Ranking Sonic's "Lost" 8-bit Origins on the Sega Game Gear | Retrospective/Retro Review

Woah, nelly! It's time for a 5 game review! Released all throughout Sonic's classic run on the Genesis, Sega cranked out 5 2D platformers for their handheld the Game Gear featuring the blue blur. These games (Sonic 1, 2, Chaos, Triple Trouble and Blast) all play similarly to their respective Genesis counterparts and all feature original zones, music and gameplay quirks but, for whatever reason, a lot of people seem to forget they exist!

It's especially strange that this is the case too because, if you would believe it, they're also among some of Sonic's more commonly re-released games. Not only were they just repackaged for us (along with other Game Gear Sonic titles I didn't discuss in this video) as a part of Sonic Origins Plus, but they're also available on Sonic Adventure DX, Sonic Mega Collection, Sonic Gems AND on a Sonic Coleco handheld from 2006!

So yeah. Today, I'll be zooming through these five platformers to answer everyones favorite question... Do they hold up?

(Spoiler, some do and some don't).

Chapters:
00:00 - Preview
00:14 - Intro
01:24 - Background
06:42 - Question of the Day
07:22 - Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit)
17:28 - Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (8-bit)
27:22 - Sonic Chaos
35:26 - Sonic Triple Trouble
43:19 - Sonic Blast
50:32 - Conclusion
52:00 - Closing

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NichePlays is a retro gaming review, discussion, appreciation channel by Nicholas Caesar, a writer and video editor from New Jersey. In each of his videos, Nicholas tries to mix his love of comedy and pop culture with the video essay/game review format in a way that is part Girlfriend Reviews, Scott the Woz and Cinemassacre, and part Game Sack, SomeCallMeJohnny, and StopSkeletonsFromFighting. His favorite consoles include the Nintendo Switch, Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo Entertainment System. Oh and he (I, let's not kid ourselves) tries to do it in a fun, approachable and level headed way. Because like, they're games. It probably isn't that deep.