Ecco: The Tides of Time

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Ecco: The Tides of Time

System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Game Gear, Sega Mega-CD, Sega Master System, Virtual Console, Steam

Publisher: Sega

Developer: Novotrade

Genre: Action

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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.

Artwork

Production Credits

Mega Drive Version

Ryoichi Hasegawa

Game Gear and Master System 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

Physical Scans

Mega Drive Version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

50

^[1]

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

65

^[2]

CD Consoles (FR)

48

^[3]

Cool Gamer (RU)

70

^[4]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

73

^[5]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)

70

^[6]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 4 (RU)

50

^[7]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

70

^[8]

Freak (IL)

89

^[9]

GameFan (US)

NTSC-U

88

^[10]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

60

^[11]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

85

^[12]

Gamer (GR)

95

^[13]

Games World: The Magazine (UK)

PAL

86

^[14]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

83

^[15]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

78

^[16]

Igry Sega Luchshiye iz luchshikh. Vypusk 2 (RU)

56

^[17]

Joypad (FR)

PAL

86

^[18]

LeveL (CZ)

75

^[19]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

74

^[20]

Mega (UK)

PAL

92

^[21]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

84

^[22]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

91

^[23]

Next Generation (US)

50

^[24]

Player One (FR)

92

^[25]

Play Time (DE)

PAL

83

^[26]

Power Up! (UK)

90

^[27]

Score (CZ)

85

^[28]

Sega Magazin (DE)

83

^[29]

Sega News (CZ)

87

^[30]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

82

^[31]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

72

^[32]

Todo Sega (ES)

89

^[33]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

80

^[34]

VideoGames (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[35]

	77
Based on 35 reviews

Ecco: The Tides of Time

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, US (Mega Hit Series)
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
50x50px Cart

Mega Drive, JP
Cover

Mega Drive, AU
Cover

Mega Drive, AU (Sega Platinum Collection)
Cover

Mega Drive, BR
Cover

Mega Drive, RU
Cover

Mega Drive, FR
Cover

Mega CD Version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Consoles + (FR)

92

^[36]

Digitiser (UK)

85

^[37]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

76

^[38]

Freak (IL)

89

^[39]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

78

^[40]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

88

^[41]

Joypad (FR)

87

^[42]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

77

^[43]

Mega (UK)

PAL

92

^[44]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

85

^[45]

Next Generation (US)

NTSC-U

50

^[46]

Player One (FR)

95

^[47]

Play Time (DE)

85

^[48]

Sega Magazine (UK)

PAL

92

^[49]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

80

^[50]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

81

^[51]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

76

^[52]

VideoGames (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[53]

	83
Based on 18 reviews

Ecco: The Tides of Time

Mega-CD, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Mega-CD, EU
Cover

Mega-CD, BR

Game Gear Version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Alaab Alcomputtar (SA)

74

^[54]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

65

^[55]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

55

^[56]

Freak (IL)

89

^[57]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

85

^[58]

Gamers (DE)

PAL

67

^[59]

Games World: The Magazine (UK)

PAL

82

^[60]

Mega Fun (DE)

66

^[61]

Player One (FR)

85

^[47]

Play Time (DE)

PAL

64

^[62]

Sega News (CZ)

100

^[63]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

78

^[64]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

74

^[65]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

55

^[66]

	74
Based on 14 reviews

Ecco: The Tides of Time

Game Gear, US
Cover
Cart

Game Gear, EU
Cover
Cart

Game Gear, JP
Cover
Cart

Master System Version

Master System, BR
Cover

External Links

Ecco the Dolphin series
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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↑ 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
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↑ 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
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-10-28), page 106
↑ 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
↑ MAN!AC, "04/95" (DE; 1995-03-08), page 61
↑ 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
↑ ^47.0 ^47.1 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

[1] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 69

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1994-09.pdf_p16-2] Beep! MegaDrive, "September 1994" (JP; 1994-08-08), page 16

[:File:CDConsoles_FR_01.pdf_p119-3] CD Consoles, "Novembre 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 119

[4] Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 76

[:File:EGM_US_065.pdf_p42-5] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 42

[6] Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 310

[7] Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 4, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 105

[8] Famitsu, "1994-09-02" (JP; 1994-08-19), page 39

[9] Freak, "12/94" (IL; 1994-xx-xx), page 1

[:File:GameFan_US_0211.pdf_p32-10] GameFan, "Volume 2, Issue 11: November 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 32

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0801.pdf_p67-11] Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 1 January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 67

[:File:GamePro_US_065.pdf_p104-12] GamePro, "December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 104

[13] Gamer, "Fevrouários 1995" (GR; 1995-xx-xx), page 1

[:File:Games_World_The_Magazine_UK_06.pdf_p13-14] Games World: The Magazine, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-10-28), page 13

[:File:GameInformer_US_020.pdf_p28-15] Game Informer, "December 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 28

[:File:GameInformer_US_063.pdf_p70-16] Game Informer, "July 1998" (US; 1998-0x-xx), page 70

[17] Igry Sega Luchshiye iz luchshikh. Vypusk 2, "" (RU; 2001-08-27), page 140

[:File:Joypad_FR_036.pdf_p92-18] Joypad, "Novembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 92

[:File:Level_CZ_01.pdf_p40-19] LeveL, "Leden 1995" (CZ; 1995-01-24), page 40

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1994-12.pdf_p69-20] MAN!AC, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-09), page 69

[:File:Mega_UK_26.pdf_p44-21] Mega, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-27), page 44

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1994-12.pdf_p116-22] Mega Fun, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-23), page 116

[:File:MeanMachinesSega26UK.pdf_p106-23] Mean Machines Sega, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-10-28), page 106

[:File:NextGeneration_US_02.pdf_p102-24] Next Generation, "February 1995" (US; 1995-01-24), page 102

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_047.pdf_p102-25] Player One, "Novembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 102

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1995-01.pdf_p100-26] Play Time, "1/95" (DE; 1994-12-07), page 100

[27] Power Up!, "Saturday, November 26, 1994" (UK; 1994-11-26), page 1

[:File:Score_CZ_11.pdf_p58-28] Score, "Listopad 1994" (CZ; 1994-11-01), page 58

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_13.pdf_p78-29] Sega Magazin, "Dezember 1994" (DE; 1994-11-17), page 78

[:File:Sega_News_2_CZ.pdf_p24-30] Sega News, "Listopad 1996" (CZ; 1996-1x-xx), page 24

[:File:SegaPower_UK_61.pdf_p58-31] Sega Power, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-10-20), page 58

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p86-32] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 86

[:File:TodoSega_ES_22.pdf_p30-33] Todo Sega, "Enero 1995" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 30

[34] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 13

[:File:VideoGames_US_73.pdf_p78-35] VideoGames, "February 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 78

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_041.pdf_p92-36] Consoles +, "Mars 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 92

[digitiser1995-06-06-37] Digitiser (UK) (1995-06-06)

[:File:EGM_US_067.pdf_p34-38] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "February 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 34

[39] Freak, "12/94" (IL; 1994-xx-xx), page 1

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0802.pdf_p72-40] Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 2 February 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 72

[:File:GamePro_US_067.pdf_p46-41] GamePro, "February 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 46

[:File:Joypad_FR_040.pdf_p56-42] Joypad, "Mars 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 56

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1995-04.pdf_p61-43] MAN!AC, "04/95" (DE; 1995-03-08), page 61

[:File:Mega_UK_32.pdf_p8-44] Mega, "May 1995" (UK; 1995-04-30), page 8

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1995-03.pdf_p73-45] Mega Fun, "03/95" (DE; 1995-02-22), page 73

[:File:NextGeneration_US_03.pdf_p97-46] Next Generation, "March 1995" (US; 1995-02-21), page 97

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_051.pdf_p105-47] 47.0 ^47.1 Player One, "Mars 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 105

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1995-04.pdf_p105-48] Play Time, "4/95" (DE; 1995-03-08), page 105

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_16.pdf_p92-49] Sega Magazine, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-03-15), page 92

[:File:SegaPower_UK_67.pdf_p57-50] Sega Power, "June 1995" (UK; 1995-04-20), page 57

[:File:SegaPro_UK_44.pdf_p56-51] Sega Pro, "Easter 1995" (UK; 1995-03-23), page 56

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1995-04.pdf_p90-52] Video Games, "4/95" (DE; 1995-03-22), page 90

[:File:VideoGames_US_73.pdf_p80-53] VideoGames, "February 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 80

[:File:AlaabAlcomputtar_SA_2.pdf_p24-54] Alaab Alcomputtar, "" (SA; 1995-08-xx), page 24

[:File:EGM_US_066.pdf_p46-55] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 46

[56] Famitsu, "1995-02-10" (JP; 1995-01-27), page 38

[57] Freak, "12/94" (IL; 1994-xx-xx), page 1

[:File:GamePro_US_066.pdf_p162-58] GamePro, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 162

[:File:Gamers_DE_1995-01.pdf_p38-59] Gamers, "Januar 1995" (DE; 1995-01-08), page 38

[:File:Games_World_The_Magazine_UK_08.pdf_p23-60] Games World: The Magazine, "February 1995" (UK; 1994-12-xx), page 23

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1995-01.pdf_p32-61] Mega Fun, "01/95" (DE; 1994-12-21), page 32

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1995-02.pdf_p106-62] Play Time, "2/95" (DE; 1995-01-04), page 106

[:File:Sega_News_4_CZ.pdf_p36-63] Sega News, "Leden 1997" (CZ; 1997-xx-xx), page 36

[:File:SegaPower_UK_60.pdf_p60-64] Sega Power, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-09-29), page 60

[:File:SegaPro_UK_41.pdf_p66-65] Sega Pro, "February 1995" (UK; 1994-12-29), page 66

[:File:SSM_JP_19950301_1995-03.pdf_p132-66] Sega Saturn Magazine, "March 1995" (JP; 1995-02-08), page 132

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Ecco: The Tides of Time

From Sega Retro

Contents

Artwork

Production Credits

Mega Drive Version

Game Gear and Master System Versions

Physical Scans

Mega Drive Version

Mega CD Version

Game Gear Version

Master System Version

External Links