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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
Number of players: 1
Official in-game languages:
English
Deutsch
Français
Español
日本語
Release
Date
RRP
Code
JP
1994-08-25
¥6,8006,800
G-4123
US
1994-11[2]
1553
US (Mega Hit )
1997-09
$19.9919.99
EU
1994-11[1]
1553-50
FR
1994
1553-09
AU
1994
AU (Platinum )
199x
FECC01SMC
BR
199x
046470
US
1994-11[3]
4441
EU
1994
4441-50
AU
1995-04[4]
$69.9569.95[4]
FECC01SMR
BR
199x
063460
JP
1995-02-03
¥3,8003,800
G-3362
US
1995
2541
EU
1994-11[5]
2541-50
PT
1995
GGJ2541
AS
1994
2541
BR
1996
028630
JP ▼
2007-06-26[8]
600pts600[9]
US ▼
2007-07-02[7]
800pts800[7]
EU ▼
2007-07-06[6]
800pts800[6]
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.
Gameplay
New gameplay elements include 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.
History
Release
In France, as in the launch of Ecco the Dolphin , a part of the profit of the sales of Ecco: the Tides of Time was donated[12] to Europe Conservation (European Organization For The Conservation of Natural Resources and Cultural Heritage)[13] [14] [15] [16] , this time to help them in the acquisition of high-performance scientific equipment[17] for their marine research boat, most precisely, a "Dual-Beam Echo Integration Sonar"[12] [18] .
Legacy
The Mega Drive version of the game has recently been re-released as part of the Wii 's Virtual Console service.
Versions
Localised names
Also known as
Language
Localised Name
English Translation
English
Ecco: The Tides of Time
Ecco: The Tides of Time
English (US)
Ecco: The Tides of Time
Ecco: The Tides of Time
Japanese
エコー・ザ・ドルフィン2
Ecco the Dolphin II
French
Ecco: Les Marées du Temps
Ecco: The Tides of Time
Production credits
Mega Drive version
Producer: E. Ettore Annunziata
Design: E. Ettore Annunziata , Laszlo Szenttornyai
Director: Laszlo Szenttornyai
Programming: József Molnár, Mihaly Brudnyak, Imre Iqnacz, András Bakai
Fantastic Art: Zsolt Balogh
Music: Attila Dobos, András Magyari , Andy Armer (DMP), David Javelosa
Game Lead: Darin Johnston
Assistant Game Lead: Atom Ellis
Testers: Siegie Stangenberg , Greg Becksted , Joe Cain , Dermot Lyons , Steve Bourdet , Mike Williams , Greg Fleming, Lance Nelson , Alex Villagran , Richie Hideshima , David Forster , Kim Rogers , Rachael Bristol, Crisi Albertson , Rick Greer , Matt Underwood , Mark Subotnick , David Wood , Christine Watson , Matt McKnight, Rey Alferez , Manuel Souza, Gregg Watkins, Mark Griffin , Michael Baldwin , Marc Dawson , Blair Bullock , Derek Carmichael, Bruno Sarret, Stan Weaver , Chris Sinclair , Dave Martin
Product Manager: Pamela Kelly
Marketing Assistant: Lisa Best Wilson
Manual: Carol Ann Hanshaw , E. Ettore Annunziata
Special Thanks: Clint Dyer , Atom Ellis , Darin Johnston , Nemer Velasquez
Source : US manual [19]
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:
Print advert in
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1994-09: "September 1994" (1994-08-08)
Television advertisements
Artwork
Physical scans
Mega Drive version
Sega Retro Average
Publication
Score
Source
Beep! MegaDrive (JP)
65
№1994-09, p14[23]
Beep! MegaDrive (readers) (JP)
72
№, p84[24]
CD Consoles (FR)
48
№1, p116/117/118/119
Consoles + (FR)
90
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)
73
GameFan (US)
88
Famitsu (JP)
70
№298, p39
Games World: The Magazine (UK)
86
№6, p13
Joypad (FR)
81
MAN!AC (DE)
77
№1995-04, p61[25]
Mean Machines Sega (UK)
91
№26, p106/107[26]
Mega (UK)
92
№26, p44/45
Next Generation (US)
60
№2, p100
Player One (FR)
92
№47, p102/103/104/105
Sega Power (UK)
82
№61, p58/59/60
Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart
Manual
Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart
Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart
Mega Drive, AU
Cover
Mega Drive, BR
Cover
Manual
Mega Drive, FR
Cover
Manual
Leaflet
Mega-CD version
Mega-CD, US
Cover
Mega-CD, EU
Cover
Spinecard
Game Gear version
Game Gear, US
Cart
Manual
Game Gear, EU
Cart
Game Gear, FR
Cover
Cart
Game Gear, Asia
Cart
Manual
Master System version
Master System, BR
Cover
Cart
Technical information
ROM dump status
System
Hash
Size
Build Date
Source
Comments
✔
CRC32
ccb21f98
MD5
3b28a4ddddb6ff6ea3bfb3c8b117522a
SHA-1
82ec466a81b95942ad849c5e2f88781bef28acc8
2MB
1994-06
Cartridge (US)
✔
CRC32
7b1bf89c
MD5
e138c4df98a14625b64aff0f0f435801
SHA-1
cb7d44a40992cff6c31d685866814d6cb85add59
2MB
1994-08
Cartridge (EU)
✔
CRC32
062d439c
MD5
0a18051c31d44d61cbf7a27dfc2a8d32
SHA-1
0ca535d0e0d430c67e413ab904ef867516ce9fad
2MB
1994-06
Cartridge (JP)
✔
CRC32
5af83ecb
MD5
f65406eb4961c0e4d7fad24ef7fb90b2
SHA-1
3c653329c897e369198425e99e76ff53688d245b
2MB
1994-04-29
CD-R disc[91]
Page
✔
CRC32
b5d64817
MD5
207aac421f6e9fda4a28b41a452d6e71
SHA-1
6cc1ea0b6c4be29ed7a02cd5e01f9504d272323e
2MB
1994-04-13
CD-R disc[92]
Page
?
CRC32
8db60749
MD5
267e4ca8fa4303e6ae49f6251ec949f2
SHA-1
3120625e8ff6b289ae6c398b8afe1ab5ff6396e3
2MB
1994-02
Page
?
CRC32
1d1470ea
MD5
c5f2888a66490430ff71ff960c9e6aee
SHA-1
364523cd30615ce4a94793ebbc189c0db6adc38f
2MB
1994-02
Only difference between this and above ROM is the header. One may be a hack of the other.
Page
✔
668,071,488
CD (EU)
4441-50
?
662,353,776
CD (US)
4441(Alt)
?
659,841,840
CD (US)
4441
?
CRC32
7c28703a
MD5
fe58b4b23d58386cad7111fd522cbf75
SHA-1
61cef405e5bc71f1a603881c025bc245a8d14be4
512kB
Cartridge (BR)
?
CRC32
ba9cef4f
MD5
e4e654aa1730565220120844dad6b444
SHA-1
36095f4c92f6f66ed6bc20d9b96227d6fb0dae5b
512kB
Cartridge (JP)
?
CRC32
e2f3b203
MD5
8f8cbaef1a8e1becfcc7f07b134a3d83
SHA-1
61913f6803977bb54fda7c3d969dc2c0f7c6da62
512kB
Cartridge (US/EU)
External links
References
↑ File:SegaMagazine UK 11.pdf, page 86
↑ File:GamePlayers US 0712.pdf, page 10
↑ File:GamePlayers US 0710.pdf, page 12
↑ 4.0 4.1 File:NewReleasesCatalogueApril-May1995AU.pdf, page 18
↑ File:SegaMagazine UK 11.pdf, page 96
↑ 6.0 6.1 http://www.nintendolife.com/games/megadrive/ecco_the_tides_of_time (Wayback Machine: 2017-06-26 22:03)
↑ 7.0 7.1 http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/jKXT-8bXUW70B4QN-y99aYObSalmDU62 (Wayback Machine: 2010-11-23 00:43)
↑ https://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/vc/software/04.html (Wayback Machine: 2018-03-05 23:40)
↑ http://vc.sega.jp:80/vc_ecco2/ (Wayback Machine: 2007-07-08 19:37)
↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 https://steamdb.info/app/34319/ (Wayback Machine: 2017-05-22 07:41)
↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 http://steamdb.info/app/34319/ (Wayback Machine: 2013-05-22 20:15)
↑ 12.0 12.1 File:Ecco The Tides of Time MD FR Leaflet.pdf, page 4
↑ http://europeconservation.org/ (Wayback Machine: 2002-03-28 01:26)
↑ http://www.europeconservation.org:80/ (Wayback Machine: 1998-07-05 23:47)
↑ http://www.europeconservation.org:80/europe_home.htm (Wayback Machine: 2007-08-13 23:42)
↑ File:Ecco The Tides of Time MD FR Leaflet.pdf, page 6
↑ File:EccoII MD FR Box.jpg
↑ File:Ecco The Tides of Time MD FR Leaflet.pdf, page 5
↑ File:Ecco The Tides Of Time MD US Manual.pdf, page 16
↑ GamePro , "November 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 52
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly , "December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 372
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↑ File:BeepMD_JP_1994-09.pdf, page 16
↑ File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf, page 86
↑ 25.0 25.1 File:MAN!AC DE 1995-04.pdf, page 61 Cite error: Invalid <ref>
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↑ 26.0 26.1 File:MeanMachinesSega26UK.pdf, page 106 Cite error: Invalid <ref>
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↑ GamePro , "December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 104
↑ Gamer , "Fevrouários 1995" (GR; 1995-xx-xx), page 1
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↑ Game Informer , "July 1998" (US; 1998-0x-xx), page 70
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↑ Consoles + , "Mars 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 92
↑ Digitiser (UK) (1995-06-06 )
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↑ Freak , "12/94" (IL; 1994-xx-xx), page 1
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↑ 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
↑ 71.0 71.1 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
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↑ Hidden Palace: Ecco: The Tides of Time (Apr 29, 1994 prototype)
↑ Hidden Palace: Ecco: The Tides of Time (Apr 13, 1994 prototype)