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This June marks the 30th anniversary of an iconic and timeless video game mascot: Sonic the Hedgehog. After arriving on the Sega Genesis—the 16-bit little console that could—on June 23, 1991, the game quickly became a buzzworthy system seller and corporate mascot. It was a defining character of the ’90s, and a phenomenon the company needed to stand a chance against rival Nintendo. Gotta Go Fast The brainchild of Yuji Naka, Sonic the Hedgehog touted vibrant graphics and innovative level design. The speed of its gameplay ran rings around Mario and became the emphasis of Sega’s famous...

Last Blade soon to be joined by the magnificent SNK vs. Capcom: The Match of the Millennium, there’s an uncomfortable feeling that SNK’s Neo Geo Pocket library has already been picked clean before the collection’s really even started. The amazing SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters Clash is still conspicuous by its absence (and is guaranteed to utterly destroy at least one writer’s productivity levels should it ever resurface on the Switch) but once you’ve got all the fighting and fighting-related games out of the way, what else does this portable Neo Geo have to offer?