Ranking Every Classic Sonic The Hedgehog Level From Worst To Best

23. Hill Top Zone

Sonic Ranking 3
SEGA

Hill Top Zone is clearly Colorado, with springs (ha), and it has the perfect bluegrass tune to accompany it (though the grass is actually still green up Mobius' mountains).

Water might pose a problem for our spiny speedster, but Hill Top's rarified air has no effect on his pace at all. Everyone's least favourite badnik - the dreaded Orbinaut (or 'spiky ball') - does, though its appearance in the plateaus is probably its least perilous. The faux-3D trees and peaks give it a totally different feel to every other Sonic level, and the spiffy parallax clouds are a nice touch.

Sonic 2's literal high point, but nothing overly special.

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Benjamin was born in 1987, and is still not dead. He variously enjoys classical music, old-school adventure games (they're not dead), and walks on the beach (albeit short - asthma, you know). He's currently trying to compile a comprehensive history of video game music, yet denies accusations that he purposefully targets niche audiences. He's often wrong about these things.