"The January 1989 issue of "Sinclair User" gave it the 1988 award for Most Original Game of the Year.Bean the Dynamite was created by Sega AM2 for "Sonic the Fighters", a "Sonic the Hedgehog" fighting game, released initially for arcades in 1996 (it was given a limited US release as "Sonic Championship") and finally ported to home consoles in 2005 as part of Sega's "Sonic Gems Collection" compilation; Bean is based solely on the characters Bin and Pin from Dynamite Düx (though he wears a neckerchief instead of a bow tie and Sonic's shoes instead of regular sneakers).