When we think about old school side scrolling beat em up games from the early 90’s there a various titles that comes to mind. We had games such as the Final Fight Streets of Rage series along with the likes of Battletoads & TMNT: Turtles in Time which were all memorable classics. However, there were games such as Sonic Blast Man I & II which are not talked about as much as other beat em up titles from the early 90’s which were considered to be decent. Shortly after the first Sonic Blast Man game was released in arcade centers back in 1990 it was ported for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

Sonic Blast Man II was also released exclusively for the SNES a few years later in 1994 but never appeared in arcade centers at all. Despite, being a cool beat em up for the SNES some question why Taito never ported Sonic Blast Man I & II for the Sega Genesis during the early 90’s. One could argue that Sonic Blast Nan could have was been overshadowed by the Streets of Rage series on the Sega Genesis. However,the SNES has the Final Fight series along with games such TMNT: Turtles in Time, Super Double Dragon and Captain Commando. Sonic Blast Man could of had a much better chance standing out on the Sega Genesis than it did on the SNES. In theory, Sonic Blast Man I & II could have received more recognition on the Sega Genesis but when it came down to visuals, sprites and animation Taito probably believed that Super Nintendo was a better choice.