Amusement Magazine has the answer, it seems, with some stunning high resolution imagery of the fixtures and fittings required for each game.

Here we have Tetris’ bricks, Arkanoid’s steel balls, Pong’s racquets and score digits, Super Mario’s mushroom and Sonic’s rings.

Read the stories of bricks and balls imported from Russia and East Berlin, mushroom farms and Japanese metal foundries.

Forget everything you thought you knew about these video games. The truth is now out. Check out the original hi-res photos.

As announced over at IGN, to further celebrate Sonic the Hedgehog’s 15th anniversary, Sega will be releasing a port of the original Sega Genesis Sonic the Hedgehog 1 on the Gameboy Advance. However, to sweeten the deal, this port will contain a save feature and Sonic’s trademark spin-dash attack, which wasn’t created until Sonic the Hedgehog 2, worked into the game. No news on whether they’re going to give the sprites any sort of make-over or if any further alterations will be made. Never-the-less, this is a great game to take on the go and I sincerely hope it means the rest of Sonic’s Genesis adventures will be ported to a handheld.