List of Sonic Team games
In addition to the "Sonic" series, the company has developed other games for Sega, such as "Nights into Dreams" (1996) and "Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg" (2003). The 1991 release of "Sonic the Hedgehog" is considered significant in video game history, as it increased the Sega Genesis's sales and Sega displaced Nintendo as the leading video game company. Some of Sonic Team's games, such as the Genesis-era "Sonic" games and "Nights", are considered by critics to be among the greatest video games ever released.
Ristar
Back in late 1994, Sega was originally pitching "Ristar" to be the successor of Sonic the Hedgehog. However, the game never received a ton of exposure or sales, mainly due to being released just three months prior to the Sega Saturn, Sega's successor to the Genesis, overshadowing it. In a 1994 "Electronic Gaming Monthly" interview, Sega marketing staff Lisa Best and Terry Tang claimed "Ristar" was not designed by the same "Sonic" programming team, although much of the game's staff would later go on to create "Nights Into Dreams" for the Saturn, the next game to be officially credited to Sonic Team. This, along with "Ristar's" inclusion in a number of "Sonic" themed compilations and re-releases in subsequent year, would lead game journalists to retroactively label the game as being developed by Sonic Team.