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Sonic the Hedgehog
Franchise	Sonic the Hedgehog
Developed by	Sonic Team
Published by	Sega
Platform(s)	Sega Genesis; Wii; Xbox 360;
Release date	Sega Genesis; June 23, 1991; Wii; November 9, 2006; Xbox 360; July 11, 2007;
Genre	Platform
First LP
Played by	C/J Haley
Featuring	Rick Desilets; John Selig;
Original run	August 15 –; August 22, 2011
No. of episodes	6
Episode length	7–15 minutes
Playlist	link
Playlist length	1:10:42
Sonic Week
Followed by	Sonic the Hedgehog CD
Second LP
Played by	Rick Desilets; C/J Haley;
Featuring	John Selig; Felice Lopez;
Original run	June 23, 2014 –; November 1, 2018
No. of episodes	8
Episode length	8–75 minutes
Playlist	link
Playlist length	3:44:42
D-Pad Rivals
Followed by	Mega Man X
Third LP
Played by	Rick Desilets; John Selig; C/J Haley;
Intro theme	"Green Hill Zone"; by TOY
Outro theme	"Sonic 3"; by Rare Candy
Original run	June 21 –; June 24, 2016
No. of episodes	5
Episode length	15–20 minutes
Playlist	link
Playlist length	1:28:28
The Super Sonic Let's Play
Preceded by	Sonic Dreams Collection
Followed by	Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit)
Fourth LP
Played by	Rick Desilets
Featuring	Geoff Hook
Original run	November 8, 2019
No. of episodes	1
Episode length	19:29
Video	link
Sega Genesis Mini
Preceded by	Mega Man: The Wily Wars
Followed by	Wonder Boy in; Monster World
Fifth LP
Played by	Rick Desilets
Original run	June 21, 2021
No. of episodes	1
Episode length	58:30
Playlist	link
Sonic Weekathon
Followed by	Sonic the Hedgehog CD

Latest revision as of 10:15, 6 March 2023

This page is about the 1991 Sega Genesis game. For the Master System and Game Gear version, see Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit). For the 2006 game of the same name, see Sonic the Hedgehog (2006). For the 2020 film, see Sonic the Hedgehog (film).

Sonic the Hedgehog is a 1991 platform game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega for the Sega Genesis. It is the first game in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. The player controls the titular character, an anthropomorphic blue hedgehog, through six "zones" of three "acts" each in his quest to defeat the evil scientist Dr. Robotnik, who has imprisoned the animals of South Island in robots in an attempt to gain the six powerful Chaos Emeralds. The game was played on The D-Pad in celebration of its 20th anniversary in 2011, as the first game in Sonic Week. The entire LP was recorded in a single session and uploaded to the now defunct dpadup.com website as one long episode on June 20, 2011. It was later edited into 6 shorter episodes and released on YouTube on weekdays from August 15 to August 22, 2011.

The game was revisited on The D-Pad in celebration of its 23rd anniversary in 2014, as a race between Rick and C/J and the first game in D-Pad Rivals. In this LP, Rick played the 2006 Wii port of the game, and C/J played the 2007 Xbox 360 port. The LP consisted of 6 episodes, released daily from June 23 to June 28, 2014. A bonus episode featuring the entirety of the race was released on June 29, 2014, and a further episode featuring a side-by-side comparison of the race with Rick and C/J's later Sonic the Hedgehog 2 race as part of The Super Sonic Let's Play was released on November 1, 2018.

The game was played on The D-Pad a third time in celebration of its 25th anniversary in 2016, as the second game (and first official game) in The Super Sonic Let's Play. This time, the original Genesis version was played once again. The LP consisted of 5 episodes, released on weekdays from June 21 to June 24, 2016.

Sonic the Hedgehog is one of the forty-two games included in the Sega Genesis Mini dedicated console. This version of the game was played on The D-Pad in a one-off episode in 2019, as the fifth game in their Sega Genesis Mini series. The episode was released on November 8, 2019.

The game was played on The D-Pad a fifth time in a one-off episode by Rick in celebration of its 30th anniversary and the 10th anniversary of Sonic Week in 2021, as the first game in Sonic Weekathon. The episode was streamed live on the dpadfm Twitch account before being uploaded to YouTube on June 21, 2021.

Episodes

2011 LP

This LP was re-released on The D-Pad Unpaused on August 26, 2022.

SW#	Episode	Title	Length	Player(s)	Commentator(s)	Original release date	YouTube release date
1	1	"Please Don't Sue Us, ScrewAttack"	12:43	C/J	Rick, John	June 20, 2011 (2011-06-20)	August 15, 2011
00:00: Intro 02:35: Green Hill Zone: Act 1 03:37: Special Stage 1 04:02: Green Hill Zone: Act 2 06:07: Special Stage 2 06:29: Green Hill Zone: Act 3 08:25: Marble Zone: Act 1 10:42: Special Stage 3
2	2	"The Level Two Theory"	15:25	C/J	Rick, John	June 20, 2011 (2011-06-20)	August 16, 2011
00:07: Marble Zone: Act 2 04:43: Special Stage 4 05:50: Marble Zone: Act 3 08:44: Spring Yard Zone: Act 1 11:40: Special Stage 5 12:34: Spring Yard Zone: Act 2
3	3	"Get Blue Sphere"	12:35	C/J	Rick, John	June 20, 2011 (2011-06-20)	August 17, 2011
00:07: Special Stage 6 00:58: Spring Yard Zone: Act 3 04:59: Labyrinth Zone: Act 1 09:09: Labyrinth Zone: Act 2
4	4	"Hedgehogs Can't Swim"	13:38	C/J	Rick, John	June 20, 2011 (2011-06-20)	August 18, 2011
00:07: Labyrinth Zone: Act 3 06:51: Star Light Zone: Act 1 08:27: Special Stage 2 09:15: Star Light Zone: Act 2 10:15: Star Light Zone: Act 3
5	5	"ZOMBIES!!!"	8:41	C/J	Rick, John	June 20, 2011 (2011-06-20)	August 19, 2011
00:07: Scrap Brain Zone: Act 1 05:30: Scrap Brain Zone: Act 2
6	6	"I'm Not Listening, Motherfucker!"	7:40	C/J	Rick, John	June 20, 2011 (2011-06-20)	August 22, 2011
00:07: Scrap Brain Zone: Act 3 01:41: Final Zone 04:20: Ending 04:38: Credits

2014 LP

This LP was re-released on The D-Pad Unpaused on October 5, 2022.

DPR#	Episode	Title	Length	Player(s)	Commentator(s)	Release date
1	1	"23 Is Number 1"	9:00	C/J, Rick	John, Felice	June 23, 2014 (2014-06-23)
2	2	"In the Zone"	14:07	C/J, Rick	John, Felice	June 24, 2014 (2014-06-24)
3	3	"Sleevee"	13:20	C/J, Rick	John, Felice	June 25, 2014 (2014-06-25)
4	4	"And It's Cold"	14:04	C/J, Rick	John, Felice	June 26, 2014 (2014-06-26)
5	5	"Nine Inch Garden"	8:13	C/J, Rick	John, Felice	June 27, 2014 (2014-06-27)
6	6	"Cockwork Zone"	16:34	C/J, Rick	John, Felice	June 28, 2014 (2014-06-28)
7	*	"Sonic the Hedgehog VS"	1:13:52	C/J, Rick	John, Felice	June 29, 2014 (2014-06-29)

TSSLP#	DPR#	Episode	Title	Length	Player(s)	Commentator(s)	Release date
507	15	*	"Sonic the Hedgehog VS vs. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 VS"	1:15:32	C/J, Rick	John, Felice	November 1, 2018 (2018-11-01)

2016 LP

This LP was re-released on The D-Pad Unpaused on March 4, 2023. The A Brief History episode "A Brief History of Sega" was also included in the video.

TSSLP#	Episode	Title	Length	Player(s)	Commentator(s)	Release date
3	1	"The Worst Let's Play (We've Ever Done)"	16:25	John	Rick, C/J	June 21, 2016 (2016-06-21)
4	2	"I Take It Back"	20:30	John, Rick	C/J	June 21, 2016 (2016-06-21)
5	3	"Not Like This"	15:10	Rick, C/J	John	June 22, 2016 (2016-06-22)
6	4	"Don't Die"	20:17	C/J, Rick		June 23, 2016 (2016-06-23)
7	5	"Still Not Listening, Motherfucker!"	16:06	C/J	Rick	June 24, 2016 (2016-06-24)

2019 LP

SGM#	Title	Length	Player(s)	Commentator(s)	Release date
6	"Big Songy Style"	19:29	Rick	Geoff	November 8, 2019 (2019-11-08)

2021 LP

SWT#	Title	Length	Player(s)	Commentator(s)	Release date
2	"Fast and Hopefully Good"	58:30	Rick		June 21, 2021 (2021-06-21)
00:00: Intro & Title Screen 04:49: Green Hill Zone: Act 1 05:42: Special Stage 1 06:08: Green Hill Zone: Act 2 07:38: Special Stage 2 08:26: Green Hill Zone: Act 3 10:00: Marble Zone: Act 1 12:06: Special Stage 3 12:46: Marble Zone: Act 2 16:21: Special Stage 4 17:32: Marble Zone: Act 3 20:20: Spring Yard Zone: Act 1 22:21: Special Stage 5 23:36: Spring Yard Zone: Act 2 26:11: Special Stage 6 26:46: Spring Yard Zone: Act 3 29:18: Labyrinth Zone: Act 1 32:57: Special Stage 1, Attempt 2 33:20: Labyrinth Zone: Act 2 36:09: Special Stage 1, Attempt 3 36:53: Labyrinth Zone: Act 3 41:20: Star Light Zone: Act 1 42:44: Star Light Zone: Act 2 43:51: Star Light Zone: Act 3 46:28: Scrap Brain Zone: Act 1 48:22: Scrap Brain Zone: Act 2 51:09: Scrap Brain Zone: Act 3 54:04: Final Zone 55:46: Ending 56:05: Credits

Gallery

Thumbnails

Sonic Week

D-Pad Rivals

The Super Sonic Let's Play

Sega Genesis Mini

Sonic Weekathon

Trivia

Sonic the Hedgehog is the first game ever played on The D-Pad. It is also one of only two games to be played in four entirely separate LPs on the channel, along with Sonic the Hedgehog 2.
The Sonic Week LP of Sonic the Hedgehog marks the first appearance of podcast hosts Rick and John on the YouTube channel, and the first appearance of C/J on The D-Pad in general.

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+The game was played on ''The D-Pad'' a fifth time in a one-off episode by Rick in celebration of its 30th anniversary and the 10th anniversary of ''Sonic Week'' in [[2021]], as the first game in ''[[Sonic Weekathon]]''. The episode was streamed live on the dpadfm Twitch account before being uploaded to YouTube on June 21, 2021.
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+* 00:00: Intro & Title Screen
+* 04:49: Green Hill Zone: Act 1
+* 05:42: Special Stage 1
+* 06:08: Green Hill Zone: Act 2
+* 07:38: Special Stage 2
+* 08:26: Green Hill Zone: Act 3
+* 10:00: Marble Zone: Act 1
+* 12:06: Special Stage 3
+* 12:46: Marble Zone: Act 2
+* 16:21: Special Stage 4
+* 17:32: Marble Zone: Act 3
+* 20:20: Spring Yard Zone: Act 1
+* 22:21: Special Stage 5
+* 23:36: Spring Yard Zone: Act 2
+* 26:11: Special Stage 6
+* 26:46: Spring Yard Zone: Act 3
+* 29:18: Labyrinth Zone: Act 1
+* 32:57: Special Stage 1, Attempt 2
+* 33:20: Labyrinth Zone: Act 2
+* 36:09: Special Stage 1, Attempt 3
+* 36:53: Labyrinth Zone: Act 3
+* 41:20: Star Light Zone: Act 1
+* 42:44: Star Light Zone: Act 2
+* 43:51: Star Light Zone: Act 3
+* 46:28: Scrap Brain Zone: Act 1
+* 48:22: Scrap Brain Zone: Act 2
+* 51:09: Scrap Brain Zone: Act 3
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+* 55:46: Ending
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 *The ''Sonic Week'' LP of ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' marks the first appearance of [[The D-Pad (podcast)|podcast]] hosts Rick and [[John Selig|John]] on the YouTube channel, and the first appearance of C/J on ''The D-Pad'' in general.
-*The ''Sega Genesis Mini'' LP is the only one of the four LPs not to feature the original trio of Rick, John and C/J.
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v t e Sonic Week
List of episodes
Games	Sonic the Hedgehog Sonic the Hedgehog CD Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I Knuckles' Chaotix
Related series	The Super Sonic Let's Play Sonic Weekathon Sonic Weekathon II (for Game Gear) Sonic Weekathon III Adventure Sonic Weekathon IV Advance

v t e D-Pad Rivals
List of episodes
Games	Sonic the Hedgehog Mega Man X Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles Sonic Mania Celeste
Related series	Pokémon Rivals

v t e Sega Genesis Mini
List of episodes
Games	Light Crusader Strider Ecco the Dolphin Mega Man: The Wily Wars Sonic the Hedgehog Wonder Boy in Monster World Golden Axe Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball Thunder Force III Dynamite Headdy Streets of Rage 2 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Street Fighter II': Special Champion Edition Alisia Dragoon Vectorman Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse Space Harrier II Earthworm Jim Darius Columns Castlevania: Bloodlines Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master Ghouls 'n Ghosts Gunstar Heroes World of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck Contra: Hard Corps Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle Super Fantasy Zone ToeJam & Earl Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine Eternal Champions Kid Chameleon Comix Zone Road Rash II Altered Beast Virtua Fighter 2 Landstalker: The Treasures of King Nole Tetris Monster World IV Phantasy Star: The End of the Millennium Beyond Oasis Shining Force
Related series	Super NES Classic Edition NES Classic Edition PlayStation Classic The Complete 32X The Complete Odyssey Sega Genesis Mini 2 The Ultimate Wii U

v t e Sonic Weekathon
Games	Sonic the Hedgehog Sonic the Hedgehog CD Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles Knuckles' Chaotix Sonic Mania
Related series	Sonic Week The Super Sonic Let's Play Sonic Weekathon II (for Game Gear) Sonic Weekathon III Adventure Sonic Weekathon IV Advance