First and Best? Sonic 1 on the Game Gear

To start everything off at Super Gear Land, we're going back to the beginning of the iconic blue dude with a 'tude - but it's not what you think. While the legendary platformer Sonic the Hedgehog launched on the Genesis, another title with the same name but a completely different development team was released on Sega's Game Boy competitor - the Game Gear. Sonic 1 is considered by some to be the best on the system, despite being the very first of a long line of vintage portable Sonic games. So is it any good? Let's dive into this retro gaming classic and see if it's worth picking up and playing over three decades later.