Day 156: Sonic the Hedgehog

Sonic the Hedgehog is a video game character and the protagonist of the Sonic video game series released by Sega, as well as in numerous spin-off comics, cartoons and books. The first Sonic game was released on June 23, 1991, in order to provide Sega with a mascot to rival Nintendo's flagship character Mario. Since then, Sonic has become one of the world's best-known video game characters, with his series having sold 50 million copies. In 2005, Sonic was one of the first game character inductees into the Walk of Game, alongside Mario and Link.

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Day 154: Space Invaders (Video Game)

Space Invaders​ is an arcade video game designed by Tomohiro Nishikado, and released in 1978. It was originally manufactured and sold by Taito in Japan, and was later licensed for production in the United States by Midway.

Space Invaders is one of the earliest shooting games and features two-dimensional graphics. Though simple by today's standards, it was one of the forerunners of modern video gaming and helped expand the video game industry from a novelty to a global industry. Following its release, the game caused a temporary shortage of 100-yen coins in Japan, and by 2007 had earned Taito US$500 million in revenue. Guinness World Records ranks it the top arcade game.

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Day 151: Moshi Monsters (Katsuma)

Moshi Monsters is an online game site where you can adopt a virtual pet monster. The monsters have to be fed and tickled. You can also buy clothes and other items for the monster. Players earn credits called "Rox", by solving puzzles and simple games. These puzzles test skills such as basic maths, spatial awareness, logic, counting, anagrams and vocabulary.

The website is run by the British company Mind Candy and is designed for children aged 7-12. It has been described as Tamagotchi meets Facebook. The site opened in November 2007 and by early 2009 it had over 1.5 million players.

There are six types of monster you can adopt: Poppet, Furi, Luvli, Katsuma, Diavlo, Zommer.

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