Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6858788-20140215060602/@comment-6858788-20140215061341

I'm going to try as best as I can to organize the timeline of all Sonic games, counting handhelds.

1. Sonic 1 (16-bit) or Sonic 1 (8-bit)

2. Sonic CD

3. Sonic 2 (8-bit)

4. Sonic 2 (16-bit)

5. Sonic Chaos

6. Sonic 3

7. Sonic & Knuckles

8. Knuckles' Side of Sonic & Knuckles

9. Knuckles Chaotix and Sonic 4 (apparently, simultaneous)

10. Sonic 4 Episode 2 (which implies a year has passed before Sonic 4 and Sonic CD)

11. Sonic Triple Trouble (Implies Eggman tricked Knuckles a second time)

12. Sonic Blast

13. Sonic Adventure

14. Sonic Adventure 2

15. Sonic Advance

16. Sonic Advance 2

17. Sonic Heroes

18. Sonic Battle

19. Sonic Advance 3

20. Shadow the Hedgehog

21. The void that is Sonic 06. Blaze is sent to a different dimension, thus explaining #22.

22. Sonic Rush

23. Sonic Rush Adventure

24. Sonic Unleashed

25. Sonic Colors

26. Sonic Lost World

I can't place Sonic Generations properly into the timeline. It could be before Sonic Lost World, but it retcons many aspects of the series.