History VideoGame / SegaSonicTheHedgehog

* PointOfNoContinues: You can't continue nor have any more players to join in once you reach the final area in Eggman's Tower. If you fail to escape or get killed by the flames just before the TimedMission begins, your game will be over instantly!

* PointOfNoContinues: You can't continue nor have any more players to join in once you reach the final area in Eggman's Tower.
If you fail to escape or get killed by the flames just before the TimedMission begins, your game will be over instantly!

* NonstandardGameOver: Failed to escape from Eggman's Tower? [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Then there are no continues, my friend.]]

* TimedMission: The end of the final level.

The objective of each level is to get away from whatever is chasing you while dodging thematic obstacles and trying to collect as much rings as possible since they recover HP, give you a health bonus if you collect more than 50% of them and are also the only things that increase the score.

''[=SegaSonic the Hedgehog=]'' is SonicTheHedgehog's first UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame (not counting his appearance as an inanimate object in ''Rad Mobile'', or the also-Japan-only ''Waku Waku Sonic Patrol Car'' kiddie ride), released in 1993. 1 to 3 players can choose between Sonic and his friends, Ray and Mighty, to escape from Eggman Island while the doctor sends all sorts of traps to run over them. Character movement was controlled with trackballs.

''[=SegaSonic the Hedgehog=]'' is SonicTheHedgehog's first ArcadeGame (not counting his appearance as an inanimate object in ''Rad Mobile'', or the also-Japan-only ''Waku Waku Sonic Patrol Car'' kiddie ride), released in 1993. 1 to 3 players can choose between Sonic and his friends, Ray and Mighty, to escape from Eggman Island while the doctor sends all sorts of traps to run over them. Character movement was controlled with trackballs.

''[=SegaSonic the Hedgehog=]'' is SonicTheHedgehog's first ArcadeGame (not counting his appearance as an inanimate object in ''Rad Mobile'', or the also-Japan-only ''Waku Waku Sonic Patrol Car'' kiddie ride), released in 1993. 1 to 3 players can choose between Sonic and his friends, Ray and Mighty, to escape from Eggman's Island while the doctor sends all sorts of traps to run over them. Character movement was controlled with trackballs.

This is also the first Sonic game (alongside SonicCD) to have voice acting and dialogue for the characters.

* BigFancyCastle: Trap Tower and Eggman Tower

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Ray the Flying Squirrel, this is to date the only game he has appeared in as a playable character. Lampshaded in ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations'', where he and Mighty appear on a missing poster. And speaking of Mighty, we haven't seen him in a game (though he has been [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehog in the comics once in a while]]) since ''KnucklesChaotix''...
* DeathMountain: Landslide Limbo

* DummiedOut: Sprites of Robotnik as he appeared in [[WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehog the American SatAM cartoon]] are [[http://info.sonicretro.org/Game_Secrets:SegaSonic_the_Hedgehog buried in the game's code]], suggesting the possibility of a western release [[NoExportForYou that, sadly, never came to be.]]
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The game's title appears to be an early attempt at building a multimedia franchise out of series' world (promotional materials and merchandise also carry the "Segasonic" name, and this branding was also set to culminate in a Sonic anime, which never made it past its pilot episode.)

* LethalLavaLand: Volcanic Vault

* ShiftingSandLand: Desert Dodge
* SlippySlideyIceWorld: Icy Isle

* UnderTheSea: Wild Water Ways

''[=SegaSonic the Hedgehog=]'' is SonicTheHedgehog's first ArcadeGame (not counting his appearance as an inanimate object in ''Rad Mobile''), released in 1993. 1 to 3 players can choose between Sonic and his friends, Ray and Mighty, to escape from Eggman's Island while the doctor sends all sorts of traps to run over them. Character movement was controlled with trackballs.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Dr. Eggman's cutscene sprites were to be replaced with ''SatAM'''s Ivo Robotnik for a potential western localization, but were DummiedOut when that didn't materialize.

''[=SegaSonic the Hedgehog=]'' is Sonic's first ArcadeGame (not counting his appearance as an inanimate object in ''Rad Mobile''), released in 1993. 1 to 3 players can choose between Sonic and his friends, Ray and Mighty, to escape from Eggman's Island while the doctor sends all sorts of traps to run over them. Character movement was controlled with trackballs.

* UnderTheSea: Wild Water Run

* NonstandardGameOver: Failed to espace from Eggman's Tower? [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Then there are no continues, my friend.]]

* NonstandardGameOver: Failed to espace from Eggman's Tower? [[MetalGearSolid Then there are no continues, my friend.]]

* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: All level names, except for Eggman's Tower.

''[=SegaSonic the Hedgehog=]'' is Sonic's first ArcadeGame (not counting his appearance as an inanimate object in ''Rad Mobile''), released in 1993. 1 to 3 players can choose between Sonic and his friends, Ray and Mighty, to escape from Eggman's Island while the doctor sends all sorts of traps to run over them.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Ray the Flying Squirrel, this is to date the only game he has appeared in as a playable character. Lampshaded in ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations'', where he and Mighty appear on a missing poster. And speaking of Mighty, we haven't seen him since ''KnucklesChaotix''...

''{{SegaSonic the Hedgehog}}'' is Sonic's first arcade game, released in 1993. 1 to 3 players can choose between Sonic and his friends, Ray and Mighty, to escape from Eggman's Island while the doctor sends all sorts of traps to run over them.