Description
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."
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 Press Says
| Objectif-SEGA |
Jun 05, 2005 |
10 out of 10 |
100 |
| Game Freaks 365 |
Jul 04, 2007 |
10 out of 10 |
100 |
| Entertainment Weekly |
Aug 23, 1991 |
A+ |
100 |
| VideoGame |
Jul, 1991 |
 |
100 |
| VicioJuegos.com |
Feb 14, 2006 |
97 out of 100 |
97 |
| Consolemania |
Oct, 1991 |
95 out of 100 |
95 |
| Computer and Video Games (CVG) |
Jul, 1991 |
94 out of 100 |
94 |
| Netjak |
Aug 23, 2005 |
8.8 out of 10 |
88 |
| SegaFan.com |
May 20, 2006 |
8.6 out of 10 |
86 |
| Kingdom of Desire |
May 12, 2006 |
8.5 out of 10 |
85 |
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Trivia
Of all the Sonic games, Sonic 1 is the only game to have only 6 Chaos Emeralds. Every other game in the series features 7 Emeralds.
