Sonic Gems Collection

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Sonic Gems Collection
System(s): PlayStation 2, GameCube
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Sonic Team
Game total: 11 (15 in the JP version)
Original system(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Game Gear, PC, Arcade
Number of players: 1-2, 1-4
Release Date RRP Code Rating UK 2005-10-07 £? SLES-53350 INL-P53350-UK FR 2005-10-07 €? SLES-53350 INL-P53350-FR DE 2005-10-07 €? SLES-53350 INL-P53350-GE DE (alt) 2005 €? SLES-53350 INL-P53350-GX EX 2005-10-07  ? SLES-53350 INL-P53350-EX ES 2005-10-07 €? SLES-53350 INL-P53350-SP PT 2005-10-07 €? SLES-53350 PS2SE0044 JP 2005-08-11 ¥4,800 (5,040) SLPM-66074 KR 2005-11-24 ₩33,000 ? IT 2005 €? SLES-53350 INL-P53350-IT AU 2005 $? SLES-53350 INL-P53350-AU TW 200x NT$? ? UK 2005-09-30 £? DOL-P-G2XP DOL-G2XP-UKV FR 2005-09-30 €? DOL-P-G2XP DOL-G2XP-FRA DE 2005-09-30 €? DOL-P-G2XP DOL-G2XP-NOE US 2005-08-16 $? DOL-P-G2XE DOL-G2XE-USA US (Player's Choice) 2006 $? DOL-P-G2XE DOL-G2XE-USA JP 2005-08-11 ¥4,800 (5,040) DOL-P-G2XJ DOL-G2XJ-JPN AU 2005 $? DOL-P-G2XP

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 the United States, but has also been released on PlayStation 2 in Europe and Japan. A Xbox version of the game was planned, but was later canceled.

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.

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. 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. Sonic Eraser was also considered for inclusion in the compilation.Media:Sgc eraser.png

Games included

• Sonic the Hedgehog CD (Sega Mega-CD, port of PC version)
• Sonic the Fighters (Sega Model 2B CRX (Arcade), ported by Sega AM2)
• Sonic R (Sega Saturn, port of PC version)

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

• Sonic the Hedgehog 2
• Sonic Spinball
• Sonic Triple Trouble
• Sonic Drift 2: Sonic Drift 2 keeps its multiplayer mode.
• Tails' Skypatrol
• Tails Adventure

Unlockable games

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

• Vectorman
• Vectorman 2
• Bonanza Bros. (JP version only)
• Streets of Rage (JP version only)
• Streets of Rage 2 (JP version only)
• Streets of Rage 3 (JP version only)

Game demos

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.

Differences between the Gems and Previous versions

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.

Manuals

Main article: Sonic Gems Collection/Manuals

Production credits

• Chief Producer: Yuji Naka, Akinori Nishiyama
• Producer: Yojiro Ogawa
• Director: Mizuki Hosoyamada
• Game Designer: Makoto Hirata
• Programmer: Makoto Suzuki, Takahiro Sekiguchi
• Interface Designer: Takashi Ishihara
• Graphic Designer: Hideaki Moriya, Hisae Jibiki, Takanobu Kimura
• Illustrator: Yuji Uekawa
• Sound Director: Naofumi Hataya
• Sound Creator: Tatsuyuki Maeda, Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Tomonori Sawada, Takeshi Isozaki
• Special Thanks: Takashi Iizuka, Kazuyuki Hoshino, Emiko Fujii, Shinobu Yokota, Akari Uchida

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

• Music License Management: Fumitaka Shibata
• Special Thanks: Tatsuya Kousaki

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

Artwork

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Physical scans

PlayStation 2 version

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PlayStation 2, JP
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PlayStation 2, UK
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PlayStation 2, FR
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PlayStation 2, DE
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PlayStation 2, DE (alt)
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PlayStation 2, ES
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PlayStation 2, IT
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PlayStation 2, AU
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Disc File:SGC PS2 AU manual.pdf Manual

PlayStation 2, KR
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PlayStation 2, PT
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PlayStation 2, TW
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PlayStation 2, EX†
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GameCube version

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GameCube, US
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Disc File:SGC GC US manual.pdf Manual

GameCube, US (Player's Choice)
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GameCube, JP
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GameCube, UK
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Disc File:SGC GC UK manual.pdf Manual

GameCube, FR
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GameCube, DE
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GameCube, AU
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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

Sonic the Hedgehog games for the following systems
	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      Prototypes  Sonic Mega Collection (prototype; 2002-08-15) | Sonic Adventure Prereleases | Sonic Heroes Prereleases

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      Demos  Sonic Riders Trial Version  Prototypes  Sonic Mega Collection Plus (prototype; 2004-08-18) | Sonic Riders (prototype; 2005-12-08)