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I was always a Nintendo kid so my access to Sonic was always limited. I've got the Megadrive collection for PS3 though and the games still hold up pretty well. I remember not being a huge fan of the controls when I was younger and opinion hasn't changed all that much. Flying through the levels is fun though and they are brilliantly designed. I'm probably a little biased towards Mario but the controls were always tighter, even if it didn't have the raw speed that Sonic had.
I was definitely a Nintendo Kid but these were the good old days where if you had one system your friend was almost guaranteed to have a different one so I would go to my neighbor's house and play his Genesis for hours, or alternatively go to my cousin's house and play her Game Gear for hours.
Sonic 2 is my favorite; something about it hits the sweet spot between "pure speed" and "platforming" juuuuuust right.
I haven't spent a lot of time with many Sonic games post-Sonic CD, but Sonic Generations was a great deal of fun and the Sonic 4 games, while not nearly as good as the original classic Sonics, have certainly got their moments.
And then there's Sonic After The Sequel, a fanmade game which actually IS as good as the originals. :3: Everyone should go play it.
I played the original Sonic on one of my cousin's systems. I later got my own Genesis complete with Sonic 2. I originally had to use a cheat code to beat it (allows you to edit the map so I could add an infinite number of rings and become invincible while fighting Robotnik. Later, I developed skill enough to beat him without the tricks. I played a lot of Sonic & Knuckles (Knuckles quickly became my favorite character partially because I hate how Sonic has been characterized as a snarky arrogant punk ever since). I still own Sonic Spinball, the only other Sonic game that I've beaten (and imo the best iteration of an adventure-themed pinball game... well best iteration of a pinball game ever because I hate pinball). I have played no other Sonic games since.