Happy birthday, Sonic! The original Sonic the Hedgehog released over 30 years ago today for the Sega Mastersystem. I'm getting old.
this post was submitted on 23 Jun 2023
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Never played the Master System version, but the Sonic trilogy on the Genesis was my childhood. Some of the best 2D platformers out there. Still incredibly fun to go back to.
I still make the argument that Sonic 2 was the best out of the trilogy in terms of gameplay and music.
While 3 was great, I think it suffered from the level design being a bit wonky on some areas (looking at you, Marble Garden Zone).
Yeah the original sonic was a little too slow in accelerating. Sonic 2 had better control, the addition of the spin dash, the new power-ups were fun. And the sudden appearance of Mecha Sonic blew my mind. And Super-Sonic!
Massive step up from Sonic 1 to 2.
Sonic 3 was just ok. Some cool things here and there, and with the Sonic 3 + Knuckles Tower of power there was a lot of levels to play. It was... fine.
Sonic 2 was the Empire Strikes Back of Sonic games.
2 was good because of the split screen helper mode, it was the first game I had access to that included that and perfect for when you have an eager 4 year old to amuse.
I liked the design of 1 better though.