Sonic Classics

Not to be confused with Hez's fangame Sonic Classic

Fast Facts on Sonic Classics
Publisher: Sega Developer: Sega Publisher(s) of Original Games: Sega Developer(s) of Original Games: Sonic Team, Sega Technical Institute, Compile System(s): Sega Mega Drive/Genesis Game Total: 3 Original Console(s): Sega Mega Drive Released in US: 1997 Released in EU: 1995 Released in JP: Unreleased ESRB GRB

Sonic Classics is a compilation of three games stored on a single cartridge: Sonic 1, Sonic 2 and Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine. Known as Sonic Compilation in Europe, Sonic Classics was not released in Japan. It was included as a pack-in for the Mega Drive in Europe.

The three games appear in exactly the same form as in their original release. The only new content is a game selection menu, controlled by using the left and right directions on the D-pad and new sprite renderings of the box art for each of the three games. Once a game is selected, players are not able to go back to the menu unless the console is reset or turned off and on again.

This game is one of two that, when "locked on" with Sonic & Knuckles, will enable players to play the entire Blue Sphere game, instead of just one level. The other game that enables this is the standalone version of Sonic the Hedgehog.

The background music and chime heard when a game is selected on the game selection menu are from the Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine game.

Sonic the Hedgehog

Same as the standard JUE release, except for a bug in Scrap Brain Zone involving the cycling palette. The bug is caused by the fact that the pointers for palette data are only two bytes long. In Sonic 1 alone, this isn't a problem because palette data lies within the first 0xFFFF of the ROM. However in Sonic Classics, the data comes after 0x10000, so part of the address is truncated in the pointer, causing incorrect data to be loaded.

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

It is conjectured that this is the "02" revision of Sonic 2.

Cheat Codes

The original cheat codes contained on the cartridge still work here. But the game enhancer codes do not. See: Cheat Codes:Sonic Classics

Game Secrets

See: Game Secrets:Sonic Classics.

Manuals

• Sonic Classics US Manual
• Sonic Compilation EU Manual

Resources

Original Sound Version Recordings

See Sonic Compilation OSV for a download page.

Physical Scans

Mega Drive, US
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Mega Drive, EU
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Mega Drive, AU
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Mega Drive, BR
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Sonic games for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis and add-ons
Sonic the Hedgehog (1991) | Sonic Eraser (1991) | Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (1992) | Sonic the Hedgehog CD (1993) | Sonic Spinball (1993) | Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine (1993) | Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (1994) | Sonic & Knuckles (1994) | Knuckles' Chaotix (1995) | Sonic Classics (1995) | Mega 6 Volume 3 (1995) | 6-Pak (1996) | Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island (1996)
Pre-release Sonic games for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis and add-ons
Sonic 2 (16-bit) Prereleases | Sonic the Hedgehog CD Prereleases | Sonic Spinball (16-bit prototype) | Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine (prototype) | Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Prereleases | Sonic & Knuckles Prereleases | Knuckles in Sonic 2 Prereleases | Knuckles' Chaotix Prereleases | Sonic 3D (16-bit) Prereleases
Scrapped Sonic games for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis and add-ons
Sonic the Hedgehog (MCD) | Sonic the Hedgehog 2 CD | Sister Sonic | Sonic-16 | Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Limited Edition | Sonic Sports | Untitled STI Sonic Game | Sonic Mars