SEGA's mascot Sonic the Hedgehog made his debut in a famous Genesis title, but Sega's 8-bit systems got their own version of the platformer, featuring the same story and gameplay style, but different levels.

To stop the evil Dr. Robotnik, Sonic must traverse six zones consisting of three levels each. Most of the zones are based on those in the original game, but some are entirely new. Enemies (mechanized animals, defeated by Sonic's spikes when jumping or rolling) and power-ups (speed-ups, shields, extra lives) are mostly the same as well. Sonic can pick up golden rings for protection (when hit, he simply loses all of his rings instead of a life) and bonuses: 100 rings gain Sonic an extra life, and 50 remaining rings at the end of a level allow access to pinball-themed special stages full of bumpers and springs. The final level of a zone is always a boss fight against Robotnik.

Sonic should also collect the six Chaos Emeralds to keep them from falling into Robotnik's hands. In a departure from the original game, these are not hidden in the special stages but somewhere in the regular levels.

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User Reviews

Master System owners get to see what all the fuss is about.	SEGA Master System	Retro_Minded (8)
A great Sonic game that you can take anywhere!	Game Gear	Classix (95)
Move over, Alex Kidd. Sonic is in town	SEGA Master System	Katakis (37454)
A True Classic: The start of the legend!	SEGA Master System	M.Allen (76)

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The Press Says

Game Freaks 365	SEGA Master System	Jun 10, 2005	10 out of 10	100
Pixel-Heroes.de	SEGA Master System	Nov, 2003	10 out of 10	100
SEGA-Mag (Objectif-SEGA)	SEGA Master System	Mar 19, 2009	10 out of 10	100
Retrogaming History	SEGA Master System	Feb 28, 2008	10 out of 10	100
Joystick (French)	SEGA Master System	Dec, 1991	97 out of 100	97
Jeuxvideo.com	Game Gear	Dec 13, 2011	18 out of 20	90
Jeuxvideo.com	Wii	Jan 06, 2010	18 out of 20	90
neXGam	SEGA Master System	Dec 27, 2009	9 out of 10	90
Defunct Games	SEGA Master System	Jan 07, 2007	85 out of 100	85
Power Play	Game Gear	Feb, 1992	81 out of 100	81

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Trivia

Master System II version

The Sonic The Hedgehog version that came built-in the Master System II console lacks credits. Because ROM chips were very expensive at the time, the credits were dropped to make room on the small ROM chip for the necessary BIOS routines for the console. By doing this, Sega avoided having to buy bigger and more expensive ROM chips for the console.

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