I have very fond--albeit hazy--memories of being very young and playing this at a friend's house. We were a Super Nintendo family, but he had a Sega Genesis. This was the first game I played on that console, and damn did it make me jealous!
The sequel puts more premium on speed and rewards you further for understanding and memorizing stage patterns in order to keep up the speed, not that careful platforming wasn't part of the formula, as the later stages can tear you up and drink your extra lives if you're too hasty!
All of this is glazed with a wonderful art style and brilliant score that makes that Genesis sound chip sing like a canary! It's not hard to see why Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is one of the highest points of the franchise.
The sequel puts more premium on speed and rewards you further for understanding and memorizing stage patterns in order to keep up the speed, not that careful platforming wasn't part of the formula, as the later stages can tear you up and drink your extra lives if you're too hasty!
All of this is glazed with a wonderful art style and brilliant score that makes that Genesis sound chip sing like a canary! It's not hard to see why Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is one of the highest points of the franchise.