This month's SBCGaming GOTM is Sonic the Hedgehog 2 for the Genesis. This was a pretty fun game, especially for a handheld. The music and the graphics really hold up. The game is so fast and crazy at times with only minor slow downs happening. It really works well as a handheld game. I was never exposed to many Genesis games growing up, so this was a nice demonstration of what the system was doing. We were a Nintendo household, but this one really holds up pretty well.
The level design here is really fantastic. Just a ton of moving parts and colors in all of the levels and it looks like there are so many different routes to take. My only gripe with the game is that there are some really cheap shot enemy placement locations (those damn crabs) and the last three bosses are damn near impossible without save states found on modern handhelds. I can only image the level of repetition that needs to be done to memorize all of the locations.
Overall, a great handheld play, especially on a modern emulation system where you can have save states.