

In fact, it looks and runs fabulously, lets you save at the beginning of any stage you reach, and provides you with an unlimited number of continues, so you can keep playing as long as you like. Please don’t get the impression that Sonic is poorly developed.

It’s very fast-paced, frantic gameplay, with the same high-energy theme music and sound effects that you remember. If you’ve played Sonic on the Genesis (or the original side-scrolling game as it’s been resurrected for modern systems like Xbox 360 through Xbox Live Arcade), this is the exact same experience. Ultimately Sonic also has to square off against a series of bosses as he finally gets to the evil doctor himself.

Sonic can catch power ups along the way, getting more rings, temporarily invulnerability, and quicker speed. To that end, Sonic runs from level to level, collecting golden rings and Chaos Emeralds, and, as time and circumstances permit, he can also roll into a ball to crash through barriers and bounce on the robot monsters he finds, smashing them open and freeing the fluffy bunnies, duckies, and other animals hidden within. Robotnik) who wants to turn the world’s animals-all of Sonic’s friends-into mindless automatons. If you’ve somehow missed the Sonic phenomenon, here’s the deal: A cartoony blue hedgehog wearing a pair of snazzy red sneakers has to stop an evil genius (Dr.
