had when we first got to the Hidden Palace Zone in Sonic and Knuckles. As a child I was Sonic mad watching all the cartoons, collecting Sonic: The Comic, which in turn acted like SEGA’s answer to Nintendo Power with all the walkthroughs and cheat codes that helped you become king of the playground, and of course, the games. ![]() However, there was a series of games I could never get enough of and those were the Sonic the Hedgehog games. I would toil away on games such as Golden Axe, Super Hang On and Disney’s Aladdin, soaking up all the 16-bit glory I could muster, before I had to wait another fortnight to travel down to my father’s house and do it all over again. Many a Saturday morning I would spend in a cold conservatory on a busted TV that could somehow pick up my neighbour’s TV reception – handy as they were the first family in the neighbourhood to own cable TV. Even as a humble young six year old, I knew I had to pick a side on the playground: was I SEGA or Nintendo? For me it was the Sega Mega Drive – or Geneses as it was known to our American cousins across the pond. ![]() ![]() As a child, 1994 was a glorious year: The Lion King made everyone between the ages of 4 to 10 cry in the first 20 minutes, Power Rangers were the hottest thing on the planet and the 16-bit era of consoles was reaching a peak climax. ![]()
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