Comments on: Competition: Win one of two Sonic Hits Collection game bundles!

By: D-Pad

D-Pad — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 22:39:00 +0000

My earliest memory of Sonic is seeing the original game being showcased on a TV at a store’s window. Now, I can’t remember if I already recognized the character at the time due to the cartoon or maybe a game magazine, but in any case the quality of the graphics alone blew my young mind away; at that point in time my only console was an already outdated Atari 2600 clone, and I had barely tried the NES at a friend’s house. I immediately begged my parents to buy me the console along with the game, and they said they would consider it. Sometime later, they brought me a present… it was a Sega console all right, but not exactly what I was expecting. As you can easily guess, it was the Master System; they bought it instead of the Genesis because it came with the Light Phaser and the 3D glasses, and thus they saw it as more valuable. I was incredibly disappointed, though in time I learned to appreciate the console, and now it’s my most treasured gaming possession, still plugged to my TV.
Funnily enough, despite having had my SMS for a very long time and its acquisition being the result of my desire to play Sonic the Hedgehog, I never actually played a Sonic game on it until last year, when I bought a copy of Sonic 2 online. It quickly became one of my favorite games for the system.

By: LeoF

LeoF — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 02:59:00 +0000

My first memory of Sonic is the time a friend of mine introduced me to Sonic games. We played some levels from Sonic 1, 2 and CD. It was unlike anything I had ever seen. We had a lot of fun playing those games. When I went to sleep, I had nightmares involving running through loops at unbelievable speeds. lol

By: Kristen Mcclary

Kristen Mcclary — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 00:38:00 +0000

my first memory was when i got a sega genisis for christmas with sonic 2 i played it all day i loved it and i still play it till this day and so do my kids. sonic is one of the best games out there i have it for my playstation i have it on my tablet. i actually bought it for my tablet it is the only game i have actually payed for to download. sonic rocks

By: pirovash88 .

pirovash88 . — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 17:33:00 +0000

I remember the first time i played Sonic, i believe it was 1992-93 or so, i was 5 years old and it was my bro’s b-day. My bro had bothered my parents for months and months about wanting a Sega Genesis for his b-day. I had no idea what he was asking for because i was too young to care and the only thing i had played at the time was a NES on a black & white TV. Well, to our surprise, our parents bought him a Genesis Model 1 that came bundled with Sonic the Hedgehog. My bro immediately plugged the console in and began playing Sonic. After about a week or so of watching him play on and off, i finally got a chance to give it a go. After that, i pretty much became a huge Sega and Sonic fan. I had T-Shirts, toys, and bought Sonic 2, 3, and Knuckles when they were released within the next few years. There was something about the attitude that Sonic brought that i really appreciated. I was soo used to the goody Plumber in Red that i never really realized what Sega had to offer on their end. 20+ years later and i’ve got a huge library of Sega games, from Genesis, Saturn, DC, CD, and 32X. I will always reminisce about the good ol’ days of Sega Vs. Nintendo. There was nothing like it then and there never will be.

By: Ryan Connelly

Ryan Connelly — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 11:07:00 +0000

My first introduction to Sonic was when I was 5 years old. it was about a week before Christmas back in ’91 I remember waking up during the night hearing the now familiar jingle of Green Hill Zone from the other room. Intrigued, I crept up to the door and took a peek through the small opening and saw my parents, kneeled on the floor testing out what was to be my Xmas present, a brand new Sega Megadrive. It was when I turned my attention to the left to the television I saw Sonic for the very first time. I’ll never forget that moment 😀

By: Gemma Stannard

Gemma Stannard — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 09:19:00 +0000

My first memory of Sonic was watching my cousin play it when I was tiny, and thinking it looked really hard!

By: Jordan Biagomala

Jordan Biagomala — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 01:38:00 +0000

Playing as Knuckles in one of the early Sonic games!

By: Emmanuel Mendez

Emmanuel Mendez — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 01:31:00 +0000

My younger brother and I were huge fans of Mortal Kombat in the arcade so my older brother wanted to buy us the game for Christmas but we didn’t have a Super NES or a Genesis. So he found out that the Genesis was the superior version, what with all the blood and fatalities still in tact, he bought us the Genesis 2 with the Sonic 2 Pack-in. After getting our fill of MK we tried out Sonic and we were instantly hooked. Still a big Sonic fan today…I even enjoyed Sonic Lost World (don’t judge me)

By: Connor Michael Thompson

Connor Michael Thompson — Tue, 24 Jun 2014 22:47:00 +0000

My first Sonic memory/experience:

When I was around 5 years old I remember coming home to a games console sitting beneath the family TV. I didn’t know what it was but I knew I’d love it forever. It was a SEGA Master System 2. I didn’t know at the time but this was a special variant as it did not have Alex Kidd built in but Sonic the Hedgehog 8-bit. This was my first experience playing as Sonic and in fact my first videogame I ever played along with a boxed copy of After Burner my mum bought with the system. I still love Sonic
to this day and I cherish the 8-bit version of Sonic the Hedgehog for its different level designs to the Mega Drive counterpart, the Yuzo Koshiro soundtrack and for making me a life long SEGA fan. Thanks Mum!

By: ~G~

~G~ — Tue, 24 Jun 2014 22:33:00 +0000

In reply to Amanda Heck.

I still haven’t watched any Sonic X… in fact my knowledge of the Sonic cartoons is painfully poor. I really need to fix that!

What was that Sonic cartoon where he had kids (I think they were his kids) and they all played instruments or something? That looked so weird to me when I was a kid, I refused to watch it! Lol.