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*'''Packaging Design:''' [[Steve Cross]]
 
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Revision as of 17:42, 30 October 2022

For the 2011 remake, see Sonic the Hedgehog CD (2011).

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  • Sega Mega-CD
    NTSC-U
  • Sega Mega-CD
    PAL
  • Sega Mega-CD
    NTSC-J
  • Windows PC

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Sonic the Hedgehog CD
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System(s): Sega Mega-CD, Windows PC
Publisher:
Sega Mega-CD
Sega
Windows PC
Sega PC
Windows PC
Expert Software (US)
Windows PC
Swing! Entertainment (Germany)
Developer:
Peripherals supported:
Sega Mega-CD
CD BackUp RAM Cart
Genre: Action[1]

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega-CD
JP 		¥8,8008,800 G-6021
Sega Mega-CD
US 		$59.9959.99[2] 4407
Videogame Rating Council: GA
Sega Mega-CD
EU 		4407
Sega Mega-CD
DE 		DM 99.9599.95[7] 4407
Sega Mega-CD
PT 		11.400$11.400[6] CDJ4407
Sega Mega-CD
UK 		£44.9944.99[4][5] 4407
BBFC: Universal (U)
Sega Mega-CD
AU 		$119.95119.95[8]
OFLC: G
Sega Mega-CD
BR 		063220
Sega Mega-CD
KR 		GD0003JG
Windows PC
JP 		¥7,800 (8,190)7,800 (8,190)[9] HCJ-0104
Sega Rating: All Ages
Windows PC
US 		85015
ESRB: Kids to Adults
Windows PC
US
(Expert Software) 		$19.9919.99[10] 6805 01
ESRB: Kids to Adults
Windows PC
US
(Expert Software) 		6805 02
ESRB: Kids to Adults
Windows PC
US
(OEM Dino)
ESRB: Kids to Adults
Windows PC
EU 		MK-85015
ELSPA: 3+ OK
Windows PC
DE 		MK-85015
USK: 0
Windows PC
DE
(Swing!)
USK: 0
Windows PC
UK
(OEM Dino)
ELSPA: 3+ OK
Windows PC
AU 		FSON18CDW
Windows PC
BR
Windows PC
BR
(OEM Dino)
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Production credits

Mega-CD version (JP/EU)

Animation Staff
Opening Theme
Ending Theme


Mega-CD version (US)

Animation Staff
Special Edition for North America
Sandy Cressman, Jenny Meltzer, Becky West


Windows PC version

Animation Staff
Secret Special Stage
Special Edition for North America
Source:
In-game credits
Extra Special Thanks
  • Intel Corporation: Cate Anderson, Gary Baldes, Dan Borud, Nick Brandt, Rohan G. F. Coelho, Tom Cronin, Rick Echevarria, Ann Fishburn, Davis W. Frank, Rich Gerber, Corey Gough, Erick Grandmason, Kevin Hare, Chris Herrman, Bob Hicke, Louis Johnson, Adam Le, Kirk McFaul, Alan Packer, David Palmer, Kamesh Pidaparthy, Ken Rhodes, Char Roberson, Jim Trethewey, Wendy Yee
  • Intel Japan K.K.: Hidefumi Sugihara, Tetsuji Morita
  • SEGA of America: Shinobu Toyoda, Chris Garske, Peter Loeb
Source:
In-game credits (Dino)
Sega of Japan
Sega Entertainment Inc.
Sega of America
Source:
US manual (DirectX)
European Development
  • Senior Producer: Mike Gamble
  • Assistant Producer: Pierre Hintze
  • Test Manager: John Murphy
  • Product Testers: Dave Thompson, Roberto Parraga
  • Manual Coordination: Ed Bainbridge
  • Packaging Design: Steve Cross
  • Territory Inpout: Paul Champman, Florence Cornillon, Andreas von Gliszczynski, Paco del Puerto
  • Manual Translation: Eurotek
  • Localisation Company: Epic Multimedia Group
  • Testing Company: XX CAL
  • European Product Manager: Hiutendra Naik
  • Special Thanks: Mark Hartley, Tony Hinchliffe, Hitoshi Okuno, Trisha Derbyshire, Tamer Tahsin
Source:
EU manual[11]

Magazine articles

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
{{{{{icon}}}|L}} Division by zero.
Based on
0 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Alaab Alcomputtar (SA)
91
[12]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
73
[13]
Consoles + (FR)
94
[14]
Computer & Video Games (UK) PAL
85
[3]
Computer + Video Giochi (IT) NTSC-J
89
[15]
Digitiser (UK)
72
[16]
Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US) NTSC-U
92
[17]
Freak (IL)
93
[18]
Game Power (IT) PAL
90
[19]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
100
[2]
GamesMaster (UK) PAL
83
[20]
GamesMaster (UK)
78
[21]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
83
[22]
Hyper (AU)
89
[23]
Joypad (HU)
90
[24]
MAN!AC (DE)
78
[25]
Mega Action (UK) NTSC-J
92
[26]
Mega Force (FR) PAL
91
[27]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
86
[28]
Mega Play (US) NTSC-U
90
[29]
MegaTech (UK) PAL
83
[30]
Micromanía (segunda época) (ES) PAL
92
[31]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
83
[32]
Megazone (AU) PAL
91
[33]
Power Unlimited (NL)
88
[34]
Sega Magazin (DE) PAL
89
[35]
Sega Magazine (UK) PAL
87
[36]
Sega News (CZ)
100
[37]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
88
[38]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
90
[39]
Sega Zone (UK) PAL
91
[40]
Sega Force Mega (UK) PAL
85
[41]
The Official Sonic the Hedgehog Yearbook (1994) (UK) PAL
88
[42]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
82
[43]
Sonic the Comic (UK) PAL
90
[44]
Todo Sega (ES) PAL
92
[45]
Video Games (DE) PAL
81
[46]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
70
[47]
Sega Mega-CD
 87
Based on
38 reviews

Sonic the Hedgehog CD

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
{{{{{icon}}}|L}} Division by zero.
Based on
0 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Gambler (PL)
75
[48]
Hacker (HR)
73
[49]
LeveL (CZ)
100
[50]
PC Game Parade (IT)
92
[51]
Score (CZ)
70
[52]
Secret Service (PL)
90
[53]
Windows PC
 83
Based on
6 reviews

Sonic the Hedgehog CD

Main article: Sonic the Hedgehog CD/Magazine articles.

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega-CD
 ?
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
1993-08-06 CD-ROM (JP)
Sega Mega-CD
 ?
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
1993-08-27 CD-ROM (EU)
Sega Mega-CD
 ?
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
1993-10-12 CD-ROM (US)
Sega Mega-CD
✔
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
1992-12-04 CD-R[54] v0.02 Page
Sega Mega-CD
✘
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
1993-05-10 CD-R "510" Page
Sega Mega-CD
✔
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
1993-05-12 CD-R[55] v0.28A Page
Sega Mega-CD
✔
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
1993-06-21 CD-R[56] v0.51 Page
Sega Mega-CD
✘
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
1993-07-12 CD-R[57] v0.70 (first copy) Page
Sega Mega-CD
✔
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
1993-07-12 CD-R[58] v0.70 (second copy) Page
Sega Mega-CD
✔
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
1993-08-01 CD-R[59] v1.05 Page
Sega Mega-CD
✔
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
1993-08-06 CD-R[60] JP demo Page
Sega Mega-CD
✔
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
1993-08-06 CD-R[61] v1.09 (PAL prerelease) Page
Sega Mega-CD
✔
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
1993-08-19 CD-R[62] v1.11 (PAL prerelease) Page
Sega Mega-CD
✔
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
1993-09-20 CD-R[63] "920" (US prerelease with JP soundtrack) Page
Sega Mega-CD
✔
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
1993-10-13 CD-R[64] v1.15 (US prerelease) Page

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/mega-cd/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-06-22 19:24)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 GamePro, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 68
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Computer & Video Games, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-15), page 87
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Mega, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-16), page 23
  5. ↑ Mega Power, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-20), page 80
  6. ↑ Jogos Vídeo, "Dezembro de 1993; Ano 1, Nº 2'"`UNIQ--ref-0000000C-QINU`"'" (PT; 1993-12-xx), page 13
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Video Games, "9/93" (DE; 1993-08-25), page 43
  8. ↑ Megazone, "January 1994" (AU; 1993-12-29), page 27
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 http://sega.jp/pc/soniccd/ (Wayback Machine: 2001-11-02 15:28)
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Press release: 1997-06-20: Sega chooses Expert Software for PC distribution agreement
  11. ↑ File:SonicCD PC EU manual.pdf, page 37
  12. ↑ Alaab Alcomputtar, "" (SA; 1995-06-xx), page 20
  13. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "October 1993" (JP; 1993-09-08), page 25
  14. ↑ Consoles +, "Septembre 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 88
  15. ↑ Computer + Video Giochi, "Novembre 1993" (IT; 1993-xx-xx), page 67
  16. ↑ Digitiser (UK) (1996-10-10)
  17. ↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "December 1993" (US; 1993-11-23), page 140
  18. ↑ Freak, "1/94" (IL; 1994-xx-xx), page 1
  19. ↑ Game Power, "Novembre 1993" (IT; 1993-1x-xx), page 79
  20. ↑ GamesMaster, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-21), page 74
  21. ↑ GamesMaster (UK) "Series 3, episode 5" (1993-10-07, 24:00) (+7:49)
  22. ↑ Game Informer, "January/February 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 40
  23. ↑ Hyper, "January 1994" (AU; 199x-xx-xx), page 31
  24. ↑ Joypad, "2/1994" (HU; 1994-xx-xx), page 14
  25. ↑ MAN!AC, "12/93" (DE; 1993-11-10), page 38
  26. ↑ Mega Action, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-04), page 52
  27. ↑ Mega Force, "Novembre 1993" (FR; 1993-11-10), page 108
  28. ↑ Mega Fun, "12/93" (DE; 1993-11-24), page 40
  29. ↑ Mega Play, "December 1993" (US; 1993-1x-xx), page 70
  30. ↑ MegaTech, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-20), page 46
  31. ↑ Micromanía (segunda época), "Enero 1994" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 60
  32. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-09-28), page 76
  33. ↑ Megazone, "January 1994" (AU; 1993-12-29), page 26
  34. ↑ Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 2, Nummer 2, Februari 1994" (NL; 1994-01-26), page 46
  35. ↑ Sega Magazin, "November/Dezember 1993" (DE; 1993-11-03), page 74
  36. ↑ Sega Magazine, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-10), page 119
  37. ↑ Sega News, "Listopad 1996" (CZ; 1996-1x-xx), page 31
  38. ↑ Sega Power, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-07), page 90
  39. ↑ Sega Pro, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-14), page 38
  40. ↑ Sega Zone, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-28), page 30
  41. ↑ Sega Force Mega, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-16), page 64
  42. ↑ The Official Sonic the Hedgehog Yearbook (1994), "" (UK; 1994-xx-xx), page 35
  43. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
  44. ↑ Sonic the Comic, "December 11th 1993" (UK; 1993-12-11), page 10
  45. ↑ Todo Sega, "Octubre 1993" (ES; 1993-xx-xx), page 26
  46. ↑ Video Games, "1/94" (DE; 1993-12-19), page 46
  47. ↑ VideoGames, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 52
  48. ↑ Gambler, "5/1996" (PL; 1996-xx-xx), page 1
  49. ↑ Hacker, "05/1996" (HR; 1996-xx-xx), page 42
  50. ↑ LeveL, "Březen 1996" (CZ; 1996-03-06), page 1
  51. ↑ PC Game Parade, "Novembre 1996" (IT; 1996-1x-xx), page 70
  52. ↑ Score, "Březen 1996" (CZ; 1996-03-14), page 38
  53. ↑ Secret Service, "Marzec 1996" (PL; 1996-03-01), page 26
  54. ↑ Hidden Palace: Sonic the Hedgehog CD (Dec 4, 1992 prototype)
  55. ↑ Hidden Palace: Sonic the Hedgehog CD (May 12, 1993 prototype)
  56. ↑ Hidden Palace: Sonic the Hedgehog CD (Jun 21, 1993 prototype)
  57. ↑ Hidden Palace: Sonic the Hedgehog CD (Jul 12, 1993 prototype)
  58. ↑ Hidden Palace: Sonic the Hedgehog CD (Jul 12, 1993 06:37 prototype)
  59. ↑ Hidden Palace: Sonic the Hedgehog CD (Aug 1, 1993 prototype)
  60. ↑ Hidden Palace: Sonic the Hedgehog CD (Aug 6, 1993 prototype)
  61. ↑ Hidden Palace: Sonic the Hedgehog CD (Aug 6, 1993 16:54 prototype)
  62. ↑ Hidden Palace: Sonic the Hedgehog CD (Aug 19, 1993 prerelease)
  63. ↑ Hidden Palace: Sonic the Hedgehog CD (Sep 20, 1993 prototype)
  64. ↑ Hidden Palace: Sonic the Hedgehog CD (Oct 13, 1993 prerelease)
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