Coleco Sonic
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The Coleco Sonic is a handheld game console
released in 2006 by Coleco
, also marketed as PlayPal in Canada
& United Kingdom
and Pocket Gear in Europe
. It features 20 built-in games from the Sega Master System
and Sega Game Gear
. All the games can be played either on the integrated 2.4" TFT LCD
display, or output to a TV via composite video
. Its name references the Sega
mascot
, Sonic the Hedgehog
, who stars in some of the games.
Handheld game console
A handheld game console is a lightweight, portable electronic device with a built-in screen, game controls and speakers. Handheld game consoles are run on machines of small size allowing people to carry them and play them at any time or place...
released in 2006 by Coleco
Coleco
Coleco is an American company founded in 1932 by Maurice Greenberg as "Connecticut Leather Company". It became a highly successful toy company in the 1980s, known for its mass-produced version of Cabbage Patch Kids dolls and its video game consoles, the Coleco Telstar and...
, also marketed as PlayPal in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
& United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
and Pocket Gear in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
. It features 20 built-in games from the Sega Master System
Sega Master System
The is a third-generation video game console that was manufactured and released by Sega in 1985 in Japan , 1986 in North America and 1987 in Europe....
and Sega Game Gear
Sega Game Gear
The was Sega's first handheld game console. It was the third commercially available color handheld console, after the Atari Lynx and the TurboExpress....
. All the games can be played either on the integrated 2.4" TFT LCD
TFT LCD
Thin film transistor liquid crystal display is a variant of liquid crystal display which uses thin-film transistor technology to improve image quality . TFT LCD is one type of Active matrix LCD, though all LCD-screens are based on TFT active matrix addressing...
display, or output to a TV via composite video
Composite video
Composite video is the format of an analog television signal before it is combined with a sound signal and modulated onto an RF carrier. In contrast to component video it contains all required video information, including colors in a single line-level signal...
. Its name references the Sega
Sega
, usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world...
mascot
Mascot
The term mascot – defined as a term for any person, animal, or object thought to bring luck – colloquially includes anything used to represent a group with a common public identity, such as a school, professional sports team, society, military unit, or brand name...
, Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog (character)
, trademarked Sonic The Hedgehog, is a video game character and the main protagonist of the Sonic video game series released by Sega, as well as in numerous spin-off comics, cartoons, and a feature film. The first game was released on June 23, 1991, to provide Sega with a mascot to rival Nintendo's...
, who stars in some of the games.
Games
- Alex Kidd in High-Tech WorldAlex Kidd in High-Tech WorldAlex Kidd: High Tech World is a side-scrolling video game with platforming and adventure elements, released by Sega in 1987 for the Sega Master System, that is part of the Alex Kidd series...
- Alex Kidd in Miracle WorldAlex Kidd in Miracle Worldis a platform game for the 8-bit Sega Master System video game console. It was first released in Japan on Saturday, November 1, 1986, and then was distributed to Europe, Australia and the United States in 1987...
- Altered BeastAltered BeastAltered Beast is a 1988 beat 'em up arcade game developed and manufactured by Sega. The game is set in Ancient Greece, and follows a centurion who is resurrected by Zeus to rescue his daughter Athena, and to do so become able to turn into beasts such as the werewolf with usage of power-ups...
- Assault CityAssault CityAssault City is a light gun, rail shooter released for Sega Master System in the year 1990. There were two versions of Assault City released for the Master System, the original version, was a joypad only game...
- Astro WarriorAstro Warrioris a shoot 'em up video game developed and manufactured by Sega for the Master System in 1986.-Game description:The game is a basic top down shooter that was common at the time, similar to Zanac for the NES. The game plays through three levels with a boss at the end of each. Astro Warrior's three...
- Aztec AdventureAztec Adventure: The Golden Road to Paradise- also known as - is an action video game that was developed and published by Sega for the Sega Master System.In the game, the player takes the control of Niño, an adventurer who must traverse a maze in search for treasures...
- Bomber RaidBomber RaidBomber Raid is a single-player, vertical scrolling shooter video game released for the Sega Master System in 1988 in Europe, and 1989 in the United States and Japan. It was the last game for the Master System in Japan.-Gameplay:...
- ColumnsColumns (video game)is a puzzle video game, first created in 1989 by Jay Geertsen. Early versions of the game were made and ported among early computer platforms, and then the Atari ST, until 1990, when Jay Geertsen sold the rights to Sega, where it was ported to several Sega consoles.-Description:The game takes...
- Ecco II: The Tides of TimeEcco the DolphinEcco the Dolphin is a puzzle video game released in 1992 for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis. The central character, Ecco, is a bottlenose dolphin controlled by the player through a progression of side-scrolling aquatic levels...
- Fantasy ZoneFantasy Zonethumb|Fantasy Zone arcade PCB is a surreal arcade game released by Sega in 1986. It was later ported to a wide variety of consoles, including the Sega Master System. The player controls a sentient spaceship named Opa-Opa who fights nonsensical invader enemies in the titular group of planets, full...
- Fantasy Zone: The MazeFantasy Zonethumb|Fantasy Zone arcade PCB is a surreal arcade game released by Sega in 1986. It was later ported to a wide variety of consoles, including the Sega Master System. The player controls a sentient spaceship named Opa-Opa who fights nonsensical invader enemies in the titular group of planets, full...
- Global Defense
- Kung Fu KidKung Fu KidKung Fu Kid is a Sega Master System video game about a kid that has knowledge of kung fu . This action game tests his skills as he defeats terrible enemies in order to save the day. It was released for the Sega Mark III in Japan as ....
- The NinjaSega NinjaSega Ninja is a 1985 arcade game released by Sega. The game features Princess Kurumi , the titular female ninja, battling enemies using throwing knives and throwing stars.-Story:The game us set during Japan's Edo era, in about the year 1630, in a province called Ohkami in the western region,...
- Penguin LandPenguin LandPenguin Land, known as in Japan, is a Sega Master System game and the second game in the Doki Doki Penguin Land series. In this game you play as a Penguin going through a puzzle platformer stage and try to guide your egg around the polar bears, rocks and other hazards to the end of the stage...
- QuartetQuartet (video game)Quartet is a 1986 arcade game by Sega. Quartet allows one to four players to guide a set of characters through a base taken over by an army of robots. Players control either Joe , Mary , Lee or Edgar across a number of sideways-scrolling levels...
- Snail MazeSnail MazeSnail Maze is a 1986 video game by Sega, part of the Sega Master System. Instead of being released on a cartridge, it was built into the system's BIOS and could be played by starting the system without a game cartridge inserted and holding Up and buttons 1 and 2 simultaneously. The later "Master...
- Sonic Drift 2
- Sonic Triple TroubleSonic Triple TroubleSonic the Hedgehog: Triple Trouble is a platform video game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series, for the Sega Game Gear. It was developed by Aspect and published by Sega in 1994. It is the sequel to Sonic Chaos, which was the first Sonic & Tails game in Japan...
- Super ColumnsSuper ColumnsSuper Columns was a video game released by Sega for the Game Gear in 1995. It was later included on the Coleco Sonic, along with the original Columns, to which it is a sequel...