Who here started with Sonic 1, honestly.

18 years or so ago, at the age of 4, on christmas, I recieved my first gaming system the Sega Genesis Model 1. Packaged with it was Sonic the Hedgehog "Not For Resale". For years that was the only game I owned for it until Christmas of 94 when I got Sonic & Knuckles. Now two years ago my friend gave me his copy of Sonic 2. That is the story involving me and my Genesis.

 

I was around 10 or 11; the game blew me away. Rings, loops and stuff. Awesome shit.

Of course, it wasn't as fast as the TV commercials told me, but I soon learned the levels well enough to get some real speed. Gamers who started later than this are spoilt by the spindash and shields. :3

 

I started off with Sonic 1, which was actually a couple of years before I played the sequels.

I first remember playing it around when I was like 4-5ish at a friend's house and the speed of the game kept me amused at the game. I also loved the music of the game especially Star Light Zone and Scrap Brain Zone. It was also really colourful and looked gorgeous, especially Green Hill Zone.

I didn't actually get the game myself until a bit later, on a MegaGames 6-in-1 cartridge.

Granted, it was met with superior sequels, but Sonic 1 feels special in that it was the first Sonic game I ever played. It is also why I am a fan of both Sonic and the Megadrive today.

 

I did. Started off with an SMSII with Sonic The Hedgehog built in, then my dad got us a Mega Drive with Sonic 1 and Super Monaco Grand Prix.

Ah, if only they knew then the obsessed fanboy I was today because of those games, I don't think they'd've bothered

 

I was 7 years old when Sonic 1 came out. I can confirm it was the 1st Sonic game I've ever played.. I didnt get to play Sonic 2 until 1994.

 

I started off with Sonic 1, but I was playing on my cousin's system. He kept inviting me over so we could hang out with American women and see big American Tee-Tees, but I just wanted to play Sonic 1.

Then I got my own SEGA genesis with Sonic 2.

 

I started with Sonic 1 on the Game Gear when I was 8 (I received it for my 8th birthday, on April 1st, 1992). I later bought Sonic 2, Chaos, Spinball, and Triple Trouble for the Game Gear.

My first experience with a Genesis game was with the Sonic & Knuckles Collection.

 

I started out with Sonic 1 using Sega Smash Pack 2. I was too young to play any video game really until about 1996. But, in 2000, I acquired Sega Smash Packs 1 & 2 and I played Sega Smash Pack 2 first. First thing I played was Sonic 1. It was actually because of the Smash Packs that I got "hooked" onto Sonic. This was before I discovered the "joys" of emulators so I shopped around and pretty much found the Genesis series ported to PC and Sonic CD. Until 1998, I didn't even have a computer with a CD drive, so even if I bought Sonic CD earlier, I wouldn't have been able to play it.

 

I started with S1. Played almost every game since. =P

 

I remember Sonic 1 and Road Rash were the first games we got for Mega Drive. I wasn't much into Road Rash until later on, but my Dad loved it. After that we got all the Sonic games for the mega drive, including a Mega CD for Sonic CD.

 

I started off with Sonic 2. To be honest I'm glad I did. Sonic 1 didn't wow me as much as 2 and 3 did.

 

I played (a little) Sonic 2 first, in a local Asda store, but I received S1 & S2 at the same time, for Christmas 1992. I completed Sonic 1 first, Sonic 2 took much longer!

 

I was introduced to both Sonic 1 and 2 at the same time, I think I played more Sonic 2 though simply because it had the 2p vs mode.

 

I was introduced to Sonic through Sonic 1 when my dad got a Mega Drive, and Sonic 1 was the first game on cartridge that I got for my Master System. I love them both, and even back then enjoyed the fact that they were different games.

 

When I got my Genesis we bought it off a guy my dad knew from work. So I had both Sonic 1 and 2. Eventually got the PC versions of Sonic 3 and K since the genesis versions were always hard to find or expensive. To be honest for my age Sonic 1 was a lot harder so Sonic 2 was more enjoyable since it didn't have a level like LZ Act 3. =P
To be honest though it wasn't just the games that got me hooked on Sonic it was also that right around the time that I got my Genesis, AoStH was starting to air on TV. Which that show was just awesome.

Now though I will say I like Sonic 1 better than Sonic 2, and it's not only because I can beat it now. =P

 

My first taste of Sonic was at a friends house. His parents got him a Mega Drive when he was pretty young.

I remember a smaller and cuter me, staring in awe at the vivid chequerboard of green hill and instantly fell in love with not only Sonic, but gaming as a whole.

My parents got me a Mega Drive a year or two later and I instantly picked up Sonic 1.

Despite starting with number 1, I still prefer the sequels. Guess I must like being lazy and spoiled

 

I started with the sequels, at my friend's house for Sonic 2 and with S&K Collection for Sonic 3K. But Sonic 1 is still fun, it's great to pick up and play when I'm on the go, especially on my iPod. =)