I have wanted to do this for a long time. Sonic the Hedgehog is my third favorite game in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise by Sega and Sonic Team. It was a revolutionary game that utilized speed both as a special ability of Sonic, and a reward for good play and memorization. The levels were designed around this as well, as we saw round level-design for the first time in any major platformer - for example, the loop-de-loops. Also, instead of just simply jumping on top of enemies to defeat them, you could get a running start and then press down on the d-pad to do a Spin Attack.
I played this on a real Sega Genesis Model 1 on a Mega Everdrive X7, but I do have a copy of the game on a real cartridge as well. My Genesis output video and audio through HD Retrovision cables. I split that signal into two using a ShinyBow distribution-amplifier (SB-3729). One end went into the Open Source Scan Converter (OSSC) and one went into my 14" Toshiba consumer-grade CRT television, so that I could play on a CRT while recording 960p gameplay.
You will be able to tell early on, but I don't play the game like everyone else. I try to get an extra life on every stage by collecting at least 100 rings, so I don't speed through the stages as quickly as possible. This might make you cringe or angry, but please understand. This is how I enjoy playing Sonic-games.
In that sense, Sonic 1 is the closest thing to a traditional 2D platformer that we have in the series, and so I like to accentuate this game's strengths by playing the game a little more slowly. My opinion is that the automatic, fast, pinball-like segments of the later games are fun in moderation, as are the more methodical platforming segments in this first game.
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The song in my intro and outro was done by Hyper Potions, and it is called Time Trials. You can check out the full song here: https://youtu.be/mnfNWe-HHsI.
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