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== Versions==

[[Image:Sonic1MD.jpg|thumb|right|European cover of ''Sonic the Hedgehog''.]]
The first version lacked moving clouds, rippling water, and other minor details. The later Japanese version included the details, and the Japanese version 2.0 fixed the "spike bug" (a bug in which Sonic would instantly die if he "bounced" from one set of spikes to another, ignoring the usual temporary invincibility). Also fixed is the level select cheat, which listed the game's levels in a different order, likely from an earlier version of the game.

In addition to this, the European version of the game played at about 9083% speed of the NTSC version, a problem that has been fixed for the remaining Mega Drive Sonic Games, but not for ''Sonic the Hedgehog's'' appearances in any of the collections ([[Sonic Jam]] or [[Sonic Mega Collection]]).

On the back of the box for the American version of Sonic the Hedgehog, there is text at the very bottom of the package that says, "You never know.. Sonic may be the world's next SUPER hero..", a reference to Nintendo's Super Mario Bros. Sega had put this on the box because at the time Nintendo and Sega were business rivals. Also, note that the word 'SUPER' is capitalized, which is also a reference to "SUPER Mario Bros".

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Although its Genesis counterpart was extremely popular in the [[United States]] and [[PAL]] territories, ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' only received lukewarm responses in Japan.

The game was later re-released for the [[Sega Saturn]] in [[1997]] as part of ''[[Sonic Jam]]'', for the [[Nintendo GameCube]] in [[2002]] as part of ''[[Sonic Mega Collection]]'' (including all three revisions), and on the [[PlayStation 2]] and [[Xbox]] in [[2004]] as part of ''[[Sonic Mega Collection Plus]]''. This would mark the first time many North American players were able to experience the final Japanese version of the game. Note that despite being based on the Japanese version, the version of ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' in the U.S. version of ''Sonic Mega Collection'' still does not have the feature of giving the player an extra life for achieving 50,000 points, which can be done in the Japanese Mega Drive version of this game.

Like all of the four games included in Sonic Jam, the title was given an 'easy' and a 'medium' option (as well as an 'original' option, the game as it was) that removed acts, bosses, enemies, spikes, traps and pits, but the Spin-Dash, a move that did not debut until [[Sonic The Hedgehog 2 (16-bit)| Sonic 2 ]] the following year, was implimented also.