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The original is still the best

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: January 14, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Flashback to 1989. Sega has released the Mega Drive in Japan, and received somewhat dissapointing results. Fearing that the same would happen in the U.S., Sega hired a special team in 1990 to design a character that would carry the Genesis to the top of the gaming world. After 14 months, they reached a solution. Sonic the Hedgehog. A small, blue-spiked hedgehog with red sneakers that could run at the speed of sound. In the U.S., Sonic the Hedgehog was a runaway hit, and Sonic became a gaming icon overnight. A game that had this much success was obviously a great title, right? Exactly. This game (at the time) was everything a gamer could hope for. One with an undoubtedly cool character, awesome graphics, break-neck speed, and enough replay value that would still make you play it years down the road. This was no ordinary game. This was a revolution.

The game itsself is compiled of 6 zones that contained 3 acts each. Each zone, obviously, incresing in difficulty as the game progressed. At the end of the third act in every zone, you must fight against the evil Dr. Robotnik. If you didn't know, Dr. Robotnik is the one who captured all of Sonics' friends and turned them into robots. After you defeat him, he flys off and you then destroy a capsule and save some of your friends from being roboticized.

The real highlight of the game, though, is the special stage. Collect 50 or more rings in an act and jump through the giant gold ring at the end, and you were transported into a 360 degree rotating maze in search for one of the 6 chaos emeralds. The colors in this stage would make a hippie proud, and were unimgainable on the NES or Master system.

Combine these features with an awesome soundtrack and great sound effects, and you've got a game that will turn even the most casual of gamers into a hardcore fanatic. This was an amazing game indeed.

Flash forward to 2002. 11 years after Sonic the Hedgehog was released, the blue-blur is still kicking in his last game, Sonic Adventure 2. This game, however, would not be possible if Sega had not discovered the talents of Yuji Naka and the rest of the to-be Sonic Team back in 1990. Sonic the Hedgehog is still one of the best games in the series, and I'm sure it will stay that way for years to come.

A simple but wonderful classic.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: January 08, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I will never forget the snowy Xmas of 1992 when I made the upgrade from the trusty old Commodore 64 to the Sega Genesis. I got about 1 game per week for the Genesis and tried just about everything. My first ever game tho was Sonic the Hedgehog. The gameplay was simple and that's the way I liked it.

The graphics were cute. From bright blue sunshine and tropical landscapes to the cruel mechanical world of Doctor Robotnik (now called the Eggman). The music was great (where are the soundtrack CDs???) and I was never happier.

Sure it was totally easy but I always went back for more. This game had such charm is it any wonder why Sonic is still so popular all these years on?

A CLASSIC

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: July 16, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Sonic The Hedgehog 1 for the Sega Genesis system is one of the greatest video games ever created. For those that don't know, It is getting a 15th anniversary Gameboy Advance Re-release in November, 2006. It will feature 2 new features. The first feature, will be a save feature and the second, Sonic will be able to do the spin-dash thing he was able to in Sonic 2. I'm so excited. I hope that they re-release Sonic 2 (with Knuckles), 3 (with knuckles), and Sonic And Knuckles on GBA on their 15th anniversary.

Buy It!!!! You'll love it!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: July 01, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Sonic the hedgehog was the first game I had ever played and had found it very fun! I started playing it when I was around 4 because my parents had bought it for my older sister and wanted me to be aloud to play the game too. It was nonstop fun to play that game! Though I thought the 2nd, 3rd, and Sonic & Knuckles, were better, this game was definatly great!!

4.5 stars? This easily deserves a 5!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: March 27, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Before I start up this review, this is for the Nintendo fanboys; I think the Mario and Zelda games are the two most overrated game collections ever (I liked the Mario games from the first up to Mario 64, I never liked Zelda), Sonic blows both out of the water. Oh yeah, this is also for the Sony fanboys, Final Fantasy is THE worst game collection ever (very overrated too). I just want to piss some nerds off.

Okay, enough fire fueling. This is the second best game ever created, second only to Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire. When I first played this on Christmas Day of 1991, I couldn't get enough of it, even to this day!! You're a blue hedgehog with super speed named Sonic, you're out to save your planet from the evil clutches of Dr. Robotnik. You go through maze-like environments and attack robotitized animals but in doing so, you free your animal friends. You dodge dangerous obsticles while going really fast and collecting rings for your survival. If you collect 50 rings at the end of a level act, you can jump into a giant ring and go through a trippy rotating maze to collect the chaos emeralds. At the end of each third act in each level, you fight Robuttnik (as what Sonic would call him in the SatAM cartoon series).

If your Sega Genesis is still functional, I suggest you either dust off your current copy or pick one up from a GameStop if you don't have it.

If you're not so crazy about having "the original," you can settle for the Sonic Mega Collection.

Who doesn't have this one?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: July 09, 2001
Author: Amazon User

A classic. Sega's mascot in his first game. Grab rings, get the chaos emeralds, defeat Dr. Robotnic and keep him from enslaving animals for use in his machines!! I could see some hollywood actors in the blue guy's place, but it wouldn't be much fun without the speed!

My All Time Favorite Sonic Game!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: January 31, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Great sounds, great gameplay, great graphics, seat character, these are all the things that make a fun and addictive game!!
Need I say more.

What can you say? The original Sonic game remains a classic

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: July 06, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Let's see....I think it was the Christmas of 1992 when I first got the Genesis (when it came with Sonic 1 as a bonus pack deal). Let me tell you...this game brings back memories. The gorgeous level designs, the many diabotical machines from Dr. Robotnik (and to think Labyrinth Zone was the only one where you had to keep from being crushed from the bottom as he just moved up towards the top! Pretty clever.), and the MUSIC! Once I found out about the level code, I would spend hours in the Sound Test area just listening to the music. And I loved the special stages (actually when it was easy to get to just by collecting rings and before it went 3-D). Even though I didn't understand what happened at the end of the game after getting the emeralds (new flowers grow in Green Hill....ok?), I guess that was a way of showing peace was restored, though I wish there was more.

Sega should get into the act of what Nintendo is doing now, re-releasing popular games for the GBA. All of the old Sonic games need a re-vamp. I'd love to play Sonic 1 on the Advance. But we'll see. Along with Mario and Mega Man, Sonic proved how fun the world was when it was in 2-D.

Long live the original Sonic the Hedgehog.

A true classic

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: July 11, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I renember playing this game when I was three. I renember every thing that was in the game. And still play this game to this very day. I own every sonic game they ever made for Sega Genesis from Sega Genesis to Sega 32x. and the system and all the other games and stuff with it is in mint condition. The game inspired me to keep on buying sonic games and mergndice if they ever made it. If you own a Sega Genesis and dont have these games or all the other ones, I recomend yoy get them because these are the best games for the system and they are full of action and adventure and have great challenging levels and bosses. I also recomend this game for all kids. Im sure they would love this game and all the other sonic games.

The opening to the greatest game saga ever!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: May 22, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I would have to say that STH was only the beginning the the greatest video game saga Sega ever created. Sure it was only the first game and in the later three game STH2 STH3 and S&K you would discover more but, you'll never know the true feel of this series without starting off at the begining.

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