Retro Renegades Episode: The Only Blue Balls Worth Playing With!

Sonic the Hedgehog[a] is a Japanese video game series and media  franchise created and owned by Sega. The franchise follows Sonic, an  anthropomorphic blue hedgehog who battles the evil Doctor Eggman, a mad  scientist. The main Sonic the Hedgehog games are platformers mostly  developed by Sonic Team; other games, developed by various studios,  include spin-offs in the racing, fighting, party and sports genres. The  franchise also incorporates printed media, animations, a 2020 feature  film, and merchandise.  The first Sonic game, released in 1991 for the Sega Genesis, was  developed after Sega requested a mascot character to compete with  Nintendo's mascot Mario. Its success helped Sega become one of the  leading video game companies during the fourth generation of video game  consoles in the early 1990s. Sega Technical Institute developed the next  three Sonic games, plus the spin-off Sonic Spinball (1993). After a  hiatus during the unsuccessful Saturn era, the first major 3D Sonic  game, Sonic Adventure, was released in 1998 for the Dreamcast. Sega  exited the console market and shifted to third-party development in  2001, continuing the series on Nintendo, Xbox, and PlayStation systems.  Sonic the Hedgehog is Sega's flagship franchise and one of the  bestselling video game franchises, selling over 140 million by 2016 and  grossing over US$6 billion as of 2020. Series sales and free-to-play  mobile game downloads totaled 1.14 billion as of 2020. The Genesis Sonic  games have been described as representative of the culture of the 1990s  and listed among the greatest of all time. Although later games,  notably the 2006 series reboot, have been criticized for a perceived  decline in quality, Sonic is influential in the video game industry and  is frequently referenced in popular culture. The franchise is also known  for its fandom that produces unofficial media, such as fan art and  fangames.  Retro Renegades is the best gaming show on Tuesday Night!  Grab a beer, a slice of pizza, and come hang out with us. We play the  greatest games from yesterday while discussing today's gaming news and  reminisce on the past. A no topic, no fuks given eccentric cast. Come  hang with us at 7:00PM EST | 6:00PM CST | 5:00PM MST | 4:00PM PST.