Anti-Frustration Features: The Eggman fight in Labyrinth Zone takes place underwater.This is averted with the Master System version, which uses Sonic's original Japanese design instead of the Americanized redesign by Greg Martin, due to the Master System version being a direct export of the European version.Sega of America edited Sonic's appearance on the Game Gear box and in all promotional media to make him look more "punk"-like, shaping his quills to look like a mohawk and giving him a more smug expression.Airborne Aircraft Carrier: Sky Base Zone, the first of many in the Sonic series.Marble Zone's theme is left over in the game files though, suggesting that it was at least considered. The former two are replaced by Bridge and Jungle, while Scrap Brain takes Starlight's original spot as the fifth zone, with Sky Base becoming the new final zone. Adapted Out: While Green Hill, Labyrinth and Scrap Brain make it in, Marble, Spring Yard and Starlight are absent in this version.Nevertheless, it's still pretty fun in its own right, and features a catchy soundtrack of its own composed by Yuzo Koshiro (with some adaptations of Masato Nakamura's work for the 16-bit game), the most notable sample being the Bridge Zone theme.įollowed by Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (8-bit). Special Stages are only for extra lives and continues.ĭue to playing on weaker hardware, the high-speed element of gameplay was scaled back quite a bit, and it really didn't help the Game Gear gain an advantage over the Nintendo's Game Boy in the handheld market. It has a mostly-unique Zone lineup, and unlike its 16-bit counterpart, Chaos Emeralds are hidden in the stages themselves. While having the same basic plot, it wasn't a port so much as it was a unique alternative to the 16-bit version. The first 8-bit Sonic the Hedgehog game, created for the Master System and Game Gear, and anonymously developed by Yuzo Koshiro's game company Ancient in their first commercial release.
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