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
| Eurogamer.de |
Wii |
Jan 26, 2007 |
5 out of 5 |
100 |
| VicioJuegos.com |
Genesis |
Feb 14, 2006 |
97 out of 100 |
97 |
| Consolemania |
Genesis |
Oct, 1991 |
95 out of 100 |
95 |
| Computer and Video Games (CVG) |
Genesis |
Jul, 1991 |
94 out of 100 |
94 |
| Netjak |
Genesis |
Aug 23, 2005 |
8.8 out of 10 |
88 |
| Kingdom of Desire |
Genesis |
May 12, 2006 |
8.5 out of 10 |
85 |
| GameSpot |
Xbox 360 |
Jul 18, 2007 |
7 out of 10 |
70 |
| HonestGamers |
Genesis |
Dec 20, 2003 |
7 out of 10 |
70 |
| Retro Gamer |
iPhone |
Jul, 2009 |
60 out of 100 |
60 |
| Slide to Play |
iPhone |
May 26, 2009 |
2 out of 4 |
50 |
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Trivia
The Scrap Brain Zone was originally called the Clock Work Zone.
