Sonic the Hedgehog
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Sonic the hedgehog launched the Sega Megadrive (aka the Sega Genesis in the states) into everyone’s living room. At least mine anyway.
In the early 90s as a child you were either a NES or a Megadrive family. In my house, we got the Megadrive and must have spent hundreds of hours playing on Sonic the Hedgehog. Literally.
Sonic soon became a global ‘franchise’ spawning numerous sequels, a television cartoon, and a whole host of other Sonic toys and games sprang up, though the original game is still the best!
The cheats
I can still remember the ‘cheats’ – up, down, left, right, a + start – and the remarkably similar, yet completely different up+c, down+c, left+c, right+c, a + start. In fact, I heard recently that there is now a band named upC, downC, leftC, rightC. Kudos to whoever came up with that one!
Sonic Vs Mario & Luigi
In my view, the battle between the Super Mario Brothers and Sonic was won by the hedgehog – despite Nintendo’s valiant attempts, plumbing just isn’t as cool as having spines.
Best Level – The Labyrinth
The Labyrinth was my favourite level. I enjoyed letting Sonic get to the stage where he was nearly drowning, then giving him an air bubble to replenish his oxygen levels at the last minute. This game-plan often had disastrous consequences, as air bubbles were fickle creatures, though the noise it made when you found one was so satisfying. Genius.
Here is a video of the final boss:
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I got rid of my Megadrive when I was a teenagre for about a fiver absolutely gutted.
My megadrive was in the roof for a good few years, but is now alive and well and loved by my two children aged 9 and 7! I only ever had Sonic the Hedgehog game though, so they’re getting quite good at it! I’d forgotten the level select cheat, so came looking for it. Thank you and all the best!
No problem – good to see the old megadrive still working its magic. I gave mine to a friend of mine for his young son, and he liked it more than the new games consoles!