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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User Reviews

The beginning of one of the most influential platformers	Genesis	Classic Nigel (145)
Blue, blue sky...	Genesis	Satoshi Kunsai (1856)
The need for speed	Genesis	Liam Dowds (51)
The game that started it all....	Genesis	MrBee (29)
KICK ASS!	Genesis	Tomer Gabel (4480)
great!	Genesis	marielle goaway (3)
And so it begins...	Genesis	Kain Ceverus (33)
You have only a SNES? So sorry...	Genesis	The Imperial Darkhorse (131)
Don't play it and you are SO SAD!	Genesis	Joel Chappell (3)
this game will make you as dizzy as hell!!	Genesis	paul cairey (340)

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The Press Says

Game Freaks 365	Genesis	Jul 04, 2007	10 out of 10	100
Consolemania	Genesis	Oct, 1991	95 out of 100	95
Eurogamer	Xbox 360	Jul 16, 2007	9 out of 10	90
All Game Guide	Genesis	2007		90
Kingdom of Desire	Genesis	May 12, 2006	8.5 out of 10	85
Power Play	Genesis	Sep, 1991	82 out of 100	82
Video Game Generation	Wii	Mar 05, 2007	7.5 out of 10	75
HonestGamers	Genesis	Dec 20, 2003	7 out of 10	70
GameSpot	Xbox 360	Jul 18, 2007	7 out of 10	70
Defunct Games	Xbox 360	Nov 14, 2006	40 out of 100	40

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Trivia

The Japanese rock group Dreams Come True, who also composed all of the music for Sonic the Hedgehog (as well as Sonic 2 and Sonic CD), also helped promote Sonic in Japan! During one major tour they took across Japan in the summer of 1991, they had murals of Sonic painted onto the trucks that carried their equipment to get the people's attention.

And then to make it even better, their song "Sweet Sweet Dream" was chosen to be the ending theme for Sonic 2! Don't believe me? Search for the song with your favorite music search engine (AudioGalaxy works best for finding DCT music), and listen to the song's melody.

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