It’s not something that I’d like at home, but it works here. The window into that world is a lot smaller too, with the blue blur taking up more of the viewable screen. Maps in Sonic the Hedgehog on the GG don’t have the scope that they do on the Genesis. He’s also a lot larger of a sprite than he usually is, which is kind of neat. When played on the small screen of the handheld, Sonic looks good enough. But if you’re used to the Genesis’ sharp 16bit output, then you might be disappointed by what the Game Gear manages. I don’t really mean that as a condemnation either, as the looks here are likewise very passable. Not bad at all.Īs for the graphics, they’re not the Genesis. The tunes are solid enough, and the sound effects are very passable indeed. That might seem nutty to say, but it’s not. Definitely challenging, more challenging than I usually find Sonic, but not what I’d call fun. Personally, I got stuck for way too long on a boss. You’ll also want to pace yourself as you go, since Sonic can’t re-collect lost rings when you’re hit by an enemy.Īnd that means that you might run into some unusually tough situations… for a Sonic adventure anyway. Instead they’re placed within the stages themselves, and you have to find them. No, it’s still not Mario, but Sonic on the Gear requires you to explore levels a little more.Ĭhaos Emeralds are a big part of that, since they’re not in bonus games at stage endings here. What you get instead, is a game that plays a little slower, and a little more like other platformers. The GG version isn’t going to give you that. In fact, you can pretty much forget Sonic’s impressive zipping through levels. You’ll find some stretches where you can get some nice speed going, sure. It just flat out doesn’t play like the Genesis version. So you have to keep that in mind when approaching Sonic on the GG. Honestly, there’s a big difference between the two, even though the Game Gear did manage to make its library look quite nice at times. Gotta go… well maybe not that fastįirst, remember that the Game Gear is an 8bit console, while the Genesis was a 16bitter. As you’ll see, that’s both bad, and actually kind of cool. Nope, Sonic the Hedgehog on the Game Gear might look similar, but it doesn’t play the same as its Genesis sibling. And I recommend doing that, ’cause it isn’t what we’ll be talking about here. Check out our review of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 to read more about that. Platformers didn’t all have to play the same, and Sonic was all about speed, and a choose-your-own-way type of experience. Sonic’s first outing on the Genesis was a revelation. Well, unless you count that guy from Altered Beast, and you shouldn’t. And before Sonic became theirs, Sega didn’t have a single one. He was a fresh face, in an area of gaming that really had few other members outside of the Nintendo stable. Sonic the Hedgehog was everywhere in the early 90s. Everybody knows Sonic as the mascot for the Sega Genesis, but did you know that he graced Sega’s portable as well? As you can imagine, it’s a completely different game.
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