Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball/YMMV
- Crowning Music of Awesome: The Boss Theme is pretty awesome.
- You know this game is hardcore when the Options menu theme is awesome.
- Nightmare Fuel: Whether intentional or not, this whole game has given many a player nightmares, particularly for the dark level designs, difficulty level, and some rather... frightening sound effects.
- Porting Disaster: The Game Gear / Master System version. Although the levels are remarkably similar compared to other Sonic the Hedgehog ports (not necessarily by its own merits), whatever physics existed in the Genesis version were thrown completely out the window. Worse is the platforming engine, in which Sonic has an innate tendency to get himself stuck.
- Tear Jerker: For whatever reason, the beta Game Over theme is depressing.