Overview
- Number of Players
- 1 (Single Player)
- Genre
- Release Date
Mega Drive
23rd Jun 1991
26th Jul 1991
Jul 1991
Wii (Wii Shop)
- 19th Nov 2006, 800 points
- 8th Dec 2006, 800 points
- 2nd Dec 2006, 600 points
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Review Sonic the Hedgehog (Virtual Console / Sega Mega Drive)
The game that introduced the world to Sega's speedy hedgehog.
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Sonic the Hedgehog News
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Update: McLaren finally takes it out of storage!
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"Sega of America ignored the opinions of the development staff"
News Sonic Was "The Lesser Of Two Evils" Says Sega's Former Head Of Marketing
"I had no gameplay or anything like that"
News Sega Of America Thought Sonic Was "Unsalvageable" As A Character
...and wanted to "educate" Sega of Japan about character design
News Sonic Character Designer Shares Images Of The Game That Evolved Into Sonic
'Twin Stars' followed two siblings fighting to save a dreamworld - sound familiar?
News "Sonic Didn't Launch The Genesis, Joe Montana Did"
Former Sega president Michael Katz sets the record straight
About The Game
This is the first of many games starring Sega's premier rodent, Sonic. It's a side scrolling platform game with a difference: speed. Sonic rushes through levels with incredible speed, allowing him to traverse loops and jumps with ease.
The plot of the game is simple. The evil Dr. Robotnik has captured many of Sonic's animal friends, and trapped them inside robots. Fortunately, Sonic can free his friends by destroying the robots with his spin attack. Meanwhile, Dr. Robotnik is trying to control the all-powerful chaos emeralds. Sonic must grab them before he does in the 3-d rotating bonus levels.
Sonic the Hedgehog is a significant game because it gave Sega it's first real mascot, and established the Genesis as the video game system with "attitude."
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