Sonic Mania is about as long as the classics, so you can beat it in a few hours or so. That might seem short, but the game has plenty of incentives to get you keep you interested.

GamePro, January 1994: GamePro was clearly hyped for Sonic's first CD outing in Sonic CD, dealing out a perfect store in all areas and a four-page review for the whole shebang.

Sonic Mania's drawing huge inspiration from Sonic's 2D past - including its faux-3D sections. Revealed in a panel at San Diego Comic-Con (as reported by The Sonic Stadium), Sega's retro homage ...

Sonic Mania is a retro game that looks like the series’ earliest installments on the Genesis and Sega CD. It even reuses some levels from those games, albeit with some tweaks and updates.

Sonic Mania also brings back Sonic 2’s split-screen multiplayer battle, which is a nice touch if you fancy your competitive edge in a more localised fashion. It certainly remains a good time.

Sonic Mania opens as Dr. Eggman once again steals a collection of powerful gems called Chaos Emeralds, and it’s up to Sonic, constant companion Tails the Fox and frenemy Knuckles the Echidna to ...

The mobile provider is offering a free Steam code for Sonic CD to everybody signed up to their T-Mobile Tuesdays program. They’re also offering a chance to win a limited number of Sonic Mania codes.

Sonic Mania desperately needs something like that. Make no mistake: the Oil Ocean boss is an astonishingly cheap addition to a series-spanning rogues gallery of lives-sapping stage enders.

To be clear, "Sonic Mania" is rife with homage to the long-running "Sonic the Hedgehog" series. Starting with the main title screen and running throughout the game, there are references galore in ...

Mania's special stages play a lot like those of Sonic CD, although Sonic himself and some elements are now polygonal instead of 2D sprites. The goal in these 3D levels is to chase and catch a ...

“ Sonic Mania Plus almost perfectly encapsulates what made the original Sega Genesis and CD games so much fun while updating the style so that it feels fresh and new.”- Attack of the Fanboy ...

In addition to being predictably catchy and groovy, it also sounds like it could easily be a track from Sonic CD, as it has a very similar musical vibe. Christian Whitehead, Sonic Mania’s lead ...