This is the first of many games starring Sega's premier rodent, Sonic. It's a side scrolling platform game with a difference: speed. Sonic rushes through levels with incredible speed, allowing him to traverse loops and jumps with ease.

The plot of the game is simple. The evil Dr. Robotnik has captured many of Sonic's animal friends, and trapped them inside robots. Fortunately, Sonic can free his friends by destroying the robots with his spin attack. Meanwhile, Dr. Robotnik is trying to control the all-powerful chaos emeralds. Sonic must grab them before he does in the 3-d rotating bonus levels.

Sonic the Hedgehog is a significant game because it gave Sega it's first real mascot, and established the Genesis as the video game system with "attitude."

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Alternate Titles

"STH" -- Informal title
"Sonic the Hedgehog Genesis" -- GBA title
"Sonic 1" -- Informal name
"ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ" -- Japanese spelling

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User Reviews

The beginning of one of the most influential platformers	Genesis	Classic Nigel (145)
Blue, blue sky...	Genesis	Satoshi Kunsai (1856)
The need for speed	Genesis	Liam Dowds (51)
The game that started it all....	Genesis	MrBee (29)
KICK ASS!	Genesis	Tomer Gabel (4480)
great!	Genesis	marielle goaway (3)
And so it begins...	Genesis	Kain Ceverus (33)
You have only a SNES? So sorry...	Genesis	The Imperial Darkhorse (131)
Don't play it and you are SO SAD!	Genesis	Joel Chappell (3)
this game will make you as dizzy as hell!!	Genesis	paul cairey (340)

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The Press Says

The Video Game Critic	Genesis	Sep 09, 2001	A	100
VideoGame	Genesis	Jul, 1991		100
Objectif-SEGA	Genesis	Jun 05, 2005	10 out of 10	100
Eurogamer.de	Wii	Jan 26, 2007	5 out of 5	100
IGN	Wii	Jan 26, 2007	8 out of 10	80
Video Game Generation	Wii	Mar 05, 2007	7.5 out of 10	75
IGN	Xbox 360	Jul 17, 2007	7.4 out of 10	74
HonestGamers	Genesis	Dec 20, 2003	7 out of 10	70
Defunct Games	Xbox 360	Nov 14, 2006	40 out of 100	40
GameSpot	Game Boy Advance	Nov 20, 2006	2.5 out of 10	25

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Trivia

Sonic the Hedgehog was included on compilations for many platforms, including Sega Smash Pack: Volume 1 for Dreamcast, Sonic Mega Collection for Gamecube and Sonic Mega Collection Plus for Xbox, PlayStation 2 and Windows.

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