Sonic the Hedgehog (Mega Drive)/Production credits

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• Game Plan: Carol Yas
• Program: YU2
• Character Design: BigIsland
• Design: Jinya, Phenix Rie
• Sound Produce: Masato Nakamura
• Sound Program: Jimita, Macky
• Special Thanks: Fujio Minegishi, Papa
• Presented by: Sega

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In-game credits

File:Sonic the Hedgehog MD credits.pdf

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• Sega Jingle Sampling: Keisuke Tsukahara
• Cover artist (US): Greg Wray

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Uncredited

Breakdown

Hirokazu Yasuhara (Carol Yas)

• Supervised schedules for the developers, including programmer and artists.
• Designed all zones.
• Designed patterns for enemies and placed these enemies.
• Designed game mechanics.
• Designed gameplay, including special stages.
• Created the game's story and worldbuilding.
• Coordinated music development with composer Masato Nakamura.

Naoto Ohshima (BigIsland)

• Created concept art for all zones.

Jina Ishiwatari (Jiyna)

• Created background art for Green Hill Zone.

Rieko Kodama (Phenix Rie)

• Created background art for Labyrinth Zone.
• Created background art for Star Light Zone.

Hiroshi Kubota (Jimita)

• Created music data from Masato Nakamura's demo tapes.
• Fine-tuned the timbre of the music.

Yukifumi Makino (Macky)

• Created sound effects, including the sound when breathing in air bubbles.
• Suggested adding the Sega jingle chant before the title screen.

=Keisuke Tsukahara

Provided the sample of the Sega jingle used before the title screen

Music credits

ID	Description	Credits	Used	Comments
81	Green Hill Zone		Yes
82	Labyrinth Zone		Yes
83	Marble Zone		Yes
84	Star Light Zone		Yes
85	Spring Yard Zone		Yes
86	Scrap Brain Zone		Yes
87	Invincibility		Yes
88	1-UP		Yes
89	Special Stage		Yes
8A	Title screen		Yes
8B	Ending		Yes
8C	Boss		Yes
8D	Final Zone		Yes
8E	Act clear		Yes
8F	Game over		Yes
90	Continue		Yes
91	Credits		Yes
92	Drowning countdown		Yes
93	Chaos Emerald		Yes