Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg

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Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg

System(s): GameCube, Windows PC

Publisher: Sega

Developer: Sonic Team

Peripherals supported:

GBA Cable

Genre: Platform

Number of players: 1-4

Official in-game languages:

English

Français

Deutsch

Español

Italiano

日本語

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	2003-10-09^[7]	¥6,980 (7,329)6,980 (7,329)^[7]	DOL-P-GEGJ DOL-GEGJ-JPN
JP (Okaidoku-ban)	2004-11-18^[7]	¥2,800 (2,940)2,800 (2,940)^[7]	DOL-P-GEGJ DOL-GEGJ-JPN-1
US	2003-09-23^[6]	$39.9539.95^[6]	DOL-P-GEZE DOL-GEZE-USA
DE	2003-10-31^[4]		DOL-P-GEZP DOL-GEZP-NOE
ES	2003-10-31^[5]		DOL-P-GEZP DOL-GEZP-ESP
FR	2003-10-31^[3]		DOL-P-GEZP DOL-GEZP-FRA
FR (Player's Choice)	2004-10-22		DOL-P-GEZP DOL-GEZP-FRA
UK	2003-10-31^[1]		DOL-P-GEZP DOL-GEZP-UKV
UK (Player's Choice)	2005-08-22^[2]		DOL-P-GEZP DOL-GEZP-UKV
AU	2003-11-14^[8]
DE	2006-05-31		SEGA-PC034-GE INL-S034-GE
ES	2006-05-31		SEGA-PC034-SP INL-S034-SP
FR	2006		SEGA-PC034-FR INL-S034-FR
FR (Hits Collection)	2007		BYH3854AF BYH8AF-W8P
UK	2006-05-31		SEGA-PC034-UK INL-S034-UK
IT	2006-05-31		SEGA-PC034-IT INL-S034-IT
RU	2006-04-19^[9]		SEGA-PC034-UK INL-S034-UK
ZA	2006-04-07^[10]	R 199.99199.99^[10]

Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg , known as Giant Egg: Billy Hatcher no Daibouken (ジャイアントエッグ～ビリー・ハッチャーの大冒険～) in Japan, is a video game for the Nintendo GameCube that was developed by Sonic Team and published by SEGA on 23 September 2003 in North America.^[6]

Story

Morning Land is a peaceful realm inhabited by chickens. One day, a terrible fate befell the land. Black Crows empowered by a mysterious magic appeared as ferocious monsters bent on keeping the world in eternal night. The Chicken Elders whose voices bring dawn each day were captured and sealed within golden eggs. Without their morning cries, the world will remain engulfed in darkness and human hearts will be consumed by evil. Now, only young Billy Hatcher and his friends can defeat the Crows, release the elders and return morning to the world.

Gameplay

Stages

	Forest Village

	Pirates Island

	Dino Mountain

	Blizzard Castle

	Circus Park

	Sand Ruin

	Giant Palace

Minigames

	Chu Chu Rocket Challenge

	NiGHTS Score Attack

	Billy Hatcher Hyper Shoot

	Puyo Pop Endless Version

Trivia

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The 4 characters playable in the multi player games are based off 4 of the main Sonic the Hedgehog characters - Billy is Sonic, Chick Poacher is Tails, Bantam Scrambled is Knuckles and Rolly Roll is Amy. The Hatcher characters use similar colors and copy poses - Billy on the boxart is in the same pose Sonic has in some of the Sonic Adventure 2 artwork (see below vs the boxart).

Circus Park and Pirates Island are both names for levels seen in later Sonic the Hedgehog titles. Coincidentally, the composer of both level themes is this game's sound director.

Versions

Localised names

Also known as
Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English	Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg	Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg
English (US)	Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg	Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg
Japanese	ジャイアントエッグ～ビリー・ハッチャーの大冒険～	Giant Egg: Billy Hatcher no Daibouken

Production credits

Main article: Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg/Production credits.

Magazine articles

Main article: Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

PDF

UK info sheet

GameCube JP TV advert

GameCube US TV advert

Print advert in GamePro (US) #181: "October 2003" (2003-09-02)

Print advert in Nintendo Power (US) #172: "October 2003" (2003-xx-xx)
also published in:

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #171: "October 2003" (2003-09-02)^[11]

Print advert in Nintendo Power (US) #175: "January 2004" (200x-xx-xx)

Physical scans

GameCube version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Cube (UK)

PAL

70

^[12]

Edge (UK)

PAL

70

^[13]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

78

^[14]

GameNOW (US)

NTSC-U

83

^[15]

Game Play 128 (FR)

PAL

88

^[16]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

75

^[17]

GMR (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[18]

NGC Magazine (UK)

NTSC-U

86

^[19]

Nintendo Official Magazine (UK)

PAL

82

^[20]

Nintendo Power (US)

NTSC-U

90

^[21]

N-Zone (DE)

PAL

76

^[22]

The Official Nintendo Magazine (UK)

PAL

85

^[23]

	80
Based on 12 reviews

Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg

GameCube, US
Cover
Disc

GameCube, JP
Cover
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GameCube, JP (Okaidoku-ban)
Cover
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GameCube, UK
Cover
Disc

GameCube, UK (Player's Choice)
Cover

GameCube, FR
Cover

GameCube, FR (Player's Choice)
Cover

GameCube, DE
Cover
Disc

GameCube, ES
Cover
Disc

GameCube, AU
Cover
Disc

PC version

PC, UK
Cover

PC, UK (GSP)

PC, FR

PC, FR (Hits Collection)
Cover
Disc 1

PC, DE
Cover

PC, ES
Cover

PC, IT
Cover

PC, RU
Cover
Disc

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

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MD5	bc8af5c06a3bff09351f7cb16724ffce
SHA-1	de0a702c6e542b84be3be4f73164e6c0e0d7a844

1,459,978,240

Disc (US)

✔

CRC32	ca8761d7
MD5	cba94226817049a859c0246c69f8703f
SHA-1	d81ec14313a99164674d792b4d1abc1de2860ede

1,459,978,240

Disc (EU)

?

CRC32	55ad7de7
MD5	6b9169da201664446d6634bc24b908b2
SHA-1	0f0c9f900d0c45141d1450725366ffd2faf2a899

1,459,978,240

Disc (JP)

External links

Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): GameCube (archive)
Official website on Sega.com
Official website on Sega.jp
Nintendo catalogue pages: JP, US (archive), UK

References

↑ https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-GameCube/Billy-Hatcher-and-the-Giant-Egg-267796.html (archive.today)
↑ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Billy-Hatcher-Players-Choice-GameCube/dp/B000ANUHD2/ (Wayback Machine: 2019-05-17 23:15)
↑ https://www.nintendo.fr/Jeux/Nintendo-GameCube/Billy-Hatcher-and-the-Giant-Egg-267796.html (archive.today)
↑ https://www.nintendo.de/Spiele/Nintendo-GameCube/Billy-Hatcher-and-the-Giant-Egg-267796.html (archive.today)
↑ https://www.nintendo.es/Juegos/Nintendo-GameCube/Billy-Hatcher-and-the-Giant-Egg-267796.html (archive.today)
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 Press release: 2003-09-23: SEGA ROLLS OUT "BILLY HATCHER AND THE GIANT EGG™" FROM THE CREATOR OF SONIC THE HEDGEHOG™
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 ^7.3 http://sega.jp/gc/giantegg/ (Wayback Machine: 2004-12-10 14:51)
↑ http://www.nintendo.com.au/nintendo/games/index.php?action=search&platform=GCN&releasedate=comingsoon (Wayback Machine: 2003-10-10 17:51)
↑ https://dist.1c.ru/news/novinki_billy_hatcher_and_the_giant_egg_priklyucheniya_502/?sphrase_id=13128
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 http://www.wwe.co.za/releaseschedule.aspx?catid=1 (Wayback Machine: 2006-10-02 12:10)
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 2003" (US; 2003-09-02), page 46
↑ Cube, "Issue Twenty Six" (UK; 2003-11-20), page 66
↑ Edge, "December 2003" (UK; 2003-10-27), page 88
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 2003" (US; 2003-09-02), page 160
↑ GameNOW, "October 2003" (US; 2003-0x-xx), page 50
↑ Game Play 128, "Novembre/Décembre 2003" (FR; 2003-xx-xx), page 40
↑ GamePro, "October 2003" (US; 2003-09-02), page 107
↑ GMR, "October 2003" (US; 2003-xx-xx), page 73
↑ NGC Magazine, "December 2003" (UK; 2003-10-24), page 78
↑ Nintendo Official Magazine, "December 2003" (UK; 2003-11-14), page 94
↑ Nintendo Power, "November 2003" (US; 2003-1x-xx), page 150
↑ N-Zone, "12/03" (DE; 2003-11-05), page 54
↑ The Official Nintendo Magazine, "March 2006" (UK; 2006-02-16), page 124

Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg

Books: Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg Official Strategy Guide (2003)
Music: Music Popped Out of the Egg (2003)

Games in the Billy Hatcher Series
	Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg (2003)
	Billy Hatcher Hyper Shoot (2003)
	Billy Hatcher Hyper Shoot (2003)
	Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg (2006)
Billy Hatcher related media
	Music Popped Out of the Egg (2003)
	Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg Official Strategy Guide (2003)

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[:File:Cube_UK_26.pdf_p66-12] Cube, "Issue Twenty Six" (UK; 2003-11-20), page 66

[13] Edge, "December 2003" (UK; 2003-10-27), page 88

[:File:EGM_US_171.pdf_p160-14] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 2003" (US; 2003-09-02), page 160

[:File:GameNOW_US_24.pdf_p50-15] GameNOW, "October 2003" (US; 2003-0x-xx), page 50

[16] Game Play 128, "Novembre/Décembre 2003" (FR; 2003-xx-xx), page 40

[:File:GamePro_US_181.pdf_p107-17] GamePro, "October 2003" (US; 2003-09-02), page 107

[:File:GMR_US_09.pdf_p73-18] GMR, "October 2003" (US; 2003-xx-xx), page 73

[:File:NGCMagazine_UK_087.pdf_p78-19] NGC Magazine, "December 2003" (UK; 2003-10-24), page 78

[:File:NOM_UK_135.pdf_p94-20] Nintendo Official Magazine, "December 2003" (UK; 2003-11-14), page 94

[:File:NintendoPower_US_173.pdf_p150-21] Nintendo Power, "November 2003" (US; 2003-1x-xx), page 150

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Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg

From Sega Retro

Contents

Story

Gameplay

Stages

Minigames

Trivia

Versions

Localised names

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

GameCube version

PC version

Technical information

ROM dump status

External links

References