Those first 3 Sonic the Hedgehog games
were my childhood, man. I remember my cousin and I would spend ages playing them. That, and Road Rash. Remember those games? Particularly Road Rash 3D... that game's soundtrack was my first exposure to alternative rock and metal,
(alongside the theme song from Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers).

But the Sonic 3 soundtrack was where I really started to get an ear for music, y'know? Which is hardly surprising since Michael Jackson originally wrote the soundtrack for Sonic 3.