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Sonic Eraser was a downloadable puzzle game released for the Sega Genesis in Japan, accessible through the SegaNet service. It was published by Sega and stands as a curious, lesser known entry in the Sonic series from that era, focusing on block matching rather than the high speed platforming the character was known for.

You control Sonic's cursor on a grid filled with colored blocks. The main objective is to clear the screen by matching and erasing groups of three or more adjacent blocks of the same color. Your primary actions involve moving the cursor to select a block, then swapping its position with a neighboring block to create these matches; making a match causes the entire group to vanish, with blocks above falling into the vacant spaces. The game progresses screen by screen, with each stage presenting a new, pre arranged block layout to solve. The pacing is methodical, demanding careful planning over quick reflexes, and the difficulty escalates as the layouts become more complex and restrictive. It feels like a deliberate and quiet alternative to the usual Sonic chaos.