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.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.
Jack: How do you know?
Will: It's more of a feeling really.
Jack: Well, that's not scientific. Feeling isn't knowing. Feeling is believing. If you believe it, you can't know because there's no knowing what you believe. Then again, no one should believe what they know either. Once you know anything that anything becomes unbelievable if only by virtue of the fact you now... know it. You know?
Will: No.
If Demolition Man were remade today
Huxley: What's wrong? You broke contact.
Spartan: Contact? I didn't even touch you.
Huxley: Don't you want to make love?
Spartan: Is that what you call this? Why don't we just do it the old-fashioned way?
Huxley: NO!
Spartan: Whoa! Okay, calm down.
Huxley: Don't tell me to calm down!
Spartan: What's gotten into you? 'Cause it sure as hell wasn't me.
Huxley: Physical relations in the way of intercourse are no longer acceptable John Spartan.
Spartan: What? Why the hell not?
Huxley: It's the law, John. And for your information, the very idea that you suggested it makes me feel personally violated.
Spartan: Wait a minute... violated? Huxley what the hell are you accusing me of here?
Huxley: You need to leave, John.
Spartan: But Huxley.
Huxley: Get out!
Moments later Spartan is arrested for "violating" Huxley.
By the way, that's called satire. Get over it.
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