Sonic the Hedgehog (Mega Drive)/Production credits
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- Game Plan: Carol Yas
- Program: YU2
- Character Design: BigIsland
- Design: Jinya, Phenix Rie
- Sound Produce: Masato Nakamura
- Sound Program: Jimita, Macky
- Special Thanks: Fujio Minegishi, Papa
- Presented by: Sega
- Akinori Nishiyama[3]
- Sega Jingle Sampling: Keisuke Tsukahara[4]
- Cover Artist (JP): Akira Watanabe[5]
- Packaging (JP): Yoichi Takahashi[5]
- Manual character artist: Sega Research and Development Dept.[6]
- Cover artist (US): Greg Wray
Breakdown
Hirokazu Yasuhara (Carol Yas)
- Supervised schedules for the developers, including programmer and artists.[7]
- Designed all zones.[7]
- Designed patterns for enemies and placed these enemies.[7]
- Designed game mechanics.
- Designed gameplay, including special stages.[7]
- Created the game's story and worldbuilding.[7]
- Coordinated music development with composer Masato Nakamura.[7]
Naoto Ohshima (BigIsland)
Jina Ishiwatari (Jiyna)
- Created background art for Green Hill Zone.[8]
Rieko Kodama (Phenix Rie)
- Created background art for Labyrinth Zone.[9]
- Created background art for Star Light Zone.[9]
Hiroshi Kubota (Jimita)
- Created music data from Masato Nakamura's demo tapes.[10]
- Fine-tuned the timbre of the music.[10]
Yukifumi Makino (Macky)
- Created sound effects, including the sound when breathing in air bubbles.[11]
- Suggested adding the Sega jingle chant before the title screen.[12]
Keisuke Tsukahara
- Provided the sample of the Sega jingle used before the title screen.[4]
Akira Watanabe
- Created the character art on the Japanese cover.[5]
Music credits
| ID | Description | Credits | Used | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 81 | Green Hill Zone | Yes | ||
| 82 | Labyrinth Zone | Yes | ||
| 83 | Marble Zone | Yes | ||
| 84 | Star Light Zone | Yes | ||
| 85 | Spring Yard Zone | Yes | ||
| 86 | Scrap Brain Zone | Yes | ||
| 87 | Invincibility | Yes | ||
| 88 | 1-UP | Yes | ||
| 89 | Special Stage | Yes | ||
| 8A | Title screen | Yes | ||
| 8B | Ending | Yes | ||
| 8C | Boss | Yes | ||
| 8D | Final Zone | Yes | ||
| 8E | Act clear | Yes | ||
| 8F | Game over | Yes | ||
| 90 | Continue | Yes | ||
| 91 | Credits | Yes | ||
| 92 | Drowning countdown | Yes | ||
| 93 | Chaos Emerald | Yes |
References
- ↑ File:Sonic the Hedgehog MD credits.pdf
- ↑ http://www.famitsu.com/game/news/1211418_1124.html (Wayback Machine: 2007-10-23 02:26)
- ↑ [[2] [2]] (Wayback Machine: 2007-10-23 02:26)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 @Mazin__ on Twitter
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 @VGDensetsu on Twitter (Wayback Machine: 2020-09-26 10:45)
- ↑ Sega TV Game Genga Gallery, Graphic Sha, page 51
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 https://www.linkedin.com/in/hirokazu-yasuhara-4555133/details/experience/
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 https://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?threads/jina-ishiwatari-tsukaharas-largely-unrecognized-contribution-to-sonic.41246/
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Mega Drive Fan, "July 1991" (JP; 1991-06-08), page 75
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 https://jimita.com/profile/history1991.html#0100
- ↑ @hatayatoday on Twitter (Wayback Machine: 2023-09-22 06:37)
- ↑ Mega Drive Fan, "October 1991" (JP; 1991-09-xx), page 99
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