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[18] to Europe Conservation (European Organization For The Conservation of Natural Resources and Cultural Heritage)[19][20][21][22], this time to help them in the acquisition of high-performance scientific equipment[23] for their marine research boat, most precisely, a "Dual-Beam Echo Integration Sonar"[18][24].
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
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Localised Name
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English Translation
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English
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Ecco: The Tides of Time
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Ecco: The Tides of Time
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English (US)
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Ecco: The Tides of Time
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Ecco: The Tides of Time
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Japanese
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エコー・ザ・ドルフィン2
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Ecco the Dolphin II
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French
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Ecco: Les Marées du Temps
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Ecco: The Tides of Time
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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
[25]
Mega-CD version
Audio Production
- Music Composed and Produced by: Spencer Nilsen
- Co-Produced and Engineered by: David Young
- Sound Effects and Foley: Jennifer Hruska, Brian Coburn, David Young
- Percussion: Brad Kaiser
- Guitar: Erik Frykman
- Wind Synthesizer / Pocket Trumpet: Mitch Manker
- Whale Voices Courtesy of: Madacy Music Group, Quebec, Canada
Animation Production
- Animation Producer: Michael Limber
- Assistant Producer: Lisa Mulvaney
- Production Designer / Art Director: Allen Battino
- Lead Animator: Jasmes Polk
- Technical Director: Jim Mcleod
- Chracter Animator: Rod Stafford
- Lighting Director: Alan Anders
- Image Effects: Scott Vye
- Effects Programmer: Brad Hunt
- Modelers / Artists: Stacy Curry, Chad Spaulding
- Assistant Animators: Peter Magrow, Robert Russ
- Source:
- Manual credits (US)
[26]
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)
Print advert in
Score (CZ) #10: "Říjen 1994" (1994-10-01)
Print advert in
Freak (IL) #26 (1994-xx-xx)
Television advertisements
Artwork
Physical scans
Mega Drive version
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination
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78
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Based on 15 reviews
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Mega Drive, US
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 Cover
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 Cart  Manual
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Mega Drive, EU
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 Cover
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 Cart
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Mega Drive, JP
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 Cover
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 Cart
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Mega Drive, AU
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 Cover
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Mega Drive, BR
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 Cover
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 Manual
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Mega Drive, FR
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 Cover
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 Manual  Leaflet
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Mega Drive, AS†
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 Cover
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 Cart
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Mega-CD version
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination
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83
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Based on 10 reviews
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Mega-CD, US
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  Cover
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Mega-CD, EU
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  Cover
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 Spinecard
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Mega-CD, BR
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 Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination  Cover
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Game Gear version
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination
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79
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Based on 6 reviews
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Game Gear, US
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 Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination  Cover
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 Cart  Manual
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Game Gear, EU
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 Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination  Cover
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 Cart
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Game Gear, FR
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 Cover
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 Cart
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Game Gear, Asia
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 Cart  Manual
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Master System version
Master System, BR
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 Cover
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 Cart
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Technical information
ROM dump status
System |
Hash |
Size |
Build Date |
Source |
Comments |
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✔
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CRC32
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ccb21f98
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MD5
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3b28a4ddddb6ff6ea3bfb3c8b117522a
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SHA-1
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82ec466a81b95942ad849c5e2f88781bef28acc8
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2MB
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1994-06
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Cartridge (US)
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✔
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CRC32
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7b1bf89c
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MD5
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e138c4df98a14625b64aff0f0f435801
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SHA-1
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cb7d44a40992cff6c31d685866814d6cb85add59
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2MB
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1994-08
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Cartridge (EU)
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✔
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CRC32
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062d439c
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MD5
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0a18051c31d44d61cbf7a27dfc2a8d32
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SHA-1
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0ca535d0e0d430c67e413ab904ef867516ce9fad
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2MB
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1994-06
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Cartridge (JP)
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✔
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CRC32
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5af83ecb
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MD5
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f65406eb4961c0e4d7fad24ef7fb90b2
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SHA-1
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3c653329c897e369198425e99e76ff53688d245b
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2MB
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1994-04-29
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CD-R disc[34]
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Page
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✔
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CRC32
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b5d64817
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MD5
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207aac421f6e9fda4a28b41a452d6e71
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SHA-1
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6cc1ea0b6c4be29ed7a02cd5e01f9504d272323e
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2MB
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1994-04-13
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CD-R disc[35]
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Page
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?
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CRC32
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8db60749
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MD5
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267e4ca8fa4303e6ae49f6251ec949f2
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SHA-1
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3120625e8ff6b289ae6c398b8afe1ab5ff6396e3
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2MB
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1994-02
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Page
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?
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CRC32
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1d1470ea
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MD5
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c5f2888a66490430ff71ff960c9e6aee
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SHA-1
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364523cd30615ce4a94793ebbc189c0db6adc38f
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2MB
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1994-02
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Only difference between this and above ROM is the header. One may be a hack of the other.
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Page
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✔
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668,071,488
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CD (EU)
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4441-50
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?
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662,353,776
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CD (US)
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4441(Alt)
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?
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659,841,840
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CD (US)
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4441
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?
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CRC32
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7c28703a
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MD5
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fe58b4b23d58386cad7111fd522cbf75
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SHA-1
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61cef405e5bc71f1a603881c025bc245a8d14be4
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512kB
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Cartridge (BR)
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?
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CRC32
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ba9cef4f
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MD5
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e4e654aa1730565220120844dad6b444
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SHA-1
|
36095f4c92f6f66ed6bc20d9b96227d6fb0dae5b
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512kB
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Cartridge (JP)
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?
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CRC32
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e2f3b203
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MD5
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8f8cbaef1a8e1becfcc7f07b134a3d83
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SHA-1
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61913f6803977bb54fda7c3d969dc2c0f7c6da62
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512kB
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Cartridge (US/EU)
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External links
References
- ↑ Sega Magazine, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-15), page 86
- ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 12 December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 10
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Press release: 1997-06-19: BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND -- SEGA RELAUNCHES GENESIS GAMES AT VALUE PRICES
- ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 10 October 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 12
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 File:NewReleasesCatalogueApril-May1995AU.pdf, page 18
- ↑ Sega Magazine, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-15), page 96
- ↑ Sonic Times, "Volume 2 Number 9: October 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 8
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 http://www.nintendolife.com/games/megadrive/ecco_the_tides_of_time (Wayback Machine: 2017-06-26 22:03)
- ↑ https://archive.is/dVe4k
- ↑ https://archive.is/7NKNN
- ↑ https://archive.is/wZSla
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 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)
- ↑ http://www.nintendo.com.au/index.php?action=catalogue&prodcat_id=41&prod_id=19737&pageID=4 (Wayback Machine: 2012-04-03 02:11)
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 https://steamdb.info/app/34319/ (Wayback Machine: 2017-05-22 07:41)
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 http://steamdb.info/app/34319/ (Wayback Machine: 2013-05-22 20:15)
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 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
- ↑ File:Ecco2 mcd us manual.pdf, page 26
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "September 1994" (JP; 1994-08-08), page 14 (16)
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 84 (86)
- ↑ MAN!AC, "04/95" (DE; 1995-03-08), page 61
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-10-28), page 106/107 (106)
- ↑ http://hiddenpalace.org/Ecco:_The_Tides_of_Time_(Apr_29,_1994_prototype)
- ↑ http://hiddenpalace.org/Ecco:_The_Tides_of_Time_(Apr_13,_1994_prototype)