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Localisation comparisons

Mega-CD version

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NTSC-J
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PAL
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NTSC-U

The PAL version adds a ™ symbol to the game's title, while the NTSC-U version adds "™ &" to the copyright information at the bottom of the title screen.

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NTSC-J/PAL
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NTSC-U

"YOU ARE GREATEST PLAYER" was changed to "YOU ARE THE GREATEST PLAYER" to clean up a bit of Engrish.

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NTSC-U

The message at the end of the bad ending was shortened to simply "TRY AGAIN".

Version comparisons

Windows PC versions

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Mega-CD version
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Windows PC version (1995)

The PC versions have a Sega logo, lifted from older Mega Drive games. It does not animate and there is no sound effect.

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Mega-CD version
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Windows PC version (1995)

Sonic fades in from a blue screen rather than a black one.

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Mega-CD version
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Windows PC version (1995)

The title screen is rendered at a higher resolution, and features an updated copyright message. Everything has been redrawn, leading to Sonic having a different face.

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Mega-CD version
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Windows PC version (1995)

While the animated introduction is rendered at the same size as the Mega-CD version, on Windows the full video is rendered, with more colours and frames of animation. The quality does not match up to the version seen in Sonic Jam two years later, but it was the highest quality version available at the time.

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Mega-CD version
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Windows PC version (1995)

Loading times are more of a problem on Windows. Loading screens, depicting a stylised version of Little Planet, interrupt most screen changes in the game.

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Mega-CD version
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Windows PC version (1995)

Special Stages also render at a higher resolution

References


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