If the popular discourse is to be believed, Sonic The Hedgehog – the 90s 16-bit icon himself – had a ... from the 2D plane of slopes and loops to run around 3D worlds. The main problem with ...

In the early 90s during the great 16-bit console wars ... But even as a conventional 2D platformer, Sonic 3 still showed traces of 3D influence, such as how the title screen features a pre-rendered CG ...