Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island

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Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island

System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Saturn, Windows PC, Virtual Console, Steam, RealOne Arcade

Publisher: Sega

Sega PC

Developer:

Traveller's Tales, Sonic Team

M2

Distributor:

Ballistic (US)

Sound driver:

SMPS Z80 (modified; Sonic & Knuckles),

SCSP/CD-DA (24 tracks)

Peripherals supported:

3D Control Pad

Genre: Action^[1]^[2]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1996-11-08^[3]	$59.9959.99^[4]	1844
EU	1996-11-14^[5]		MK-1844-50
PT	1996		MDJSE0380
GR	199x
AU	1996		FSON30SMC
BR	1996-12		048300
KR	199x		GM96001JG
AS	199x		MK-1844-40
JP	1999-10-14^[2]	¥3,8003,800	GS-9143
US	1996-11-20^[6]		81062
EU	1997-02-14^[7]		MK81062-50
DE	1997-02-14^[7]		MK81062-50
PT	199x		STJSE0503
UK	1997-02-14^[7]	£44.9944.99^[8]^[9]	MK81062-50
AU	199x		FSON19SSC
BR	199x		193376
US	1997-09-25		85064
US (Expert Software)	1999		T-6822-01
US (Jack in the Box)	200x
EU	1997-09-30		MK-85064
BX (Sega Classics)	200x
DE	1997-09-30		MK-85064
DE (Xplosiv)	200x
DE (Green Pepper)	200x	DM 6.996.99^[10]
ES	199x
ES (Xplosiv)	199x
FR (Xplosiv)	199x		EI-1529
FR (Xplosiv XP)	199x		XP-1304
NL (Xplosiv)	199x
PT (Top Games)	199x
UK (Xplosiv)	1998		EI-1304
UK (Xplosiv XP)	1998		XP-1304 3553765
IT	199x
HU (EVM)	200x
HU (Ecobit)	200x
AU (Valusoft)	2005		THQ70487
AU (Five Star Games)	2015-07-09^[11]	$9.959.95^[11]	FSG-SEGA-PC099-AU
NZ	2005
BR	199x
IL	199x
IN (e-value)	200x
SG	200x
SG (Replaygem)	200x
TW	199x
JP ▼	2007-10-16^[12]	600pts600^[13]
US ▼	2007-11-19^[14]	800pts800^[14]
EU ▼	2007-11-02^[15]^[16]	800pts800^[15]
AU ▼	2007-11	800pts800^[17]
US ▼	2003-06-12^[18]
JP ▼	2010-06-02	¥498498^[19]	34278
US ▼	2010-06-01^[20]	$4.994.99^[19]	34278
EU ▼	2010-06-01^[20]	€4.494.49^[19]	34278
UK ▼	2010-06-01^[20]	£3.993.99^[19]	34278
AU ▼	2010-06-01^[20]	$6.996.99^[19]	34278
US ▼	2019-02-01^[21]	$4.994.99^[22]	34278
EU ▼	2019-02-01^[21]	€4.494.49^[22]	34278
UK ▼	2019-02-01^[21]	£3.993.99^[22]	34278
AU ▼	2019-02-01^[21]	$5.995.99^[22]	34278
US ▼	2019-02-01^[21]	$4.994.99^[22]	34278
EU ▼	2019-02-01^[21]	€4.494.49^[22]	34278
UK ▼	2019-02-01^[21]	£3.993.99^[22]	34278
AU ▼	2019-02-01^[21]	$5.995.99^[22]	34278

Versions

Localised names

Also known as
Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English (US)	Sonic 3D Blast	Sonic 3D Blast
Japanese	ソニック 3 D フリッキーアイランド	Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island
English (Europe)	Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island	Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island

Production credits

Mega Drive version

Program Design and Implementation: Jon Burton (Travellers Tales)
Head Artist: James Cunliffe (Travellers Tales)
Head Designer: Takao Miyoshi (Sega)
Producer: Kats Sato (Sega)
Senior Producer: Yutaka Sugano (Sega)

Travellers Tales

Programmer: Jon Burton
Background Artist: James Cunliffe
3D Models and Animation: James Cunliffe, Neil Allen, Dave Burton, Will Thompson, Jon Rashid
Sonic Animation: Dave Burton
Bonus Game Implementation: David Dootson
Additional Programs: David Dootson, Gary Vine, Neil Harding
Project Management: Jon Burton
Production Support: Karen Roberts
Moral Support: Helen Musk

Sega

Game Concept Design (SOJ): Kats Sato, Takao Miyoshi, Kenji Ono, Takashi Iizuka
Playfield Design (SOJ): Takao Miyoshi, Hirokazu Yasuhara
3D Modelling (SOJ): Toshiyuki Mukaiyama
Music and Sound Effects (SOJ): Tatsuyuki Maeda, Jun Senoue, Masaru Setsumaru, Seiroh Okamoto
Document Translations (SOA): Osamu Shibamiya
Lead Tester (SOE): Jason Cumberbatch
Assistant Lead Testers (SOE): John Murphy, Dave Thompson
Lead Tester (SOA): Nicole Tatem
Assistant Lead Testers (SOA): Ian McGuinness, Fernando Valderrama, Michale McCollum, Jason Bartholomew
Technical Support (SOE): Colin Carter
Marketing (SOE): Andy Mee, Jo Bladen, Mark Maslowicz
Marketing (SOA): Chrissie Kremer, Eric Dunstan, Kristin McCloskey, Mark Subotnick
Advisors (SOJ): Yuji Naka, Naoto Oshima
Producers (SOJ): Yoji Ishii, Yutaka Sugano
Producers (SOE): Kazutoshi Miyake, Kats Sato
Producers (SOA): Manny Granillo, Mike Wallis
Executive Producer: Shoichiro Irimajiri

Source:

In-game credits

Saturn version

Program Design and Implementation: Jon Burton (Travellers Tales)
Head Artist: James Cunliffe (Travellers Tales)
Program Conversion: Steve Harding, Neil Harding (Travellers Tales)
Head Designer: Takao Miyoshi (Sega Enterprises Ltd.)
Producer: Kats Sato (Sega Europe Limited.), Mike Wallis (Sega of America Inc.)
Senior Producer: Yutaka Sugano (Sega Enterprises Ltd.)

Travellers Tales

Program Design and Implementation: Jon Burton
Head Artist: James Cunliffe
Code Conversion: Neil Harding, Steve Harding, Jon Burton
Graphic Conversion + Additional Artwork: Neil Allen, Dave Burton, James Cunliffe, Jeremy Pardon, Jon Rashid, Alex Szeles, Barry Thompson, Will Thompson
Utility Programming: Gary Ireland, Neil Harding, Gary Vine, David Dootson, Andy Holdroyd
Project Management: Jon Burton
Production Support: Karen Roberts
Moral Support: Helen Musk

Sega

Game Concept Design (SOJ): Kats Sato, Takao Miyoshi, Kenichi Ono, Takashi Iizuka
Playfield Design (SOJ): Takao Miyoshi, Hirokazu Yasuhara
Saturn Version Enhancement Design (SOJ): Takashi Iizuka
3D Modelling (SOJ): Toshiyuki Mukaiyama

Special Stage Development

Game Designers (SOJ): Takashi Iizuka, Daisuke Mori
Programmers (SOJ): Tetsu Katano, Yasuhiro Takahashi, Atsutomo Nakagawa, Kazuhiko Hattori
Artists (SOJ): Kazuyuki Hoshino, Yuji Uekawa, Nobuhiko Honda, Shinichi Higashi, You Nishiyama, Sachiko Kawamura

Movie Development

Movie Creation (SOJ): Norihiro Nishiyama
Movie Processing (SOJ): Yuji Sawairi
Music (SOE): Richard Jacques
Sound Effects (SOE): Richard Jacques, Thomas Szirtes

Closing Theme "You're My Hero"

Music by: Richard Jacques
Voice by: Debbie Morris
All Music Recorded and Produced at Sega Digital Studio (SOE)

Technical Support

Additional Programming (SOE): Ed Hollingshead, Thomas Szirtes
Additional Support (SOE): Tamer Tahsin, Colin Carter
Document Translations (SOA): Osamu Shibamiya
Lead Tester (SOE): Jason Cumberbatch
Assistant Lead Testers (SOE): Dave Thompson, Roberto Parraga
Lead Tester (SOA): David Wood
Assistant Lead Tester (SOA): Mark McCunney, Ian McGuiness, Tony Borba
Marketing (SOE): Andy Mee, Jo Bladen, Mark Maslowicz
Marketing (SOA): Chrissie Kremer, Eric Dunstan, Kristin McCloskey, Mark Subotnick
Advisors (SOJ): Yuji Naka, Naoto Oshima
Special Thanks to Mega Drive Version Music SFX Composers: Tatsuyuki Maeda, Jun Senoue, Masaru Setsumaru, Seiroh Okamoto
Producers (SOJ): Yoji Ishii, Yutaka Sugano
Producers (SOE): Kazutoshi Miyake, Kats Sato
Producers (SOA): Manny Granillo, Mike Wallis
Executive Producer: Shoichiro Irimajiri

Sega Enterprises Ltd. 1996

Source:

In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island/Magazine articles.

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Computer & Video Games (UK)

75

^[23]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

73

^[24]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

78

^[25]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

92

^[26]

Sega Power (UK)

92

^[27]

	82
Based on 5 reviews

Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Digitiser (UK)

74

^[28]

	74
Based on 1 review

Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island

Sega Retro Average

Publication	Version	Score

	N/A
Based on 0 reviews

Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island

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Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island

From Sega Retro

Contents

Versions

Localised names

Production credits

Mega Drive version

Saturn version

Magazine articles

References