Tails in Sonic the Hedgehog (2008)

- Developer
- drx
- Platforms
- Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
- Genres
- Platform
- Main story
- about 2.4 hours
- Completionist
- about 3.3 hours
How it feels
A simple hack letting you play as fan-favorite Tails — with flight, spindash, and swimming — through Sonic 1's levels.
fan-madecuteplatformernostalgicfast-pacedclassic
About
Tails in Sonic 1 is a hack of Sonic the Hedgehog for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis originally created by drx which featured Tails as a playable character instead of Sonic. Tails can fly, spindash and swim in the same way that he can in Sonic 3.
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