I remember renting it from Blockbuster when it was semi-new and having my six year old mind blown away by the intro as well as the graphics. The idea that my console could do that was absolutely astonishing to me

That being said, the game is not without it's problems. Personally I feel like it controls way better on the Mega Collection version in terms of moving Sonic around versus the Genesis D-Pad. The Flickies also feel shoe-horned in and it's the absolute shits trying to re-collect them after trying to get hit

Part of me still loves it though for whatever reason, but thank god the DX version exists