Sonic Games Available in the Internet

Sonic the Hedgehog, also known as the Blue Blur among his loyal followers, have been generating an increased interest for the free sonic games available in the Internet. Online Google searches for the blue blur character have reached 500 thousand per month and climbing. It is not very difficult to find versions of the early sonic games remade in flash, and available to play free online. One could assume that this could hurt sales for the character creator SEGA of America, but perhaps the increased availability of sonic in the Internet for free only makes him more popular than ever, enticing players young and old to reach out for a more developed and sophisticated retail version of the game which would be too difficult to put online.

Sonic games available online are made in Adobe Flash, a program originally developed by Macromedia in 1996. With the acquisition of the software by Adobe, a few improvements were added to the code. Ease of use, flexibility, and a pack of new features have made Flash software so much easier to use that a talented beginner could learn at home and create a multimedia flash application in as little as 7 days. With the ease of use, the amount of coders willing to learn and make a living out of flash code development has surged, and so has the price. Consequently, the amount of website owners willing to sponsor a game have also increased. Flash sonic games are more complex, with more special effects, enthusiastic themes and enticing background music. Capturing the excitement of a sonic adventure, including the rush of sonic抯 speed racing, green background hills, treasure collecting and fighting foes. Sonic games appear in cyberspace in a variety of genres, including sonic adventure games, sonic puzzle games, flash scene creators, sonic action games and a horde of other activities all made in flash.

So what is the hype surrounding this unlikely hero? What stirs consumers to buy over 10 million copies of his latest game title? I guess we will never know for sure. What we do know is that SEGA of America has joined forces with Nintendo for the first time ever as they put together two teams for their latest game title ?Sonic and Mario at the Olympic Games. That抯 right folks, our hero sonic will team up with Nintendo抯 character Mario for a collection of winter sports. The game is due to be released in time for the Winter Olympic games in Vancouver, Canada in 2010. New and improved game playing technology, game features and better console controls are sure to provide fans with a video game playing experience to remember.