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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Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Sonic the Hedgehog	Genesis	$1.63
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The Press Says

Objectif-SEGA	Jun 05, 2005	10 out of 10	100
The Video Game Critic	Sep 09, 2001	A	100
Entertainment Weekly	Aug 23, 1991	A+	100
Game Freaks 365	Jul 04, 2007	10 out of 10	100
VicioJuegos.com	Feb 14, 2006	97 out of 100	97
All Game Guide	2007		90
Netjak	Aug 23, 2005	8.8 out of 10	88
Kingdom of Desire	May 12, 2006	8.5 out of 10	85
Power Play	Sep, 1991	82 out of 100	82
HonestGamers	Dec 20, 2003	7 out of 10	70

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Trivia

The mobile edition is ported from the Genesis version. In Europe, the game was not released as a whole, but in two individual parts: Sonic the Hedgehog Part 1 and Sonic the Hedgehog Part 2.

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