Ranking Sonic 1 Zones From Worst To Best

This is my ranking of the Sonic 1 stages/zones from Worst to Best. Including the Special Stages as a whole and Final Zone at the end for fun. Keep in mind this mostly my opinion, it's ok if you disagree with how I placed them/what I said, just don't be an asshole about it. THis may not be the best quality video I've made, see the mic change at Spring Yard and maybe some things I say aren't or are shown, however it took a while to make so I hope you enjoy.
Songs:
Sonic 1 - Spring Yard Zone (Intro)
Mumbo's Mountain - Banjo & Kazooi (Tier List Graphic/Intermssions)
All songs after are the songs that play for the zones shown.
#SonicTheHedgehog #TierList #Sonic1

[@nintendoteam7976]

For me: 7:Labyrinth 6:Marble 5:Scrap Brain 4:Final 3:Spring Yard 2:Green Hill 1:Star Light

[@SadScorpion956]

I actually predicted the whole list before watching lol

[@fransiscayulianita68]

Same.

[@gamekingyj13]

Same

[@guptaa]

Same

[@realityvanguard2052]

I just came from Act two in Labrynth zone. I was losing my patience when I jumped and hit a ceiling spike then fell onto another spike and died. I immediately reset the console, level selected Starlight zone, and typed into youtube "worst sonic stages". So I can hear people talk about how bad this is. It's so bad that I am surprised sonic actually became as popular as it did. Even back then Sonic Team had a cancer in their midst who either had no clue what they were doing or are intentionally sabotaging lol

[@shakeyframe2330]

Bruh your going to judge the entire game by *one* zone ??

[@Etherion956]

i dont know why but im feel related

[@dontoverthink4766]

almost all games were like that back then, actually most reviewers thought Sonic 1 was too easy.

[@robertlupa8273]

As someone who recently started with Sonic 1, I'm scared of Labyrinth. I haven't gotten past Spring Yard yet.

[@demetriuskafkoulas5005]

Wow, this is EXACTLY my ranking! Even with the special stages and final zone!

[@WindyHiII]

Imo the list would have gone like this: Labyrinth Marble Spring yard Scrap brain Green hill Starlight

[@randomonus699]

i agree but i would switch star light for spring yard

[@Blox117]

i agree but labyrinth is #1

[@HyperSonic777]

For me: 8. Scrap Brain Zone 7. Final Zone 6. Labyrinth Zone (Only due to the boss.) 5. Marble Zone 4. Spring Yard Zone 3. Special Stage 2. Star Light Zone 1. Green Hill Zone

[@Lukkak09]

My ranking: 7:Labyrinth zone 6:Scrap Brain Zone 5:Final Zone 4:Marble Zone 3:Spring Yard Zone 2:Green Hill Zone 1:Star Light Zone This is just my opinion.

[@bmasters1981]

On the 3:15 mark-- I suffered that on Marble Zone Act 3 twice, with the deep-penetrating spike traps. Basically, if you get caught under one of those without a shield, when that thing comes down on you, it not only takes your rings, but kills you at the same time (the spikes quite literally drive the point home, like they did here). Fortunately, there is an exception to that pain-- if you have a shield on, or have no rings at all, all you see is your death throw sprite. That said, because I suffered that before, it makes me very hesitant to attempt the shortcut on Marble 3-- it'll cost me a time bonus for sure, but it's far better just to play it safe and get through in one piece, than suffer the humiliation that Marble 3's spike traps and this level's slotting spikes can deal out.

[@kingpig8732]

one time in labyrinth zone i was about to jump and hit an enemy, but then a water bubble came up from below and the water bubble consuming animation cancelled out my jump animation then it made me get hit by the enemy then i died

[@bmasters1981]

@kingpig8732 That's happened to me at least once too.

[@duckyegg2834]

Great video dude, good job!

[@EternalNeko56]

My ranking (unpopular) 7. Marble 6. Labyrinth 5. Spring Yard 4. Star Light 3. Final 2. Scrap Brain 1. Green Hill

[@SN0WF1AK3ZLIVE]

labryinth in 4th. I can see why you say unpopular ranking.

[@dr.c.f.8074]

I agree with everything except I would switch the placements of Green Hill and Star Light due to Star Light feeling like a relief after Labyrinth.

[@MarkAnthony-fn1zu]

I'd switch marble and scrap brain because scrap brain zone has more area's to build on speed that marble zone I ranking by level chunk scrap brain only has two real levels and labyrinth has four.

[@MarkAnthony-fn1zu]

I feel soolrry for scrap brain for ranking below marble , if you see me playing sonic 1 you'll find that I play scrap brain more than any other level not act3 you know already what my favorite stage is.

[@SexySockpuppet]

Shoutouts to the mic change at Spring Yard.

[@Valientlink]

It was called labyrinth zone act 4 in the code I believe. Similar thing in Ocarina of Time, Bottom of the Well in code is just the Shadow Temple. I really like Labyrinth zone though. My least favorite is Marble. Labyrinth just has a nice vibe to it to me, the look of the stage, the music, it's nice.

[@FrostyDoesStuff]

Great Video!

[@SexySockpuppet]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@FrostyDoesStuff]

@@SexySockpuppet Wow thanks for answering my comment! Also I pretty much agree with everything you said. Keep being a great youtuber!

[@michaeljosiahwarren3350]

10:55 I like how it just says cope right here

[@insertnamehere7294]

Shit to Cool 6: Labyrinth 5: Spring Yard 4: Scrap Brain 3: Marble 2: Star Light 1: Green Hill

[@Ms.C18]

My ranking 1.Labrynth 2.Scrap brain 3.Special stages 4.Marble 5.Spring yard 6. Starlight 7.Green hill zone

[@gina5240]

My ranking Scrap brain Final Marble Green hill Labyrinth (I don't understand why people don't like this zone) Spring yard Twilight

[@mr.sgames5084]

It’s slow and annoying

[@strelitziathekeyblader1657]

In Later Ports of Sonic 1, You get the Spin dash! with it, Final Zone is Made Easier cause you can use it to avoid the Lasers once they come down

[@kittyp7642]

Good vid

[@Sparkette]

At least SBZ3 has a shortcut that lets you beat it in less than a minute easily. EDIT: Never mind, you mentioned that already.

[@BendosDoesStuff]

Prediction: star light zone, green hill zone, marble zone, spring yard zone, final zone, labyrinth zone, scrap brain zone. Look at the replys to see my reaction to the real list. Edit: this is best to worst lol

[@Tracker824]

I played that game on dads phone and played it and somehow all emeralds, I became a pro at 5 years and I get 150 rings and I didn't die on every level because I was careful

[@AndyHappyGuy]

"I just can't do this shit, I just can't play anymore!" - RadicalSoda

[@Cman114]

The only things I would switch is scrap brain and marble. Because marble has very many places where you just have to wait but scrap brain there are a lot of places to go fast. And also there’s the constant changes of theme and obstacles and whatnot. Even though scrap brain 3 is dreadful, if you go under the platform at the beginning it brings you to a much shorter route that makes it barley a problem.

[@fransiscayulianita68]

I like how i instantly predicted the whole list before watching the video.

[@mattsnow6443]

Great video! Good list, spot on with a lot of your reasoning, and your commentary was pretty funny at times. My list would be... Levels Worst: Scrap Brain 5. Labyrinth 4. Spring Yard 3. Starlight 2. Marble Best: Green Hill Music Best: Scrap Brain 2. Final Zone 3. Labyrinth 4. Spring Yard 5. Green Hill 6. Starlight Worst: Marble Worst Boss: Labyrinth

[@wipe93]

Bro starlight music goes hard

[@plantman2387]

My ranking: Levels: 1: Starlight 2: Green Hill 3: Spring Yard 4: Special Stage tied with Final Zone 5: Scrap Brain 6: Marble Worst: Labyrinth Music: 1: Starlight 2: Labyrinth 3: Spring Yard 4: Scrap Brain 5: Green Hill 6: Special Stage Worst: Marble

[@LaurenEmelyanova]

6. Scrap Brian 5.Spring Yard 4. Marble 3.labyrinth 2. Green hill 1. Starligt

[@Distortedchick73]

Star light is my fav relaxing music nice challenge just great

[@Brahyan.]

For me 6- Scrap Brain (I haven’t played it as I haven’t gone that far in the game) 5- Marble Zone (it’s just boring and it’s hard to get 50 rings and it took me like 4 years to complete it) 4- Labyrinth (it’s not that bad honestly at first I thought this would be a lot harder tho the boss fight is hard) 3- Star Light (I know it’s everyone’s favorite or second favorite zone but it’s overrated imo it’s better than labyrinth zone cause it’s not under water the enemies are annoying in a good way if that makes sense tho I was kinda confused on what to do at first. The background is really good too I’m a fan of nighttime backgrounds and this is no exception) 2. Spring Yard (definitely a good stage it’s pretty fun to to hit those bumpers and land on springs the only thing I don’t like is the hazards and enemy placements) 1. Green Hill (Idc if it’s overused nowadays I love this zone especially act 1 this is the only stage where it feels like you can do whatever you want the boss fight is also pretty good overall definitely the best zone in this game)

[@edregisfurry]

I want to point out that star light theme reminds me a lot of Mario’s theme

[@bigtj4]

From what Mario game?

[@dustinsudkamp3722]

surprised you didn't rank Sonic 2 and Sonic 3 and K and other sonic games you've played its interesting to see how players rank a games levels

[@SexySockpuppet]

Eventually I plan on ranking Sonic 2's zones but it'll take a while. Got alot more to consider and script.

[@Obe_omer]

6. labyrinth zone 5. Scrap brain 4. Marble zone 3. Spring yard zone 2. Green Hill zone 1. Star light zone

[@greenscout_12]

nice, the old Sonic engine has the well known spike glitch and if you press left or right, Sonic moves at a set speed, only the d-pad can kill speed, just a heads up

[@D-generon]

Sonic 1 in general is kinda meh if you compare it to Sonic 2 in terms of level design: there's just way too much slow sections where you're discouraged to go fast due to the awkward placement of obstacles and enemies. Chemical Plant zone from Sonic 2 alone is better than any zone in Sonic 1 in terms of design and overall walkthrough dynamics. The only thing I like about Sonic 1 is the atmosphere in some of the zones (especially Marble, Spring Yard, Star Light)

[@rookmaster69]

7 labyrinth 6 final zone 5 marble 4 scrap brain 3 star light 2 spring yard 1 green hill

[@CaptainEuropa98]

For me: 6 Scrab Brain 5 Star Light 4 Marble 3 Spring Yard 2 Green Hill 1 Labyrinth (I know I’m a weird guy I also love Metropolis bc they’re actually difficult)

[@kittyp7642]

My ranking 7.labyrinth 6.spring yard 5.Marble zone 4.srcap brain 3.final zone 2.star light 1.green hill

[@MarkAnthony-fn1zu]

My ranking 8.labyrinth 7.special stage 6.spring yard 5. Final 4.marble 3.green hill 2.star Light 1.scrap brain

[@MarkAnthony-fn1zu]

Green hill shows up in too many games but even green hill is fundamentally worse than star light due to it being the 1st level and because of a few brutal traps at the very beginning and in the lower sections of act 3,a marble is even worse, spring yard is mediocreand labyrinth is the worst.

[@anicetune]

My worst to best... before I've watched the video 8. Special Stages 7. Labyrinth Zone 6. Scrap Brain Zone 5. Spring Yard Zone 4. Marble Zone 3. Final Zone 2. Starlight Zone 1. Green Hill Zone

[@gabrielcosta7846]

I love Star Light Zone, background, musics

[@torterratortellini6641]

My ranking for this list: marble zone Scrap brain zone labyrinth zone Starlight zone Green hill zone Spring yard zone.

[@historiadelaciencia6860]

I didn't have a clue what to do as an adult in Act 3 of Labyrinth Zone.

[@pedrohenriquelima8364]

Same list as me. I would choose the same thing. Worst than the Sonic 1 special stages for me is only the Sonic CD special stages

[@Gregsusername]

Honestly a couple times in scrap brain I didn't even know what hit me but OOPS THERE GO MY RINGS

[@evarobinson2076]

Here's my ranking of sonic 1 zone 6 labyrinth zone 5 scrap brain zone 4 marble zone 3 spring yard zone 2 green hill zone 1 star light zone

[@AAAAA_AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA]

By the way you were talking about all the traps I thought you were gonna say marble zone was the worst but I was not expecting laboring zone

[@zerozombie8628]

Laboring zone?

[@damin9913]

You know you can remove the water physics in those water levels

[@DLGanimator]

For me: 1. Star Light 2. Green Hill 3. Scrap Brain 4. Spring Yard 5. Marble 6. Labyrinth Final zone is a just a boss fight arena, not an actual level

[@seanmorris440]

Spike "glitch" is not a glitch. Its a special block of code made specifically to do that. They started calling it a glitch when people complained and they had to release a revised edition.

[@cups0ftea986]

The only good thing about labyrinth zone 3 is the infinite lives glitch

[@user-bm9so3ts6i]

My ranking 1.Spring Yard 2.Scrap Brain 3.Starlight 4.Labyrinth 5.Green Hill THE WORST IS MARBLE ZONE

[@shawncanning9981]

My ranking of the sonic 1 zones BEST to WORST Starlight Scrap brain Green hill Spring yard Labyrinth Marble What do you think of my ranking? Sexy sockpuppet?

[@BFRL]

As soon as I seen Labyrinth Zone as the worst stage in the game, I felt that.

[@Rafi-ui3tg]

My list: 7: Labyrinth 6: Scrap Brain 5: Final 4: Green Hill 3: Springyard 2: Starlight 1: Marble (I don’t get why people don’t like it. I really do like it)

[@joshthemariogamer6862]

Wow was not expecting to find you here Rafi

[@Rafi-ui3tg]

@@joshthemariogamer6862 lol hi Josh!

[@mr.sgames5084]

Same

[@shakeyframe2330]

I wouldn't put it at 1 but i really don't have a problem with Marble zone.

[@user-ot1up7nh4w]

Now that I found a shortcut in marble zone act 3.i love marble zone

[@torterratortellini6641]

Spring yard zone is my favorite level in this game

[@cringebob3337]

I agree although I prefer star light over green hill, the music in star light just pulls it higher than green hill

[@alvelarsson2000]

i agree

[@bankasupa]

Scrap Brain 🔛🔝

[@Vrabsher_-Supreme_Perhinther-]

My list : 7 . Labyrinth Zone 6 . Scrap Brain 5 . Special Zone and Final Zone 4 . Marble Zone 3 . Star Light Zone 2 . Spring Yard Zone 1 . Green Hill Zone

[@AllyAndAlly]

Cool list. My favorite sonic one zone is an unpopular opinion- Marble Zone. Idk what it is but I LOVE IT. It has a decent amount of sections that give you at least some speed. It does make you wait for some stuff but Idc bec it also has one of my favorite songs in the whole series so I’m happy waiting. I also just love how this zone looks! I honestly would really like to see a 3d version of this zone!! Also this was the zone that I could NEVER pass as a kid so I have a lot of nostalgia for it, I played it for more time than Green Hill just bec I couldn’t get past it. I feel that it’s a very underrated zone, and deserves at least a little more love.

[@tandris1085]

6:04 me who completed the first 2 acts in 2 and a half minutes with 4-6 times being hit:

[@wipe93]

I think I would rank marble zone below scrap brain due to stuff like scrap brain act 3 having a piss easy shortcut, all of the crusher sections in marble being much slower than scrap brains, and the tons of spike crushers making the zone much slower than scrap brain in all

[@nosecomollamarme4087]

Y marble es la zona 2 y scrap brain la 6

[@MarkAnthony-fn1zu]

Scrap brain also has cooler palette than labyrinth zone I mean act 3

[@EpicFurbynerd76YO]

I find labyrinth.... Fun?? I've played the insufferable castle levels from Mario so you could understand, also... There is an extra life if you take the top route in act 3

[@historiadelaciencia6860]

Labyrinth Zone sucks but I'd argue it has one of the best aesthetics on the game overall.

[@damin9913]

1:44 this isn't the worst zone well when we first played it but I can play it easily without water it's pretty easy without the water effects

[@r00bot47]

If u fall In metropoles zone be like 3:36

[@purpleplasma4824]

We all knew labyrinth zone is worst.

[@MarkAnthony-fn1zu]

Labyrinth act 4 has stopped scrap brain from being the best zone ever, no wonder people mistakenly rank I so low but even act 3 is cool but as much as I like act 3, I want a scrap brain level and scrap brain zone is pretty underwhelming I can Finish each act in under a minute, scrap brain taking 2 40 in total vs star light taking 2 55 in total we need a bigger scrap brain

[@ivanthehighman177]

sonic 2 soon?

[@kittyp7642]

👍

[@Picsasworld]

Sega: this special stage will make us millions! The players: WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS? THIS GAME FRICKING SUCKS

[@SonicIsCool68]

Final zone it’s literally just a boss 100/10

[@shellder_gaming]

When he said its his opinion, he was lying. Its everyones opinion

[@justadoggy]

Labyrinth Zone Act 2 has glitch that crashes the game

[@MarkAnthony-fn1zu]

Illegal instruction, plus sbz act 3 has a glitch that makes you skip the entire stage to advance to final zone.

[@user-bm9so3ts6i]

I know most of YOU hate labyrinth zone but in my opinion MARBLE IS THE WORST ZONE EVER IN SONIC 1 i mean i dont get why people hate labyrinth when marble created the Lost annoying badnik which IS the Caterpillar badnik

[@torterratortellini6641]

I would say labyrinth zone is better then marble zone and scrap brain zone

[@MarkAnthony-fn1zu]

Labyrinth over scrap brain if you mean act 3 o agree but that only 1 third of scrap brain so scrap brain even better and faster than both Labyrinth and marble lol not kidding.

[@jeremiahcase7979]

I love sonic the hedgehog's music the only thing good about scrap brain and labyrinth are the music and also in act 3 of scrap brain if you run faster than the moving platform you can complete the stage in less than 50sec and yes this comment is like a document.

[@MarkAnthony-fn1zu]

Scrap brain zone also has the spinning wheels etc which place it over marble, scrap brain and spring yard ate similar in speed but scrap brain is a funner experience .I've ommied sbz 3 because that is just labyrinth act 4 sbz 3 is actually final zone.

[@torterratortellini6641]

I took my time during labyrinth and it was easy

[@Pescadoazul22]

Why everyone hates labyrinth

[@papij8834]

Because they hate when games get difficult, yet complain about modern games being too easy. Makes no sense.

[@torterratortellini6641]

Marble zone is my least favorite

[@IshowFARTS961]

Labyrinth boss is the most hard boss

[@Kryll2k]

I just knew Labyrinth Zone is gonna be the worst stage in sonic 1

[@MarkAnthony-fn1zu]

Yeah I hate the gargoyles in act 1, they should changed the boss to the one that was used in 8 bit.

[@girloninternet1188]

Marble Scrap Brain Green Hill Spring Yard Starlight Labyrinth git gud scrub

[@superpeaslybros505]

Bro i would rather play with dog shit than play labyrinth

[@NaomiGarcia1999]

Thank god sonic 1991 on iOS/android they have Spindash I play as knuckles more easier

[@amymullins2992]

With tales thos game is easy and i used him in sonic origins

[@Professionalpapyrus]

I mean I do like labyrinth

[@imoved4015]

So do i

[@mb8w27]

@@imoved4015why?

[@amymullins2992]

Hey

[@amymullins2992]

Why do people like the spirng yard zone music it sucks

[@salvagesonicthehedgehog5590]

well all hate the labyrinth zone act 3 bc the boss as water and traps me:beated it at the 1st try

[@imoved4015]

Can someone f*cking Kill me, Labyrinth Zone is my favorite level!

[@murphmariotwopointoh7714]

Labyrinth is the best Sonic 1 zone and deserves number 1. No I am not kidding.

[@xxhiroyukixx4833]

I'd say it's #2. It's not that bad, and in fact holds fun secrets! And hey, water isn't that bad. Once you beat it over and over it's really fun! My list from worst to best is: Scrap Brain: Difficulty Marble: Waiting, Challenge, Boring after awhile. Star Light: Speed will kill you in many areas if you take the bottom route. After reaching the bottom route, you're screwed. Still fun. Green Hill: Boring after awhile, with no challenge. You must be a 5 year old to fail. Labyrinth: It's alright! I mentioned why it's #2. Spring Yard: Speed, and although the blocks, it's mostly speed! And hey, bouncing around is fun!

[@Markboyy1984]

I like the music a lot for Labyrinth zone

[@elliotlewisledger7769]

Personally like Labrynth.

[@mb8w27]

Why?

[@IshowFARTS961]

Sonic 1 is boring