Sonic The Hedgehog (PAL) Part 1 On SEGA Master System

Sonic The Hedgehog (PAL) Part 1 On SEGA Master System

Introducing for the first time on Youtube, a full SEGA Master System playthrough of Sonic The Hedgehog running in PAL 50Hz. I was extremely disapointed with every result that came up on a Youtube search, I was trying to find a playthrough in PAL 50Hz but every search that came up was recorded in NTSC 60Hz where everybody does the same boring speed runs through this game. So I decided to do a playthrough of my own through this game and it is the best playthrough of this game to date on Youtube. This playthrough has been recorded altogether and not broken up into parts like my Mega Drive Sonic playthroughs, so you'll be able to keep track of my score and lives through out the playthrough. It was recorded a very long time ago, sometime around 2000, 2001 off an original SEGA Master System console. I hope you enjoy it! I actually take my time in the levels and rack up a huge score unlike others.

NOSTALGIA: This was the very, very first video game I ever played in my whole life, I was 8 years old in 1992 when my mother bought me a SEGA Master System II console that came with Sonic The Hedgehog, Hang-On and Alex Kidd In Miracle World built into the hardware. This game is responsible for my obsession with video games.

After the success of Sonic on the SEGA Mega Drive/Genesis, SEGA quickly also ported Sonic The Hedgehog to the SEGA Master System and Game Gear that following year in 1991. The Game Gear version is very similar to the Master System version, it featured a higher colour palette and stereo sound output but disapointingly featured a much lower screen resolution which made all Game Gear games very hard to play because you couldn't see what was around your player, Sonic 2 on Game Gear is a prime example of that. This Master System version has less sprites and only mono sound but features a higher screen resolution, yes even in PAL 50Hz.

GREEN HILL ZONE: Sonic starts his journey in the luscious valley of Green Hill, running and tumbling down rolling hills, collecting rings, jumping over pits of spikes and splashing through the chilling waters in an underground cavern. At the very top of the Green Hill in Act 3 Dr. Ivo Robotnik makes his move. Can Sonic stop the Doc from stealing innocent animals?

DIFFERENCES FROM THE SEGA MEGA DRIVE VERSION:

1. When Sonic jumps on a shield monitor he is then able to keep the shield on him through out the whole game, (unless he gets hit).

2. Collecting 100 rings in an Act will leave Sonic with 0 rings, to advance to a Special Stage Sonic must collect at least 50 rings to 99 rings.

3. Arrow monitors have replaced the star posts from the 16-bit version also allowing you to restart the game from that spot if Sonic lost a life.

4. The end of level markers in the 16-bit version which did nothing except to show the exit are now transformed into bonus panels that reward Sonic with a bonus. Robotnik's face means you get nothing! Sonic's face means you get an extra life, ring means you get 10 rings and the exclamation point means you have access to the special stages.

5. The Chaos Emeralds are hidden in each Zone and not the Special Stages.

6. Special ring bonuses are rewarded for completing a Special Stage under the time limit.

7. Extra lives are rewarded for scoring every 50'000 points which was not possible on the Mega Drive/Genesis version.

8. After hitting a 1up item box and then losing a life in any Act of any Zone, the 1up item boxes don't return.

9. The soundtrack to this game was programmed only through the Texas Instruments PSG: SN76489 soundchip unlike the Mega Drive soundtrack which was programmed through both the FM: YM2612 and the PSG: SN76489

10. Music for this version was composed and programmed by both Masato Nakamura and Yuzo Koshiro 1991.

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• Sonic The Hedgehog
• SEGA Master System
• Green Hill Zone
• Playthrough
• Adam060756
• PAL 50Hz
• 8-bit
• retrojuegoschile

[segaforever19]

Sniff,sniff.... i miss my master system 2¡¡ :(

[Adam060756]

@segaforever19 You know you can still buy one from e-bay, if you really want one again.

[thefidlerontheroof]

but what's this about the rings? I mean you reach 100 and then reset to 0? What?! But that's counter productive. So after you collect 100 and then drop to 0 your other 100 rings don't count? Or how does it work? But that makes no sense. Its not like in the Mega Drive version where you go, go, go, and you rack up rings as you go by and by then have them added on to your huge-ass score. Well, i still enjoyed watching these! Great intro, great job on the vids.

[Adam060756]

@thefidlerontheroof In Sonic 4 Episode 1, SEGA completely changed the game status, once an Act is completed and your score is tallied and you start playing the next Act your score automatically resets back to zero, in other words it is completely useless trying to score points in Sonic 4 as it resets itself upon clearing every single stage and you know how much I hate that. There has to be more in a Sonic game than just constantly running to the right side of the screen.

[thefidlerontheroof]

excellent series! And i make this comment after seeing all 6 of 'em. I have gotten so used to seeing your Sonic gameplay in 16-bit form on the SEGA Mega Drive that this was very diffrent for me. New and fresh. The music and everything. Ah, yes, the music-- enchanting. I just hope you don;t get bullshit from others about your style of play and your pace. I certainly do not have a problem with either your play style or the PAL/NTSC rubbish....

[Adam060756]

@thefidlerontheroof Well I know you don't have a problem with my pace in playing Sonic and it's good that you understand my philosophy on how Sonic games should really be played, it's just a shame for everybody else who can't see that.

If anybody has a problem with these videos and how I played through this game then they can go and suck it! There is more to Sonic than constantly running right. The rings and item boxes are there for a reason, theyre not there to look pretty and not touch.

[JoeyJoeJoe5000]

How can Europeans play sonic in this slow motion? Sonic is supposed to be fast pace! This version sounds so drab XD

[dannijabara]

great vid love the oldies

[dannijabara]

@Potionette81

LOL ur funnyyyy.....

The monitor says cont.

as in you get a continue

[retrocopy]

Check out RetroCopy, in particular my Sonic video. It's probably the best way to play SMS games these days (biased though :) )

[ShinyPikachulevel100]

y is there two sonic the hedgehog games

and there is two sonic the hedgehog 2 games?

[TheJps1997]

06:51 bug

[Potionette81]

Monitor at 5:08 says 'cope'. Nice subliminal message there to encourage you to keep playing, and make you believe you can win.

[pete6777]

so i meet a fellow aussie lol anyway i love this game

[SummerPaPa]

at 1st level if you pass the sign really slow and it spins just 180 degrees u gain +1 life...try it ;) (if u dont know it already)

[ksioamaral89]

haha SEGA made of rings!