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For the updated PS2, Xbox and PC version, see Sonic Mega Collection Plus.

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Sonic Mega Collection

System(s): Nintendo GameCube

Publisher: Sega (JP/US), Infogrames/Atari (EU)

Developer: Sonic Team, VR-1 Japan

Publisher(s) of original games: Sega

Developer(s) of original games: Sonic Team,
Sega Technical Institute, Compile, Traveller's Tales, Sega CS

Game total: 14 (Japan), 12 (international)

Original system(s): Sega Mega Drive

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	2002-11-11^[1]	$39.95^[2]	DOL-P-GSOE DOL-GSOE-USA
US (Player's Choice)	2004	$?	DOL-P-GSOE DOL-GSOE-USA
JP	2002-12-19^[3]	¥5,800 (6,090)^[3]	DOL-P-GSOJ DOL-GSOJ-JPN
UK	2003-03-07^[4]	£?	DOL-P-GSOP DOL-GSOP-UKV
UK (Player's Choice)	2004-09-17^[5]	£?	DOL-P-GSOP DOL-GSOP-UKV
FR	2003-03-07^[6]	€?	DOL-P-GSOP DOL-GSOP-FRA
FR (Player's Choice)	2004-09-15^[7]	€?	DOL-P-GSOP DOL-GSOP-FRA
DE	2003-03-07^[8]	€?	DOL-P-GSOP DOL-GSOP-NOE
DE (Player's Choice)	2004	€?	DOL-P-GSOP DOL-GSOP-NOE
ES	2003-03-07	€?	DOL-P-GSOP DOL-GSOP-EUR
IT	2003-03-07	€?	DOL-P-GSOP DOL-GSOP-EUR
AU	2003-03-14	$?	?

OFLC

Sonic Mega Collection (ソニックメガコレクション) is a compilation of all Sonic the Hedgehog games for the Sega Mega Drive, released for the Nintendo GameCube. The games are reproduced by a Mega Drive emulator developed under the supervision of Sonic Team themselves. The collection also features high resolution instruction manual and comic book scans. An updated version, Sonic Mega Collection Plus, was released for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in 2004, and Windows PCs in 2007.

The two games released for hardware add-ons to the Mega Drive—Sonic the Hedgehog CD for the Mega-CD, and Chaotix for the 32X—were not included in either the original or Plus version, due to emulation issues (and not size constraints as some believe). The former would later be successfully implemented in Sonic Gems Collection, though the latter remains officially available on its original hardware only.

The compliation also contains the first official name to the secret unlockable game accessed by combining Sonic & Knuckles with Sonic the Hedgehog 1 using lock-on: It was listed as Blue Sphere. This game marks the first appearance of Cream the Rabbit, artwork of whom can be found in the extras section.

Games included

Default

Unlockable

Blue Sphere — Play Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island 20 times each, or have a Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II save file on the memory card in Slot A.
Knuckles in Sonic 2 — Play Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and Sonic Spinball 20 times each.
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles — Play Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and Sonic & Knuckles 20 times each.
Flicky — Play Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine 30 times, or have a Sonic Adventure 2: Battle save file on the memory card in Slot A.
Ristar — Play Blue Sphere, Knuckles in Sonic 2, Sonic 3 & Knuckles and Flicky 30 times each.
Comix Zone (Japanese version only) — Press and in the Manuals menu.
The Ooze (Japanese version only) — Press in the Options menu.

History

Sales data

NOTE: The following sales data comprises of sales of Sonic Mega Collection Plus in addition to sales of Sonic Mega Collection.

Number of copies sold	(Sega) IR Reference	Platforms	Regions	Cumulative sales total
2,190,000	FY2005 Full Year and Annual Reports	PS2/XB	US	2,190,000
190,000	FY2006 1st Quarter Results	"	N/A	2,380,000
240,000	FY2007 Interim Results	PS2/XB/GC	US	2,620,000
170,000	FY2007 3rd Quarter Results	"	"	2,790,000
160,000	FY2007 Full Year Results	"	"	2,950,000
70,000	FY2008 1st Quarter Results	"	"	3,020,000
68,300	FY2008 Interim and 3rd Quarter Results	"	"	3,088,300
1,380,000	The Magic Box - US Platinum Videogame Chart (as of 2007)	GC	US	1,380,000
1,440,000	"	PS2	US	1,440,000

Production credits

Compiled Under The Supervision of SONICTEAM, LTD.
Producer: Yuji Naka
Director: Yojiro Ogawa
Illustration: Yuji Uekawa
Graphic Design: Takeshi Ichimura
Special Thanks: Takashi Iizuka, Kosei Kitamura, Yasuko Maruyama, Masae Hirosawa

IN COOPERATION WITH VR1 JAPAN, Inc.

Director: Hisatoku Yamada

Programming

Programmer: Hideyuki Akiyama
Technical Programmer: Junji Takahashi

Design

Graphic Design: Kyoko Urushibata, Makoto Tanaka
Special Thanks: Minoru Yoshida, Hiroshi Adachi

Wavemaster

Sound

Sound Director: Tatsuya Kozaki
Sound Creator: Hideaki Kobayashi
Music License Management: Fumitaka Shibata

SEGA CORPORATION

Production

Sales Promotion: Naoko Ooka, Yasushi Nagumo, Mariko Takeda
Product Producer: Seijiro Sannabe, Yasushi Yamashita, Hideki Yokaichiya
International Business & Product Development: Hitoshi Okuno, Yusuke Suai
Design Production Team: Yoshihiro Sakuta, Hisakazu Nakagawa, Youichi Takahashi, Satoru Ishigami, Masaru Kobayashi, Tetsuya Honda, Colin Restall

Testing & Special Thanks

Product Test: Junichi Shimizu, Akira Nishikawa, Kazuhiko Morii, Akira Terasawa, Kenji Takano, Sunao Murayama
Special Thanks: Yoshiki Ooka, Takashi Shoji, Ikuo Ishizaka, Yoshiharu Honda, Yutaka Shoji, Shoko Goto, Akemi Ito, Shunsuke Nishida

SEGA OF AMERICA, Inc.

President & COO: Peter Moore
Executive Vice President: Chris Gilbert, Shinobu Toyoda

Production

Localization Producer: Yosuke Moriya
Localization Manager: Osamu Shibamiya
VP of Product Development: Jin Shimazaki

Testing and Marketing

Project Test Lead: Shawn Dobbins
Senior Product Manager: Rob Alvarez
Associate Product Manager: Cord Smith
VP of Entertainment Marketing: Mike Fischer
Creative Services:' Robert Schonfisch, Erica Forte, Vicki Morawietz
Public Relations: Kirsten Merit, Bryce Baer
Special Thanks: James Harris, Scott Lambrecht, Barry Chu

SEGA EUROPE, LTD.

Sega Europe COO: Naoya Tsurumi
Director of PD: Kats Sato
Localization Producer: Kuniyo Matsumoto
Technical Producer: Elliott Martine
European Product Manager: Matt Quaeck
Localization Team: Eva Backmann, Brigitte Nadesan, Giuseppe Rizzo, Marta Lois Gonzalez
SOE Test Department: Darius Sadeghian, David Smith, Chris Geiles, Roy Boateng, Paul Joseph, Marcus Joseph

Comics Provided by Archie Comic.

Executive Management: Tetsu Kayama, Masanao Maeda, Hisao Oguchi
Executive Producer: Hideki Sato

Source: In-game credits

Manuals

Main article: Sonic Mega Collection/Manuals

Artwork

Wallpaper

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1280x1024
800x600
1280x1024

Physical scans

81

Sonic Retro Average

Based on 3 reviews

Publication	Score	Source
G-Force (UK)	78	^[9]
Nintendo Official Magazine (UK)	80	^[10]
Nintendo Official Magazine (UK)	84	^[11]

GameCube, US
Cover
Disc File:SMC GC US manual.pdf Manual

GameCube, US (Player's Choice)
Cover

GameCube, JP
Cover
Disc

GameCube, UK
Cover
Disc File:SMC GC UK manual.pdf Manual

GameCube, UK (Player's Choice)
Cover

GameCube, FR
Cover

GameCube, FR (Player's Choice)
Cover

GameCube, DE
Cover
Disc

GameCube, DE (Player's Choice)
Cover

GameCube, ES/IT
Cover

External links

Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): GameCube (archive)
Nintendo catalogue pages: JP, US (archive), UK

References

↑ http://www.nintendo.com/games/gamepage/gamepage_main.jsp?gameId=1378 (Wayback Machine: 2003-02-19 22:57)
↑ Press release: 2002-11-04: SEGA Delivers Great Games for All Ages and All Consoles This Holiday Season
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 http://sega.jp/gc/sonicmc/ (Wayback Machine: 2004-08-21 12:25)
↑ https://archive.is/lyWXE
↑ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sonic-Collection-Gamecube-Players-Choice/dp/B0002WPQ28 (Wayback Machine: 2016-04-19 20:30)
↑ https://archive.is/Y3BAn
↑ http://www.amazon.fr:80/Sonic-Mega-Collection-Players-Choice/dp/B000620PT8 (Wayback Machine: 2012-12-29 18:28)
↑ https://archive.is/Rsfra
↑ [gforce, issue 10, page 46 gforce, issue 10, page 46]
↑ [nomuk, issue 127, page 60 nomuk, issue 127, page 60]
↑ [nomuk, issue 132, page 120 nomuk, issue 132, page 120]

Sonic Mega Collection

Main page

Manuals
Promotional material
Magazine articles
Reception

Development
Hidden content
Bugs

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Games
Prereleases
Media

Main Games

Sonic the Hedgehog

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Sonic the Hedgehog 3

Sonic & Knuckles

Sonic 3D

Sonic Spinball

DRMBM

Unlockable Games

Blue Sphere

Knuckles in Sonic 2

Sonic 3 & Knuckles

Flicky | Ristar

Japan Exclusive: The Ooze | Comix Zone

2002-08-15
prototype

Books:

File:SonicMegaCollectionSaikyouKouryakuGuide Book JP.pdf

Saikyou Kouryaku Guide

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

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