Sonic the Hedgehog CD

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  • Mega-CD
  • 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[6] 4407
Sega Mega-CD
PT 		CDJ4407
Sega Mega-CD
UK 		£44.9944.99[4][5] 4407
BBFC: Universal (U)
Sega Mega-CD
AU 		$119.95119.95[7]
OFLC: G
Sega Mega-CD
BR 		063220
Sega Mega-CD
KR 		GD0003JG
Windows PC
JP 		¥7,800 (8,190)7,800 (8,190)[8] HCJ-0104
Sega Rating: All Ages
Windows PC
US 		85015
ESRB: Kids to Adults
Windows PC
US
(Expert Software) 		$19.9919.99[9] 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
  • Producers: Yasuo Yamaguchi, Mutsumi Kido
  • Chief Key Animator: Hisashi Eguchi (Studio Junio)
  • Key Animators: Tetsuya Kumagai, Toshiyuki Komaru, Yasuyuki Shimizu, Ichiro Furuichi, Kenji Kajiwara
  • Art Director: Shinzou Yuki
  • Camera Director: Masaru Banzai
  • Assistant Production Manager: Kouichi Hirose
  • Production Manager: Kohji Sekiguchi
  • Director: Yukio Kaizawa
  • In Cooperation with: Studio Junio
  • Produced by: Toei Animation Co., Ltd.
Opening Theme
Ending Theme
  • Producer: Daikou Nagato (Being Co. LTD)
  • Director: Ryo Watabe (Being Co., LTD)
  • Recorded at: Studio Birdman, Mod Studio

Mega-CD version (US)

  • Executive Producer: Hayao Nakayama
  • Produced by: Minoru Kanari, Makoto Oshitani
  • Director: Naoto Ohshima (BIGISLAND)
  • Program Director: Keiichi Yamamoto
  • Art Director: Hiroyuki Kawaguchi (Hiro.K)
  • Sound Director: Yukifumi Makino
  • Game Designers: Hiroaki Chino (TINON), Kenichi Ono (Ax), Yuichiro Yokoyama, Takao Miyoshi, Akira Nishino
  • Character Designer: Kazuyuki Hoshino
  • Landscape Designers: Hiroyuki Kawaguchi (Hiro.K), Takumi Miyake, Masahiro Sanpei, Masato Nishimura, Hideaki Kurata
  • Special Stage Designers: Kazuyuki Hoshino, Yasushi Yamaguchi (Judy Totoya)
  • Special Stage Programmer: Keiichi Yamamoto
  • Animation Programmers: Yuichiro Mine (Proto.2), Eiji Horita
  • Animation Visual Directors: Hiroyuki Kawaguchi (Hiro.K), Masahiro Sanpei
  • Visual Design: Kazuyuki Hoshino, Takumi Miyake
  • Chief Programmer: Matsuhide Mizoguchi
  • Programmers: Yuichi Matsuoka, Hiroshi Takei, Tatsuya Satoh (HIC), Noritaka Yakita (HIC)
Animation Staff
  • Producers: Yasuo Yamaguchi, Mutsumi Kido
  • Chief Key Animator: Hisashi Eguchi (Studio Junio)
  • Key Animators: Tetsuya Kumagai, Toshiyuki Komaru, Yasuyuki Shimizu, Ichiro Furuichi, Kenji Kajiwara
  • Art Director: Shinzou Yuki
  • Camera Director: Masaru Banzai
  • Assistant Production Manager: Kouichi Hirose
  • Production Manager: Kohji Sekiguchi
  • Director: Yukio Kaizawa
  • In Cooperation with: Studio Junio
  • Produced by: Toei Animation Co., Ltd.
  • Director: Ryo Watabe (Being Co., Ltd)
  • Recorded at: Studio Birdman, Mod Studio
  • Sound Effects: Yukifumi Makino
  • Sound Programmer: Yukifumi Makino
  • Promoter: Hiroyuki Tanaka
Special Edition for North America
Sandy Cressman, Jenny Meltzer, Becky West

PC Version

  • Executive Producer: Hayao Nakayama
  • Produced by: Minoru Kanari, Makoto Oshitani
  • Director: Naoto Oshima
  • Program Director: Keiichi Yamamoto
  • Art Director: Hiroyuki Kawaguchi
  • Sound Director: Yukifumi Makino
  • Game Designers: Hiroaki Chino, Kenichi Ono, Yuichiro Yokoyama, Takao Miyoshi, Akira Nishino
  • Character Designer: Kazuyuki Hoshino
  • Landscape Designers: Hiroyuki Kawaguchi, Takumi Miyake, Masahiro Sanpei, Masato Nishimura, Hideaki Kurata
  • Special Stage Designers: Kazuyuki Hoshino, Yasushi Yamaguchi
  • Special Stage Programmer: Keiichi Yamamoto
  • Animation Programmers: Yuichiro Mine, Eiji Horita
  • Animation Visual Directors: Hiroyuki Kawaguchi, Masahiro Sanpei
  • Visual Design: Kazuyuki Hoshino, Takumi Miyake
  • Chief Programmer: Matsuhide Mizoguchi
  • Programmers: Yuichi Matsuoka, Hiroshi Takei, Tatsuya Satoh (HIC), Noritaka Yakita (HIC)
  • BGM Composer and Arranged: Naofumi Hataya, Masafumi Ogata
  • Sound Effects: Yukifumi Makino
  • Sound Programmer: Yukifumi Makino
  • Development Support: Al Nilsen
  • Promoter: Hiroyuki Tanaka
Animation Staff
  • Producers: Yasuo Yamaguchi, Mutsumi Kido
  • Chief Key Animator: Hisashi Eguchi (Studio Junio)
  • Key Animators: Tetsuya Kumagai, Toshiyuki Komaru, Yasuyuki Shimizu, Ichiro Furuichi, Kenji Kajiwara
  • Art Director: Shinzou Yuki
  • Camera Director: Masaru Banzai
  • Assistant Production Manager: Kouichi Hirose
  • Production Manager: Kohji Sekiguchi
  • Director: Yukio Kaizawa
  • In Cooperation with: Studio Junio
  • Produced by: Toel Animation Co., Ltd
  • Director: Ryo Watabe (Being Co., Ltd)
  • Recorded at: Studio Birdman, Mod Studio
Secret Special Stage
  • Plan: Hiroaki Chino
  • Sprite Design: Kazuyuki Hoshino
  • Scroll Design: Yasushi Yamaguchi
  • Sound: Masafumi Ogata
  • Program: Keiichi Yamamoto
  • Special Thanks: 3Pei, Majin, 100Shiki, Syuji Takahashi
Special Edition for North America
  • Music Composed and Produced by: Spencer Nilsen, David Young
  • Vocals by: -Pastiche- Sandy Cressman, Jenny Meltzer, Becky West
  • Drums and Percussion by: Brad Kaiser
  • Guitars by: Erik Frykman
  • Recorded and Mixed at: Sega Multimedia Studio,S.O.A
  • Additional Music Composed and Produced by: Sterling
  • Bass: Bobby Vega
  • Percusion: Armando Peraza
  • Engineer: Charles Albert
  • Assistant Engineers: Roosevelt Hoover, Maurice Jackson
  • Recorded and Mixed at: Intermix
  • Special Thanks: Naofumi Hataya, Masafumi Ogata, Daikou Nagato (Being Co., Ltd), Hiroshi Kubota, Phenix Rie, Yoshiaki Kashima, Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Masaru Setsumaru, Hifiri Aoki, Steve Ray Burton, James Michael Spahn, Kounosuke Yoshio, Tomoko Sasaki, Aki Kamata, Masato Nishimura, Akira Funada, Fujio Minegishi, Jina Ishiwatari, Katsufumi Yoshimori, Tetsuo Akagi, Kaeko Itoh, Hiromi Nakatani, Hiroshi Fukuda, Etsuko Yamada, Ryuichiro Kutsuzawa, Takashi Lwade, Michikazu Tamamura, Masumi Uchida, Tohru Watanuki, Makoto Suzuki, Audix, Digital Support Group, Fairlight E.S.P, Opcode, Otari, Zoom

Magazine articles

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
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Based on
0 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Alaab Alcomputtar (SA)
91
[10]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
73
[11]
Consoles + (FR)
94
[12]
Computer & Video Games (UK) PAL
85
[3]
Computer + Video Giochi (IT) NTSC-J
89
[13]
Digitiser (UK)
72
[14]
Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US) NTSC-U
92
[15]
Freak (IL)
93
[16]
Game Power (IT) PAL
90
[17]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
100
[2]
GamesMaster (UK) PAL
83
[18]
GamesMaster (UK)
78
[19]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
83
[20]
Hyper (AU)
89
[21]
Joypad (HU)
90
[22]
MAN!AC (DE)
78
[23]
Mega Action (UK) NTSC-J
92
[24]
Mega Force (FR) PAL
91
[25]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
86
[26]
Mega Play (US) NTSC-U
90
[27]
MegaTech (UK) PAL
83
[28]
Micromanía (segunda época) (ES) PAL
92
[29]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
83
[30]
Megazone (AU) PAL
91
[31]
Power Unlimited (NL)
88
[32]
Sega Magazin (DE) PAL
89
[33]
Sega Magazine (UK) PAL
87
[34]
Sega News (CZ)
100
[35]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
88
[36]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
90
[37]
Sega Zone (UK) PAL
91
[38]
Sega Force Mega (UK) PAL
85
[39]
The Official Sonic the Hedgehog Yearbook (1994) (UK) PAL
88
[40]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
82
[41]
Sonic the Comic (UK) PAL
90
[42]
Todo Sega (ES) PAL
92
[43]
Video Games (DE) PAL
81
[44]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
70
[45]
Sega Mega-CD
 87
Based on
38 reviews

Sonic the Hedgehog CD

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
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Based on
0 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Gambler (PL)
75
[46]
Hacker (HR)
73
[47]
LeveL (CZ)
100
[48]
PC Game Parade (IT)
92
[49]
Score (CZ)
70
[50]
Secret Service (PL)
90
[51]
Windows PC
 83
Based on
6 reviews

Sonic the Hedgehog CD

Main article: Sonic the Hedgehog CD/Magazine articles.

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. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Video Games, "9/93" (DE; 1993-08-25), page 43
  7. ↑ Megazone, "January 1994" (AU; 1993-12-29), page 27
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 http://sega.jp/pc/soniccd/ (Wayback Machine: 2001-11-02 15:28)
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Press release: 1997-06-20: Sega chooses Expert Software for PC distribution agreement
  10. ↑ Alaab Alcomputtar, "" (SA; 1995-06-xx), page 20
  11. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "October 1993" (JP; 1993-09-08), page 25
  12. ↑ Consoles +, "Septembre 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 88
  13. ↑ Computer + Video Giochi, "Novembre 1993" (IT; 1993-xx-xx), page 67
  14. ↑ Digitiser (UK) (1996-10-10)
  15. ↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "December 1993" (US; 1993-11-23), page 140
  16. ↑ Freak, "1/94" (IL; 1994-xx-xx), page 1
  17. ↑ Game Power, "Novembre 1993" (IT; 1993-1x-xx), page 79
  18. ↑ GamesMaster, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-21), page 74
  19. ↑ GamesMaster (UK) "Series 3, episode 5" (1993-10-07, 24:00) (+7:49)
  20. ↑ Game Informer, "January/February 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 40
  21. ↑ Hyper, "January 1994" (AU; 199x-xx-xx), page 31
  22. ↑ Joypad, "2/1994" (HU; 1994-xx-xx), page 14
  23. ↑ MAN!AC, "12/93" (DE; 1993-11-10), page 38
  24. ↑ Mega Action, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-04), page 52
  25. ↑ Mega Force, "Novembre 1993" (FR; 1993-11-10), page 108
  26. ↑ Mega Fun, "12/93" (DE; 1993-11-24), page 40
  27. ↑ Mega Play, "December 1993" (US; 1993-1x-xx), page 70
  28. ↑ MegaTech, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-20), page 46
  29. ↑ Micromanía (segunda época), "Enero 1994" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 60
  30. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-09-28), page 76
  31. ↑ Megazone, "January 1994" (AU; 1993-12-29), page 26
  32. ↑ Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 2, Nummer 2, Februari 1994" (NL; 1994-01-26), page 46
  33. ↑ Sega Magazin, "November/Dezember 1993" (DE; 1993-11-03), page 74
  34. ↑ Sega Magazine, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-10), page 119
  35. ↑ Sega News, "Listopad 1996" (CZ; 1996-1x-xx), page 31
  36. ↑ Sega Power, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-07), page 90
  37. ↑ Sega Pro, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-14), page 38
  38. ↑ Sega Zone, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-28), page 30
  39. ↑ Sega Force Mega, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-16), page 64
  40. ↑ The Official Sonic the Hedgehog Yearbook (1994), "" (UK; 1994-xx-xx), page 35
  41. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
  42. ↑ Sonic the Comic, "December 11th 1993" (UK; 1993-12-11), page 10
  43. ↑ Todo Sega, "Octubre 1993" (ES; 1993-xx-xx), page 26
  44. ↑ Video Games, "1/94" (DE; 1993-12-19), page 46
  45. ↑ VideoGames, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 52
  46. ↑ Gambler, "5/1996" (PL; 1996-xx-xx), page 1
  47. ↑ Hacker, "05/1996" (HR; 1996-xx-xx), page 42
  48. ↑ LeveL, "Březen 1996" (CZ; 1996-03-06), page 1
  49. ↑ PC Game Parade, "Novembre 1996" (IT; 1996-1x-xx), page 70
  50. ↑ Score, "Březen 1996" (CZ; 1996-03-14), page 38
  51. ↑ Secret Service, "Marzec 1996" (PL; 1996-03-01), page 26
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