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Best Price $14.95 | Sonic the Hedgehog Genesis GBA
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| Review | Rating | Last Updated | what a disgrace to sonic
sonic genesis is a god awful piece of somthing! if it's not the glitches killing you, it' somthing else. the collision detection is bad, the slow frame rate's worse, and to top it off, the game music is INSANE! the music is so awful to listen to, it makes you want to rip you ear drums out! it makes me cry knowing this is based off the genesis oringinal. this is celebrating the original game's 15th annaversary? wow sega, you must hate sonic. i can't believe you're tring to con people out of their hard earned money for this insult! and what's worse, you're tring to pass this off as the original? WTF?! | 1 | Today | Oh How the Mighty Have Fallen
I think this game cannot be called a Sonic The Hedgehog game.It's more like a Slowy the Slug-guy game.What the the heck were they thinking when they made this?Sonic had a good history on the portable systems,but this I think has destroyed his reputation.The game itself is..... okay but it was redesigned for the Gameboy and the frame rate was slowed so that moving Sonic is like moving a slug.The music was also changed so that it only has the basic themes of the original.Skip this one and stick to the original. | 1 | Today | wow
I cant believe they somehow messed up a port of one of the greatest games ever. really this is terrible the glitches are so bad i cant get past the second level and I,ve had the game for over a year. green hill is fun but its nearly impossible to get past the second. the game doesn't even know whats going on some times. Im serious its bad, Ive gotten killed and crushed by absolutely nothing, thats right i wasn't even standing by anything then all of a sudden sonic just dies. stay away from this at all costs, if you want a fun portable sonic game try sonic advance 3. | 1 | Today | Slow Slow Slow
When I first bought this game at wal mart I thought I was going to have fun with it. Well as with most GBA ports of 16 bit games this one is a huge dissapointment. First off the game lags so badly (espiecally in the scrap brain zone) that it is almost unplayable. The only way to somewhat make the game run faster is to turn off the music and sound effects and play with total silence. Even with the music and sound turned off the game will lag. You might as well as turn off the music since it sounds so bad. Trying to get all chaos emeralds in this game is almost impossible as you have to save the game BEFORE you turn it off. If you dont the game will lose the position and you have to start all over again. Rather than change the backgrounds or animations to make it run more smoothly they churned it out as quickly as possible to make some quick money. Some may argue if they did that then it wouldnt be the original, but I say its much better to have a game thats playable. I thought this was supposed to be a port of a classic game not some horrible movie based game. Buy Sonic Mega Collection plus and stay away from this piece of garbage | 1 | Today | Games freezes
My son Loves the sonic game controller that we plug into the tv so I got him this to play on his ds. I loved sonic as a child but when i tried to play the game it wasnt responding to my commands and frooze alot which made me die all the time. its annoying and almost unplayable. | 2 | Today | Sega, what have you done?
Sonic the Hedgehog; a name that even the beginners in video games can recognize. It was the very first game I played, and it shaped the way I played video games. It impressed a lot of critics of that time for its intense speed action, great soundtrack, wacky bonus stages, and a lot of other elements that would shape up the future of the hedgehog's over 15 year career. It was pretty callenging, but with a game like this, you could adapt with the challenge.
Like with many classic games, Sonic spawned several sequels such as "Sonic 2," "Sonic 3," "Sonic & Knuckles," "Sonic 3D Blast," and a lot of other fun games (okay, except for maybe that last one). They were all just as challenging, and some even argue over which is the best one (I'd have to say "Sonic 2" is the best). The original Sonic game was ported into many different versions, and most of them turned out to be quite successful. All of them.... but one.
In an attempt to undo the damage that was caused to Sonic in "Sonic the Hedgehog" for the Xbox 360 and PS3 (often known by "Sonic Next-Gen"), Sega decided to port the original Sonic game to the GBA. This port, titled "Sonic the Hedgehog Genesis," was released for an on-the-go experience of the classic game and, like I said in the aforementioned statement, was an attempt to cover up what was done to Sonic in his next-generation console debut. Did it succeed?
No, it did not.
There are so many flaws and glitches in this version that it isn't even funny! What are these flaws, you may ask? Well, where do I begin....
I guess I should start with the "Anniversary Mode" that was ported along with this version. The spindash (which debut in "Sonic 2") was added to the AM, which I think was pretty cool, but.... THAT'S ALL THEY ADDED! Otherwise, it's just the same thing. Another thing that bothered me was the fact that the top and bottom were cut off, leaving absolutely no caution of an aerial attack. This flaw is especially fatal in the Springyard Zone.
The glitches; holy cow! You can die in the stupidest ways in this version! For example, in the Star Light Zone, when the platforms let down as a staircase (you should know what I'm talking about), if you're in between the steps, you'll get crushed. I mean, this game's glitches can be extremely fatal if you're not careful.
The music; many versions have tried to revive the great music of this game, and while most are pretty close, they are still not as great as the Genesis version. But come on! The music in this version is horrible. Especially in the Springyard and Labyrinth Zones, and those are two of my favorite music tracks! The GBA can support the music more than the Genesis could, and in some cases, the GBA should be superior to the Genesis. But this game has proved many people wrong.
The sound effects; there were a variety of sounds when you were destroying things. But in this version? It's just the same stupid "bwop" noise (or at least, that's what it sounds like to me). Absolutely unoriginal. When you destroy Robotnik, it's not the cool "boom, boom, boom!" noise anymore. It's this annoying "bwomp, bwomp, bwomp" noise. Even the air bubble effect is ruined too. It goes from a "wha at!" noise to a "da di!" noise. It's so horrible, though, that it's hilarious!
Graphics; okay, I'll have to admit that the graphics are near perfect, but there are some flaws in it as well. For example, in the Labyrinth Zone, the robotic jaws fish are purple in this version, when in the original, they were red. Also, the springs. You'd think that because the sun was shining on top of them, the top of the springs would be bright. But it's completely switched! The top is shadowed and the bottom is brightened.
*Sighs* I just can't believe it. How could Sega ruin their own masterpiece like this? What was to be Sonic the Hedgehog on the go turned into a complete and utter disaster for the fans of the world to see. Overall, if you want the true version of this game, then get the one and only Sonic the Hedgehog. You can also get the Sonic Mega Collection version, but Sonic doesn't go as fast as he does in the Genesis version (which is completely opposite to the GBA version, in which he goes very slow!).
Other than that, avoid this at all cost. It isn't worth your time! | 1 | Today | Great classic, with all the "WTF!" moments.
This is great classic, finally brought to GBA. It's all the same stuff from the original, all the same WTF death things. Like in the second stage, I was stuck on the invisible ledge next to the crushing columns coming down, and I thought I was safe because I was over the space between the columns, but I was still killed becuase I was on the invisible ledge, but not under the column. All in all, still great. | 4 | Today | I LOVE this game!
I loved to play this game when we had the sega genesis, i was thrilled when i saw it for the gameboy advance! My 9 yr old daughter wanted this game too, so i bought it.. it's not that easy for her but she likes it.
Other games she has are:
pacman (loves it!)
dogz (cute game/VERY cartoony - but she loves it! I like it too.)
tetris (likes it)
ant bully (she says it's ok)
strawberry shortcake (says it's a bit hard)
the sims2 pets (i like, but she doesn't get what she's supposed to do) | 5 | Today | nat/sampolittledode36
hi kids and gronups i think that sonic is the onley game i play ahhhhhhhh yeap. it is but i do play my other games but you dont care about me. soooo sonic is fun but the onley thang i hate about it is some times i get 1or2times to go and do the lap if you losa thows 2 laps than game over but the pont is that i still like the game so thanks for reding my poma p.s. i may not of spald all the thags right bye. | 5 | Today | Sonic 1 on the GBA?! AWESOME!
I got this game on 12/25/06 and I LOVE IT! To stop the lagging, turn off the music and the sound effects on OPTIONS. Play the game without the music and SFX and it'll not lag that much. Overall, I think this game is fun. I'm still stuck on the Labyrinth Zone, but I still enjoy this game. | 5 | Today |
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