Sonic The Hedgehog (1991)

Sonic The Hedgehog (1991), commonly referred to as Sonic 1, or Sonic The Hedgehog 1, or Sonic 1 16-bit, is a game that released on June 23, 1991. It was the first appearance of Sonic, other than Rad Mobile, This game, since it was the first game in the franchise, it got high popularity after a matter of time.

By the release of Sonic 2, the game had already received well over 4 million copies. The game was developed by SEGA, and Sonic Team.

## Plot

The plot of Sonic 1, was really simple. Sonic finds that Dr. Robotnik, has secretly been polluting the island, South Island, and kidnapping the flickies. It’s up to Sonic to gain the 6 Chaos Emeralds, stop the polluting, and to rescue the flickies.

## Cheat Codes

1. By pressing Up, Down, Left, Right A+Start, you unlock the secret Level Select screen. You are able to go to Sound Test, You can select one of the acts of the available 7 zones in the game, and you can go to the Special Stage.
2. By pressing Up C, Down C, Left C, Right C, and A+Start, you unlock Debug Mode. When pressing A+Start, on the title screen, you can press B to toggle Debug Mode, and Normal Mode. In Debug Mode, you can do the following: Place Objects with C, Move through the list of objects forward with A, Move through the list of objects backward with holding A, and pressing C. Debug Mode also unlocks the ability to reboot the game, and when the game is paused, by pressing Start, If you press A, the game reboots. Pressing B when you are paused sets the game to half speed, and finally, Pressing C, when you are paused advances the game by one frame.
3. By pressing Up, Down, Left, Right, Up, Up, C, Down, C, Left, C, Right, C, A+Start, you can unlock both Level Select AND Debug Mode.
4. When you are in Demo Mode, which can happen when you are inactive in the title screen for about 10 seconds, Demo Mode plays. Holding A, B, and C, can mess up the AI’s movements, and cause the AI to die sometimes.

## Zones

There are 7 zones, all zones have 3 acts, except for Zone 7 which only has 1 act.

1. Green Hill Zone. Has 3 acts, and is lush Green hills. It is also the most famous Sonic level, and the most nostalgic level in all of Sonic games.
2. Marble Zone. Has 3 acts, and depicts ancient ruins. It also has, lava, more objects, and more Badniks.
3. Spring Yard Zone. Has 3 acts, and looks like a area that has many springs, and feels more like of a casino/pinball area.
4. Labyrinth Zone. Has 3 acts, Again, represents ancient ruins, this time underwater. The most hated zone in Sonic 1, because of its tricky water areas, and challenges, and those combined prove a really tough challenge.
5. Star Light Zone. Has 3 acts, Resembles a City, that has many streetlights. Many bombs are in the level, and it is the most fast paced level, and also Spring Yard Zone is a fast paced level, 2nd one.
6. Scrap Brain Zone, another hated level, presumably the second one, before Labyrinth Zone. It provides many challenges, like Labyrinth Zone except that Act 1 and Act 2 have no water, however in Act 3, which the game thinks is Labyrinth Zone Act 4, Water is again present, instead of being a signpost, there is no signpost. To win, you need to find a special area with springs, The water is called "poison" and acts the same as normal Water, except it is purple. Instead of the layout being yellow, it is white.
7. Final Zone, the last and final zone in the game. It only has 1 act.