Sonic the Hedgehog's Gameworld (Pico) Playthrough - NintendoComplete

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A playthrough of Sega's 1995 educational "storyware" game for the Sega Pico, Sonic the Hedgehog's Gameworld. The ending and the credit roll are shown. The Sega Pico is among Sega's least known consoles released in the west, and likewise, Sonic the Hedgehog's Gameworld is one of the least known Sonic games ever released in the US. It's certainly not the traditional Sonic we've known and loved for years, but it certainly makes a good effort at drawing kids in to the system and the stuff that it offers. This one is less educational than many of the titles released for the Pico, but it's still a really cool novelty piece. Despite its utter failure in the west, the Sega Pico was a giant success for the company in Asia for how well it wed the gaming with learning for kids. The Pico itself was basically a stripped-down Genesis deck: it had no controller ports (there was a d-pad of sorts and a single action button on the console itself) but it had a wired stylus attached to frame. It also lacked the YM2612 chip from the Genesis, so if you think the game sounds more like a Master System with super-distorted digital sound than a Genesis, that's the reason. The system was a cool setup for sure. It opened up clamshell-style (similar to a laptop), to reveal a big touchpad. The cartridges, or "storyware" plugged into the cart slot on top of the deck, and it had a full color book attached to it. Changing pages in the book would switch scenes in the game, and you could use the stylus on the pages themselves to interact with different elements. These pages are what are shown at the top-right of the video - the page shown matches up with the scene being played. ___ No cheats were used during the recording of this video. NintendoComplete ( punches you in the face with in-depth reviews, screenshot archives, and music from classic 8-bit NES games! Visit for the latest updates!