Sonic The Hedgehog old school Genesis games.
 

Didn't the old school Genesis/Mega Drive Sonic The Hedgehog games just kick total ass! Which one is everyone's favorite? I'm gonna go with Sonic3 & Knuckles, I love the normal Sonic 3 game and with S&K added on to it it's even better! The levels were far better than previous games and the character sprites are the best by far in any Sonic game, really bubbly looking :lol: The music was amazing too, I have all the tracks ripped onto my iPod.

(I'm only including the normal games in this poll, the story driven ones, excluding Sonic 3D cause it's meh)

Sonic 3 me my brother and my oldest sister would play this like a religion. The greatest. :D

Sonic 2 was quite ultimate. I played that game the most on the few Genesis games I had.

I just got the Sonic Mega Collection Plus, (the third time I bought the sonic games during my life.)

I love Sonic. The games are so simple, but still so entertaining. Sure, most of the Game Gear ones were absolute, unmitigated crap in it's purest form, but the Genesis games kicked ass. I also loved Sonic Adventure 1 (haven't played 2 yet) and I must attest, the game was fantastic. Personally, the last level with Super Sonic was worth the $50 in itself.

To put it in short: Sonic rocks the Casbah.

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 was the king of the series. All the others were great as well, but Sonic 2 owned the roost. The music, the speed, the level design, all of it. The game is freaking awesome.

The series' peak in my eyes though is the original Sonic Adventure. That single game was my reason to own a Dreamcast. It just......felt right. The Super Sonic fight, the Wave Master soundtrack. Damn it is awesome. That's why Heroes pisses me off. It's just kiddy. The Adventures were total action, and recaptured the glory of the originals. I want that back. There is a rumor leaking out Sega was making Sonic Adventure 3 for Gamecube, but development has been pushed back to Revolution because of the whole Sammy thing. If Sega is making that game, then I will march my ass up there to Tokyo and kiss their ass and thank them.

Yeah, because we all know Tokyo is located in the far north. :lol:

I'd love a Sonic Adventure 3, even though I didn't like the second one.

2 had a better story, but 1 had FAR better style and gameplay. I want another like that. Screw that Heroes sh*t.

I thought the Sonic parts of SA2 were awesome, but the rest was kinda crappy. As for the topic of the thread, I'll have to go with Sonic 2. I loved that one.

For SA3, they need to just have 40 levels or so of Sonic/Shadow, and Tails levels. Knuckles too, but no treasure hunting, and no Mecha walking. No forced team ups.

Why do you guys think Sonic 2 was superior? For my money it was always Sonic 3 & Knuckles combined. More levels, more emeralds, great level design and music, etc. On top of that, you got to fight Knuckles which was bitchin', to say they least.

Probably because I played Sonic 2 the most of any of the games.

I always loved Sonic 3 & Knuckles.

The best of the old school. 8)

Sonic 1 owns you all, and you know it.

My favorite Genesis Sonic game (and probably my favorite in the entire series) is Sonic 3 & Knuckles. Excellent music and tons of great levels. The Sonic Adventure series was good also, but it doesn't quite match the fun of the classic side scrollers in my opinion.

Sonic 2 was the very first video game I ever got. I got it on Christmas and it came with the Sega Genesis. For nostalgic purposes Sonic 2 is my favorite. But Sonic 3 & Knuckles is great too. I have Sonic Mega Collection for GameCube and it's so cool. When I was younger I never owned Sonic 1 or Sonic Spinball. Sonic Adventure 2: Battle was the first game I got for GameCube and it's pretty cool. My only gripe w/ SA2:B is that I've had the game for a little over 3 years I think and I STILL am having such a difficult time getting all the stinkin' Emblems! :x

Other than that, great game! :)

1. Sonic 2
2. Sonic and Knuckles
3. Sonic 3

Sonic & Knuckles hands down for me! I loved playing that one...excellent levels, music, and story. Biggest complaint, stupid chaos emeralds are hard to get at times (I never could get enough of them to gain the full power)

HOWEVER, Sonic 2 and Sonic 3 are right up there. Sonic 2 was one sucker to beat, especially that EVIL end level on the Death Egg. Of course once you learned the tricks, it was all right...my cousin and I played that game quite a bit and it drove us crazy. Great music.

As for Sonic 3, that was essentially the first chapter of S & K and it was fun. My biggest complaint was that it seemed to fly by so fast and the end boss was weak. Of course, if they'd released S3 + S&K together as planned it would have been TOO long for my tastes...although I have played the lock-on game all the way through. Again, great music.

Sonic 1...I like it for a little bit then it gets on my nerves about halfway through. It's my least favorite but then I didn't play it as aggressively as the others.

Sonic 2 w/ Knuckles...ehhh, seems cool at first but Knuckles does not fare well (love Knuckles tho, don't get me wrong). His jumping is weak and makes some bosses A PAIN to beat.

1. Sonic 1
2. Sonic 3
3. Sonic and Knuckles

I love the SA series.... and though everyone already knows tis, I think SA2 was the best thing that SEGA ever accomplished. >.> <.<
But... if they had more levels... I'd friggin' die of hapiness.
Now, SA3. All it needs is Shadow to be awesome. But.. not... Sonic Heroes Shadow. He acted funny in SH. And he looked funny..... oO; everyone did, 'specially Rouge. I want SA2 Shadow back. T.T And off topic about Sonic DS.... damn.... I wont get to play it for... like 6 years. T___T Noo...

I got Sonic Mega collection plus. And I'd have to say either Sonic 2 or Sonic 3 and Knuckles. Sonic 1 is alright, but compared to the later games, ithe gameplay is slow as all hell.