Sonic Blast is a video game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series developed by Aspect and published by Sega for the Game Gear. It was released on November 1996 in North America and in Japan a month later as G Sonic (Gソニック, Jī Sonikku), being the last first party title released for the system, and the second-last officially licensed Game Gear title (preceding 1997's The Lost World: Jurassic Park).