“Sonichosis”, as Episode 5 is now entitled, is still incubating in my computer’s hard drive. I’ve hatched a good plan for it–and while I have a job to do and an exam to write, I hope to get the ep out in the coming week. The main focus will be Sonic the Hedgehog 2… hooray!
There’s a more personal piece of Sonic lore I’d like to cover, though–a story a bit too long to fit comfortably into the episode. So while we both bide our time until the video, here’s a little something to hold you over. (Sorry if it doesn’t flow or transition all literary-style… it was just ripped from the script.)
MY first memories of Sonic come from the local Radio Shack, where a Genny with Sonic firmly plugged in stood facing out into the mall, playing all the various demos til the end of time. That’s when I knew I had to have some o’ dat.
Next thing I knew it was a certain Christmas day, and upon discovering that I now owned NOT ONLY a Sega Genesis, but also a Game Gear–both with Sonic 1 pack-in–my only response was to jump up and down, exclaiming, “I love it I love it I love it!” .. which has since gone down in home 
movie history. (and when I have the means to transfer it, you’ll see.)
Even though I owned what was, at the time, the ‘whole shabang’, you could bet that whenever there was a playable Sega Genesis at the likes of Canadian Tire and K-Mart, I’d be the first one there… as long as they were playing Sonic.
So that’s a little glimpse as to how much I loved Sonic. His brightest days are most probably behind him, but they will light my gamer’s path always… and every 5 months on a new Sega Genesis compilation, and every 5 months in between in an all-new crappy game …
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