

It was primarily developed at Sega, though Simon Thomley, who worked on Sonic Mania (2017), developed the remaster of Sonic 3 & Knuckles. Origins was conceived following the release of the 2020 Sonic film due to the influx of new fans, Sonic Team head Takashi Iizuka wanted to make the older Sonic games available on modern hardware. Origins adds additional game modes and missions, which allow players to unlock content in a museum.

The games are playable in their original format and a new widescreen format that removes lives. It features remasters of the first four platform games in Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog series- Sonic the Hedgehog (1991), Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (1992), Sonic CD (1993), and Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles (1994)-originally released for the Sega Genesis and the Sega CD. Sonic Origins is a 2022 video game compilation.
