Back in 1991, Mario was all the rage. Until one fateful day in the fall of that year. SEGA's Mega Drive was still trying to find it's feet in the gaming world and to get sales boosting, they decided to replace their mascot-Alex Kidd- with something "cool" and "hip" to compete with Nintendo's portly plumber. After several ideas( Like a rabbit, a mouse, and Theodore Roosevelt wearing pyjamas) SEGA ended up with Sonic the Hedgehog, one of the most refreshing games to come out in the early 1990's. It's speed was unparalleled and it's graphics were unlike anything anybody was used to at the time. It is the best selling SEGA Mega Drive game, selling 15 million units worldwide.

The Graphics
Sonic's graphics are very crisp, bright and detailed using the Mega Drive to it's fullest capabilities. The parallax scrolling and of course the old "Blast Processing" is what made Sonic's speed a true sight to behold. It is quite possibly the best looking game on the system.

The Sound
The sound in this game will blow you away. After listening to some of these tunes you will never ever stop humming or whistling them, they are just so damn catchy. I'm sure if you are a gamer you have heard Green Hill Zone before, or the games title theme or the infamous drowning theme, which has to be one of the scariest songs in gaming.

Addictiveness
With it being a 2D platformer, there's not a whole lot to do when you're done, except beating the High Score.

The Story
It's a typical evil guy enslaving something to take over the world story and it's up to the hero to stop him. Cliché: yes. Does it work for Sonic: Yes.

Depth
Plenty of alternate paths, 2 endings and High Scores. Sonic will probably last a while. It is certainly not the deepest game ever, but it certainly is not the most shallow game of all time, that's for sure.

Difficulty
Not the hardest game of all time but still quite a challenging one nevertheless.

Good review. Although it was fairly short, it was pretty well written, and easy to read.

I love Sonic the Hedgehog. It's one of my favorite games of all time. I will never get sick of playing it...It's still wonderful to play 20 years after it's release. That's really saying a lot.

Sonic was a pretty good game. I mean, its the character's first game to ever be starred in. Ever. Looking back at it today really is the best feeling in the world being a good Sonic fan. I even own the game irl. Still works too. That's awesome.
Great review too. Good job.

I love playing Sonic on a real Sega. That game is a classic. The one thing I do not really like about the sonic games is the boss stages and the pinball map. That is the only thing I have wrong with the Sonic Games

A really great game for Genesis. I didn't like it at first but when I got into the game, it became a fun and entertaining game.

This is the game to play when modern games look dull. It was the first game I have ever owned and it is still sitting there in my Genesis in the game cabinet. Ah, fun times the game is truly awesome to play over, and over, and over again! my favorite memories were the first time I beat the first boss and and getting to Labyrinth Zone. And the game had a great soundtrack, I especially like Green Hill Zone and Labyrinth Zone. Good review, Great game!

This is one of the best Sonic Games ever with Classic Sonic in it and it makes the Sonic Games with Modern Sonic in it look like a joke. The only good Sonic Games with Modern Sonic in it are Sonic Adventure, Sonic Heroes and Shadow The Hedgehog.

Thanks for making this its taken me about a year and i haven't beat the game yet.

Great review, dazz.

Definitely one of my favorite Sonic games. A big classic that never gets old... I used to play it a lot when I was 8. Never passed Spring Yard Zone.

Keep the good work!

I like the game is was so fun to play and I like the graphics of the game at it's time. Also great review dude.