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Sonic Spinball

Sonic Spinball, also known as Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball, is a 1993 pinball video game developed by Sega Technical Institute and published by Sega for the Sega Genesis. It is a spin-off of the Sonic the Hedgehog series. Players control Sonic the Hedgehog, who must stop Doctor Robotnik from enslaving the population in a giant pinball-like mechanism. The…

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Genre
Pinball
Publisher
Sega
Artist
John Duggan
Composers
Howard Drossin · Brian Coburn · Barry Blum
Designers
Peter Morawiec · Hoyt Ng
Developer
Sega Technical Institute[a]

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Sonic Spinball

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Triples88
Avg. degree1.98
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Sonic Spinball

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related to Development · 16
Sonic Spinball → America's, American, Amiga, Casino Night Zone, Hedgehog, Japanese, Morawiec, Peter Morawiec, Pinball Dreams, Sega Genesis, Sega Technical Institute, Sega's, Sonic, The, This, When Sega
related to Release · 16
Sonic Spinball → After, Brazil, Europe, Game Gear, Genesis, It, January, Japan, Master System, Morawiec, Nonetheless, Sega, Sonic Drift, The, The Master System, United States
related to Retrospective · 13
Sonic Spinball → Eurogamer's Dan Whitehead, GameRankings, GameSpot, Genesis, IGN, In, Jeuxvideo, Lucas Thomas, Mega Drive, Retrospectively, Sonic, Spinball's, William Avery
related to Gameplay · 12
Sonic Spinball → At, Chaos Emeralds, Following, Hedgehog, If, Pinball Defense System, Some Chaos Emeralds, Sonic, Sonic's, The, These, When
related to Legacy · 12
Sonic Spinball → Although, Alton Towers, Alton Towers Hotel, Episode, Game Boy Advance, Hedgehog, Hedgehog-themed, In, Sega, Sonic, Sonic Pinball Party, Staffordshire
Release · 6
Sonic Spinball → EU: August 1994, EU: January 1995, JP: December 10, 1993, NA: September 1994, Sega GenesisWW: November 23, 1993JP: December 10, 1993Game GearEU: August 1994NA: September 1994Master SystemEU: January 1995, WW: November 23, 1993
Composers · 3
Sonic Spinball → Barry Blum, Brian Coburn, Howard Drossin
Designers · 2
Sonic Spinball → Hoyt Ng, Peter Morawiec
Artist · 1
Sonic Spinball → John Duggan
Developer · 1
Sonic Spinball → Sega Technical Institute[a]

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sonic game pinball sega hedgehog spinball genesis released series morawiec game's also 1993 technical institute games gear chaos emeralds version

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Sonic SpinballArtistJohn Duggan1.00infobox
Sonic SpinballComposersHoward Drossin1.00infobox
Sonic SpinballComposersBrian Coburn1.00infobox
Sonic SpinballComposersBarry Blum1.00infobox
Sonic SpinballDesignersPeter Morawiec1.00infobox
Sonic SpinballDesignersHoyt Ng1.00infobox
Sonic SpinballDeveloperSega Technical Institute[a]1.00infobox
Sonic SpinballGenrePinball1.00infobox
Sonic SpinballModesSingle-player, multiplayer1.00infobox
Sonic SpinballPlatformsSega Genesis, Game Gear, Master System1.00infobox
Sonic SpinballProducerYutaka Sugano1.00infobox
Sonic SpinballPublisherSega1.00infobox
Sonic SpinballReleaseSega GenesisWW: November 23, 1993JP: December 10, 1993Game GearEU: August 1994NA: September 1994Master SystemEU: January 19951.00infobox
Sonic SpinballReleaseWW: November 23, 19931.00infobox
Sonic SpinballReleaseJP: December 10, 19931.00infobox
Sonic SpinballReleaseEU: August 19941.00infobox
Sonic SpinballReleaseNA: September 19941.00infobox
Sonic SpinballReleaseEU: January 19951.00infobox
Sonic SpinballSeriesSonic the Hedgehog1.00infobox

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