Sega MultiMedia Studio (demo)

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Sega MultiMedia Studio

System(s): Sega Mega-CD

Publisher: Sega Multimedia Studio

Developer: Sega Multimedia Studio

Genre: Demo disc

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1992

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The Sega MultiMedia Studio demo disc is a Sega Mega-CD demonstration program developed and produced by Sega Multimedia Studio as a means to promote the advanced hardware features and graphical effects of the upcoming CD-based system. While not publicly released, it was demonstrated by Sega of America at their Summer CES 1992 booth.^[1]

Controls

Holding START pauses the video, although the audio will remain playing, and holding , , or reduces the video's playback speed by different increments.

Content

The Sega MultiMedia Studio (demo) consists of a real-time demonstration of Mega-CD hardware features, particularly its ability to scale and rotate sprites, and its full-motion video playback capabilities. In addition to featuring extracts from the 1992 films Cool World and Batman Returns (as well as a clip from the 1946 Bugs Bunny cartoon The Big Snooze), artwork and digitized photographs of Star Trek's USS Enterprise, ToeJam & Earl and Joe Montana also make brief appearances.

The demo's repeated use of Sonic the Hedgehog resulted in several news outlets erroneously confusing the program with the unreleased Sonic the Hedgehog 2 CD.^[2]^[3] It was also mistaken for the scrapped Mega-CD version of Cool World.

Development

A 1992 promotional photograph of Sega Multimedia Studio which showcases some of the demo's Sonic the Hedgehog artwork.

Magazine articles

Main article: Sega MultiMedia Studio (demo)/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Mega-CD, US
Cover
Disc

Technical information

Main article: Sega MultiMedia Studio (demo)/Technical information.

ROM dump status

System

Hash

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Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

1992-05-29

CD-R^[4]

References

[:File:Mdfan_JP_1992-08.pdf_p82-1] Mega Drive Fan, "August 1992" (JP; 1992-07-xx), page 82

[:File:EGM_US_037.pdf_p83-2] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "August 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 83

[:File:Joypad_FR_012.pdf_p31-3] Joypad, "Septembre 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 31

[https:.2F.2Fhiddenpalace.org.2FSega_Multimedia_Studio:_Sega_CD_Demo_.28May_29.2C_1992_prototype.29-4] Hidden Palace: Sega Multimedia Studio: Sega CD Demo (May 29, 1992 prototype)

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