18 Video Game Moments That Gave You Memories For Life

6. Going Faster Than Anyone Ever Has - Sonic The Hedgehog

You wanna know the reason people still give a hoot about Sonic? Like, just the barest amount of hootery, no matter how many terrible instalments get put under his name? It's because that first game - or rather, the first three games - were so good, they set a mental precedent in the minds of those who played, that it was one of the best gaming experiences they'd ever have.

More a 'right place, right time'-type deal, Sonic's appeal was routed in knocking down Mario across the 90s. Where the latter was porky and in search of coins and wayward royalty, Sonic was the blue blur; a super-powered, peace symbol-throwing hothead with Michael Jackson's sneakers. He was the coolest thing on Earth, and embodying him was to put agency behind that ideology.

The second you hit a boost-spring or came down off a high jump only to literally fly across the next few kilometres of space in a matter of seconds was a sensation the newer games have come close to, but never bettered. Sonic's home is on a 2D plane, and there, he's unbeatable.