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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512kB | 1991-04 | Cartridge (pirate) | Sonic The Hedgehog (W) (REV00) [p4][!].bin | |||||||||
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512kB | 1991-04 | Cartridge (pirate) | Sonic The Hedgehog (W) (REV00) [p3][!].bin | |||||||||
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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.
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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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King Karol Argentina | AR: (xxxx)
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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 | RU: (201x)
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Cartridge |
Russian translation (New Game)
Unofficial Russian translation.
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Sonic the Hedgehog | New Game | RU: (200x)
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Striped spine | |||
Sonic the Hedgehog | Geek Trip | RU: (201x)
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Russian translation (На русском языке)
Unofficial Russian translation.
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Sonic the Hedgehog | Simba's Video Games | RU: (200x)
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Silver | |||
Sonic the Hedgehog | Simba's Video Games | RU: (20xx)
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Gold | |||
Sonic the Hedgehog | MDP1 | Simba's Video Games | RU: (200x)
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Mega Drive Portable |
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Sonic | 455 | |||||
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Sonic | 5071 | |||||
Sonic | ||||||
Sonic the Hedgehog Соник Колючка |
Gastin | RU: (xxxx)
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Gastin | |||
Sonic the Hedgehog | Simba's Video Games | RU: (xxxx)
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Gastin Re-release | |||
Sonic the Hedgehog | Padis | RU: (xxxx)
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16 Битный картридж (early design) | |||
Sonic the Hedgehog | New Game | RU: (xxxx)
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16 Битный картридж (later design) | |||
Sonic the Hedgehog | Insta | RU: (xxxx)
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Insta | |||
Sonic the Hedgehog | YS001 | New Game | RU: (20xx)
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Sonic the Hedgehog 1 | Kin Wai (Hong Kong) Investment Limited | UA: (20xx)
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Saga | |||
Sonic | BBG Electronics | RU: (xxxx)
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Magic Drive | |||
Sonic | Krash | RU: (200x)
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MDPortable | |||
Sonic the Hedgehog | VideoGames | UA: (20xx)
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Sonic | K&S | RU: (20xx)
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Multi-cart appearances
- (as Sonic)
- (as Sonic 1)
- (as Sonic)
- (as Sonic)
- (as Sonic 1)
- (as Sonic 1)
- (as Super Sonic)
- (as Sonic)
- (as Sonic 1)
- (as Sonic)
- (as Sonic)
- (as Sonic 1)
- (as Sonic)
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References
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