Sonic the Hedgehog: Genesis

 Game Boy Advance
User Score
2.4

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 120 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 120
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 120
  3. Negative: 95 out of 120
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  1. BiggestSonicFan
    Sep 7, 2023
    2
    Controls Are So Bad It Gives FPS Drop Single Second Gameplay Is Not Good Beside The Controls
  2. zlt
    Jul 18, 2023
    0
    I Honestly Wish I Could Give This A Negative Score. WHY DOES THIS EXIST!!!?!!?!! HOW DOES THIS EXIST!?!?!?!??!! HOW DO PEPOLE THINK THIS IS GOOD IT HAS AWFUL SOUND TOO HOPE THIS SONIC BOOTLEG CLONE GAME GETS DELETED!!
  3. Drakor
    Jun 9, 2023
    0
    I would rather jump into a pit of snakes than play labyrinth and marble zone again on this trash, play it ANYWHERE else for your own sanity
  4. CrossoverMovie2
    Nov 19, 2022
    0
    WORST GAME OF ALL TIME! I can’t stand the controls, the bugs, and the screen crunch!
  5. SonicFan20
    Nov 16, 2022
    3
    Its still sonic the hedgehog but MAN! and i mean MAN how did Sega Mess up a Port of SONIC THE HEDGEHOG!? How Is this possible. one of the most Ported video games ever. It has Slow mo, lag, Crappy audio. the original game is still good but this makes the original unrecognizable. the New additions added to this version is just anniversary mode. its just the spindash. this port is the worstIts still sonic the hedgehog but MAN! and i mean MAN how did Sega Mess up a Port of SONIC THE HEDGEHOG!? How Is this possible. one of the most Ported video games ever. It has Slow mo, lag, Crappy audio. the original game is still good but this makes the original unrecognizable. the New additions added to this version is just anniversary mode. its just the spindash. this port is the worst video game port ever besides that weird mario PC port. 3/10… Expand
  6. CoinYew
    Sep 24, 2022
    0
    this game somehow runs worse than the original, this imo, is the worst sonic game for nintendo handheld consoles
  7. mrsonic
    Jun 20, 2022
    4
    worst sonic 1 port i ever seen im truly dissapointed this game is so slow than orginal sonic 1 and orginal sonic 1 fun is gone in this port.. play the game you will understand
  8. Rayman3fan
    Mar 10, 2022
    0
    is this even a remaster? NO it's complete garbage. E rank in Sonic Universe they don't know how to make port
  9. MetalReviewer
    Mar 7, 2022
    2
    An awful remake of a 16-bit classic. Play the original, or any other port instead. This one is not, and never will be worth your time.
  10. grimreapersims
    Jan 19, 2022
    4
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  11. ImraanTest
    Jan 1, 2022
    0
    One of the most **** port jobs I've ever seen. How did they butcher this port so badly. Low framerates, high input latency, horrible remixes and abysmal sound. Stay far away.
  12. MoCBallyhoo
    Oct 6, 2021
    0
    I've actually never played this game, it just looks like garbage simply due to the *lackluster* performance, good day.
  13. Dude80
    Jun 29, 2021
    0
    Terrible game poor sound effects the game is literally broken. In fact I traded this game in for sonic jam on sega Saturn
  14. tkirb
    Jun 1, 2021
    1
    If anybody expects to think that this game is good, then they would be wrong. Bugs and glitches, terrible soundtrack, frame rate issues, and poor controls. Sonic GBA 2006 is as terrible as Sonic the hedgehog 2006.
  15. ilovegaming999
    Apr 28, 2021
    0
    this game can SUCK EGGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  16. Ryguyonline22
    Apr 1, 2021
    0
    What is this abomination some games are so bad they are good but with this just why sega why
  17. ThePCGamer07
    Mar 17, 2021
    0
    This is the worst port I have ever seen. It has a lot of lag, it is glitchy, buggy and broken, has bad music (except for the Star Light Zone and Scrap Brain Zone themes in my opinion) and it has a not working power-up at all. Seriously, I highly don't recommend buying this, or else it will be nothing, but a waste of time.
  18. SamHalls2016
    Aug 16, 2020
    2
    Sonic the Hedgehog Genesis is one of the worst Sonic games I've ever played.
    Remake!? More like rip-off! Other bad or mediocre Sonic games have at least one minor plus.
    *Sonic Spinball brings a few minutes of enjoyment. *Sonic Labyrinth has nice sprites. *Sonic Blast doesn't have terrible music. *Sonic 3D Blast has controls that are easy to get used to. *Sonic the Fighters has a    Sonic the Hedgehog Genesis is one of the worst Sonic games I've ever played.
    Remake!? More like rip-off! Other bad or mediocre Sonic games have at least one minor plus.

    *Sonic Spinball brings a few minutes of enjoyment.
    *Sonic Labyrinth has nice sprites.
    *Sonic Blast doesn't have terrible music.
    *Sonic 3D Blast has controls that are easy to get used to.
    *Sonic the Fighters has a decent quality for its time.
    *Sonic Schoolhouse brings enjoyment for young children.
    *Sonic R seems easy when you play as Knuckles.
    *Sonic Shuffle doesn't have terrible minigames, but they're still boring.
    *Shadow the Hedgehog had a good gunfight.
    *Sonic '06 had an awesome soundtrack.
    *Sonic Unleashed had cool cutscenes.
    *Sonic and the Secret Rings had a strong appeal and offer more than 15 minutes of enjoyment.
    *Sonic and the Black Knight had a cool boss fight.
    *Sonic Free Riders doesn't have bad graphics (although I can say that that game is even worse, but that's beside the point).
    *Sonic Dash has a variety of gifts to give out if you complete missions.
    *Sonic Lost World had decent boss fights and great graphics.
    *Sonic Boom had a decent story and Tails acts more maturely.
    *Sonic Forces lets you create your Sonic OCs, despite the lacklustre level design.

    Besides the spin dash in anniversary mode, there isn't anything remotely good about this game. It's just a rehash of the first game from 1991 and would be better off not existing.    … Expand
  19. Mattia9336
    Jul 26, 2020
    2
    The fact that it was released so late in the GBA life makes the game even worse. Nintendo had shown how to port games on the system.
  20. ingenting
    Jun 23, 2020
    2
    Great game and an absolute classic game, but a very poor port to the GBA unfortunately.
  21. ymyc
    Apr 6, 2020
    0
    Good god the screen crunch is pestiferous, the sound is so atrocious, the music is heinous, and the frame rate is absolute horses**t! don't think about playing or liking this game!
  22. VoltronGuy
    Mar 17, 2020
    3
    I hate to be negative here, but Sega did not make a great port of Sonic 1 to the Game Boy Advance. The music is horrible (even for the Game Boy Advance), it's laggy, there's many slowdowns and the screen crunch is horrible. It's definitely torturous if you play Marble Zone or Labyrinth Zone. So, I give it 3 out of 10.
  23. Boubert
    Mar 9, 2020
    0
    Horrible compressed song and screen crunch. I know it’s on the GBA, but Sonic Advance series was so much better.
  24. Krossbone
    Jan 29, 2020
    0
    I find it absolutely hilarious that people have the gall to call Sonic '06 the "worst Sonic game of all time" or "one of the worst games of all time" when this absolute monstrosity of a game exists.

    There are so many things wrong with this game, it's hard to describe; it's glitchy, it's got horribly ported music, momentum in this game is ridiculously wonky, the slow down is SO bad it    I find it absolutely hilarious that people have the gall to call Sonic '06 the "worst Sonic game of all time" or "one of the worst games of all time" when this absolute monstrosity of a game exists.

    There are so many things wrong with this game, it's hard to describe; it's glitchy, it's got horribly ported music, momentum in this game is ridiculously wonky, the slow down is SO bad it feels like you're running through water when you're in air (can't even think of how to describe running through water feels like... it's just bad). Not to mention pretty much all the sound effects from the original are completely butchered, nowhere near as satisfying to land hits on enemies. Everything sounds off.
    Not exaggerating when I say this, this game feels like a bootleg. Which is just horrid.

    Sonic Team can put out some great stuff, but this game really serves to tarnish their name, because people will forever hold it over their heads. Hope they learned their lesson with rushing games with how this game was received. Anyways, I'm off to play 06, a MASTERPIECE in comparison to this piece of ****.    … Expand
  25. Olicomix
    Jan 6, 2019
    0
    This is what you get when you take everything that made the Genesis version a classic and flush it all down the toilet, as the awful frame rate, sluggish speed, bad screen crunch, poorly remade music, and just everything in general makes this one of, if not the worst port of all time.
  26. PacMax
    Oct 25, 2018
    1
    Bad music, bad framerate, bad everything, there is no excuse for this game to call itself a port of an alright game if it ruins it completely.
  27. Batman5907
    Oct 3, 2018
    0
    This game is horrid. The screen crunch is so bad its like playing sonic 1 with a microscope. The gba completely murders this game's fantastic soundtrack with its compression. There's slowdown for doing anything. There is just nothing good about this. Just don't play it.
  28. SonicSpeedo92
    May 21, 2018
    0
    This is a true disgrace to the entire franchise. I think that it's worse than 06 (which I like), because at least it had a redeeming factor that everyone could agree on. Genesis (GBA) has none. Everything is wrong with this. The screen crunch doesn't allow you to see where you're going, the controls and physics feel way too off because I end up dying all the time in Marble Zone because ofThis is a true disgrace to the entire franchise. I think that it's worse than 06 (which I like), because at least it had a redeeming factor that everyone could agree on. Genesis (GBA) has none. Everything is wrong with this. The screen crunch doesn't allow you to see where you're going, the controls and physics feel way too off because I end up dying all the time in Marble Zone because of it, there are also some graphical issues because things pop in and out of the screen, there are bugs galore that always get you killed, the Spin Dash is worthless because:
    1. You can't charge it up.
    2. Combined with the controls and screen crunch, you'll end up dying just for using it.

    And the music is awful. The constant screeching and banging on the piano just goes beyond dreadful. This is the worst Sonic game ever, and it is a disgrace to a once classic game.    … Expand
  29. Midmmmf
    May 19, 2018
    0
    This game has bad controls, horrible music, bad graphics, the screen crunch is bad, and the biggest problem is the frame rate. It will never be consistent. This game sums up how sonic’s 15th anniversary was: trash.
  30. xXGamerzXx
    Apr 10, 2018
    0
    Worse than Sonic 06 and Boom RoL. Terrible framerate , bad sound effects and more
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33

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 6
  3. Negative: 5 out of 6
  1. AceGamez
    20
    I truly am blown away by how terrible this port turned out to be.
  2. Nintendo Power
    60
    Considering that "Sonic Mega Collection" for GCN already boasts a perfect version of the original Sonic, this game is a bit of a tough sell, but at least the inclusion of the 'hogs trademark Spin Dash adds some appeal. [Jan. 2007, p.112]
  3. Play Magazine
    40
    There are a few minor twists in the Anniversary Mode, such as the ability to use the Spin Dash that was introduced later in the series, but none of it matters when the fundamentals are so thoroughly screwed. [Dec. 2006, p.92]
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