The game play is easy to pick up especially for those that's played the other 2D Sonic games, a nice little addition to this Sonic game is the time travel feature since in every level there are poles that either say Past or Future. ( As well as Sonic the Fighters, Sonic R, a bunch of Game gear games, Vectorman and Vectorman 2.) Playing Sonic CD now I still think it's one of the best games in the Sonic series, it's got great music, a cool opening anime scene and ending, great levels, good boss fights and it introduces one of the most popular villains in the Sonic Francise: Metallix (Metal Sonic), Sonic CD also introduces another ally in Sonic's crew, Amy Rose.
I still kept the game has a memento, years later I acquired Sonic Gems Collection for the Playstation 2 which contained Sonic CD.
I remember getting Sonic CD for my Computer when I was kid and enjoying it, the only problem was that my PC kept crashing while I was playing the game so I couldn't fully play the game. Graphics D Sound B Gameplay D Lasting Appeal F For a system that charged the consumer £350 ($470) you'd expect to have your mind blown by the content, but Sonic CD rates even lower that Sonic 1. Why this is regarded as being the Mega CD's "must have" is beyond my understanding and I'm a man of noble intelligence. And don't even get me started on those awful, awful Special Stages. The boss battles are also so easy a blind gamer could do it no sweat. There's nothing that stands out and nothing truly define each level with it's own personality or style. The levels themselves (useless time-travel feature aside) and boring and unengaging, You just breeze through them with little effort and no admiration. Sometimes you'll go slow you'll begin to wonder why it wasn't called Chronic CD.
Development began in 1992 before the release of Sonic 2, thus the general appearance and level design is very close to that of the original Sonic, which dates the game badly for those of you who are more used to the polished, slicker, quicker feel of the sequels. But for the moment I'll focus on the abyss of disappointment that is Sonic CD. But if Sonic CD is supposed to represent the system at the apex of it's powers then just how bad were the truly bad games? I'll answer that question in another review if I ever get to play them. The console was an enormous flop which hurt Sega badly. Personally, I think the best Mega CD game was.um.there were none. Behold the "awesome" power of the Mega CD! Sonic CD is regarded as the best game for Sega's disastrous early 90s system.