Sonic 1 - Star Light Zone

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Zone #5 - Star Light Zone

The quiet twilight of the city building-tops at night give home to the Star Light Zone, the fastest level in Sonic 1. This unusually peaceful highway suspended in the urban skies is the first of its kind, and though brief, is more fun than it is difficult, as long as you're careful to stay to the upper routes and avoid the many death drops of the lower ones. Notable for having a huge amount of alternate routes and areas to explore, and filled with loop-de-loops, see-saws and fans, this gorgeous zone is absolute Classic Sonic.

One of the prettiest zones around, and a personal favourite of mine. Its appearance kind of resembles a more calm, yet generally speedier version of Spring Yard. Here, Sonic is up high above the city, running around a highway that may be partially under construction, as most of these styles of city zones seemingly are. In the background, you've got three different layers of city buildings, the two at the back being made visible only by their blue window lights. At the bottom of the level, you'll find closer, brick buildings of varying colours and architecture, and at the top, a beautiful starry night.

The only big danger here is falling off the screen to your death, particularly in Act 1 where the gaps appear to be larger. Just ensure that you're not running too fast when you're low down in the level, so that you don't fall off an unexpected ledge at the end, and hop between platforms carefully. Try not to make blind leaps of faith to platforms that you hope will be there, because they won't always be. The see-saws are mostly placed precariously over these gaps too, so keep your controls tight when using them, as it can be easy to fall off. Ideally, stick to the top of the stage.

The long highways can be even more fun at lightning speed. There aren't many springs or decent propulsion systems to speed you along automatically, so do it yourself. Hit the down button while running, to perform your rolling spin attack when on downward slopes, and you should sail through the following twists and loop-de-loops, at the fastest speed in the game. Pure fun. ^_^