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Sonic the Hedgehog

Sonic the Hedgehog

Sonic the Hedgehog

1991
Platformer
Super Speed! Bust the video game speed barrier wide open with Sonic the Hedgehog. Blaze by in a blur using the super sonic spin attack. Loop the loop by defying gravity. Plummet down tunnels. Then dash to safety with Sonic's power sneakers. All at a frenzied pace. Super Graphics! Help Sonic escape bubbling molten lava. Swim through turbulent waterfalls. Scale glistening green mountains. And soar past shimmering city lights.
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Franchises:

Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog (Classic)

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Platformer

Platforms:

Windows, Nintendo 3DS, iOS, Android, Game Boy Advance, Sega Genesis, Game Gear

Developer:

Sonic Team

Publisher:

Sega
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Sonic the Hedgehog

1991
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Average Percentile: 42.5%
jerkyJerky
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30 May 2020
60
21st
A fun game for it's time, this was supposed to be Sega's answer to Mario (while Sonic HAS become a world wide success.....it still pales in comparison to the mustachioed one) The worst part of the game is going super fast and not having control and smashing into a bumblebee or some shit and losing all of your coins. My gold! My sweet gold! My precious!
30 May 2020
vv238vv238
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22 Oct 2018
61
49th
Going fast is fun. Not going fast sucks. Why does this game rely so much on not going fast? Seriously, the design seems like it was made by two different teams who at the last minute had to combine their games into one and ship it.
22 Oct 2018
ytadelYtadel
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28 Jan 2018
5
50th
Though I like Sonic this first game is not one that has aged extremely well to me. The first level Green Hill Zone is still a blast, but then later levels are not as well designed around the speed mechanic, and become a bit more frustrating. Still a solid debut for the blue blur though.
28 Jan 2018
audreymediaAudreyMedia
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11 Apr 2023
65
30th
Not as bad as retrospectives claim
11 Apr 2023
mcproustMCProust
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15 Mar 2023
80
22nd
There's a lot of well-considered, polished design there — enough that the series' instant popularity is easy to understand in hindsight — as well as some elements that obviously work against the game's primary ethos: precision platforming with character physics built around gaining speed and inertia, overlong boss battles circumscribed to a single screen's width, etc. The now-familiar art direction is impressive in the context of 1991 releases, with an especially attractive and tasteful palette.
15 Mar 2023
antonio_pAntonio P
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20 Oct 2019
40
39th
Really liked this game as a kid. Then you compare these to the first 3 Mario games on nes.. These all of a sudden become trash. The main thing I don't like they advertise speed but you really need to go slow in these games.
20 Oct 2019
badfurdayBadFurDay
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23 Sep 2019
5
47th
Mindblowingly fun for a while, then frustrating for another while. The screen was too small to fully enjoy it tbh.
23 Sep 2019
mwestcottmwestcott
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24 Sep 2018
92
55th
Sonic the Hedgehog is fast and fun. The high point of Sega platformers and the best of a long running franchise.
24 Sep 2018
walkearthwalkearth
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22 Aug 2018
95
96th
/completed
22 Aug 2018
heliophageHeliophage
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16 Apr 2018
73
64th
A perfectly nice, colorful platformer with a simple yet engaging moveset and memorable soundtrack. Also (by no fault of its own) the harbinger of strange things to come, in the form of a decade's worth of increasingly desperate "mascots" with attitude.
16 Apr 2018
thedicemanTheDiceman
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02 Mar 2018
70
27th
I was never a fan of Sonic but no doubt a quality game.
02 Mar 2018
redshift338RedShift338
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03 Feb 2018
74
76th
High speed. Great rush. Fun game.
03 Feb 2018
martrynmartryn
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25 Jan 2018
70
23rd
I personally think this series died almost as soon as it arrived, but when I got my Genesis, and I played Sonic for the first time, I was absolutely floored by how beautiful this game was. It changed the dynamic of the sidescroller. I used to beat this on an almost daily basis. Now it's not so hot, and doesn't stand up against other, better games, but it used to be super solid. One big negative? Any time when Sonic has to stop and wait for something.
25 Jan 2018
moribunnyMoribunny
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24 Jan 2018
45
25th
Was this innovative? Yes, that's fair to say. Was it good? Not really.
24 Jan 2018
auritechauritech
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23 Jan 2018
83
0th
Good times with this game.
23 Jan 2018
velvet_croweVelvet Crowe
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17 Jan 2018
57
41st
This game laid the groundwork for the series but compared to its successors it's lacking. The game allows you to go fast but the level design has a lot of blocky shit in it that stops momentum and forces waiting. I don't take much issue with the heavy platforming approach in Sonic games but Sonic 1's approach was pretty damn bleh.
17 Jan 2018
hellboy76hellboy76
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15 Jan 2018
80
66th
No one ever wanted to play on my Genesis until this game came out. It wasn't genre-bending but it was a lot of fun.
15 Jan 2018
mattorama12mattorama12
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12 Jan 2018
65
33rd
The only game that made the Nintendo kids jealous of the Sega kids.
12 Jan 2018
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