For more information and future updates, be sure to keep an eye on the panel’s dedicated thread on the forums. If you plan on being in the area, be sure to check it out. A schedule has yet to be set, but the OG crew will be hosting two panels, “one for a general talk and historical reflection on SSRG and it’s impact, and another focusing on the technical challenges we faced as we attempted to tear into the classic games for the first time ever to figure out how they worked.” The expo will take place on August 26th and 27th of this year.
The hype was building, but the only way to know if this game could live up to such expectation would be to see it in person. For the last month, the game had been teased online, alluded to in magazines, and was advertised on television, radio, and even the Yamanote train line before a single screenshot had been shown to the public. On a balmy summer morning in Tokyo, Japan, over three thousand people stood outside the Tokyo International Forum waiting for a glimpse of what was claimed to “set a new futuristic standard for gaming.” A piece of software that would outpace and outclass anything that had come before. Volume 1 #2: Archie Sonic issue 28 Volume 2 #1: Archie Sonic issue 40 Volume 3 #1: Archie Sonic issue 49 If you own the first newsletter, let us know in the comments and please scan and upload it to the Sonic Retro wiki! The full episode is below, and I’ve also linked the comic pages featuring the PDF scans of the newsletters.īut here is the important part: We are missing Volume 1, Number 1! It was released before issue 28, likely in the summer of 1994, but that is all we know. Like many beloved long dormant franchises, we’re bringing the segment back to pull at your nostalgic heartstrings AND to introduce some long lost Archie Sonic content from the Ken Penders era!ĭavid sat down with me on the long-running SEGAbits podcast The Swingin’ Report Show to not only discuss the history of Sonic-Grams, but also debut three long lost newsletters published alongside the comic book which featured writings from Ken Penders covering what was happening in the comics as well as shining the spotlight on fellow writers and artists. It’s been 13 years since David last thrilled us with his look back at the Archie Sonic the Hedgehog comic’s letter page “Sonic Grams”.