Sonic the Hedgehog (SMS)

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83%

Very good

The difference between those early days and Sonic's latter days are incredible. Sonic 06 came out the same year as Sonic and the Secret Rings, one of them was OK, one of them was awful, perhaps one of the worst games ever made. Compare that with Sonic the Hedgehog (the Genesis...read full review

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JRAPOCALYPSE said:

Ah the last game to be released on the sega master system in the US. It was done so great on the all-powerful master system for its time! I have this on cart complete, so anyone who loves Sonic I say download this game. I actually enjoy Sonic 1 more on the master system more than I do on the sega genesis.

B Darius said:

Is this better than the Game Gear version?

Son Ninja said:

This game is actually the same game as the Game Gear version. The only differences between them is that the Game Gear version features a close zoom-in camera perspective, faster speed, and more colorful (256 colors) graphics, whereas this version had a unique widescreen camera, normal speed with no slowdown and less colorful (64 colors) graphics.

CFJ said:

I find it interesting how they hide the chaos emeralds in the levels. Now that's creative.