Basically this should have been ported to the DS.

User Rating: 2 | Sonic the Hedgehog: Genesis GBA
Sonic the Hedgehog was definately one of my favorites growing up, so to have a portable version of the game for my GBA just seemed perfect. The first couple of levels play great, but as the game progresses and gets more complicated, so do the graphics and sound, resulting in choppy (and I mean choppy) frame rates and extremely slowed animation.

I tried to play through the choppiness, but it just gets to be overwhelming. You'll be rolling along normal, then the game just slows almost to a standstill, not just a couple of times, but all throughout the level. It is evident the GBA couldn't handle a direct port of this game, so I wonder why they didn't just put it on the DS.

I wanted to keep playing to the end, but when it took me ten seconds to jump up and touch the ground again, I just had to turn it off. Even for $15, I wouldn't recommend this game even for the hardcore Sonic fan.