Sonic the Hedgehog 1 @ SAGE 2010

Getting Started: When you first launch Sonic the Hedgehog 1 @ SAGE 2010, you'll see the familiar title screen but with updated artwork. Press Enter to start. The game drops you into Green Hill Zone, just like the original, but the physics are much tighter - your jump arcs are lower and your acceleration is quicker, similar to Sonic Advance. Run to the right, avoid spikes and pits, collect rings for protection, and defeat Badnik robots by jumping on them or rolling into them. Spin Dash is available (hold down then press jump); it's the fastest way to build speed.

Your core loop is to reach the end of each act, then the zone's boss stage. Each zone has three acts except the final one. The special stages (chaos emerald bonus) work differently here - they're absent in this build, so focus on clearing each level. The game ends after you beat the final boss. If you die, you restart from the last checkpoint, but you lose any rings you had. There are no continues, so one life loss is final - be careful.

This version uses the original Sonic 1 level layouts but with redrawn graphics and the new physics. The controls are responsive, but the lack of a spin dash in some early versions? Actually this build includes it, so you can use it from the start. If you're stuck, just explore each act - the layout is identical to the classic game.