How did a terrible game like Sonic The Hedgehog 1 spawn a successful franchise?

[Mother 3]

I'm not saying that Sonic is a bad franchise, I'm saying that Sonic 1 is a bad game. I mean, the game forces you to go slow for a game where speed is the selling point. Like, if you go too fast you fall into a trap and die, or there are parts where you have to wait in order to progress. The levels besides Green Hill zone are forgettable, bland, and gimmicky, the mini game to acquire chaos emeralds is boring, and a pretty bad game overall.

That being said, how did such a shoddy release spawn a franchise with much superior entries?
How did it even get superior sequels and positive feedback? Then again, Street Fighter 1 was terrible, though just like Sonic, there would not be better games to come out of it.

This is just my silly personal opinion, and a curious thought that came to my mind

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Every great tree started as a meager acorn.

[Mother 3]

Цитата допису 🎃tiny E🎃:

Every great tree started as a meager acorn.

Fair point

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Footnote, I have always hated those games. :P

[Rio]

Sonic 2 was where its popularity started imo. I beat sonic 1 and it was hardly memorable. But 2, 2 was everywhere. I think it might have even came free with some sega gens.

[volusat]

early 90s game quality

[Lilly]

Three words: Christian Weston Chandler

[xAlphaStarOmegax]

I really like Sonic, but those games sure got on my nerves as a kid, especially the torturous water level.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtR6raBCiWw
The sound of sonic dying is forever seared into my memory.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmlKIOL19gM
On a lighter note, any Knuckles fans?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPakifKTLxU
and who doesn't love Tails?!

[Xautos]

i can tell you one thing, hill top zone music is awful.

[【ボス B o s s】]

The only thing good about Sonic 1 was the soundtrack.
https://youtu.be/Owc5NNYSLwY?list=PLB1223F61F39B601C
Ｆｉｇｈｔ　ｍｅ

[Vox]

Цитата допису Lilly:

Three words: Christian Weston Chandler

He couldn't find a girlfriend, so he made his mum become his girlfriend.

[gugnihr]

I love Sonic 1 and it is by far my favourite Sonic game. It is a good platformer game very fun and with very good mechanics so even in stages where you are not allowed to run it is still very fun and enjoyable.
In the stages where you are allowed to run the most important things are acceleration and how you are able to exploit it to reach places that would not be accessible otherwise or would require a much longer path to get to.
It is a fun and satisfying gimmick on top of a very good basic platformer game.
It is much better than pointless, annoying and mind numbing "speed porn" like Sonic Advance games for example.
It is never that fast but it is much better.
Sonic 1 is great and usually in the games where Sonic run faster than in Sonic 1 it is not a good thing. Most of them suck.

[Dracoco OwO]

Sonic 1 is mid but remember that there wasn't that much great games at the time and it maybe clicked something with peoples at the times, SEGA only got better from there.

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It's all about timing and learning the levels. After you learn the levels you can go fast and never fall to your death. I beat green hill in under 15 seconds. Like i said it's all about timing. I was good at that game beat it in under 45 minutes with 0 deaths.

[Devsman]

Sonic 1 is bad, yeah. It's pretty standard first installment syndrome, though. In lots of series, the second installment is a lot more polished and refined.

F-Zero 1 had those jumps the Jet Stingray just about couldn't make. Ass Creed 1 was repetitive and tedious. Crash Bandicoot 1 had crazy difficulty spikes. Tony Hawk 1 didn't even have manual. Mega Man 1 had the missable magnet beam. Pac-Man was completely deterministic. And Sonic 1 was clearly a generic platformer that they tripled the max speed variable on at the last second to give it a gimmick.

[Devsman]

Цитата допису xAlphaStarOmegax:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPakifKTLxU
and who doesn't love Tails?!

Literally everyone. He's literally the Robin to furry "'90s 'tude" Batman.