Games of the 8-, 16- & 32-bit era

Sonic Blast

Title	Sonic Blast
First release	1996
Developer	Aspect
Publisher	Sega
Platforms	Game Gear, Master System
Genre	platformer
Players	1 player
Co-op	No
ESRB rating	E Everyone
Releases	Game Gear: 1996-11-14 (NTSC-U) Master System: 1997-12-01 (Other)
Wikidata ID	Q2445378

Fully rendered graphics thrust Sonic into an exciting 3D playing environment. An all new gameplay perspective puts you in the middle of Sonic's 3D adventure! The evil genius Robotnik is after the Chaos Emeralds and it's up to Sonic to stop him. Rescue the innocent Flickies before Robotnik turns them into part of his evil plan!

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Image credits

Box art (1): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded, NTSC-U release) · © Sega · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

Box art, Logos, Artwork (3): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Sega · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

Screenshots (2): Source: libretro-thumbnails (upstream libretro-thumbnails (art by developers/publishers; see repo README)) · © Sega · internal use only.

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Videos

Game Gear Longplay [033] Sonic Blast

World-of-Longplays · Game Gear version · longplay · 49:12auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:channel-harvest, checked 2026-10-25 18:41 UTC

Master System Longplay [253] Sonic Blast (BR)

World-of-Longplays · Master System version · longplay · 47:11auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:channel-harvest, checked 2026-10-25 18:42 UTC

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