Sonic the Hedgehog
| Sonic the Hedgehog | |
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| Franchise | Sonic the Hedgehog |
| Developed by | Sonic Team |
| Published by | Sega |
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| Release date |
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| Genre | Platform |
| First LP | |
| Played by | C/J Haley |
| Featuring | |
| Original run |
August 15 – August 22, 2011 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Episode length | 7–15 minutes |
| Playlist | link |
| Playlist length | 1:10:42 |
| Sonic Week | |
| Followed by | Sonic the Hedgehog CD |
| Second LP | |
| Played by | |
| Featuring | |
| Original run |
June 23, 2014 – November 1, 2018 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Episode length | 8–75 minutes |
| Playlist | link |
| Playlist length | 3:44:42 |
| D-Pad Rivals | |
| Followed by | Mega Man X |
| Third LP | |
| Played by | |
| Intro theme |
"Green Hill Zone" by TOY |
| Outro theme |
"Sonic 3" by Rare Candy |
| Original run |
June 21 – June 24, 2016 |
| No. of episodes | 5 |
| Episode length | 15–20 minutes |
| Playlist | link |
| Playlist length | 1:28:28 |
| The Super Sonic Let's Play | |
| Preceded by | Sonic Dreams Collection |
| Followed by | Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit) |
| Fourth LP | |
| Played by | Rick Desilets |
| Featuring | Geoff Hook |
| Original run | November 8, 2019 |
| No. of episodes | 1 |
| Episode length | 19:29 |
| Video | link |
| Sega Genesis Mini | |
| Preceded by | Mega Man: The Wily Wars |
| Followed by |
Wonder Boy in Monster World |
| Fifth LP | |
| Played by | Rick Desilets |
| Original run | June 21, 2021 |
| No. of episodes | 1 |
| Episode length | 58:30 |
| Playlist | link |
| Sonic Weekathon | |
| Followed by | Sonic the Hedgehog CD |
- This page is about the 1991 Sega Genesis game. For the Master System and Game Gear version, see Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit). For the 2006 game of the same name, see Sonic the Hedgehog (2006). For the 2020 film, see Sonic the Hedgehog (film).
Sonic the Hedgehog is a 1991 platform game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega for the Sega Genesis. It is the first game in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. The player controls the titular character, an anthropomorphic blue hedgehog, through six "zones" of three "acts" each in his quest to defeat the evil scientist Dr. Robotnik, who has imprisoned the animals of South Island in robots in an attempt to gain the six powerful Chaos Emeralds. The game was played on The D-Pad in celebration of its 20th anniversary in 2011, as the first game in Sonic Week. The entire LP was recorded in a single session and uploaded to the now defunct dpadup.com website as one long episode on June 20, 2011. It was later edited into 6 shorter episodes and released on YouTube on weekdays from August 15 to August 22, 2011.
The game was revisited on The D-Pad in celebration of its 23rd anniversary in 2014, as a race between Rick and C/J and the first game in D-Pad Rivals. In this LP, Rick played the 2006 Wii port of the game, and C/J played the 2007 Xbox 360 port. The LP consisted of 6 episodes, released daily from June 23 to June 28, 2014. A bonus episode featuring the entirety of the race was released on June 29, 2014, and a further episode featuring a side-by-side comparison of the race with Rick and C/J's later Sonic the Hedgehog 2 race as part of The Super Sonic Let's Play was released on November 1, 2018.
The game was played on The D-Pad a third time in celebration of its 25th anniversary in 2016, as the second game (and first official game) in The Super Sonic Let's Play. This time, the original Genesis version was played once again. The LP consisted of 5 episodes, released on weekdays from June 21 to June 24, 2016.
Sonic the Hedgehog is one of the forty-two games included in the Sega Genesis Mini dedicated console. This version of the game was played on The D-Pad in a one-off episode in 2019, as the fifth game in their Sega Genesis Mini series. The episode was released on November 8, 2019.
The game was played on The D-Pad a fifth time in a one-off episode by Rick in celebration of its 30th anniversary and the 10th anniversary of Sonic Week in 2021, as the first game in Sonic Weekathon. The episode was streamed live on the dpadfm Twitch account before being uploaded to YouTube on June 21, 2021.
Episodes
2011 LP
This LP was re-released on The D-Pad Unpaused on August 26, 2022.
| SW# | Episode | Title | Length | Player(s) | Commentator(s) | Original release date | YouTube release date |
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| 1 | 1 | "Please Don't Sue Us, ScrewAttack" | 12:43 | C/J | Rick, John | June 20, 2011 | August 15, 2011 |
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| 2 | 2 | "The Level Two Theory" | 15:25 | C/J | Rick, John | June 20, 2011 | August 16, 2011 |
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| 3 | 3 | "Get Blue Sphere" | 12:35 | C/J | Rick, John | June 20, 2011 | August 17, 2011 |
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| 4 | 4 | "Hedgehogs Can't Swim" | 13:38 | C/J | Rick, John | June 20, 2011 | August 18, 2011 |
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| 5 | 5 | "ZOMBIES!!!" | 8:41 | C/J | Rick, John | June 20, 2011 | August 19, 2011 |
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| 6 | 6 | "I'm Not Listening, Motherfucker!" | 7:40 | C/J | Rick, John | June 20, 2011 | August 22, 2011 |
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2014 LP
This LP was re-released on The D-Pad Unpaused on October 5, 2022.
| DPR# | Episode | Title | Length | Player(s) | Commentator(s) | Release date |
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| 1 | 1 | "23 Is Number 1" | 9:00 | C/J, Rick | John, Felice | June 23, 2014 |
| 2 | 2 | "In the Zone" | 14:07 | C/J, Rick | John, Felice | June 24, 2014 |
| 3 | 3 | "Sleevee" | 13:20 | C/J, Rick | John, Felice | June 25, 2014 |
| 4 | 4 | "And It's Cold" | 14:04 | C/J, Rick | John, Felice | June 26, 2014 |
| 5 | 5 | "Nine Inch Garden" | 8:13 | C/J, Rick | John, Felice | June 27, 2014 |
| 6 | 6 | "Cockwork Zone" | 16:34 | C/J, Rick | John, Felice | June 28, 2014 |
| 7 | * | "Sonic the Hedgehog VS" | 1:13:52 | C/J, Rick | John, Felice | June 29, 2014 |
| TSSLP# | DPR# | Episode | Title | Length | Player(s) | Commentator(s) | Release date |
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| 507 | 15 | * | "Sonic the Hedgehog VS vs. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 VS" | 1:15:32 | C/J, Rick | John, Felice | November 1, 2018 |
2016 LP
This LP was re-released on The D-Pad Unpaused on March 4, 2023. The A Brief History episode "A Brief History of Sega" was also included in the video.
| TSSLP# | Episode | Title | Length | Player(s) | Commentator(s) | Release date |
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| 3 | 1 | "The Worst Let's Play (We've Ever Done)" | 16:25 | John | Rick, C/J | June 21, 2016 |
| 4 | 2 | "I Take It Back" | 20:30 | John, Rick | C/J | June 21, 2016 |
| 5 | 3 | "Not Like This" | 15:10 | Rick, C/J | John | June 22, 2016 |
| 6 | 4 | "Don't Die" | 20:17 | C/J, Rick | June 23, 2016 | |
| 7 | 5 | "Still Not Listening, Motherfucker!" | 16:06 | C/J | Rick | June 24, 2016 |
2019 LP
| SGM# | Title | Length | Player(s) | Commentator(s) | Release date |
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| 6 | "Big Songy Style" | 19:29 | Rick | Geoff | November 8, 2019 |
2021 LP
| SWT# | Title | Length | Player(s) | Commentator(s) | Release date |
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| 2 | "Fast and Hopefully Good" | 58:30 | Rick | June 21, 2021 | |
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Gallery
Trivia
- Sonic the Hedgehog is the first game ever played on The D-Pad. It is also one of only two games to be played in four entirely separate LPs on the channel, along with Sonic the Hedgehog 2.
- The Sonic Week LP of Sonic the Hedgehog marks the first appearance of podcast hosts Rick and John on the YouTube channel, and the first appearance of C/J on The D-Pad in general.