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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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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.


This entry was contributed by Guy Chapman (1722), Sciere Bronze Star Contributing Member (117983), Kabushi (48040), Ben K (19178) and quizzley7 (21320)
 

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