This game is unbelivable. Sonic 1 Megamix is actually a hacked game made by Sonic fans that introduces a lot of new features,moves,characters,and,replaces all the scenery of the game. This game is much better than the Original Sonic The Hedgehog,
it doesn't actually even feels like it's old.

You can play as 5 different characters,and they all play very differently. Mighty has the capability to store shields,Tails can Fly,Sonic is fast and has a lot of moves,Shadow is beast when he has all 7 chaos emeralds,and so on. You have to play as each one of those,then you will understand just how deep this game is. The graphics were highly enhanced,as well as the soundtrack,which got new songs. Now,each act has it's own song,and it's not like Act 1,2 and 3 have all the same song.
There is more variety in the stages,as they have been re-designed for gameplay with all the characters.

You can also change a ton of options,which is somenthing that also wasn't possible in the old original one. This game is long and full of secrets,and if you manage to find all of them,well,congratulations! But it is also a game with a gentle learning curve. It starts rather easy,but then becomes a little harder than usual.
If you're a regular Sonic player,you will have no problem zooming through those stages. It is just impressive how much work they've done with this game;Megamix feels like an entirely different game! It certainly doesn't feels like your regular Sonic game,it feels more like they've added the GBA features into this. You know,those ones from Sonic Advance...well,i highly recommend you to play it.

If you have never played anything before,you will get instantly addicted to this. The only problems might be a few annoyning bugs that this game has,which will impede the player's further progress. What did you expect,a perfect game? But with time,maybe we will get the perfect Sonic game...one day...

A cracking review, and I STRONGLY agree! But, in level select, ssz has--in fact, most of the zones--have 4 acts!

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