It's all I could see and it seemed on brand... brand X

This dude wants to be Auric Goldfinger so bad.

Looks like a scene straight out of Ghostbuster 2

Also, there is iconic music in the 3 Sonic the Hedgehog games on the Genesis. Chemical Plants music is up there in terms of my favorite song in all of the entire Genesis series. Sonic had that 90's "In your face" attitude & some of the music had that swagger as well. This track exemplifies that.

For example: I thought the bonus stage was an improvement from the flat rotational bonus stage in Sonic 1. It's less distracting visually and the concept plays nicely into the speed element of the character. It also kinda feels like a trailing camera view of running rails in the levels.

To me, the Sonic The Hedgehog (1-3) weren't big deviations in gameplay as their Nintendo mascot counterpart in the US (see gameplay lineage from SMB 1,2,3) but you can definitely see refinement and improvement in each game while maintaining the formula that worked.

Time also has a way of freezing memories. This game will always be my sentimental favorite, one that I find enjoyment in revisiting. Just like returning the Master Sword to the Temple of Time to revisit an earlier point in life.

Plenty of things have eclipsed it's technical achievements. But in 1998, but reaching Hyrule Field for the first time was mind blowing. Expansive field with free choice as to where I went. In capturing this footage, I had a fleeting remembrance of that feeling I had in 1999.

🎮On this Day From My Game Collection

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Releases in the US (11/23/98 Per Wikipedia, MobyGames)

If this game were to have one thing to leave as its legacy, it's probably this... The DK Rap! It even made its way into the Super Mario Movie. (Captured from my hardware using an old ElGato HD & RetroTink 5X)