Editing PlaySega

{{Real world}}
{{Infobox platform
|image           = PlaySEGALogo.jpg
|manufacturer    = 
*[[Mediatonic]]<ref name="Mediatonic">{{Cite web|url=http://www.mediatonic.co.uk/blog/2008/10/playsega-goes-live/|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20081019085138/http://www.mediatonic.co.uk/blog/2008/10/playsega-goes-live/|title=PlaySEGA goes live!|last=Croft|first=Paul|publisher=[[Mediatonic]]|date=15 October 2008|archivedate=19 October 2008|accessdate=8 December 2020}}</ref>
*[[Sega]]<ref name="SegaBlog">{{Cite web|url=https://www.blogs.sega.com/usa/2008/10/14/playsega-is-live-read-all-about-it/|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20160624030829/http://blogs.sega.com/2008/10/14/playsega-is-live-read-all-about-it/|date=14 October 2008|archivedate=24 June 2016|title=PlaySEGA is Live - Read All About It!|author=Clumsyorchid|publisher=[[Sega]]|accessdate=8 December 2020}}</ref>
|type            = Browser game service
|first_available = {{vgrelease|INT=14 October 2008<ref name="SegaBlog"/>}}
|discontinued    = {{vgrelease|INT=June 2011}}
}}
'''PlaySega''' (stylized as '''PlaySEGA''') was a web service developed by [[Mediatonic]] and [[Sega]]. It served as a portal for casual browser gaming and social networking.

The PlaySega website featured an extensive library of games playable on demand, consisting of exclusive [[Wikipedia:Adobe Flash|Flash]] games and emulated versions of existing [[Sega Mega Drive]] games.<ref name="Vanquish">{{Cite web|url=https://vanquishcorporation.com/2015/08/16/playsega/|title=PLAYSEGA|date=16 August 2015|publisher=Vanquish Corporation|accessdate=9 December 2020}}</ref> All users were able to browse the website and play games, but paying VIP members has access to the Mega Drive game library and [[Sonic the Hedgehog Level Creator|level editors]]. Users who purchased a membership for three months or longer were mailed a free [[Sega Saturn]]-styled PlaySega USB joypad. The virtual currency of the site, PlaySega [[Ring]]s, were earned by playing games or obtained via site microtransactions, and could have been used to purchase Avatar accessories, enter prize draws, and decorate the Escape area, which served as a personalized profile for users on the site.<ref name="Nick">{{Cite web|url=https://www.gamezebo.com/2009/01/29/interview-nick-pili-playsega/|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20211127081527/https://www.gamezebo.com/2009/01/29/interview-nick-pili-playsega/|archivedate=27 November 2021|title=Interview with Nick Pili, PlaySEGA|work=[[Wikipedia:Gamezebo|Gamezebo]]|last=Bell|first=Erin|date=29 January 2009|accessdate=8 April 2023}}</ref>

Only a few years after its release, the PlaySega service quietly shut down in June 2011, displaying a maintenance screen until its complete closure in 2013.

==''Sonic'' games==
{{Main|List of PlaySega games}}

==Trivia==
[[File:GreenHillPlaySEGA.jpg|thumb|right|225px|[[Green Hill Zone]], as seen among other PlaySega VIP-exclusive Escapes.]]
*PlaySega was initially conceived as a portal for [[Sonic the Hedgehog CHAOS CRUSH!|all]] [[Sonic Rush Adventure Flash|of]] [[Sonic Heroes Puzzle|the]] [[Shadow the Hedgehog Flash|promotional]] [[Sonic Maze Craze|browser]] [[Sonic Mega Collection Plus Mini|mini]]-[[Sonic Rivals Dash|games]] previously used on Sega's game websites, but was later dropped due to the games' lack of depth.<ref name="Nick"/>
*Several virtual items based on the [[Sonic the Hedgehog series|''Sonic the Hedgehog'' series]] were available in the site's virtual shop, including a blue Avatar T-shirt with the outline of [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic]]'s face and a framed Sega logo with Sonic standing in front.
**A [[Green Hill Zone]]-themed Escape was also exclusively available to VIP members.
*The PlaySega Rings used as the site's currency are the same [[Ring]]s from the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' series.

==Gallery==
===Promotional===
<gallery widths="200">
BlackKnightManualBack.jpg|A PlaySega advertisement featured in the manuals of ''[[Sonic Unleashed]]'' and ''[[Sonic and the Black Knight]]''.
</gallery>

===Sprites===
{{Gallery start}}
<gallery widths="200">
PlaySEGAsonic-icon.gif|"''[[Sonic the Hedgehog series|Sonic]]'' Games" tab icon
EscapeRings.gif|A single PlaySega Ring.
Skillshot-rings.gif|PlaySega Rings
PlaySEGArings.gif|PlaySega Rings
Vip_doublerings.gif|PlaySega Rings
Win-rings-bg.gif|PlaySega Rings
RingsPlaySEGALong.gif|PlaySega Rings
</gallery>
{{Gallery end}}

===Screenshots===
{{Gallery start}}
<gallery widths="200">
PlaySEGA1.jpg|''[[Sonic at the Olympic Games]]''
PlaySega screen w500-thumb-400x295.jpg|''Sonic at the Olympic Games''
LevelEditor12.jpg|''[[Sonic the Hedgehog Level Creator]]''
ChaoIslandPlaySEGA.png|A user Escape featuring an avatar in a Sonic T-shirt and a framed Sega logo with Sonic in front.
</gallery>
{{Gallery end}}

==Video==
[[File:PLAY SEGA Retro-Megadrive Games Promo|thumb|350px|left|Promotional trailer]]
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Plain link|http://web.archive.org/web/20110208002652/http://www.playsega.com/|Official website}} {{C|archived}}
*{{Plain link|https://facebook.com/PlaySEGA-30542156987|Official Facebook}}
*{{Plain link|https://twitter.com/PlaySEGA|Official Twitter}}
{{Video game platforms}}
{{Sonic games (browser)}}
[[Category:Sega platforms]]
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