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Standings so far:

Sonic 2 (Genesis) - 94 points

Sonic & Knuckles (Genesis) - 68 points

Sonic 1 (Genesis) - 55 points

Sonic 3 (Genesis) - 50 points

Sonic CD (sega CD) - 31 points

Sonic Adventure 2 (Dreamcast/Gamecube) - 31 points

Sonic Adventure (Dreamcast) - 22 points

Sonic Rush Adventure (DS) - 12 points

Sonic and the Secret Rings (Wii) - 11 points

Sonic Advance series (GBA) - 6 points

Sonic Rush (DS) - 5 points

Sonic 3D Blast (Saturn) - 4 points

Sonic Chaos (Game Gear) - 4 points

Knuckles Chaotix (32X) - 3 points

Sonic Rivals 2 (PSP) - 3 points

Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine (Genesis) - 2 points

Tail's Adventure (Game Gear) - 1 point

Sonic Heroes(Xbox/PS2/Gamecube) - 1 point

Shadow the Hedgehog(Xbox/PS2/Gamecube) - 1 point

NOTE: Anyone saying Sonic 3 + Knuckles gives a vote to sonic and knuckles as that game made this possible.

http://kotaku.com/5034055/sega-admit-ok-sonic-has-been-a-bit-crap-lately

This article inspired me to create a poll of all console sonic games for us to rate.

Here is how I'm hoping this will work. I will list all MAJOR console sonic games below (I left out some game gear/master system, GBA ones...which were minor releases) and I want you to copy the 5 fave games from the list and rate them from 1 to 5. 1 being your favourite...

1 = 5 points, 2 = 4 points, 3 = 3 points...etc.

I will tally up the totals every day or so...and lets see whats what. Is Sonic 1 really better than sonic 2? Is every sonic game after sonic 3 really crap? Here is your chance to find out the public opinion...

Sonic 1 (Genesis)

Sonic 2 (Genesis)

Sonic Spinball (Genesis)

Sonic CD (sega CD)

Sonic 3 (Genesis)

Sonic & Knuckles (Genesis)

Sonic 3D Blast (Saturn)

Sonic Adventure (Dreamcast)

Sonic Adventure 2 (Dreamcast)

Sonic Heroes (PS2/GC/Xbox)

Sonic Advance series (GBA)

Sonic Rush (DS)

Shadow the Hedgehog (PS2/GC/Xbox)

Sonic Rivals (PSP)

Sonic Riders (PS2/GC/Xbox)

Sonic Next Gen (PS360)

Sonic and the Secret Rings (Wii)

My vote is as follows -

Sonic CD - 1

Sonic 2 - 2

Sonic & Knuckles - 3

Sonic 1 - 4

Sonic Adventure - 5

Sonic 1-1

Sonic 2-2

Sonic 3-3

Sonic Adventure-5

Sonic Adventure 2-4

I actually liked Sonic 3 a lot.

1 - Sonic 2

2 - Sonic and Knuckles

3 - Sonic 3

4 - Sonic Chaos

5 - Tail's Adventure (This game was freaking awesome.)

1. Sonic & Knuckles
2. Sonic 2
3. Sonic 3
4. Sonic 1
5. Sonic Adventure

I thought Sonic CD was pure garbage. The levels were completely random and the background didn't look good at all.

1. Sonic 1 (Genesis)
2. Sonic and the Secret Rings (Wii)
3. Sonic 2 (Genesis)

I haven't really played any others beyond those that I want to give points to...

 You will find very few people to agree with you there... I've seen many sonic lists with Sonic CD at the top.

I forgot all about Sonic's Wii game! Is it worth buying?

1 - Sonic 2
2 - Sonic 3 + Knuckles (Sonic 3 cart on top of S&K)
3 - Knickles Chaotix on 32X
4 - Sonic 1 (Master System)
5 - Sonic Adventure

How on earth can anyone rate SonicCD as their number 1....!!!!!!!!

Seriously dude, its utter shite, like the guy said further up, 100+ levels of random rubbish...it wasn't even made by the original sonic team and apart from the race with metal sonic its appallingly bad.

Buggy as well.

1. Sonic Rush Adventure (DS)
2. Sonic Advance 2 (GBA)
3. Sonic Adventure 2 (Dreamcast)
4. Sonic 3 & Knuckles (Genesis/Megadrive)
5. Sonic Rush (DS)

I have enjoyed a lot too : Sonic 1 (Genesis/Megadrive), Sonic Heroes (PC), Sonic Advance 3 (GBA) and even Shadow the Hedgehog (PS2), but since I'm restricted to a top 5...
Sonic 2 (Genesis/Megadrive), Sonic CD (Mega CD), Sonic Advance 1 (GBA) and Sonic Adventure (Dreamcast) would be the lowest on my list.
I have not played any of the 'next gen' Sonic games yet.

 LOL. You realize you rated Knuckles Chaotix as 3rd best tho... not sure if I can take you seriously after that.

And who would rate Sonic CD as number 1?

Read any review here http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/cube/sonicgemscollection?q=sonic

Also, watch this. http://www.gametrailers.com/player/29711.html

Also...Sonic CD was made by the same people that did Sonic 1. Sonic 2 was made by an American team under upervision of Yuji Naka (original creator) While the rest of the sonic 1 team worked on sonic CD.