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CERO
Missing Parameter! |
Ecco: The Tides of Time, called Ecco the Dolphin 2 (エコー・ザ・ドルフィン2) in Japan, is the sequel to Ecco the Dolphin. Initially released in 1994 for the Sega Mega Drive, it was later ported to the Sega Game Gear and Sega Mega-CD. Tec Toy also brought the Game Gear version of the game to the Sega Master System in 1996.
The Mega Drive version of the game has recently been re-released as part of the Wii's Virtual Console service.
New gameplay elements incluie pseudo-3d stages and the ability to transform into animals in certain stages. The graphics have been improved as well.
The game ends on a cliffhanger that has never been resolved.
Contents
Production credits
Mega Drive version
Master System and Game Gear versions
- Producer: Jerry Markota
- Ecco's Creator: Ed Annunziata
- Developer: Novotrade
- Director: László Mérõ
- Software Director: Attila Bús
- Art Director: Eszter Páris
- Main Programmer: László Megyeri
- Artist: Bori Páris
- Music: Gábor Foltán, Csaba Gigor, László Fazekas
- Programmer: Balázs Pápai
- Hardware Support: Lajos Szabó
- Special Thanks: Andrea Eszterhai, L. Szenttornyai, József Molnár, Mihály Brudnyák, Tamás Csendes, Ádám Jedovszky
- Lead Tester: Blair Bullock
- Assistant Lead: Chris Colon
- Testers: Michael Baldwin, Rachel Bristol, Don Carmichael, Mike Chao, Daniel Cohen, Arnold Feener, Craig Gansheimer, Jeff Kessler, Randy Kreidt, Matt McKnight, Jeff Ng, Randy Norfleet, Ilya Reeves, Kim Rogers, Sam Saliba, Gregg Vogt, Christine Watson, Michael Wu
Digital manuals
Magazine articles
- Main article: Ecco: The Tides of Time/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
Print advert in Sega Visions (US) #21: "October/November 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
also published in:
also published in:
- GamePro (US) #64: "November 1994" (1994-xx-xx)[5]
- Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #65: "December 1994" (1994-xx-xx)[6]
- Sega Visions (US) #22: "December/January 1994/1995" (1994-xx-xx)[7]
Artwork
Physical scans
Mega Drive version
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Based on 35 reviews |
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Mega Drive, AU (Sega Platinum Collection) |
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Mega-CD version
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83 | |
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Based on 18 reviews |
Game Gear version
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74 | |
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Based on 14 reviews |
Master System version
Technical information
ROM dump status
System | Hash | Size | Build Date | Source | Comments | |||||||||
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2MB | 1994-06 | Cartridge (US) | ||||||||||
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2MB | 1994-08 | Cartridge (EU) | ||||||||||
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2MB | 1994-06 | Cartridge (JP) | ||||||||||
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2MB | 1994-04-29 | CD-R disc[74] | Page | |||||||||
✔ |
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2MB | 1994-04-13 | CD-R disc[75] | Page | |||||||||
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2MB | 1994-02 | Page | ||||||||||
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2MB | 1994-02 | Only difference between this and above ROM is the header. One may be a hack of the other. | Page |
External links
References
- ↑ File:SegaMagazine UK 11.pdf, page 86
- ↑ File:GamePlayers US 0712.pdf, page 10
- ↑ File:GamePlayers US 0710.pdf, page 12
- ↑ File:SegaMagazine UK 11.pdf, page 96
- ↑ GamePro, "November 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 52
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 372
- ↑ Sega Visions, "December/January 1994/1995" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 126
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 File:MAN!AC DE 1995-04.pdf, page 61 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "September 1994" (JP; 1994-08-08), page 16
- ↑ CD Consoles, "Novembre 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 119
- ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 76
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 42
- ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 310
- ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 4, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 105
- ↑ Famitsu, "1994-09-02" (JP; 1994-08-19), page 39
- ↑ Freak, "12/94" (IL; 1994-xx-xx), page 1
- ↑ GameFan, "Volume 2, Issue 11: November 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 32
- ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 1 January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 67
- ↑ GamePro, "December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 104
- ↑ Gamer, "Fevrouários 1995" (GR; 1995-xx-xx), page 1
- ↑ Games World: The Magazine, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-10-28), page 13
- ↑ Game Informer, "December 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 28
- ↑ Game Informer, "July 1998" (US; 1998-0x-xx), page 70
- ↑ Igry Sega Luchshiye iz luchshikh. Vypusk 2, "" (RU; 2001-08-27), page 140
- ↑ Joypad, "Novembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 92
- ↑ LeveL, "Leden 1995" (CZ; 1995-01-24), page 40
- ↑ MAN!AC, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-09), page 69
- ↑ Mega, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-27), page 44
- ↑ Mega Fun, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-23), page 116
- ↑ Next Generation, "February 1995" (US; 1995-01-24), page 102
- ↑ Player One, "Novembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 102
- ↑ Play Time, "1/95" (DE; 1994-12-07), page 100
- ↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, November 26, 1994" (UK; 1994-11-26), page 1
- ↑ Score, "Listopad 1994" (CZ; 1994-11-01), page 58
- ↑ Sega Magazin, "Dezember 1994" (DE; 1994-11-17), page 78
- ↑ Sega News, "Listopad 1996" (CZ; 1996-1x-xx), page 24
- ↑ Sega Power, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-10-20), page 58
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 86
- ↑ Todo Sega, "Enero 1995" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 30
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 13
- ↑ VideoGames, "February 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 78
- ↑ Consoles +, "Mars 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 92
- ↑ Digitiser (UK) (1995-06-06)
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "February 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 34
- ↑ Freak, "12/94" (IL; 1994-xx-xx), page 1
- ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 2 February 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 72
- ↑ GamePro, "February 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 46
- ↑ Joypad, "Mars 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 56
- ↑ Mega, "May 1995" (UK; 1995-04-30), page 8
- ↑ Mega Fun, "03/95" (DE; 1995-02-22), page 73
- ↑ Next Generation, "March 1995" (US; 1995-02-21), page 97
- ↑ 54.0 54.1 Player One, "Mars 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 105
- ↑ Play Time, "4/95" (DE; 1995-03-08), page 105
- ↑ Sega Magazine, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-03-15), page 92
- ↑ Sega Power, "June 1995" (UK; 1995-04-20), page 57
- ↑ Sega Pro, "Easter 1995" (UK; 1995-03-23), page 56
- ↑ Video Games, "4/95" (DE; 1995-03-22), page 90
- ↑ VideoGames, "February 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 80
- ↑ Alaab Alcomputtar, "" (SA; 1995-08-xx), page 24
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 46
- ↑ Famitsu, "1995-02-10" (JP; 1995-01-27), page 38
- ↑ Freak, "12/94" (IL; 1994-xx-xx), page 1
- ↑ GamePro, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 162
- ↑ Gamers, "Januar 1995" (DE; 1995-01-08), page 38
- ↑ Games World: The Magazine, "February 1995" (UK; 1994-12-xx), page 23
- ↑ Mega Fun, "01/95" (DE; 1994-12-21), page 32
- ↑ Play Time, "2/95" (DE; 1995-01-04), page 106
- ↑ Sega News, "Leden 1997" (CZ; 1997-xx-xx), page 36
- ↑ Sega Power, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-09-29), page 60
- ↑ Sega Pro, "February 1995" (UK; 1994-12-29), page 66
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "March 1995" (JP; 1995-02-08), page 132
Ecco the Dolphin series | |
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Ecco the Dolphin (3D) (1992) | Ecco: The Tides of Time (1994) | Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future (2000) | |
Spin-offs and others | |
Ecco the Dolphin (LCD) (1994) | Ecco Jr. and the Great Ocean Treasure Hunt! (1994) | Ecco Jr. (1995) | Ecco the Dolphin CD (1995) | |
Unreleased | |
Ecco the Dolphin (32X) | Ecco the Dolphin (Saturn) | Ecco II: Sentinels of the Universe | |
Ecco the Dolphin related media | |
Ecco: Songs of Time (1996) | |
Ecco: The Tides of Time Official Strategy Guide (1994) | Official Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future Perfect Guide (2000) |
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