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'''''Sonic Gems Collection''''' is a compilation of more obscure Sonic games. The compilation is a [[Nintendo GameCube]] exclusive in the United States, but has also been released on [[Sony PlayStation 2]] in Europe and Japan.
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| gc_date_fr=2005-09-30{{ref|https://archive.is/9pQYi|https://www.nintendo.fr/Jeux/Nintendo-GameCube/Sonic-Gems-Collection-268731.html}}
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| gc_code2_fr=DOL-G2XP-FRA
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| gc_rating_fr=3
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| gc_date_de=2005-09-30{{ref|https://archive.is/3TOQt|https://www.nintendo.de/Spiele/Nintendo-GameCube/Sonic-Gems-Collection-268731.html}}
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| gc_date_jp=2005-08-11{{ref|http://web.archive.org/web/20051120023955/http://sega.jp/gc/sonicgem/}}
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'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' (ソニック ジェムズ コレクション) is a compilation of more obscure ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' video games. The compilation is a [[Nintendo GameCube]] exclusive in North America, but has also been released on [[PlayStation 2]] in Europe and Japan. An [[Xbox]] version of the game was planned, but was later cancelled{{intref|Sonic Gems Collection/Hidden content#Xbox-related strings}}.
  
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The PlayStation 2 version contains both Japanese and American regional data, including different released manuals scans and alternate and differing versions of games (for example, ''Sonic CD'' has both the Japanese and American soundtracks). The game will load the data depending on the language the console is set on. The GameCube version only has the language for the region of release in the game data.
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''[[SegaSonic the Hedgehog]]'' was initially planned as a title to be included in this compilation but was left out due to problems with emulating the game's original trackball control scheme{{intref|Interview: Yuji Naka (2005-09-30) by GameSpy}}. There is also an entire art section of the museum dedicated to ''[[Chaotix]]'', which may indicate that ''Chaotix'' may have been planned for inclusion, but was left out instead. ''[[Sonic Eraser]]'' and various games from the ''Wonder Boy'' series were also considered for inclusion in the compilation{{intref|Sonic Gems Collection/Hidden content#Removed games}}.
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''[[SegaSonic the Hedgehog]]'' was initially planned as a title to be included in this compilation but was [http://xbox.gamespy.com/articles/654/654750p2.html left out due to problems] with emulating the game's original trackball control scheme. There is also an entire art section of the museum dedicated to ''[[Knuckles Chaotix]]'', which may indicate that ''Chaotix'' may have been planned for inclusion, but was left out instead.
 
  
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==Games Included==
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==Games included==
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*''[[Sonic the Hedgehog CD]]'' ([[Sega CD]], port of PC version)
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[[File:SonicGemsCollection GC US GamesMenu.png|thumb|right|200px|The Games menu, showing the three main games of the collection.]]
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*''[[Sonic the Fighters]]'' ([[Video arcade|Arcade]], ported by [[AM2|Sega AM2]])
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''{{PAGENAME}}'' includes the following three games ported from a variety of systems:
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*''[[Sonic the Fighters]]'' ([[Sega Model 2|Sega Model 2B CRX]] (Arcade), ported by [[AM2|Sega AM2]])
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*''[[Sonic the Hedgehog CD]]'' ([[Sega Mega-CD]], port of PC version)
 
*''[[Sonic R]]'' ([[Sega Saturn]], port of PC version)
 
*''[[Sonic R]]'' ([[Sega Saturn]], port of PC version)
  
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The collection also includes the six [[Sega Game Gear|Game Gear]] games that were not included in ''[[Sonic Mega Collection Plus]]'':
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The collection also includes the six [[Sega Game Gear]] games that were not included in ''[[Sonic Mega Collection Plus]]'':
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*''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Game Gear)|Sonic the Hedgehog 2]]''
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*''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (8-bit)|Sonic the Hedgehog 2]]''
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*''[[Sonic Spinball]]''
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*''[[Sonic Spinball (8-bit)|Sonic Spinball]]''
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*''[[Sonic Triple Trouble]]''
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*''[[Sonic the Hedgehog Triple Trouble]]''
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*''[[Sonic Drift 2]]'': ''Sonic Drift 2'' keeps its multiplayer mode.
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*''[[Sonic Drift 2]]'' — This game keeps its multiplayer mode, and is accessible by pressing {{Start}} on the second controller at any time.
 
*''[[Tails' Skypatrol]]''
 
*''[[Tails' Skypatrol]]''
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*''[[Tails Adventure]]''
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*''[[Tails Adventures]]''
  
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==Unlockable Games==
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These Game Gear games (as well as the unlockable [[Sega Mega Drive]] games and demos below) have a pause menu that is accessed by pressing {{Z}}/{{R1}} at any time during gameplay, allowing the user to reset the game, exit the game or save and load savestates. Quick saving writes a temporary savestate that is lost when the user exits the game, while permanent savestates can be saved to and loaded from the memory card. Up to 8 different savestates can be saved to a single memory card, as long as it has enough free space to hold all the savestates.
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Only the Vectorman games are available outside of Japan in order to keep the [[ESRB]]'s "Everyone" rating.
 
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*''[[Vectorman]]''
 
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*''[[Vectorman 2]]''
 
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*''[[Bonanza Brothers]]'' (JP version only)
 
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*''[[Streets of Rage]]'' (JP version only)
 
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*''[[Streets of Rage 2]]'' (JP version only)
 
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*''[[Streets of Rage 3]]'' (JP version only)
 
  
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==Game Demos==
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All of the above games also include their original manuals in digital form. In the case of ''Sonic CD'' and ''Sonic R'', their PC manuals are included alongside the manuals from their original systems, and in the case of ''Sonic the Fighters'' its original arcade flyers can be viewed. The manuals available are region-specific in most cases, with NTSC-J versions using the Japanese manuals and NTSC-U/PAL versions using the North American manuals.  
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Games from ''[[Sonic Mega Collection Plus]]'' can be unlocked in a "demo" form. These are actually the full games, but play automatically begins at the last level or final boss with a time limit imposed on play time. There are cheat device codes available which will freeze the time limit, allowing the game to played through fully.
 
  
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==Differences between the Gems and Previous versions==
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If a game has been run for a total of three hours, "Hints" will be unlocked for that game in the Extras menu or in the pause menu, which detail cheat codes and other tips. The user does not need to actually play the games to unlock the hints, they just need to be run for the required amount of time.
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===Sonic the Hedgehog CD===
 
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The US/European version has the US soundtrack for ''Sonic CD'', whilst the Japanese version has the Japanese/Europe soundtracks. The water in [[Tidal Tempest]] in all time zones is clear. Normally the water was colored differently in all time zones (Present was green, Past was brown, Good Future was cyan, and Bad Future was red). The reason for the clear water is because this is a port of PC version. The PC version of made a call to a specific graphics card to display Tidal Tempest's water colors. This PC code was not optimized for consoles. The hints for ''Sonic CD'' place the debug mode sound test code with the other hidden pictures.
 
  
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===Sonic the Fighters===
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The PlayStation 2 version contains both Japanese and American regional data, including different released manuals scans and alternate and differing versions of games (for example, ''Sonic CD'' has both the Japanese and American soundtracks). The game will load the data depending on the language the console is set on. The GameCube version only has the language for the region of release in the game data.
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When originally released in arcades in the US and Europe, it was renamed ''Sonic Championship''. In ''Gems Collection'', the title of ''Sonic the Fighters'' was used for every region. Model data of all unused characters was removed. Character data still exists, but upon selection, the game crashes due to missing models.
 
  
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===Sonic R===
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===Unlockable games===
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Due to the limited amount of controller slots on the PS2, ''Sonic R'''s multiplayer mode was reduced to two players from the possible four on the PC version. The GCN version preserves the four player capability from the PC version. The draw distance is greatly improved over previous versions.
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Only the ''Vectorman'' games are available outside of Japan in order to keep the [[ESRB]]'s "Everyone" rating.
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*''[[sega:Vectorman|Vectorman]]'' — Play the collection for a total of 5 hours, or have a ''[[Sonic Heroes]]'' or ''[[Sonic Mega Collection]]'' save file on the memory card in Slot A.
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*''[[sega:Vectorman 2|Vectorman 2]]'' — Play the collection for a total of 7 hours and play ''Vectorman'' once.
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*''[[sega:Bonanza Bros.|Bonanza Bros.]]'' (JP version only) — Play the collection for a total of 12 hours, play ''Vectorman 2'' once, and play any game(s) at least 20 times.
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*''[[sega:Streets of Rage|Bare Knuckle]]'' (JP version only) — Play the collection for a total of 12 hours, play ''Bonanza Bros.'' once, and play any game(s) at least 30 times.
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*''[[sega:Streets of Rage 2|Bare Knuckle II]]'' (JP version only) — Play the collection for a total of 12 hours, play ''Bare Knuckle'' once, and play any game(s) at least 50 times.
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*''[[sega:Streets of Rage 3|Bare Knuckle III]]'' (JP version only) — Play the collection for a total of 12 hours, play ''Bare Knuckle II'' once, and play any game(s) at least 70 times.
  
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==Cheat Codes==
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===Game demos===
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Cheat codes and unlockables for this game can be found at the following link: [[:Cheat Codes: Sonic Gems Collection]]
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Games from ''[[Sonic Mega Collection Plus]]'' can be unlocked in a "demo" form by playing ''Sonic Gems Collection'' daily for a consecutive number of days. These are actually the full games, but play automatically begins at the last level or final boss with a time limit imposed on play time. If the player completes a demo or gets a [[Game Over]] with time remaining, then the remaining time can be used to continue playing from the beginning. There are cheat device codes available which will freeze the time limit, allowing the games to played through fully.
  
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==Manuals==
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All demos are accessed via the Museum rather than the Games menu. Savestates and hints are unavailable for these demos, and resetting the demos via the pause menu will not reset the timer.
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*[[Sonic Gems Collection US (GameCube) Manual]]
 
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*[[Sonic Gems Collection EU (GameCube) Manual]]
 
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*[[Sonic Gems Collection JP (GameCube) Manual]]
 
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*[[Sonic Gems Collection EU (PS2) Manual]]
 
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*[[Sonic Gems Collection JP (PS2) Manual]]
 
  
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==Credits==
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{| class="prettytable" style="width:auto;"
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===Staff===
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!Days
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Chief Producer: [[Yuji Naka]], [[Akinori Nishiyama]]<br/>
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!Game
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Producer: [[Yojiro Ogawa]]<br/>
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!Time limit
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Director: Mizuki Hosoyamada<br/>
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!Description
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Game Designer: Makoto Hirata<br/>
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Programmer: [[Makoto Suzuki]], Takahiro Sekiguchi<br/>
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|rowspan="2"|3
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Interface Designer: Takashi Ishihara<br/>
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|{{MD}} ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (16-bit)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]''
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Graphic Designer: [[Hideaki Moriya]], Hisae Jibiki, Takanobu Kimura<br/>
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|5 minutes
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Illustrator: [[Yuji Uekawa]]<br/>
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|Starts at [[Final Zone]] with 10 lives, a score of 10,000 points, and no Chaos Emeralds.
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Sound Director: [[Naofumi Hataya]]<br/>
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Sound Creator: [[Tatsuyuki Maeda]], [[Takenobu Mitsuyoshi]], [[Tomonori Sawada]], Takeshi Ioszaki<br/>
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|{{GG}} ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]''
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Special Thanks: [[Takashi Iizuka]], [[Kazuyuki Hoshino]], Emiko Fujii, [[Shinobu Yokota]], Akari Uchida<br/>
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|5 minutes
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|Starts at [[Sky Base Zone]] Act 3 with 12 lives, a score of 270,000 points, and all Chaos Emeralds.
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|-
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|rowspan="2"|4
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|{{MD}} ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (16-bit)|Sonic the Hedgehog 2]]''
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|10 minutes
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|Starts at [[Death Egg Zone]] as Sonic with 15 lives, a score of 275,000 points, and no Chaos Emeralds.
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|-
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|{{GG}} ''[[Sonic Labyrinth]]''
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|5 minutes
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|Starts at [[Labyrinth of the Castle]] Act 4 with 9 lives. The [[Bonus Stage (Sonic Labyrinth)|Bonus Stage]] has not been cleared.
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|-
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|rowspan="2"|5
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|{{MD}} ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 3]]''
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|15 minutes
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|Starts at [[Launch Base Zone]] Act 2 as Sonic & Tails with 20 lives, a score of 15,000 points, and no Chaos Emeralds.
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|-
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|{{GG}} ''[[Sonic Drift]]''
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|3 minutes
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|Starts at [[Scrap Brain (Sonic Drift)|Scrap Brain]] in the Red Chaos GP as Sonic.
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|rowspan="2"|6
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|{{MD}} ''[[Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island]]''
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|10 minutes
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|Starts at [[The Final Fight]] with 9 lives and all Chaos Emeralds.
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|{{GG}} ''[[Sonic Chaos]]''
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|5 minutes
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|Starts at [[Electric Egg Zone]] Act 3 as Sonic with 10 lives and all Chaos Emeralds.
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|rowspan="2"|7
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|{{MD}} ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball]]''
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|20 minutes
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|Starts at [[Showdown]] with 3 lives.
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|{{GG}} ''[[Sonic Blast]]''
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|5 minutes
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|Starts at the [[Final boss (Sonic Blast)|final boss]] as Sonic with all Chaos Emeralds.
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|rowspan="2"|8
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|{{MD}} ''[[Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine]]''
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|5 minutes
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|Starts at the final stage of Scenario Mode against [[Dr. Robotnik]] on the Normal difficulty level.
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|{{GG}} ''[[Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine (8-bit)|Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine]]''
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|5 minutes
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|Starts at the final stage of Scenario Mode against [[Dr. Robotnik]].
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|rowspan="4"|9
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|{{MD}} ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (16-bit)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' Good Ending
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|5 minutes
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|Starts at [[Final Zone]] with 10 lives, a score of 270,000 points, and all Chaos Emeralds.
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|-
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|{{MD}} ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (16-bit)|Sonic the Hedgehog 2]]'' Good Ending
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|10 minutes
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|Starts at [[Death Egg Zone]] as Sonic with 15 lives, a score of 325,000 points, and all Chaos Emeralds.
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|{{MD}} ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 3]]'' Good Ending
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|15 minutes
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|Starts at [[Launch Base Zone]] Act 2 as Sonic & Tails with 20 lives, a score of 350,000 points, and all Chaos Emeralds.
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|{{MD}} ''[[Sonic & Knuckles]]''
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|10 minutes
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|Starts at [[The Doomsday Zone]] as Sonic with 10 lives, a score of 160,000 points, and all Chaos Emeralds.
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===Sega of Japan, Inc.===
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==Museum==
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Sales Promotion: Takayoshi Ohuchi, Yasushi Nagumo, Mariko Takeda, Yoko Nagasawa<br/>
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[[File:SonicGemsCollection GC US Museum Page1.png|thumb|right|200px|The first page of the Museum, featuring artwork from ''Sonic the Fighters''.]]
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Product Producer: [[Hiroyuki Miyazaki]], Koki Akiyama<br/>
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{{mainArticle|{{PAGENAME}}/Museum}}
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Internal Business & Product Development: Tatsuyuki Miyazaki, Tatsuya Shikata, [[Shinobu Shindo]], Shiko Sakai, Yuri Maita<br/>
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''{{PAGENAME}}'' includes a Museum, where the user can view various artwork, screenshots, videos and other content. Content in the museum is gradually unlocked as the user plays each game in the collection, though some items must be unlocked through other means. Music may also be unlocked by completing specific objectives, and unlocked music can be played by pressing {{Y}}/{{R2}} in the Museum to view the audio player.
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Design Production Team: Yoshihiro Sakuta, [[Youichi Takahashi]], Chieko Nakamura, Makoto Nishino, Ayako Sakai, Hisakazu Nakagawa, Satoru Ishigami, Tetsuya Honda<br/>
 
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Product Test: Junichi Shimizu, Akira Nishikawa, Kazuhiko Morii, Akira Terasawa, Kenji Takano, Yuji Nakamura, Takashi Shimogaito, Masato Bandou<br/>
 
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Special Thanks: Kazunori Yagi, Nobuyuki Inoue<br/>
 
  
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===Sonic the Fighters(Console Conversion Credits)===
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The contents of the museum can be viewed in the link above.
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Director: Toru Kujirai<br>
 
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Supervisor: [[Hiroshi Kataoka]]<br>
 
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Programmers: Masanori Sato, Hajime Take, Yukinori Kaneko<br>
 
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Designer: Satoshi Fujinuma<br>
 
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Planner: Masahrio Katsuta<br>
 
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Sound Creator: Seiichi Hamada<br>
 
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Teat Team: Naoto Tomita<br>
 
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Special Thanks: Masanobu Kutomi, Yuji Miyata, Hiroshi Masui, [[Tatsutoshi Narita]]<br>
 
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Created By: [[Sega AM2]]<br>
 
  
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===Sonic the Hedgehog CD(Console Conversion Credits)===
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==Comparisons==
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Programmers: Yasuaki Takeya, Tetsuji Mukai<br>
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{{mainArticle|{{PAGENAME}}/Comparisons}}
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Assistant Programmer: Masahiro Harada<br>
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{{cleanup|This section needs moving to the comparisons page(s)}}
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Technical Director: Katsuji Dojun<br>
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===''Sonic the Hedgehog CD''===
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Created By: H.I.C Co. Ltd.<br>
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* The US/European version has the US soundtrack for ''Sonic CD'', whilst the Japanese version has the Japanese/Europe soundtracks.
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* The hints for ''Sonic CD'' place the debug mode sound test code with the other hidden pictures.
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* The water in [[Tidal Tempest]] in all time zones is clear. On the Mega-CD and PC versions, the water was colored differently in all time zones (Present was green, Past was brown, Good Future was cyan, and Bad Future was red). The reason for the clear water is because this is a port of PC version. The PC version used 256-color mode, which uses a palette, similar to the original Mega Drive VDP. Consoles with modern GPUs don't properly support palette effects, so instead of rewriting it to work correctly, the palette effects were simply dropped.
  
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===Sonic R(Console Conversion Credits)===
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===''Sonic the Fighters''===
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Lead Programmer: James Cunliffe<br>
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When originally released in arcades in the US and Europe, it was renamed ''Sonic Championship''. In ''Gems Collection'', the title of ''Sonic the Fighters'' was used for every region. Model data of all unused characters was removed. Character data still exists, but upon selection, the game crashes due to missing models.
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Lead Artist: Dave Burton<br>
 
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Head Artist: James Cunliffe<br>
 
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Console Conversion: Steve Monks<br>
 
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Additional Programmers: John Hodskinson, Stephen Harding, Andy Holdroyd<br>
 
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Additional Art: Leon Warren, Neil Allen, Will Thompson, Bev Bush<br>
 
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Created By: [[Traveller's Tales|Traveller's Tales UK Ltd.]]<br>
 
  
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===Sega of America, Inc.===
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===''Sonic R''===
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CEO: Naoya Tsurumi<br/>
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Due to the limited amount of controller slots on the PS2, ''Sonic R'''s multiplayer mode was reduced to two players from the possible four on the PC version. The GCN version preserves the four player capability from the PC version. The draw distance is greatly improved over previous versions.
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President: Simon Jeffery<br/>
 
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Localization Producer: Martin Hunter Caplan<br/>
 
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Director of Product Development: Osamu Shibamiya<br/>
 
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QA Project Lead: Shawn Dobbins<br/>
 
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Product Marketing Manager: Ami Matsumura-Blaire, Yosuke Moriya<br/>
 
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VP of Entertainment Marketing: Scott A. Steinberg<br/>
 
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Public Relations: Bret Blount, Ethan Einhorn<br/>
 
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Special Thanks: Chris Olson, Bridget Oates<br/>
 
  
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===Sega Europe, Ltd.===
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==Production credits==
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*'''Chief Producer:''' [[Yuji Naka]], [[Akinori Nishiyama]]
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*'''Producer:''' [[Yojiro Ogawa]]
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QA Supervisor: Marlon Grant, Darius Sadeghian<br>
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*'''Director:''' [[sega:Mizuki Hosoyamada|Mizuki Hosoyamada]]
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Localization Producer: Kuniyo Matsumoto
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*'''Game Designer:''' Makoto Hirata
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Testers: Ben Andec, Lee Brown<br>
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*'''Programmer:''' [[Makoto Suzuki]], Takahiro Sekiguchi
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Director of European Marketing: Gary Knight<br>
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*'''Interface Designer:''' Takashi Ishihara
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Head Of Brand Marketing: Helen Nicholas<br>
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*'''Graphic Designer:''' [[Hideaki Moriya]], Hisae Jibiki, Takanobu Kimura
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Product Manager: Claire Brummell<br>
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*'''Illustrator:''' [[Yuji Uekawa]]
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Executive Management: [[Hideki Okamura]], [[Masanao Maeda]], Yukio Sugino<br/>
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*'''Sound Director:''' [[Naofumi Hataya]]
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*'''Sound Creator:''' [[Tatsuyuki Maeda]], [[Takenobu Mitsuyoshi]], [[Tomonori Sawada]], [[sega:Takeshi Isozaki|Takeshi Isozaki]]
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*'''Special Thanks:''' [[Takashi Iizuka]], [[Kazuyuki Hoshino]], Emiko Fujii, [[Shinobu Yokota]], Akari Uchida
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{{creditsheader|Sega of Japan, Inc.}}
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*'''Sales Promotion:''' Takayoshi Ohuchi, Yasushi Nagumo, Mariko Takeda, Yoko Nagasawa
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*'''Product Producer:''' [[Hiroyuki Miyazaki]], Koki Akiyama
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*'''Internal Business & Product Development:''' Tatsuyuki Miyazaki, Tatsuya Shikata, [[Shinobu Shindo]], Shiko Sakai, Yuri Maita
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*'''Design Production Team:''' Yoshihiro Sakuta, [[Youichi Takahashi]], Chieko Nakamura, Makoto Nishino, Ayako Sakai, Hisakazu Nakagawa, Satoru Ishigami, Tetsuya Honda
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*'''Product Test:''' Junichi Shimizu, Akira Nishikawa, Kazuhiko Morii, Akira Terasawa, Kenji Takano, Yuji Nakamura, Takashi Shimogaito, Masato Bandou
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*'''Special Thanks:''' Kazunori Yagi, Nobuyuki Inoue
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{{creditsheader|''Sonic the Fighters'' (Console Conversion Credits)}}
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*'''Director:''' Toru Kujirai
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*'''Supervisor:''' [[Hiroshi Kataoka]]
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*'''Programmers:''' Masanori Sato, Hajime Take, Yukinori Kaneko
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*'''Designer:''' Satoshi Fujinuma
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*'''Planner:''' Masahrio Katsuta
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*'''Sound Creator:''' Seiichi Hamada
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*'''Teat Team:''' Naoto Tomita
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*'''Special Thanks:''' Masanobu Kutomi, Yuji Miyata, Hiroshi Masui, [[Tatsutoshi Narita]]
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*'''Created By:''' [[Sega AM2]]
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{{creditsheader|''Sonic the Hedgehog CD'' (Console Conversion Credits)}}
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*'''Programmers:''' Yasuaki Takeya, Tetsuji Mukai
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*'''Assistant Programmer:''' Masahiro Harada
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*'''Technical Director:''' Katsuji Dojun
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*'''Created By:''' H.I.C Co. Ltd.
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{{creditsheader|''Sonic R'' (Console Conversion Credits)}}
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*'''Lead Programmer:''' James Cunliffe
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*'''Lead Artist:''' Dave Burton
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*'''Head Artist:''' James Cunliffe
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*'''Console Conversion:''' Steve Monks
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*'''Additional Programmers:''' John Hodskinson, Stephen Harding, Andy Holdroyd
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*'''Additional Art:''' Leon Warren, Neil Allen, Will Thompson, Bev Bush
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*'''Created By:''' [[Traveller's Tales|Traveller's Tales UK Ltd.]]
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{{creditsheader|Sega of America, Inc.}}
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*'''CEO:''' Naoya Tsurumi
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*'''President:''' Simon Jeffery
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*'''Localization Producer:''' Martin Hunter Caplan
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*'''Director of Product Development:''' Osamu Shibamiya
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*'''QA Project Lead:''' Shawn Dobbins
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*'''Product Marketing Manager:''' Ami Matsumura-Blaire, Yosuke Moriya
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*'''VP of Entertainment Marketing:''' Scott A. Steinberg
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*'''Public Relations:''' Bret Blount, Ethan Einhorn
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*'''Special Thanks:''' Chris Olson, Bridget Oates
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{{creditsheader|Sega Europe, Ltd.}}
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*'''CEO:''' Naoya Tsurumi
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*'''President & COO:''' [[Mike Hayes]]
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*'''Creative Director:''' Matt Woodley
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*'''QA Manager:''' Mark Le Breaton
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*'''QA Supervisor:''' Marlon Grant, Darius Sadeghian
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*'''Localization Producer:''' Kuniyo Matsumoto
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*'''Testers:''' Ben Andec, Lee Brown
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*'''Director of European Marketing:''' Gary Knight
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*'''Head Of Brand Marketing:''' Helen Nicholas
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*'''Product Manager:''' Claire Brummell
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*'''Executive Management:''' [[Hideki Okamura]], [[Masanao Maeda]], Yukio Sugino
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*'''Executive Producer:''' [[Hisao Oguchi]]
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{{creditsheader|COMOLINK Inc. (Mega Drive & Genesis, Game Gear Console Conversion Credits)}}
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*'''Director:''' Hisatoku Yamada
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*'''Technical Programmer:''' Junji Takahashi
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*'''Music License Management:''' [[Fumitaka Shibata]]
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*'''Special Thanks:''' [[Tatsuya Kousaki]]
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===COMOLINK Inc.(Mega Drive & Genesis, Game Gear Console Conversion Credits)===
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==Sales data==
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Director: Hisatoku Yamada<br/>
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! Number of copies sold
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! Sega IR Reference
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! Regions
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! Cumulative sales total
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| 200,000
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| [https://www.segasammy.co.jp/english/ir/library/pdf/settlement/2006/e_200603_2q_pre_sup.pdf FY2006 2nd Quarter Appendix]
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| N/A
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| Overseas (Outside Japan)
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| '''200,000'''
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|-
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|}
  
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===WAVEMASTER===
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==Manuals==
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Music License Management: [[Fumitaka Shibata]]<br/>
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{{main|Sonic Gems Collection/Manuals}}
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Special Thanks: [[Tatsuya Kousaki]]<br/>
 
  
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==Resources==
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==Artwork==
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===Original Sound Version Recordings===
 
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===GameCube version===
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| manual=SGC GC UK manual.pdf
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| region=AU
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| cover=SGC GC AU cover.jpg
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| manual=
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==Technical information==
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===ROM dump status===
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{{romtable|
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{{rom|PS2|sha1=af3859ca615f5d918f04d335313f2826462a3cd5|md5=2d7d722b8388faa8d676c36e35fc2053|crc32=c4488e4f|size=1,877,147,648|date=|source=DVD-ROM (JP)|comments=SLPM-66074 (V1.01)|quality=good}}
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{{rom|GC|sha1=d7024535cb8de9936ac690c2a4ad6286adaec28c|md5=236c641cfe9bc0b489345102c558c135|crc32=8266d5c5|size=1,459,978,240|date=|source=Disc (JP)|comments=|quality=good}}
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===Save data===
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====GameCube version====
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|8P-G2Xx-SONIC GEMS_00
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|SETTING DATA ##/##
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|[[File:SGC GCN save.png]] [[File:SGC USA GCN Banner.png]]
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|Setting data/''Sonic CD'' save data
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|8P-G2Xx-STF.DAT
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|SONIC F : SYSTEM FILE
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|''Sonic the Fighters'' system file
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|SONIC GEMS COLLECTION
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|8P-G2Xx-SONIC_R
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|SONIC R : Game Data
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|4 blocks
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|[[File:SGC GCN SR save.png]] [[File:SGC USA GCN Banner.png]]
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|''Sonic R'' save data
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|SONIC GEMS COLLECTION
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|8P-G2Xx-SONIC GEMSB_0#
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|Game Gear savestate
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|SONIC GEMS COLLECTION
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|8P-G2Xx-SONIC GEMSB_0#
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|#: GAME TITLE
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|27 blocks
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==External links==
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* Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): [https://web.archive.org/web/20071209164624/http://sega.jp/gc/sonicgem/ GameCube], [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://sega.jp/ps2/sonicgem/ PlayStation 2]
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* ''{{PAGENAME}}'' on PlayStation.com: [http://www.jp.playstation.com/software/title/slpm66074.html JP], [http://www.playstation.co.kr/game/724 KR]
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* Nintendo catalogue pages: [https://web.archive.org/web/20120317130216/http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ngc/software/g2xj/index.html JP], [https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-GameCube/Sonic-Gems-Collection-268731.html UK]
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==References==
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System(s): PlayStation 2, GameCube
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Game total: 11 (15 in the JP version)
Original system(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Game Gear, PC, Arcade
Number of players:
Sony PlayStation 2
1-2,
Nintendo GameCube
1-4
Release Date RRP Code Rating
Sony PlayStation 2
UK 		2005-10-07 £? SLES-53350
INL-P53350-UK
BBFC: Universal (U)
Sony PlayStation 2
FR 		2005-10-07 €? SLES-53350
INL-P53350-FR
PEGI: 3+
Sony PlayStation 2
DE 		2005-10-07 €? SLES-53350
INL-P53350-GE
USK: 6
Sony PlayStation 2
DE
(alt) 		2005 €? SLES-53350
INL-P53350-GX
USK: 6
Sony PlayStation 2
EX 		2005-10-07  ? SLES-53350
INL-P53350-EX
PEGI: 3+
Sony PlayStation 2
ES 		2005-10-07 €? SLES-53350
INL-P53350-SP
PEGI: 3+
Sony PlayStation 2
PT 		2005-10-07 €? SLES-53350
PS2SE0044
PEGI: 3+
Sony PlayStation 2
JP 		2005-08-11[1] ¥4,800 (5,040)[1] SLPM-66074
CERO: Free
Sony PlayStation 2
KR 		2005-11-24[2] ₩33,000[2] ?
KMRB: All
Sony PlayStation 2
IT 		2005 €? SLES-53350
INL-P53350-IT
PEGI: 3+
Sony PlayStation 2
AU 		2005 $? SLES-53350
INL-P53350-AU
OFLC: G
Sony PlayStation 2
TW 		200x NT$? ?
GSRR: 0+
Nintendo GameCube
UK 		2005-09-30[3] £? DOL-P-G2XP
DOL-G2XP-UKV
BBFC: Universal (U)
Nintendo GameCube
FR 		2005-09-30[4] €? DOL-P-G2XP
DOL-G2XP-FRA
PEGI: 3+
Nintendo GameCube
DE 		2005-09-30[5] €? DOL-P-G2XP
DOL-G2XP-NOE
USK: 6
Nintendo GameCube
US 		2005-08-16 $? DOL-P-G2XE
DOL-G2XE-USA
ESRB: Everyone
Nintendo GameCube
US
(Player's Choice) 		2006 $? DOL-P-G2XE
DOL-G2XE-USA
ESRB: Everyone
Nintendo GameCube
JP 		2005-08-11[6] ¥4,800 (5,040)[6] DOL-P-G2XJ
DOL-G2XJ-JPN
CERO: Free
Nintendo GameCube
AU 		2005 $? DOL-P-G2XP
OFLC: G

Sonic Gems Collection (ソニック ジェムズ コレクション) is a compilation of more obscure Sonic the Hedgehog video games. The compilation is a Nintendo GameCube exclusive in North America, but has also been released on PlayStation 2 in Europe and Japan. An Xbox version of the game was planned, but was later cancelled[7].

SegaSonic the Hedgehog was initially planned as a title to be included in this compilation but was left out due to problems with emulating the game's original trackball control scheme[8]. There is also an entire art section of the museum dedicated to Chaotix, which may indicate that Chaotix may have been planned for inclusion, but was left out instead. Sonic Eraser and various games from the Wonder Boy series were also considered for inclusion in the compilation[9].

Games included

The Games menu, showing the three main games of the collection.

Sonic Gems Collection includes the following three games ported from a variety of systems:

The collection also includes the six Sega Game Gear games that were not included in Sonic Mega Collection Plus:

These Game Gear games (as well as the unlockable Sega Mega Drive games and demos below) have a pause menu that is accessed by pressing Z/R1 at any time during gameplay, allowing the user to reset the game, exit the game or save and load savestates. Quick saving writes a temporary savestate that is lost when the user exits the game, while permanent savestates can be saved to and loaded from the memory card. Up to 8 different savestates can be saved to a single memory card, as long as it has enough free space to hold all the savestates.

All of the above games also include their original manuals in digital form. In the case of Sonic CD and Sonic R, their PC manuals are included alongside the manuals from their original systems, and in the case of Sonic the Fighters its original arcade flyers can be viewed. The manuals available are region-specific in most cases, with NTSC-J versions using the Japanese manuals and NTSC-U/PAL versions using the North American manuals.

If a game has been run for a total of three hours, "Hints" will be unlocked for that game in the Extras menu or in the pause menu, which detail cheat codes and other tips. The user does not need to actually play the games to unlock the hints, they just need to be run for the required amount of time.

The PlayStation 2 version contains both Japanese and American regional data, including different released manuals scans and alternate and differing versions of games (for example, Sonic CD has both the Japanese and American soundtracks). The game will load the data depending on the language the console is set on. The GameCube version only has the language for the region of release in the game data.

Unlockable games

Only the Vectorman games are available outside of Japan in order to keep the ESRB's "Everyone" rating.

  • Vectorman — Play the collection for a total of 5 hours, or have a Sonic Heroes or Sonic Mega Collection save file on the memory card in Slot A.
  • Vectorman 2 — Play the collection for a total of 7 hours and play Vectorman once.
  • Bonanza Bros. (JP version only) — Play the collection for a total of 12 hours, play Vectorman 2 once, and play any game(s) at least 20 times.
  • Bare Knuckle (JP version only) — Play the collection for a total of 12 hours, play Bonanza Bros. once, and play any game(s) at least 30 times.
  • Bare Knuckle II (JP version only) — Play the collection for a total of 12 hours, play Bare Knuckle once, and play any game(s) at least 50 times.
  • Bare Knuckle III (JP version only) — Play the collection for a total of 12 hours, play Bare Knuckle II once, and play any game(s) at least 70 times.

Game demos

Games from Sonic Mega Collection Plus can be unlocked in a "demo" form by playing Sonic Gems Collection daily for a consecutive number of days. These are actually the full games, but play automatically begins at the last level or final boss with a time limit imposed on play time. If the player completes a demo or gets a Game Over with time remaining, then the remaining time can be used to continue playing from the beginning. There are cheat device codes available which will freeze the time limit, allowing the games to played through fully.

All demos are accessed via the Museum rather than the Games menu. Savestates and hints are unavailable for these demos, and resetting the demos via the pause menu will not reset the timer.

Days Game Time limit Description
3
Sega Mega Drive
Sonic the Hedgehog 		5 minutes Starts at Final Zone with 10 lives, a score of 10,000 points, and no Chaos Emeralds.
Sega Game Gear
Sonic the Hedgehog 		5 minutes Starts at Sky Base Zone Act 3 with 12 lives, a score of 270,000 points, and all Chaos Emeralds.
4
Sega Mega Drive
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 		10 minutes Starts at Death Egg Zone as Sonic with 15 lives, a score of 275,000 points, and no Chaos Emeralds.
Sega Game Gear
Sonic Labyrinth 		5 minutes Starts at Labyrinth of the Castle Act 4 with 9 lives. The Bonus Stage has not been cleared.
5
Sega Mega Drive
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 		15 minutes Starts at Launch Base Zone Act 2 as Sonic & Tails with 20 lives, a score of 15,000 points, and no Chaos Emeralds.
Sega Game Gear
Sonic Drift 		3 minutes Starts at Scrap Brain in the Red Chaos GP as Sonic.
6
Sega Mega Drive
Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island 		10 minutes Starts at The Final Fight with 9 lives and all Chaos Emeralds.
Sega Game Gear
Sonic Chaos 		5 minutes Starts at Electric Egg Zone Act 3 as Sonic with 10 lives and all Chaos Emeralds.
7
Sega Mega Drive
Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball 		20 minutes Starts at Showdown with 3 lives.
Sega Game Gear
Sonic Blast 		5 minutes Starts at the final boss as Sonic with all Chaos Emeralds.
8
Sega Mega Drive
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine 		5 minutes Starts at the final stage of Scenario Mode against Dr. Robotnik on the Normal difficulty level.
Sega Game Gear
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine 		5 minutes Starts at the final stage of Scenario Mode against Dr. Robotnik.
9
Sega Mega Drive
Sonic the Hedgehog Good Ending 		5 minutes Starts at Final Zone with 10 lives, a score of 270,000 points, and all Chaos Emeralds.
Sega Mega Drive
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Good Ending 		10 minutes Starts at Death Egg Zone as Sonic with 15 lives, a score of 325,000 points, and all Chaos Emeralds.
Sega Mega Drive
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Good Ending 		15 minutes Starts at Launch Base Zone Act 2 as Sonic & Tails with 20 lives, a score of 350,000 points, and all Chaos Emeralds.
Sega Mega Drive
Sonic & Knuckles 		10 minutes Starts at The Doomsday Zone as Sonic with 10 lives, a score of 160,000 points, and all Chaos Emeralds.

Museum

The first page of the Museum, featuring artwork from Sonic the Fighters.
Sonic Retro emblem.svg Main article: Sonic Gems Collection/Museum

Sonic Gems Collection includes a Museum, where the user can view various artwork, screenshots, videos and other content. Content in the museum is gradually unlocked as the user plays each game in the collection, though some items must be unlocked through other means. Music may also be unlocked by completing specific objectives, and unlocked music can be played by pressing Y/R2 in the Museum to view the audio player.

The contents of the museum can be viewed in the link above.

Comparisons

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Sonic the Hedgehog CD

  • The US/European version has the US soundtrack for Sonic CD, whilst the Japanese version has the Japanese/Europe soundtracks.
  • The hints for Sonic CD place the debug mode sound test code with the other hidden pictures.
  • The water in Tidal Tempest in all time zones is clear. On the Mega-CD and PC versions, the water was colored differently in all time zones (Present was green, Past was brown, Good Future was cyan, and Bad Future was red). The reason for the clear water is because this is a port of PC version. The PC version used 256-color mode, which uses a palette, similar to the original Mega Drive VDP. Consoles with modern GPUs don't properly support palette effects, so instead of rewriting it to work correctly, the palette effects were simply dropped.

Sonic the Fighters

When originally released in arcades in the US and Europe, it was renamed Sonic Championship. In Gems Collection, the title of Sonic the Fighters was used for every region. Model data of all unused characters was removed. Character data still exists, but upon selection, the game crashes due to missing models.

Sonic R

Due to the limited amount of controller slots on the PS2, Sonic R's multiplayer mode was reduced to two players from the possible four on the PC version. The GCN version preserves the four player capability from the PC version. The draw distance is greatly improved over previous versions.

Production credits

Sega of Japan, Inc.
  • Sales Promotion: Takayoshi Ohuchi, Yasushi Nagumo, Mariko Takeda, Yoko Nagasawa
  • Product Producer: Hiroyuki Miyazaki, Koki Akiyama
  • Internal Business & Product Development: Tatsuyuki Miyazaki, Tatsuya Shikata, Shinobu Shindo, Shiko Sakai, Yuri Maita
  • Design Production Team: Yoshihiro Sakuta, Youichi Takahashi, Chieko Nakamura, Makoto Nishino, Ayako Sakai, Hisakazu Nakagawa, Satoru Ishigami, Tetsuya Honda
  • Product Test: Junichi Shimizu, Akira Nishikawa, Kazuhiko Morii, Akira Terasawa, Kenji Takano, Yuji Nakamura, Takashi Shimogaito, Masato Bandou
  • Special Thanks: Kazunori Yagi, Nobuyuki Inoue
Sonic the Fighters (Console Conversion Credits)
  • Director: Toru Kujirai
  • Supervisor: Hiroshi Kataoka
  • Programmers: Masanori Sato, Hajime Take, Yukinori Kaneko
  • Designer: Satoshi Fujinuma
  • Planner: Masahrio Katsuta
  • Sound Creator: Seiichi Hamada
  • Teat Team: Naoto Tomita
  • Special Thanks: Masanobu Kutomi, Yuji Miyata, Hiroshi Masui, Tatsutoshi Narita
  • Created By: Sega AM2
Sonic the Hedgehog CD (Console Conversion Credits)
  • Programmers: Yasuaki Takeya, Tetsuji Mukai
  • Assistant Programmer: Masahiro Harada
  • Technical Director: Katsuji Dojun
  • Created By: H.I.C Co. Ltd.
Sonic R (Console Conversion Credits)
  • Lead Programmer: James Cunliffe
  • Lead Artist: Dave Burton
  • Head Artist: James Cunliffe
  • Console Conversion: Steve Monks
  • Additional Programmers: John Hodskinson, Stephen Harding, Andy Holdroyd
  • Additional Art: Leon Warren, Neil Allen, Will Thompson, Bev Bush
  • Created By: Traveller's Tales UK Ltd.
Sega of America, Inc.
  • CEO: Naoya Tsurumi
  • President: Simon Jeffery
  • Localization Producer: Martin Hunter Caplan
  • Director of Product Development: Osamu Shibamiya
  • QA Project Lead: Shawn Dobbins
  • Product Marketing Manager: Ami Matsumura-Blaire, Yosuke Moriya
  • VP of Entertainment Marketing: Scott A. Steinberg
  • Public Relations: Bret Blount, Ethan Einhorn
  • Special Thanks: Chris Olson, Bridget Oates
Sega Europe, Ltd.
  • CEO: Naoya Tsurumi
  • President & COO: Mike Hayes
  • Creative Director: Matt Woodley
  • QA Manager: Mark Le Breaton
  • QA Supervisor: Marlon Grant, Darius Sadeghian
  • Localization Producer: Kuniyo Matsumoto
  • Testers: Ben Andec, Lee Brown
  • Director of European Marketing: Gary Knight
  • Head Of Brand Marketing: Helen Nicholas
  • Product Manager: Claire Brummell
  • Executive Management: Hideki Okamura, Masanao Maeda, Yukio Sugino
  • Executive Producer: Hisao Oguchi
COMOLINK Inc. (Mega Drive & Genesis, Game Gear Console Conversion Credits)
  • Director: Hisatoku Yamada
  • Technical Programmer: Junji Takahashi
WAVEMASTER
Source: In-game credits

Sales data

Number of copies sold Sega IR Reference Platforms Regions Cumulative sales total
200,000 FY2006 2nd Quarter Appendix N/A Overseas (Outside Japan) 200,000

Manuals

Sonic Retro emblem.svg Main article: Sonic Gems Collection/Manuals

Artwork

  • Gemsart.png
  • Sonicgemslogo.jpg

Physical scans

PlayStation 2 version

Segaretro-round.svg Reception »
PlayStation 2, JP
Gems ps2 jp cover.jpg
Cover
Sgc ps2 jp disc.jpg
Disc
PlayStation 2, UK
Gems ps2 eu.jpg
Cover
Gems ps2 eu disc.jpg
Disc
PlayStation 2, FR
SGC PS2 FR cover.jpg
Cover
PlayStation 2, DE
SonicGemsCollection PS2 DE Box.jpg
Cover
PlayStation 2, DE (alt)
SGC PS2 DE alt cover.jpg
Cover
PlayStation 2, ES
Sgc ps2 es cover.jpg
Cover
PlayStation 2, IT
SGC PS2 IT cover.jpg
Cover
PlayStation 2, AU
Gems ps2 au.jpg
Cover
PlayStation 2, KR
Sgc ps2 kr cover.jpg
Cover
PlayStation 2, PT
Sonic Gems Collection PS2 PT Box Back.jpgNospine.pngSonic Gems Collection PS2 PT Box Front.jpg
Cover
Sonic Gems Collection PS2 PT Disc.jpg
Disc
PlayStation 2, TW
Sonic Gems Collection PS2 TW.jpg
Cover
PlayStation 2, EX†
SGC PS2 EX cover.jpg
Cover

GameCube version

Segaretro-round.svg Reception »
GameCube, US
Gems gc us.jpg
Cover
GameCube, US (Player's Choice)
Sgc gc us pc cover.jpg
Cover
GameCube, JP
SonicGemsCollection GC JP Box Back.jpgNospine.pngGems gc jp.jpg
Cover
Sgc gc jp disc.jpg
Disc
GameCube, UK
Gems gc eu.jpg
Cover
GameCube, FR
Sgc gc fr cover.jpg
Cover
GameCube, DE
Sgc gc de cover.jpg
Cover
GameCube, AU
SGC GC AU cover.jpg
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sony PlayStation 2
✔
CRC32 c8e3e453
MD5 cd8043f5d990a32d5b50c9d4a47284c7
SHA-1 d3665681e88cf828ea9c03e504f0d40cf08af491
1,812,856,832 DVD-ROM (EU/AU) SLES-53350 (V1.00)
Sony PlayStation 2
✔
CRC32 c4488e4f
MD5 2d7d722b8388faa8d676c36e35fc2053
SHA-1 af3859ca615f5d918f04d335313f2826462a3cd5
1,877,147,648 DVD-ROM (JP) SLPM-66074 (V1.01)
Nintendo GameCube
✔
CRC32 fff7ec04
MD5 f72b3b462e3c26a2d3a9fbbadaf79c6e
SHA-1 b140277e283346e1e9b212ef5395f7e23195e724
1,459,978,240 Disc (US)
Nintendo GameCube
✔
CRC32 89d239b3
MD5 4f1c8baf18a46811e54c39157c1e5621
SHA-1 d38eba95df0908a9637738e3b76fc626a46f14f8
1,459,978,240 Disc (EU)
Nintendo GameCube
✔
CRC32 8266d5c5
MD5 236c641cfe9bc0b489345102c558c135
SHA-1 d7024535cb8de9936ac690c2a4ad6286adaec28c
1,459,978,240 Disc (JP)

Save data

GameCube version

Sonic Gems Collection Save Data
Name File Name Comment File Size Icon Description
SONIC GEMS COLLECTION 8P-G2Xx-SONIC GEMS_00 SETTING DATA ##/## 2 blocks SGC GCN save.png SGC USA GCN Banner.png Setting data/Sonic CD save data
SONIC GEMS COLLECTION 8P-G2Xx-STF.DAT SONIC F : SYSTEM FILE 4 blocks SGC GCN STF save.png SGC USA GCN Banner.png Sonic the Fighters system file
SONIC GEMS COLLECTION 8P-G2Xx-SONIC_R SONIC R : Game Data 4 blocks SGC GCN SR save.png SGC USA GCN Banner.png Sonic R save data
SONIC GEMS COLLECTION 8P-G2Xx-SONIC GEMSB_0# #: GAME TITLE 27 blocks SGC GCN GG save.png SGC USA GCN Banner.png Game Gear savestate
SONIC GEMS COLLECTION 8P-G2Xx-SONIC GEMSB_0# #: GAME TITLE 27 blocks SGC GCN MD save.png SGC USA GCN Banner.png Mega Drive savestate

External links

  • Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): GameCube, PlayStation 2
  • Sonic Gems Collection on PlayStation.com: JP, KR
  • Nintendo catalogue pages: JP, UK

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.jp.playstation.com/software/title/slpm66074.html (Wayback Machine: 2006-11-03 05:34)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://www.playstation.co.kr/game/724 (archive.today)
  3. ↑ https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-GameCube/Sonic-Gems-Collection-268731.html (archive.today)
  4. ↑ https://www.nintendo.fr/Jeux/Nintendo-GameCube/Sonic-Gems-Collection-268731.html (archive.today)
  5. ↑ https://www.nintendo.de/Spiele/Nintendo-GameCube/Sonic-Gems-Collection-268731.html (archive.today)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 http://sega.jp/gc/sonicgem/ (Wayback Machine: 2005-11-20 02:39)
  7. ↑ Interview: Yuji Naka (2005-09-30) by GameSpy
  8. ↑ Sonic Gems Collection/Hidden content#Removed games


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Sonic the Hedgehog games for the following systems
Nintendo GameCube
  2001  Sonic Adventure 2: Battle     2002  Sonic Mega Collection     2003  Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut | Sonic Heroes     2005  Sonic Gems Collection | Shadow the Hedgehog | Duo Pack: Sonic Heroes/Super Monkey Ball 2     2006  Sonic Riders    
Sony PlayStation 2
  2003  Sonic Heroes     2004  Sonic Mega Collection Plus     2005  Sonic Gems Collection | Shadow the Hedgehog     2006  Sonic Riders | Sega Genesis Collection     2008  Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity | Sonic Unleashed     2009  Sega Fun Pack: Sonic Mega Collection Plus & Shadow the Hedgehog    
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