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System(s): Game Boy Advance
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Sonic Team
Genre: 2D Platformer

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Sonic the Hedgehog Genesis is a Game Boy Advance remake of the original Sonic the Hedgehog for the Sega Genesis, made in celebration of the 15th anniversary of that game, as well as Sonic the Hedgehog himself.

The game is criticized for its slowdown (for example, obtaining speed shoes causes the game to slow down at times, rather than speed up), poor music renditions and sound quality, unfaithfully ported movement physics, shortened and different ending sequences, and numerous bugs and glitches. This has led it to be considered one of the worst Sonic games released. Likely due to the bad reviews the game recieved it was quickly marked down in price and became a bargain priced game and some stores stopped carrying it altogether.

Differences and Additions from the Genesis Version

A save game feature which allows players to resume from the beginning of the current level is added and can be accessed by pausing and selecting the "Save" option. The game also saves after finishing a zone and any Zone which has been reached is selectable when starting a game. The Spin Dash ability from later Sonic titles is available by selecting "Anniversary Mode", or the game can be played without it by selecting "Original Mode". As the graphics remain the same (except for Sonics redrawn sprite) the view is slightly zoomed in due to the Game Boy Advances aspect ratio and can make the game more difficult as less of the terrain ahead can be seen. The cheat codes from the Genesis game were not ported.

Manuals

Sonic the Hedgehog Genesis US Manual

Production Credits

Original Development Staff

Game Plan: Carol Yas
Program: YU2
Character Design: BigIsland
Design: Jinya Ito, Phenix Rie
Sound Produce: Masato Nakamura
Sound Program: Jimita, Macky
Special Thanks: Fujio Minegishi, "Papa"

Credits Listed in Manual

Sega of America, Inc.

Sega of America, Inc. CEO: Naoya Tsurumi
President/COO: Simon Jeffery
VP of Product Development: Dave Cobb
VP of Sales: Sue Hughes-Taigen
Producer: Justin Lambros
Assistant Producer: Kevin Frane
VP of Marketing: Scott Steinberg
Senior Publishing Manager: Klayton Vorlick
Director of Marketing: Don Mesa
Product Marketing Manager: Yosuke Moriya
Public Relations Manager: Jennie Sue
Creative Services Manager: Jen Groeling
Production Specialist: Heather Lucchetti
QA Manager: Deni Skeens
QA Supervisor: Josh Morton
Senior QA Lead: Shawn Dobbins
QA Lead Tester: Marta Khosraw
QA Compliancy Test Lead: Stephen Akana

Sega of Japan

Manual Production: Yoshihro Sakuta, Hisakazu Nakagawa, Colin Restall
Special Thanks: Aya Takeuchi, Rhianna Kellom

Box Art

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US Cover (Front)
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US Cover (Back)
US Cart

External Links

Sonic the Hedgehog Genesis Reviews on Metacritic

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 '''''Sonic the Hedgehog Genesis''''' is a [[Game Boy Advance]] remake of the original ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (16-bit)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' for the [[Sega Mega Drive|Sega Genesis]], made in celebration of the 15th anniversary of that game, as well as ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' himself.
+The game is criticized for its slowdown (for example, obtaining [[Speed Shoes|speed shoes]] causes the game to slow down at times, rather than speed up), poor music renditions and sound quality, unfaithfully ported movement physics, shortened and different ending sequences, and numerous bugs and glitches. This has led it to be considered one of the worst Sonic games released. Likely due to the bad reviews the game recieved it was quickly marked down in price and became a bargain priced game and some stores stopped carrying it altogether.
+==Differences and Additions from the Genesis Version==
 A save game feature which allows players to resume from the beginning of the current level is added and can be accessed by pausing and selecting the "Save" option. The game also saves after finishing a zone and any Zone which has been reached is selectable when starting a game. The [[Spin Dash]] ability from later ''Sonic'' titles is available by selecting "Anniversary Mode", or the game can be played without it by selecting "Original Mode". As the graphics remain the same (except for Sonics redrawn sprite) the view is slightly zoomed in due to the Game Boy Advances aspect ratio and can make the game more difficult as less of the terrain ahead can be seen. The cheat codes from the Genesis game were not ported.
-The game is criticized for its slowdown (for example, obtaining [[Speed Shoes|speed shoes]] causes the game to slow down at times, rather than speed up), poor music renditions and sound quality, unfaithfully ported movement physics, shortened and different ending sequences, and numerous bugs and glitches. This has led it to be considered one of the worst Sonic games released.
 ==Manuals==