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==Legacy== Numerous Sega video game compilations feature ''Flicky''. A CD-enhanced version of the Genesis port was featured in ''Wondermega Collection'', a compilation bundled with the [[Sega CD#Models|Wondermega]] hybrid console in 1992.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.giantbomb.com/wondermega-collection/3030-74772/ | title=WonderMega Collection (Game) }}</ref> ''Wondermega Collection'' will be included as part of the [[Sega Genesis Mini|Sega Mega Drive Mini 2]] mini console in Japan, releasing in October 2022.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://sega.jp/mdmini2/soft/wondermega-collection.html | title=γ―γ³γγΌγ‘γ¬γ³γ¬γ―γ·γ§γ³ | γ‘γ¬γγ©γ€γγγ2 | γ»γ¬ }}</ref> The Genesis version was compiled into ''Game no Kanzume Vol. 1'' (1994), a [[Sega CD]] compilation in Japan which featured CD quality remixes of the original soundtrack. The Genesis port was also featured in ''[[Sonic Mega Collection]]'' (2002), ''[[Sega Genesis Collection]]'' (2006), ''[[Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection]]'' (2009), ''[[Sega Genesis Classics Pack|Sega Mega Drive Classic Collection]]'' (2010), and even Genesis-based [[Handheld TV game|plug and play]] devices. The arcade version has been released in Japan on the ''[[Sega Ages]]: Memorial Collection Vol. 1'' (1996) for the [[Sega Saturn]], and the ''Sega Memorial Selection'' (1998) for [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]''.'' ''Flicky'' has also been ported to mobile devices. The first port was in 2001 for the ''Sega Ages'' line in Japan.<ref name="hcg" /> In March 2003, a similar variant appeared on the Sonic Cafe service, again exclusive to Japan.<ref name="hcg" /><ref name=mobile/> In 2007, the Sonic Cafe port was upgraded with better graphics and ported to North America for the Sega Mobile service.<ref name="hcg" /> The Genesis port was released on [[Steam (service)|Steam]] in 2010.<ref name="steam">{{cite web|title=Flickyβ’ on Steam|url=http://store.steampowered.com/app/71111/Flicky/|website=Steam|access-date=29 September 2017|language=en|date=26 October 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001020527/http://store.steampowered.com/app/71111/Flicky/|archive-date=1 October 2017}}</ref> [[File:Bloxeed_arcade_marquee.png|thumb|Flicky is on the arcade marquee for ''Bloxeed''.]] The Flicky character has made cameo appearances in several other Sega arcade games, effectively becoming a mascot for Sega's early arcade years. In ''[[Teddy Boy Blues]]'' (1985), she appears as a shooting target among other Sega mascots such as [[Pengo (video game)|Pengo]]. In the puzzle game ''Bloxeed'', she can be used as a special weapon to drop blocks on the playing field. She is also playable in ''[[SDI (arcade game)|SDI]]'' (1987) with the use of a [[Cheating in video games|cheat code]]. Flicky has a minor cameo appearance in ''Flash Point'', where she will wish the player good luck before each round, and in the racing game ''[[Super Monaco GP]]'' (1989), where she appears on the racetrack banners and the [[game over]] screen. Flicky has also become an entire species and reoccurring minor character in the ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' series and is featured most prominently in ''[[Sonic 3D Blast|Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island]]'' (1996), the game mechanics of which were inspired by ''Flicky''.<ref>{{cite journal|date=July 1996|title=Cover Story: Sonic 3D|url=https://retrocdn.net/images/7/77/MeanMachinesSega45UK.pdf|journal=Mean Machines Sega|issue=45|access-date=5 February 2018}}</ref> Flicky has continued to have minor cameo appearances in other Sega titles, including ''[[Shenmue (video game)|Shenmue]]'' (1999), ''[[Gunstar Super Heroes]]'' (2005), and ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games]]'' (2007).<ref name=hcg/>
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