Neo Geo Pocket Color

Sonic The Hedgehog Pocket Adventure

I am really, really stunned at how well Sonic Pocket Adventure turned out on the NeoGeo Pocket Color – the system needed a platform game, and Sonic delivers big-time. The cartridge is truly brimming with gaming options that will keep you coming back, especially if you're lucky enough to have access to two systems. Sonic Pocket Adventure is a cartridge no handheld library should be without. Yes, it has to be said: this game is a system-seller

Sonic Pocket Adventure deja un buen sabor de boca tras jugarlo. Dada la escasez de los plataformas (y juegos en general) de la Neo Geo Pocket los usuarios de dicha consola fueron muy afortunados al recibir este juego que recoje lo mejor de cada Sonic de Megadrive y lo funde en la mejor aventura portátil de Sonic de la historia.

As a game Sonic Pocket Adventure is outstanding. It manages to retain all the speed, punch and polish of its bigger brothers. Again I am knocked back by the power of the Neo Geo Pocket and yet again this is another reason to shove your NGPC under the nose of the nearest Game Boy owner and laugh at their astounded faces. But not only does Sonic look and sound great, it plays really well too.

I've always been a big Sonic fan, and Sonic Pocket Adventure really captures the spirit of those classic games on the Genesis. In fact, these stages are basically modified versions of those from the original Sonic games. If you've already played through those old games, this one will seem awfully familiar, but if you're new to the series, you're in for a treat.

Sonic Pocket's only serious flaw is that the game is over too quickly. Anyone who still has his Sonic chops in decent shape should be able to cruise through the game in a few hours, collecting around half of the puzzle pieces along the way. The save-game system, which lets you start on any level that you have already played, makes the game seem even shorter. But it's still a worthwhile ride, and one that any serious Sonic fan should definitely take.

Despite these minor, and I do stress minor, problems, the game is a great platformer with probably being one of the best reasons for owning a Neo Geo Pocket Color. It's a game that not only is a great platformer, but it also has a wide appeal to all sorts of different gamers. With Sonic leaving his roots behind on the Dreamcast, I sure do hope that SNK will produce a sequel that will match and surpass this already great game.

The first thing I thought when I popped in this cart and took Sonic for a spin was, wow, they did it! Sega managed to bring back the fun (and memories) of the old-school 2-D 16-bit gaming era. I was reliving the glory days of Sonic on the Sega Genesis right there between my palms. What a wonderful feeling! Right down to the synthesized Se-ga sound byte introduction.