Sonic the Hedgehog

23 Jun 1991

Arcade PC (Microsoft Windows) Xbox 360 Sega Mega Drive/Genesis PlayStation 3 iOS Wii

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2800 played

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138 reviews

Developer

Sonic Team

Publisher

Tec Toy

Sega

Time to beat

Main story

2h 7m

Main story + extras

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Summary

Sonic the Hedgehog is a 2D side-scrolling platformer developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega for the Genesis/Mega Drive. Players control Sonic the Hedgehog, who can run at near supersonic speeds and sets out on a quest to defeat Dr. Robotnik, a scientist who has imprisoned animals in robots and seeks the powerful Chaos Emeralds.

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7 3

The first Sonic is a classic that I had an absolute blast playing back in the day until I got stuck at Labrynth Zone and never saw past that point upon each replay.

Today as an adult replaying the game, I was able to see the whole game through without much trouble.

Sonic 1 is one of those games you can replay again and again for years and not get sick of it. Although while Sega found it's stride here, there were still a lot of shortcomings like the spindash not being yet discovered, and the absolutely infuriating level design at some points. Both points would be addressed in it's Sequel.

Still, Sonic 1 is always fun to just pick up and play, and nothing is more iconic than zooming through Green Hill Zone over and over again.

14 Oct 2023

8 2

I like the whole vibe of the first sonic the hedgehog, I like the music a lot and running around pretty fast with sonic. Mario is better though

03 Aug 2024

6 2

Good until labrithy zone

30 Mar 2024

8 1

when i was 4 years old i would take my shirt off and run around really fast! its because sonic didnt wear a shirt! and i was sonic! now im realizing sonic didnt wear pants either...

24 Dec 2024