 three @-@ disc compilation of music from Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic the Hedgehog 2 was released in Japan . The first disc features original tracks from both games , the second contains Masato Nakamura 's demo recordings and the third comprises songs by Dreams Come True and their Akon remixes .   = = = Packaging and release = = =   Game @-@ package illustrator Akira Watanabe said that his goal was to make the characters " colorful " , using clear lines and gradation to " finish them neatly " . According to Watanabe , the developers asked him to create a package design " similar to pop art ... without being particular to conventional packages " – something " original " and " stylish " . The game was released in North America , Europe , and Australia on June 23 , 1991 , and in Japan on July 26 . Sega of America packaged it with American Genesis consoles , replacing Altered Beast . Genesis owners who bought their consoles before the switch could request free copies of Sonic the Hedgehog by mail . Sega of America created a large @-@ scale marketing campaign to promote the game and Sonic as a mascot for the company .   = = Alternate versions and ports = =   = = = 8 @-@ bit version = = =   A version of Sonic the Hedgehog was developed by Ancient and released in 1991 for Sega 's 8 @-@ bit consoles , the Master System and Game Gear . Its plot and gameplay mechanics are similar to the 16 @-@ bit version , with different level themes and digital assets . The level design is flatter , with no vertical loops , and Sonic cannot re @-@ collect his rings after being hit . The game has a different soundtrack , composed by chiptune musician Yuzo Koshiro and including his compositions and adaptations of music from the 16 @-@ bit version . It was the final game released for the Master System in North America . The Master System version was re @-@ released for Wii 's Virtual Console service in North America on August 4 , 2008 , and in Europe on August 8 . The Game Gear version was re @-@ released for the Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console on June 13 , 2013 , and included as an unlockable game in Sonic Adventure DX : Director 's Cut for GameCube and Windows and Sonic Mega Collection Plus for PlayStation 2 , Xbox , and Windows .   = = = Sonic the Hedgehog Genesis = = =   A port , Sonic the Hedgehog Genesis , was released for the Game Boy Advance ( GBA ) on November 14 , 2006 in United States to mark the game 's fifteenth anniversary . It included several new features , such as the ability to save game progress , a level select option , and an Anniversary Mode with the Spin Dash move ( not originally implemented until Sonic the Hedgehog 2 ) . Its screen is slightly zoomed in , and adapted to the GBA 's widescreen aspect ratio . The game received poor reviews , with a Metacritic score of 33 percent ; the chief complaints concerned its poor conversion to the Game Boy Advance ( resulting in a slow frame rate ) , remixed chunky music , and poor preservation of the original gameplay .   = = = Compilation releases = = =   With its sequels for the Genesis , Sonic the Hedgehog has been ported for a wide range of home and handheld consoles and personal computers . It has appeared in Sonic Compilation ( 1995 ) for the Genesis , Sonic Jam ( 1997 ) for the Sega Saturn and Game.com , Sonic Mega Collection ( 2002 ) , Sonic Mega Collection Plus ( 2004 ) , Sonic 's Ultimate Genesis Collection ( 2009 ) for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 , and Sonic Classic Collection ( 2010 ) for the Nintendo DS . Additionally , the game is an unlockable reward in the console versions of Sonic Generations .   = = = Downloadable releases = = =   Sonic the Hedgehog has been available for all three major seventh @-@ generation video game consoles . It was part of the Wii Virtual Console at the service 's 2006 introduction , and was released for the Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network shortly afterwards . The game was released for the iPod Classic , iPod video , and video @-@ capable iPod Nano models in 2007 and for Apple 's iOS service ( compatible iPhone and iPod touch models ) in April 2009 . Sonic the Hedgehog became available on GameTap in September 2009 . In October 2010 , it was released as a Microsoft Windows download which was ported to Steam . The game was ported to two online app services ( Google Play and the Amazon Appstore ) in December 2012 . A remastered mobile port , created using Christian Whitehead 's Retro Engine previously used in the 2011 rerelease of Sonic CD , was released on iOS , replacing the original port , on May 15 , 2013 with an Android version released the following day . The port features widescreen graphics , the optional ability to spin dash , a time attack mode , and the unlockable option to play as Tails or Knuckles the
Ġthree Ġ@ - @ Ġdisc Ġcompilation Ġof Ġmusic Ġfrom ĠSonic Ġthe ĠHedge hog Ġand ĠSonic Ġthe ĠHedge hog Ġ2 Ġwas Ġreleased Ġin ĠJapan Ġ. ĠThe Ġfirst Ġdisc Ġfeatures Ġoriginal Ġtracks Ġfrom Ġboth Ġgames Ġ, Ġthe Ġsecond Ġcontains ĠMas ato ĠNak amura Ġ' s Ġdemo Ġrecordings Ġand Ġthe Ġthird Ġcomprises Ġsongs Ġby ĠDreams ĠCome ĠTrue Ġand Ġtheir ĠAk on Ġremix es Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= ĠPack aging Ġand Ġrelease Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠGame Ġ@ - @ Ġpackage Ġillust rator ĠAkira ĠWat an abe Ġsaid Ġthat Ġhis Ġgoal Ġwas Ġto Ġmake Ġthe Ġcharacters Ġ" Ġcolorful Ġ" Ġ, Ġusing Ġclear Ġlines Ġand Ġgrad ation Ġto Ġ" Ġfinish Ġthem Ġneatly Ġ" Ġ. ĠAccording Ġto ĠWat an abe Ġ, Ġthe Ġdevelopers Ġasked Ġhim Ġto Ġcreate Ġa Ġpackage Ġdesign Ġ" Ġsimilar Ġto Ġpop Ġart Ġ... Ġwithout Ġbeing Ġparticular Ġto Ġconventional Ġpackages Ġ" ĠâĢĵ Ġsomething Ġ" Ġoriginal Ġ" Ġand Ġ" Ġstylish Ġ" Ġ. ĠThe Ġgame Ġwas Ġreleased Ġin ĠNorth ĠAmerica Ġ, ĠEurope Ġ, Ġand ĠAustralia Ġon ĠJune Ġ23 Ġ, Ġ1991 Ġ, Ġand Ġin ĠJapan Ġon ĠJuly Ġ26 Ġ. ĠSega Ġof ĠAmerica Ġpackaged Ġit Ġwith ĠAmerican ĠGenesis Ġconsoles Ġ, Ġreplacing ĠAl tered ĠBeast Ġ. ĠGenesis Ġowners Ġwho Ġbought Ġtheir Ġconsoles Ġbefore Ġthe Ġswitch Ġcould Ġrequest Ġfree Ġcopies Ġof ĠSonic Ġthe ĠHedge hog Ġby Ġmail Ġ. ĠSega Ġof ĠAmerica Ġcreated Ġa Ġlarge Ġ@ - @ Ġscale Ġmarketing Ġcampaign Ġto Ġpromote Ġthe Ġgame Ġand ĠSonic Ġas Ġa Ġmascot Ġfor Ġthe Ġcompany Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= ĠAlternate Ġversions Ġand Ġports Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= Ġ8 Ġ@ - @ Ġbit Ġversion Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠA Ġversion Ġof ĠSonic Ġthe ĠHedge hog Ġwas Ġdeveloped Ġby ĠAncient Ġand Ġreleased Ġin Ġ1991 Ġfor ĠSega Ġ' s Ġ8 Ġ@ - @ Ġbit Ġconsoles Ġ, Ġthe ĠMaster ĠSystem Ġand ĠGame ĠGear Ġ. ĠIts Ġplot Ġand Ġgameplay Ġmechanics Ġare Ġsimilar Ġto Ġthe Ġ16 Ġ@ - @ Ġbit Ġversion Ġ, Ġwith Ġdifferent Ġlevel Ġthemes Ġand Ġdigital Ġassets Ġ. ĠThe Ġlevel Ġdesign Ġis Ġfl atter Ġ, Ġwith Ġno Ġvertical Ġloops Ġ, Ġand ĠSonic Ġcannot Ġre Ġ@ - @ Ġcollect Ġhis Ġrings Ġafter Ġbeing Ġhit Ġ. ĠThe Ġgame Ġhas Ġa Ġdifferent Ġsoundtrack Ġ, Ġcomposed Ġby Ġch ipt une Ġmusician ĠY uz o ĠK osh iro Ġand Ġincluding Ġhis Ġcompositions Ġand Ġadaptations Ġof Ġmusic Ġfrom Ġthe Ġ16 Ġ@ - @ Ġbit Ġversion Ġ. ĠIt Ġwas Ġthe Ġfinal Ġgame Ġreleased Ġfor Ġthe ĠMaster ĠSystem Ġin ĠNorth ĠAmerica Ġ. ĠThe ĠMaster ĠSystem Ġversion Ġwas Ġre Ġ@ - @ Ġreleased Ġfor ĠWii Ġ' s ĠVirtual ĠConsole Ġservice Ġin ĠNorth ĠAmerica Ġon ĠAugust Ġ4 Ġ, Ġ2008 Ġ, Ġand Ġin ĠEurope Ġon ĠAugust Ġ8 Ġ. ĠThe ĠGame ĠGear Ġversion Ġwas Ġre Ġ@ - @ Ġreleased Ġfor Ġthe ĠNintendo Ġ3 DS ĠVirtual ĠConsole Ġon ĠJune Ġ13 Ġ, Ġ2013 Ġ, Ġand Ġincluded Ġas Ġan Ġunlock able Ġgame Ġin ĠSonic ĠAdventure ĠDX Ġ: ĠDirector Ġ' s ĠCut Ġfor ĠGame Cube Ġand ĠWindows Ġand ĠSonic ĠMega ĠCollection ĠPlus Ġfor ĠPlayStation Ġ2 Ġ, ĠXbox Ġ, Ġand ĠWindows Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= ĠSonic Ġthe ĠHedge hog ĠGenesis Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠA Ġport Ġ, ĠSonic Ġthe ĠHedge hog ĠGenesis Ġ, Ġwas Ġreleased Ġfor Ġthe ĠGame ĠBoy ĠAdvance Ġ( ĠG BA Ġ) Ġon ĠNovember Ġ14 Ġ, Ġ2006 Ġin ĠUnited ĠStates Ġto Ġmark Ġthe Ġgame Ġ' s Ġfif teenth Ġanniversary Ġ. ĠIt Ġincluded Ġseveral Ġnew Ġfeatures Ġ, Ġsuch Ġas Ġthe Ġability Ġto Ġsave Ġgame Ġprogress Ġ, Ġa Ġlevel Ġselect Ġoption Ġ, Ġand Ġan ĠAnniversary ĠMode Ġwith Ġthe ĠSpin ĠDash Ġmove Ġ( Ġnot Ġoriginally Ġimplemented Ġuntil ĠSonic Ġthe ĠHedge hog Ġ2 Ġ) Ġ. ĠIts Ġscreen Ġis Ġslightly Ġzoom ed Ġin Ġ, Ġand Ġadapted Ġto Ġthe ĠG BA Ġ' s Ġw ides creen Ġaspect Ġratio Ġ. ĠThe Ġgame Ġreceived Ġpoor Ġreviews Ġ, Ġwith Ġa ĠMet ac ritic Ġscore Ġof Ġ33 Ġpercent Ġ; Ġthe Ġchief Ġcomplaints Ġconcerned Ġits Ġpoor Ġconversion Ġto Ġthe ĠGame ĠBoy ĠAdvance Ġ( Ġresulting Ġin Ġa Ġslow Ġframe Ġrate Ġ) Ġ, Ġrem ixed Ġch unky Ġmusic Ġ, Ġand Ġpoor Ġpreservation Ġof Ġthe Ġoriginal Ġgameplay Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= ĠComp ilation Ġreleases Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠWith Ġits Ġsequels Ġfor Ġthe ĠGenesis Ġ, ĠSonic Ġthe ĠHedge hog Ġhas Ġbeen Ġported Ġfor Ġa Ġwide Ġrange Ġof Ġhome Ġand Ġhandheld Ġconsoles Ġand Ġpersonal Ġcomputers Ġ. ĠIt Ġhas Ġappeared Ġin ĠSonic ĠComp ilation Ġ( Ġ1995 Ġ) Ġfor Ġthe ĠGenesis Ġ, ĠSonic ĠJam Ġ( Ġ1997 Ġ) Ġfor Ġthe ĠSega ĠSaturn Ġand ĠGame . com Ġ, ĠSonic ĠMega ĠCollection Ġ( Ġ2002 Ġ) Ġ, ĠSonic ĠMega ĠCollection ĠPlus Ġ( Ġ2004 Ġ) Ġ, ĠSonic Ġ' s ĠUltimate ĠGenesis ĠCollection Ġ( Ġ2009 Ġ) Ġfor Ġthe ĠXbox Ġ360 Ġand ĠPlayStation Ġ3 Ġ, Ġand ĠSonic ĠClassic ĠCollection Ġ( Ġ2010 Ġ) Ġfor Ġthe ĠNintendo ĠDS Ġ. ĠAdditionally Ġ, Ġthe Ġgame Ġis Ġan Ġunlock able Ġreward Ġin Ġthe Ġconsole Ġversions Ġof ĠSonic ĠGenerations Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= ĠDownload able Ġreleases Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠSonic Ġthe ĠHedge hog Ġhas Ġbeen Ġavailable Ġfor Ġall Ġthree Ġmajor Ġseventh Ġ@ - @ Ġgeneration Ġvideo Ġgame Ġconsoles Ġ. ĠIt Ġwas Ġpart Ġof Ġthe ĠWii ĠVirtual ĠConsole Ġat Ġthe Ġservice Ġ' s Ġ2006 Ġintroduction Ġ, Ġand Ġwas Ġreleased Ġfor Ġthe ĠXbox ĠLive ĠArcade Ġand ĠPlayStation ĠNetwork Ġshortly Ġafterwards Ġ. ĠThe Ġgame Ġwas Ġreleased Ġfor Ġthe ĠiPod ĠClassic Ġ, ĠiPod Ġvideo Ġ, Ġand Ġvideo Ġ@ - @ Ġcapable ĠiPod ĠNano Ġmodels Ġin Ġ2007 Ġand Ġfor ĠApple Ġ' s ĠiOS Ġservice Ġ( Ġcompatible ĠiPhone Ġand ĠiPod Ġtouch Ġmodels Ġ) Ġin ĠApril Ġ2009 Ġ. ĠSonic Ġthe ĠHedge hog Ġbecame Ġavailable Ġon ĠGame Tap Ġin ĠSeptember Ġ2009 Ġ. ĠIn ĠOctober Ġ2010 Ġ, Ġit Ġwas Ġreleased Ġas Ġa ĠMicrosoft ĠWindows Ġdownload Ġwhich Ġwas Ġported Ġto ĠSteam Ġ. ĠThe Ġgame Ġwas Ġported Ġto Ġtwo Ġonline Ġapp Ġservices Ġ( ĠGoogle ĠPlay Ġand Ġthe ĠAmazon ĠApp store Ġ) Ġin ĠDecember Ġ2012 Ġ. ĠA Ġrem astered Ġmobile Ġport Ġ, Ġcreated Ġusing ĠChristian ĠWhite head Ġ' s ĠRetro ĠEngine Ġpreviously Ġused Ġin Ġthe Ġ2011 Ġre release Ġof ĠSonic ĠCD Ġ, Ġwas Ġreleased Ġon ĠiOS Ġ, Ġreplacing Ġthe Ġoriginal Ġport Ġ, Ġon ĠMay Ġ15 Ġ, Ġ2013 Ġwith Ġan ĠAndroid Ġversion Ġreleased Ġthe Ġfollowing Ġday Ġ. ĠThe Ġport Ġfeatures Ġw ides creen Ġgraphics Ġ, Ġthe Ġoptional Ġability Ġto Ġspin Ġdash Ġ, Ġa Ġtime Ġattack Ġmode Ġ, Ġand Ġthe Ġunlock able Ġoption Ġto Ġplay Ġas ĠT ails Ġor ĠKn uckles Ġthe