The first instalment of the video-game series Sonic the Hedgehog was released in North America.

Sonic the Hedgehog

Video game and media franchise

Sonic the Hedgehog is a video game series and media franchise created by the Japanese developers Yuji Naka, Naoto Ohshima, and Hirokazu Yasuhara for Sega. The franchise follows Sonic, an anthropomorphic blue hedgehog with super-speed, who battles the evil Doctor Eggman, a mad…