It's a decent start to an embarrassing legacy. It's okay as a pick-up-and-play platformer, but the lack of a save feature and hit-and-miss continue system makes it hard to recommend in 2020. Super Mario All-Stars is a much easier sell - as are Sonic CD and Mania.

I guess you could play the mobile port? But that'd involve playing a mobile game.

And no, hacking the spin dash in doesn't really help this game.