Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball

"Coming in at number 5 is probably a controversial one with Sonic Spinball. Now, I say it's controversial largely because the popular opinion was that this game was f*cking terrible. But if you go back and play it, it's actually a lot of fun. The game offered a mixture of platforming, pinball, and puzzle-solving elements, and was insanely difficult. There are only about 5 stages in the game, yet I only know a few people that actually managed to finish it. Plus, if for some reason, you hated Sonic, you probably got to watch him die over and over again in a pool of acid on the first level."

- Sohinki

Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball, or simply Sonic Spinball, is a game featured on Top 5 Friday and Why We're Single.

Game information
Sonic Spinball is a 1993 pinball game developed by the Sega Technical Institute and published by Sega. In the game, players control Sonic the Hedgehog, who must stop series antagonist Dr. Robotnik from enslaving the population of Mobius in a giant pinball-like mechanism.

The game is set in a series of pinball-like environments in which the player controls Sonic, who acts as a pinball for the majority of the game. Sonic Spinball had a very rushed development and received mixed reviews upon release, with most critics praising the novelty and graphics, but disliked the control scheme.