This game features three heroic characters including Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles that will be selected when the game starts. The old enemy of Sonic namely Dr. Eggman is also involved. How to play it is still the same as usual, ie running and jumping while collecting rings and exploring every part of the arena. Reach for the Eggman board so as to take you to the next level.

You can see a complete list of keyboard keys to control Sonic and his friends by going into the menu: Options - Player 1 Controls. But in short, you will use mouse as the direction and W,A,S,D keys to run. As for jumping and spinning is performed by pressing Spacebar and left Shift respectively.

Controlling Sonic is not easy because he has a high speed that will make you dizzy when you follow him running. Therefore you may need to press the run button for only a few milliseconds, then stop and look around. After all, it is you who will determine how you will control Sonic and his friends.