The Sega Saturn is a home video game console developed by Sega and released on November 22, 1994, in Japan, May 11, 1995, in North America, and July 8, 1995, in Europe. Part of the fifth generation of
Chris Senn and Ofer Alon's version of Sonic X-treme was canceled, and the lack of a fully 3D Sonic the Hedgehog platformer became a significant factor in the Saturn's commercial failure.