{"id":779,"date":"2011-06-23T11:04:01","date_gmt":"2011-06-23T16:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/?p=779"},"modified":"2011-06-23T11:10:16","modified_gmt":"2011-06-23T16:10:16","slug":"sonic-the-hedgehog-oddities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/archives\/779\/sonic-the-hedgehog-oddities","title":{"rendered":"Sonic The Hedgehog Oddities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/technologizer.com\/2011\/06\/22\/sonic-the-hedgehog-oddities\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/images\/technologizer\/sonic_oddities_small.jpg\" alt=\"Sonic the Hedgehog Oddities on Technologizer\" class=\"centered\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Twenty years ago today, Sega released <em>Sonic the Hedgehog<\/em> for the Sega Genesis.  In honor of this anniversary, I dug through the lesser-known corners of blue hedgehog history and pulled together an amusing collection of Sonic Oddities for you to enjoy.  You&#8217;ll find the result &#8212; which includes Sonic&#8217;s brushes with genetics, Michael Jackson, and even ketchup &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/technologizer.com\/2011\/06\/22\/sonic-the-hedgehog-oddities\/\" target=\"_blank\">compiled in a slideshow<\/a> over at Technologizer.  I hope you enjoy it.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of <em>Sonic the Hedgehog<\/em>, what did you think of the 1991 Sega Genesis game when you first played it?<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212;<br \/>\nPrevious entries in Benj&#8217;s &#8220;Oddities&#8221; series:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/technologizer.com\/2010\/09\/12\/super-mario\/\" target=\"_blank\">Super Mario Oddities<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/technologizer.com\/2011\/02\/21\/legend-of-zelda\/\" target=\"_blank\">Legend of Zelda Oddities<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/technologizer.com\/2010\/10\/18\/nes\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nintendo Entertainment System Oddities<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/technologizer.com\/2009\/04\/13\/game-boy-oddities\/\" target=\"_blank\">Game Boy Oddities<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/technologizer.com\/2010\/11\/17\/windows-anniversary\/\" target=\"_blank\">Windows Oddities<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twenty years ago today, Sega released Sonic the Hedgehog for the Sega Genesis. In honor of this anniversary, I dug through the lesser-known corners of blue hedgehog history and pulled together an amusing collection of Sonic Oddities for you to enjoy. You&#8217;ll find the result &#8212; which includes Sonic&#8217;s brushes with genetics, Michael Jackson, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,21,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-video-game-info-and-history","category-news-current-events","category-retrogaming"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}