Sonic The Hedgehog Overview:
Dr. Ivo Robotnik, the mad scientist, is snatching innocent animals and turning them into evil robots! Only one tough dude can put an end to the demented scientist's fiendish scheme. It's Sonic, the real cool hedgehog with the spiked haircut and power sneakers that give him super speed.
Help Sonic fight hordes of metal maniacs and do the loop with the Super Sonic Spin Attack. Speed down twisting tunnels and swing over dangerous booby traps. Leap across lava pits and dodge burning rocks. Then splash through the chilling waters in an underground cavern. And if you're lucky, you can warp to the secret zone where you spin around in a floating maze! Your greatest challenge lurks in a secret lab where you come face to face with Dr. Robotnik himself!

Spin through space, loop 'til you're dizzy, save the animals and become the super hero. Be Sonic! Be atomic!
--from the Genesis Sonic the Hedgehog instruction manual

Sonic the Hedgehog is Sega's number one claim to fame. As one of the biggest games ever, it carried Sega through some rough times. While the Sega Genesis sold like hotcakes, its younger brothers (Saturn and Dreamcast) flopped. Sega is now out of the console business, and Sonic The Hedgehog is still alive. That's almost all Sega does today. They have released a Sonic game on almost every system out right now. Sonic the Hedgehog is a lot of fun to play. I always thought of it as Mario on crack. It was a platformer that was just super fast. There were plenty of levels and a lot of baddies to get through. The bosses were always Dr. Robotnik in a new machine. Sonic the Hedgehog is a cornerstone of classic gaming, and if you've never played it, I suggest you get going!



Sonic The Hedgehog Directions:
Save all the woodland animals from the evil Dr. Robotnik, he is using them to do his bidding by enslaving them in robots.



Sonic The Hedgehog Controls:

A Button Jump
B Button Jump
C Button Jump
Start Button Pause


Sonic The Hedgehog Hints/Cheats
Level Select
Press up down left right on the title screen, then hold A and press start.

Debug Mode
At the title screen press- UP, C, DOWN, C, LEFT, C, RIGHT, C then hold A and press start. You will be in debug mode. In Debug mode, you use B to turn into the cursor. Press A to change the item, and press C to place it. Hitting B will return you to Sonic.

Mess up Computer
While the computer is playing during demos, you can hold down A+B+C to make the computer mess up and run into enemies, etc.