All the original levels are present and correct. They are as expansive and exciting as ever. The sheer speed of the game still has the power to thrill as you send Sonic zooming, spinning and bouncing in all directions. The variation in level design is also just as impressive as it was in 1992, all spikes and springs, cannons and levers, pinball flippers and floating platforms. Racing furiously through the Green Hill Zone is still fantastic fun, as is pausing to rack up stupid amounts of points in the Casino. Each environment features a host of hidden areas and secret shortcuts. Completists will want to find them all, but to be that good takes ages.
Sonic is back from the past and didn’t need a Delorian to do it in this revival of the second Sonic platformer. If speed, industrial quantities of gold rings, egg-shaped supervillains and more speed or your thing then Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is the title for you.
This is the game that came with my Genesis II back in the day. I played it almost as much as 3. Still holds up well against 2D Sonic games that came after it.
After this week's horrifying Sonic trailer, let's look back on some brighter times.
I really love Sonic & Knuckles and Sonic Spinball on Genesis and Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood on DS.
Best = Sonic Adventure 2.
Games that just miss the top spot = Heroes, SA1, Generations, Colours, Mania, Sonic 2
Other Very Good Games = Sonic 3, Sonic & Knuckles, Sonic CD, Mean Bean Machine.
Decent, but not great = Sonic 4 pt 1&2, 3D Blast, Sonic 1, Shadow, Black Knight, Secret Rings, Advance 1,2,3.
Underrated = Shuffle, Chronicles, Lost World
Missed opportunity = Sonic 06, Sonic Unleashed (Warehog, why?) Sonic Forces
Bad = Fighters and Boom games.
Racers = Not really a racing game fan, the All-Stars racing games can be fun though.
You know that the 90's had the best music, and Sonic brought you the best of the best.
Do we REALLY have to have every review that every big site publishes, listed as news?
It is a terrific emulation. I downloaded it last night and had a blast. I love the Casino levels.