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| + | |In issue #27 of [[Archie Comics]]' ''[[sonic:Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie comics)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' - ''Knuckles the Echidna'' series, [[sonic:Vector the Crocodile|Vector the Crocodile]] is seen playing ''[[Galaxy Force II]]'' in an arcade.{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20231026072842/https://thankskenpenders.tumblr.com/post/184465402324/if-it-wasnt-for-espio-and-mighty-i-think}} | ||
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Revision as of 02:30, 26 October 2023
- Back to: References to Sega.
The following is a list of references to Sega in print.
For references specific to Sonic the Hedgehog, see References to Sonic in print.
Contents
Books
| Book | Author | Release date | Description | Scans |
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| Animorphs - The Invasion | K. A. Applegate | 1996-06 | Jake, one of the characters and the narrator of the novel, states he has "a Sega at home" in the first chapter. | 
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| German language education book | 200x | Drawn artwork of a Sega Dreamcast is used as an example of a video game console. | 
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| The Recruit | Robert Muchamore | 2004 | The protagonist destroys a Sega Dreamcast so that it doesn't get stolen later. |
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Comics and manga
| Publication | Issue | Release date | Description | Scans |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Turbo | #43 | 1993-01 | Johnny Turbo and his partner Tony are pitted against villainous androids and monsters from a company called "FEKA" (a thinly veiled parody of SEGA), which misleads children into wasting their money on their CD add-on system (the Sega CD.) | File:EGM US 042.pdf |
| Yu Yu Hakusho | #168 | 1994 | One panel shows Yusuke in Virtua Fighter style graphics. | 
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| Hajime no Ippo | #34 | 1996-08-12 | Two characters are seen playing the Saturn port of Virtua Fighter, complete with an appearance from the system itself.[1] |  
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| Hoshin Engi | #1 | 1996-11-01 | In one scene, the protagonist gets reprimanded by his teacher, who does Virtua Fighter Lion's f,f P+G move on him. The artist goes as far as adding the associated sound effect "Iiin!" and annotating the specific move used.[1] | |
| Simpsons Comics | #39 | 1998 | One panel shows Bart and Homer Simpson playing a fictional arcade game named "Virtua Kidney Puncher 3D", named after Virtua Fighter. | 
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| Sonic the Hedgehog | #27 | 1999-06-09 | In issue #27 of Archie Comics' Sonic the Hedgehog - Knuckles the Echidna series, Vector the Crocodile is seen playing Galaxy Force II in an arcade.[2] | 
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| Yu-Gi-Oh! | #193 | 2000-10-07 | The Enemy Controller card features three diagonally-oriented buttons in a similar manner to the Mega Drive Control Pad, and boasts a vaguely Dreamcast Controller-esque shell and connector design. | 
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| Genshiken | 2002 | The PlayStation 2 port of Puyo Puyo Tsuu serves as an important plot point throughout the manga[3], used by Kasukabe in an attempt to gain Kousaka's attention. | ||
| Gantz | 2004 | Kaze performs Akira's moves from Virtua Fighter to kill demons. Later in the series, a character is seen playing Virtua Fighter 4.[4] | ||
| Scott Pilgrim | #3 | 2006-05-24 | In addition to the comic's liberal use of Sonic the Hedgehog references to evoke nostalgia, it does the same with other Sega properties. Scott's previous bands are all named after classic video games, including one named Kid Chameleon. | 
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| Hayate the Combat Butler | #8 | 2006-09-15 | When Hayate asks Nagi how she trained her pet tiger Tama, she responds with a number of anime and video games; one of these is Virtua Fighter.[1] | 
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| Komi Can't Communicate | 201x | The manga features a role-playing game with the acronym "PGO" - an homage to Phantasy Star Online's acronym "PSO".[5] |
Magazines
| Publication | Issue | Release date | Description | Scans |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Playboy | December 1996 | 1996-xx-xx | The December 1996 issue of Playboy contains a "Virtual Vixens" blurb accompanied with artwork of popular female video game characters, most notably including the Fighting Vipers character Grace redrawn as Caucasian.[6] | 
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://virtuafighter.com/threads/virtua-fighter-references-in-pop-culture.15419/ (Wayback Machine: 2021-01-23 10:48)
- ↑ https://thankskenpenders.tumblr.com/post/184465402324/if-it-wasnt-for-espio-and-mighty-i-think (Wayback Machine: 2023-10-26 07:28)
- ↑ @S2LSOFTENER on Twitter (archive.today)
- ↑ https://www.destructoid.com/--534711.phtml (Wayback Machine: 2020-11-25 17:59)
- ↑ https://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?threads/sega-references-in-pop-culture.22988/page-9#post-969604
- ↑ https://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?threads/general-questions-and-information-thread.26211/page-100#post-1005874