The game caught media attention for its bizarre nature and its intent to lampoon the Sonic fandom.
The game received wide critical praise for its faithfulness to earlier titles, and two sequels, Sonic: After the Sequel and Sonic Chrono Adventure, were later developed and released. Originally, the game had a soundtrack with reused music coming from different video game franchises like Kirby, but a second release came with original music specifically for the game.
This game gained notability for receiving a positive response from Sega. The following are all original games based on the Sonic series.