Sonic the Hedgehog is a platforming action video game. Developed by Sonic Team in 1991, the blue blur himself would become one of gaming's universal icons, and became the first series to stand as a serious rival to Nintendo's Mario series, flaming the legendary console wars.

A classic 2-D side-scrolling platformer, you control Sonic, a blue-colored hedgehog that runs pretty darn fast across the stages (zones as they are called in the game). Scattered throughout the zones are golden rings that Sonic can collect, which allows him to not only take damage, but allow access to special stages. If completed, the special stage will grant Sonic one of six Chaos Emeralds.

Dr. Ivo Robotnik, an evil genius, realizes the power of the Chaos Emeralds, and wants them for himself. As such, Robotnik traps the innocent woodland creatures of South Island. In response, Sonic attempts to free the creatures and collect the emeralds for himself in order to stop Robotnik's plans.

This is a hack of Sonic the Hedgehog for the Sega Genesis. It nearly completely changes all graphics, music, and layout. Sonic's sprite remains the same but the rest is mostly changed.

The game consists of a single maze-like level which can take 20 minutes or more to complete. A special boss awaits at the end of the maze. Most of the power-up monitors from Sonic 1 are still present in addition to two new ones. Monitors with red and blue arrows will change the stage layout when hit. Breaking monitors with a snowflake on them will freeze the level or thaw it out if it is already frozen.

The music is notable for being several sets of DAC samples which are played together. These segments will play in random order making for unique tracks each time the game is played. This also saves space used by making a single song. The song segments are well composed and make for great atmosphere to the game.

Sonic The Hedgehog (USA_ Europe).md - NOINTRO
CRC32: F9394E97
MD5: 1BC674BE034E43C96B86487AC69D9293
SHA-1: 6DDB7DE1E17E7F6CDB88927BD906352030DAA194
SHA-256: 46160BAA06362C711C9F1A5017CB7371026444936C8AF5E93A78996CF32FF2A6

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