Gamlet Trivia #48 — 2026-08-19

The answer was Sonic the Hedgehog — The hero's shoes were inspired by Michael Jackson's boots and Santa Claus's colour palette..

That day's clues

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2. Sega's 1991 Genesis flagship, engineered to make a rival mascot look slow.
3. A momentum platformer: hold right, thread the loop-the-loops, keep at least one ring alive, and topple an egg-shaped scientist.
4. Programmed by Yuji Naka with character design by Naoto Ohshima, in-house at Sega.
5. Its blue mascot with attitude split 90s playgrounds into two tribes — and the spin-dash of its sequels started here as a simple roll.
6. Anagram of its last word: HOGGED EH

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