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Racing team McLaren has shared some brand new photos of "one of the most iconic trophies in the history of Formula One" - 1993 European Grand Prix's Sonic the Hedgehog - in remembrance of late F1 racer Aryton Senna. The social media channel of McLaren's esports and gaming team, McLaren Shadow, posted a number of images of the trophy from all kinds of cool angles, including from behind where you can see the detail on the blue (bronze?) blur's spines. The post describes it as "the Legendary SEGA Sonic trophy from the 1993 Formula One European Grand Prix, also known as the XXXVIII Sega European Grand Prix." SEGA, which was riding high at the time with huge mainstream appeal for its Mega Drive console and the wild popularity of Sonic the Hedgehog, sponsored the famous F1 event, which took place in Donington Park in the UK on 11 April 1993. As part of this, it produced this one-of-a-kind trophy that featured Sonic holding a prize cup, complete with a moving arm that could go up and down. The race was won by legendary racer Aryton Senna, who was signed to McLaren at the time. Senna, one of the most acclaimed racers of his time, tragically lost his life the following year during the San Marino Grand Prix in 1994. Today would have been the racer's 64th birthday - on McLaren's main F1-related social channels, there are multiple posts celebrating his life and career. It explains why the esports arm of the organisation saw fit to share new photos of Senna's SEGA trophy. In August 2023, it was revealed that McLaren still held on to the iconic Sonic trophy, posting the above photo of the statue next to the vehicle that helped Senna win the race in 1993 - the McLaren MP4/8. What do you think of this iconic trophy? Were you there when Senna competed in the 1993 Grand Prix? Share your thoughts and memories in the comments section below! Original Post Content: View full story

SEGA has just surprise-announced a wide-sweeping revival of a number of its long-dormant, retro franchises at The Game Awards last night. Brand new entries in the Jet Set Radio, Crazy Taxi, Shinobi, Golden Axe and Streets of Rage series were shown off in a single 'Power Surge' reveal trailer, which you can see in full below. While we have known about the Jet Set Radio remake for quite some time, thanks to a leaked internal presentation that hit the internet back in April, it was pretty breathtaking to see the project confirmed and running in full throughout this trailer. The Streets of Rage game looks to be a modern take on the series, featuring Axel Stone pummelling bad guys in a traditional 2D arena using 3D graphics (seemingly following the philosophy behind Sonic Superstars). Golden Axe appears to be a behind-the-shoulder fantasy action-adventure, and we can see Gilius Thunderhead fight and combat roll around a gorgeous landscape. Shinobi perhaps looks the most interesting in terms of revival, considering that it appears to be taking a more 'retro' approach than its fellow titles. The game is seen running entirely in 2D, with beautiful hand-drawn graphics, and the gameplay suggests a 'Metroidvania' style approach. Crazy Taxi, however, just looks like pure arcade fun as we remembered it back on the Dreamcast - with the added bonus of a police car chasing the taxis around the city. Will there be a Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit-style 'cops and robbers' multiplayer mode involved? Jet Set Radio Golden Axe Streets of Rage Shinobi Crazy Taxi Although SEGA has made no secret of its desire to pull from its extensive back catalogue of IPs in recent interviews and financial presentations, it is still surprising to see so many of these projects announced all at once. It also appears to mark what SEGA is calling a "New Era" for the publisher - and if the games end up being good, it could finally be the Era that long-time SEGA fans have been waiting for, for decades. One of our first ever news stories on the Sonic Stadium was the reporting of the rumour (and then the sad confirmation) of SEGA's exit from the home console business with the death of the Dreamcast, back in January 2001. We had all hoped that, with the company's move to third-party publishing, that there would be more of a leveraging of its huge suite of high-quality franchises. Over the last twenty years, SEGA has tried with hit-or-miss results, but with this trailer, for the first time it kind of feels like (from this old-man SEGA fan, at least) that the publisher is finally about to 'get it'. Let's see what happens, eh? What do you think of all of this news, and which project are you most looking forward to? Let us know in the comments section below. Original Post Content: View full story

Well, for anyone who’s ever wanted to listen to the Sonic 2 movie soundtrack through their dad’s vintage audio cassette tape player…now you can! Well, a few of you can. Enjoy the Ride Records is selling an extremely limited number of these cassette tapes through their website for just $14.99. If you want a copy, you’d best get on it, because only 250 copies are being sold, and they are already 50% sold out. You can buy it here. You can check out photos below. The Sonic 1 movie vinyl is also back in stock. It’s available in two colors, Tricolor SWIRL (Red, White and Blue) and Golden Ring. You can buy it here. You can check out photos below: View full story

GameStop to Offer Classic Consoles and Games (IGN) I thought this was some late April Fools Day joke until I read the date. What in the hell? is this seriously legitimate?! whats gamestops end game here by opening up every console gen. era to trade ins?

Same as the Generations mods topic, Since Sonic 4 Episode 1 is now out on PC and Episode 2 is coming to PC, it's only a while until we can expect some mods for them to pop up as well. So here's the official thread dedicated to mods for Sonic 4 Episode 1/Episode 2, so post em here if you got any, or give ideas or suggestions about mods. Yes CanofEpicSauce, I'm sooooo original.

Well since Sonic Generations is now out on PC it's only a while until we can expect some mods to pop up so here's the official thread dedicated to mods for Sonic Generations, so post em here if you got any, or give ideas or suggestions about mods

Hey folks. Haven't been around here long and I don't mean to be one of those people who sign up to a forum and just shove their stuff down your throats but I figured this would be relevant to your interests and I don't plan on leaving any time soon so here it goes. I am apart of a Youtube group with a number of my friends known as Adamant Ditto. We do Let's Plays and Reviews and the usual Youtube gamer stuff. No big deal, just something fun to do on our down time. Anyway, as a big Sonic fanboy, I decided to take it upon myself to celebrate Sonic's 20th anniversary by reviewing a bunch of Sonic games throughout the course of the year, hopefully leading up to a review of Sonic Generations when it gets released. It's been a fun little project and I've still got plenty left to do, including some surprises and a fan tribute video I'll have more info on later. But for now, I thought I'd share my reviews with you all. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwcaX62VYMs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyYzWgfafiQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noqATrpefLY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcRlzX0twp4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g7EPkzGEv4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsHO0uNhjR0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEEeSXuTEI0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzrcDqSdkKY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UebwdRhSXQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcGe5yt2MJM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCMhFvUGRgk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7BVhmaGNaU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KD5C7jUbpxM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY5WNl_UUpk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zef_kenNCEo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCJR6NJzJ28 That's all I have so far. Some of the videos do have slight audio problems, I am aware of it. My Mic is awful and the pitch can get loud. I do apologize. I have invested in a less garbage mic so I do intend for the rest of the videos in the series to not sound awful. Anyway, let me know what you think and thanks for viewing.