Sonic the Hedgehog (Mega Drive)/Bootlegs

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Unmodified bootlegs

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Hacks

Copyright removal hack #1

Variant that removes the Sega logo and jingle from the introduction (but not the Sega screen itself, which means a now-pointless fade to white followed by a fade to black). The bottom half of the Sonic logo has been abruptly cut off to hide copyright details; everything else appears to be unchanged.

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Modified title screen.
Bootleg Sonic1 MD P4 Title.png
Box scans Content scans Name Code Distributor Date & price Comments
System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
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CRC32 2ad86af1
MD5 0b5cc06bcce7f2b7907b7357266bbfa7
SHA-1 a56c2f98d891eb6aa69c8169d806acf996325810
512kB 1991-04 Cartridge (pirate) Sonic The Hedgehog (W) (REV00) [p4][!].bin
Sega Mega Drive
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CRC32 964e15de
MD5 fced4cdb489c59300ae1b1330ff265cb
SHA-1 6a90e740a96d413d8bc01e9b6fbe990316a93380
512kB 1991-04 Cartridge (pirate) Sonic The Hedgehog (W) (REV00) [p3][!].bin
Sega Mega Drive
 ?
CRC32 5ce8f5cf
MD5 0ec2d91d212bb486f6d7e80cf7767fa5
SHA-1 d1f80dbf4083273b7de427ca50b69399d5b7e6d8
512kB 1991-04 Cartridge (pirate) Sonic The Hedgehog (W) (REV00) [p2][!].bin

Copyright removal hack #2

The most common bootleg variant of Sonic the Hedgehog, which removes the Sega screen, supresses the first instance of "Sonic Team Presents" and chops off the Sega logo (and copyright details) from the title screen (and unlike the above, the rest of the ribbon is left in-tact). The net result is a few seconds of black screen before the game begins. Nothing else appears to have been changed.

There are at least two known variants of this hack with a small handful of byte differences in the ROM header. This has no effect on gameplay, so cannot be distinguished without viewing the contents of the ROM.

Bootleg Sonic1 MD P1 Title.png

Modified title screen.
Bootleg Sonic1 MD P1 Title.png
Box scans Content scans Name Code Distributor Date & price Comments
System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
 ?
CRC32 0d770284
MD5 4dc697b98100a9ba6b8d99d9b471ea74
SHA-1 4c3b606bec697b0b934ba2f650a8b83c0e3b77c7
512kB 1991-04 Cartridge (pirate) Sonic The Hedgehog (W) (REV00) [p1][!].bin

"40 lives" hack

A hack which gives Sonic 40 lives at the beginning of the game. The Sega logo has been removed, as has the first instance of "Sonic Team Presents" (though the version seen after the credits, and the credits themselves are unaltered). The title screen has also been abruptly chopped off to hide the Sega copyright details.

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Modified title screen.
Bootleg Sonic1 MD 40Lives Title.png

Bootleg Sonic1 MD 40Lives Gameplay.png

40 lives on boot
Bootleg Sonic1 MD 40Lives Gameplay.png
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Bootleg Sonic40Lives MD Cart 1.jpg
Cart
King Karol Argentina
Argentina AR: (xxxx)
System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
 ?
CRC32 7a093f0b
MD5 e5e4eea000240b7bc675cf148b5b897b
SHA-1 ad7502fa15b1819eeb4089783b4a850d898bc71e
512kB 1991-04 Cartridge (pirate) Sonic The Hedgehog (W) (REV00) [p5][!].bin

Piknik na obochine

Themed around the 1972 science fiction novel of the same name[1], which would later go on to inspire the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. franchise.

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Roadside Picnic (Пикник на обочине) Geek Trip
Russia RU: (201x)
System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
 ?
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
Cartridge

Russian translation (New Game)

Unofficial Russian translation.

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Sonic the Hedgehog New Game
Russia RU: (200x)
Striped spine
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Sonic the Hedgehog Geek Trip
Russia RU: (201x)
System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
 ?
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
Cartridge

Russian translation (На русском языке)

Unofficial Russian translation.

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Sonic the Hedgehog Simba's Video Games
Russia RU: (200x)
Silver
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Sonic the Hedgehog Simba's Video Games
Russia RU: (20xx)
Gold
Sonic The Hedgehog RU MDP Back.jpgSonic The Hedgehog RU MDP.jpg
Sonic the Hedgehog MDP1 Simba's Video Games
Russia RU: (200x)
Mega Drive Portable
System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
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CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
Cartridge

Unknown

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Bootleg Sonic MD Cart 1.jpg
Cart
Bootleg Sonic MD Cart 2.jpg
Cart
Sonic
Bootleg Sonic MD Box 5.jpg
Bootleg Sonic MD Cart 5.jpg
Cart
Bootleg Sonic MD Cart 5a.jpg
Cart
Bootleg Sonic MD Cart PCB 5a.jpg
PCB
Bootleg Sonic MD Cart 7.jpg
Cart
Bootleg Sonic MD Cart 8.jpg
Cart
Bootleg Sonic MD Box 6.jpg
Bootleg Sonic MD Cart 6.jpg
Cart
Sonic
Bootleg Sonic MD Box 6a.jpg
Bootleg Sonic MD Cart 6.jpg
Cart
Bootleg Sonic MD Box 6.jpg
Bootleg Sonic MD Cart 6b.jpg
Cart
Sonic 455
SEGA-A6
SEGA-A012
Bootleg Sonic1 Cart 5071.jpg
Cart
Sonic 5071
Bootleg Sonic MD Cart 3.jpg
Cart
Sonic
Bootleg SonicTH MD RU Box.jpg
Bootleg Sonic MD Cart 4.jpg
Cart
Sonic the Hedgehog
Соник Колючка
Gastin
Russia RU: (xxxx)
Gastin
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Sonic the Hedgehog Simba's Video Games
Russia RU: (xxxx)
Gastin Re-release
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Sonic the Hedgehog Padis
Russia RU: (xxxx)
16 Битный картридж (early design)
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Sonic the Hedgehog New Game
Russia RU: (xxxx)
16 Битный картридж (later design)
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Sonic the Hedgehog Insta
Russia RU: (xxxx)
Insta
Bootleg Sonic MD Box 4.jpg
Bootleg Sonic MD Cart 4.jpg
Cart
Sonic the Hedgehog YS001 New Game
Russia RU: (20xx)
Striped spine
Bootleg Sonic RU MD Saga Box Front.png
Sonic the Hedgehog 1 Kin Wai (Hong Kong) Investment Limited
Ukraine UA: (20xx)
Saga
Sonic Magic2 RU Box Front.png
Sonic BBG Electronics
Russia RU: (xxxx)
Magic Drive
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Sonic Krash
Russia RU: (200x)
MDPortable
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Sonic the Hedgehog VideoGames
Ukraine UA: (20xx)
Bootleg Sonic MD RU Box NewGame.jpg
Sonic K&S
Russia RU: (20xx)

Multi-cart appearances

References


Sonic the Hedgehog (Mega Drive)

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Books: Sonic the Hedgehog 1 & 2: Sega's Official Player's Guide (1993) | Sonic the Hedgehog 1 & 2 Hisshou Kouryakuhou (1993) | An Official Player's Guide to Sonic the Hedgehog (1994)
Music: Sonic the Hedgehog 1&2 Soundtrack (2011) | Sonic the Hedgehog Tribute (2022)
Sega Mega Drive
Prototypes: Prototype