Sonic the Hedgehog

The Good
The console wars! We are currently witnessing world war 3 in terms of consoles.. Lets pause a second..........., and think back to 1991...

Nintendo has THE most popular console (thought of at the time like people thought about the ps1 at its time) and SEGA were thought of as just another contender. Mario seemed to be the only guy jumping around on t.v (ok, and maybe timmy mallet) at that time and SEGAs future seemed to be underlined at that very moment Nintendo slapped down its sales profits for the year. Suddenly, SEGA had a mascot..

OK.. and the rest is history... yeah, pretty obvious I know. Sonic started the life of the Megadrive/Genesis and spawned the famous 'console war' !

This game was seen as a complete opposite of Mario, Super fast, dazzling graphics and spot on gameplay, Sonic the hedgehog set the standards of what people saw the SEGA console was capable of.

Yeah, years later Mario 64 won an award and Sonic adventure didn't, and, Nintendo's GAMEBOY is THE most successful console EVER.. But this is the game, this is the character which set the future of games and how they are distrubuted to the public forever. GO SONIC GO!.

The Bad
Sonic is nowhere near as popular now, and this game is rarely played! But whoever owns a copy of this, surely likes it's charm and style. (even though its a bit easy)

Playing this game now, gives me such a good feeling about gaming as a whole. This game cannot be compared next to games of today. It is so strange to rate this cool little game after playing Silent Hill 3 etc, which is why it should be regarded as an instant classic.... I mean, who HASNT heard of Sonic the hedgehog?

The Bottom Line
Its basically a platform game! Many platform games were made for the Megadrive and this type of game proved to be the most popular. The general size of games when this was made was not to the scale they are made today (even though they cost just as much and more!) and to play it through now wont take you long if you are into your games.

This game is cool, beyond which some games today will never achieve. Many great 'follow-ups' to this very game were made. Sonic is now going for an all console domination! I know Sonic will still be around in another 5 years, take this time to enjoy this fast, fun platformer. Enjoy!