SegaSonic Popcorn Shop

SegaSonic Popcorn Shop

released on Jan 01, 1993

SegaSonic Popcorn Shop

released on Jan 01, 1993

A hybrid popcorn machine and arcade game released only in Japan. Players would choose from three different flavors of popcorn and turn the crank to help Sonic and Tails cook it, then to help them escape from Robotnik when he tries to destroy the operation. Once the popcorn is done, it is dispensed in a bag with Sonic inviting the player to come back any time.


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Wanna make pop corn with sonic and tails and beat eggman at the same time well now you can

What was sega on for real i wanna be in the board room when this game came out.

Very nice little oddity. Didn't give me popcorn via emulation though so that drags it down.

A Sonic game that was installed in a popcorn machine. I had to provide my own popcorn as my PC lacks the “popcorn maker” component.

After you insert your money, you get to pick your flavour of popcorn: butter, salted or curry (curry sounds very intriguing), then you play a quick minigame to run away from Dr Robotnik as he attempts to stop Sonic from making some popcorn. If Dr Robotnik does catch up to Sonic, then Sonic will dodge on his own, as the game won’t stop you getting popcorn if you fail.

Next up, you have to rotate a crank to stir the popcorn as Dr Robotnik tries to punch some, once this is ready, Tails will fill a cup and go off-screen to give it to you (if you had the actual popcorn machine, that is).

It’s an interesting novelty. There’s not much actual “game” to it, but it’s still technically a game, and would have been a fun amusement in an arcade.