Sonic the Hedgehog's Gameworld

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Publisher: Sega Developer: Aspect Co. Ltd System(s): Sega Pico Released in US: November 1995 Released in JP: August 1994 Genre: Educational

Sonic the Hedgehog's Gameworld (ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ・ゲームワールド) is an early childhood educational "storyware" cartridge for the Sega Pico system. The cart is one of two Sonic-related games for the system, the other being Tails and the Music Maker. Gameworld was released in August 1994 in Japan and November 1995 in North America.

1 Gameplay
2 Manual
3 Floors
4 Storyware Scans
5 Production Credits
- 5.1 Sega Credits
- 5.2 Aspect Credits
6 Resources
- 6.1 Box Art

Gameplay

Children interact with the game by the use of a "magic pen," the stylus used with the Pico system. After choosing to have either one or two players and an easy or hard difficulty, the game opens up with a simple story—Dr. Robotnik has hidden a Chaos Emerald on each floor of the Gameworld, an amusement park-like tower. Sonic, Tails and Amy must beat all the minigames on each level and find the Emeralds.

To start a game, the child would move the stylus over to an area marking an activity, where an icon would appear showing whether the magic pen, direction pad or red button would be used in the minigame. The scoring of each game is determined by the performance in each task.

Manual

Floors

The first floor/area has a sports focus, with games on the floor being Car Race, Sonic-Ball, Hoops and Tree Climb.

Storyware Scans

Production Credits

Sega Credits

Executive Producer: Cindy Hardgrave
Producer: Julie Hayward-Senatore
Assistant Producer: Kim Rogers
Product Development Assistant: Joyce Takatura
Director of Marketing: Lydia Gable
SEGA Technical Assistance: Willie Mancero
Lead Tester: Lloyd Kinoshita
Product Manager: Mike Fischer
Assistant Lead Testers: Karen Brown, Dennis Lee, Kathleen Silkworth
Testers: Jason Cordero, Chris Garrett, Kyle Jung, Jay Mijares, Pedro Ponce, Eugene Valenzuela
Educational Consultant: P.J. Robinson
Manual Copy & Design: Martin Productions
Special Thanks: Greg Beckstead, Hatsume Bell, Keith Higashihara, Kristin Mallory, Susan Reeves, Andrea Scarnecchia, Adam Sevilia

Aspect Credits

Executive Producer: Kazuyuki Oikawa
Producer: Hiroyuki Saigusa
Programers: Hiro 777, Toshiaki Araki
Designers: Fumikazu Sugawara, Masayo Yoshioka
Sound Composer: Koujiro Mikusa

Resources

Box Art

US cover

US cart

JP cover

Sonic games for the Sega Pico
Sonic the Hedgehog's Gameworld (1994) \| Tails and the Music Maker (1995)
Pre-release Sonic games for the Sega Pico
Sonic the Hedgehog's Gameworld (4 prototypes) \| Tails and the Music Maker (8 prototypes)
Scrapped Sonic games for the Sega Pico
Sonic Jr.