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Sonic the Hedgehog

System(s): Mega-Tech and Mega Play

Publisher: Sega

Developer: Sonic Team

Genre: Action, Racing

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code	Rating
JP	199x	¥?	?
UK	199x	£?	?

Sonic the Hedgehog was one of the games adapted for release in arcades for both the Mega-Tech and Mega Play hardware.

Gameplay

Mega-Tech version

The Mega-Tech version is essentially the same as the Sega Mega Drive game. The first two revisions of Sonic the Hedgehog have been used in various machines and cheat codes still work. Also, like all Mega-Tech games there is a time limit on how long the game can be played and a high score table is displayed on the top screen. The time limit can be increased by inserting credits.

Mega Play version

The Mega Play version has a large number of differences from the Mega Drive game. First of all the second revision is used so the scrolling clouds in Green Hill Zone are present. However, cheat codes cannot be used. The player only has three lives to complete the game, and extra lives cannot be earned; breaking a 1-Up monitor will award 5,000 points instead. Continues are increased by inserting credits after a Game Over.

There are also only four Zones: Green Hill Zone, Spring Yard Zone, Star Light Zone, and Scrap Brain Zone (which is missing its third Act). Special Stages are also missing and jumping into the Giant Rings only cause Sonic to disappear, therefore the player cannot collect any Chaos Emeralds, however if the player beats the game without dying, the "Good Ending" would be shown. The credit roll is not used. The player can also enter their initials on a High Score screen displayed after the game ends, either by running out of lives or finishing the game. There is also a strictly enforced time limit unique to each level. If the level isn't completed by that time, the player will lose a life and the timer will be reset.

The Mega Play version was later released on the Nintendo Switch as part of Sega Ages Sonic the Hedgehog, and uses the "Normal" difficulty.

Time limits

The time limits for each level vary depending on the DIP switch configuration. Listed below are the time limits for each difficulty.

Level		Time
Level		Easy	Normal	Hard	Hardest
Green Hill Zone	Act 1	1:00	0:50	0:40	0:35
	Act 2	1:10	1:00	0:50	0:45
	Act 3	2:00	1:50	1:40	1:35
Spring Yard Zone	Act 1	2:20	2:10	2:00	1:55
	Act 2	2:00	1:50	1:40	1:35
	Act 3	3:10	3:00	2:50	2:45
Star Light Zone	Act 1	2:10	2:00	1:50	1:45
	Act 2	2:40	2:30	2:20	2:15
	Act 3	4:10	4:00	3:50	3:45
Scrap Brain Zone	Act 1	3:10	3:00	2:50	2:45
	Act 2	3:40	3:30	3:20	3:15
Final Zone		4:10	4:00	3:50	3:45

Magazine articles

Main article: sega:Sonic the Hedgehog (Mega Drive)/Magazine articles#Arcade version

Physical scans

MegaPlay, EU
Cover

MegaTech, US

Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments

References

Sonic the Hedgehog games for the following systems

1991 Waku Waku Sonic Patrol Car 1993 Sonic the Hedgehog | SegaSonic Cosmo Fighter | Sonic the Hedgehog 2 | SegaSonic the Hedgehog 1996 Sonic the Fighters 2011 Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing Arcade 2015 Sonic Dash Extreme‎‎ 2016 Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Arcade Edition 2020 Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 - Arcade Edition

Prototypes SegaSonic the Hedgehog (revision A)

Unreleased SegaSonic Bros. | Sonic Ride | Pre-May 1993 Sonic arcade games

1992 UFO SegaSonic 1993 Sonic the Hedgehog | SegaSonic Popcorn Shop 1994 Sonic no Space Tours | SegaSonic Wataame Scramble | Sonic Canball | Air Circus | Curling Holiday 1997 Sonic the Hedgehog AWP 2002 Sonic & Tails Spinner 2003 CR Sonic 2007 Sonic Spinner 2008 Sonic Live! 2009 Sonic Hopper! 2010 Sonic Sports Basketball 2012 Sonic Sports Air Hockey | Oh! Ring | In the Barrel 2013 Sonic Athletics | Sonic Ghost Shooting | Sonic Brain Ranking‎‎ 2016 Sonic Blast Ball‎‎ 2019 Sonic Sports Kids Basketball‎‎

Unknown date CoroCoro Fever (199x) | Darts Shot (199x) | Mogu-Mogu Rush (201x) | Neo Target (201x) | Circles Shoot (201x)

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-'''''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (16-bit)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]''''' was one of the games adapted for release in arcades using both the [[sega:Mega-Tech System|Mega-Tech]] and [[sega:Mega Play|Mega Play]] hardware.
+}}
+'''''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (16-bit)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]''''' was one of the games adapted for release in arcades for both the [[sega:Mega-Tech System|Mega-Tech]] and [[sega:Mega Play|Mega Play]] hardware.
 ==Gameplay==
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 ===Mega Play version===
-The Mega Play version has a large number of differences from the Mega Drive game. First of all the second revision is used so the scrolling clouds in [[Green Hill Zone]] are present. However, cheat codes cannot be used. The player only has three lives to complete the game, and extra lives cannot be earned; breaking a 1-Up [[monitor]] will award 5,000 points instead. [[Continue]]s are increased by inserting credits after a Game Over.
+The Mega Play version has a large number of differences from the Mega Drive game. First of all the second revision is used so the scrolling clouds in [[Green Hill Zone (Sonic the Hedgehog 16-bit)|Green Hill Zone]] are present. However, cheat codes cannot be used. The player only has three lives to complete the game, and extra lives cannot be earned; breaking a 1-Up [[monitor]] will award 5,000 points instead. [[Continue]]s are increased by inserting credits after a [[Game Over]].
-There are also only four Zones: Green Hill Zone, [[Spring Yard Zone]], [[Star Light Zone]], and [[Scrap Brain Zone]] (which is missing its third Act). [[Special Stage (Sonic the Hedgehog 16-bit)|Special Stages]] are also missing and jumping into the [[Giant Ring]]s only cause [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic]] to disappear, therefore the player cannot collect any [[Chaos Emeralds]]. The credit roll is not used. The player can also enter their initials on a High Score screen displayed after the game ends, either by running out of lives or finishing the game. There is also a strictly enforced time limit unique to each level. If the level isn't completed by that time, the player will lose a life and the timer will be reset.
+There are also only four Zones: Green Hill Zone, [[Spring Yard Zone]], [[Star Light Zone]], and [[Scrap Brain Zone]] (which is missing its third Act). [[Special Stage (Sonic the Hedgehog 16-bit)|Special Stages]] are also missing and jumping into the [[Giant Ring]]s only cause [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic]] to disappear, therefore the player cannot collect any [[Chaos Emeralds]], however if the player beats the game without dying, the "Good Ending" would be shown. The credit roll is not used. The player can also enter their initials on a High Score screen displayed after the game ends, either by running out of lives or finishing the game. There is also a strictly enforced time limit unique to each level. If the level isn't completed by that time, the player will lose a life and the timer will be reset.
-The Mega Play version was later ported to the [[Nintendo Switch]] as part of ''[[Sega Ages Sonic the Hedgehog]]''.
+The Mega Play version was later released on the [[Nintendo Switch]] as part of ''[[Sega Ages Sonic the Hedgehog]]'', and uses the "Normal" difficulty.
 ====Time limits====
+The time limits for each level vary depending on the DIP switch configuration. Listed below are the time limits for each difficulty.
 {| style="width:auto"
-! colspan="2" | Level
+! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Level
-! Time
+! colspan="4"  style="text-align:center;"| Time
 |-
-| [[Green Hill Zone]]
+! Easy
+! Normal
+! Hard
+! Hardest
+|-
+| [[Green Hill Zone (Sonic the Hedgehog 16-bit)|Green Hill Zone]]
 | Act 1
+| 1:00
 | 0:50
+| 0:40
+| 0:35
 |-
 |
 | Act 2
+| 1:10
 | 1:00
+| 0:50
+| 0:45
 |-
 |
 | Act 3
+| 2:00
 | 1:50
+| 1:40
+| 1:35
 |-
 | [[Spring Yard Zone]]
 | Act 1
+| 2:20
 | 2:10
+| 2:00
+| 1:55
 |-
 |
 | Act 2
+| 2:00
 | 1:50
+| 1:40
+| 1:35
 |-
 |
 | Act 3
+| 3:10
 | 3:00
+| 2:50
+| 2:45
 |-
 | [[Star Light Zone]]
 | Act 1
+| 2:10
 | 2:00
+| 1:50
+| 1:45
 |-
 |
 | Act 2
+| 2:40
 | 2:30
+| 2:20
+| 2:15
 |-
 |
 | Act 3
+| 4:10
 | 4:00
+| 3:50
+| 3:45
 |-
 | [[Scrap Brain Zone]]
 | Act 1
+| 3:10
 | 3:00
+| 2:50
+| 2:45
 |-
 |
 | Act 2
+| 3:40
 | 3:30
+| 3:20
+| 3:15
 |-
 | [[Final Zone]]
 |
+| 4:10
 | 4:00
+| 3:50
+| 3:45
 |}
 ==Magazine articles==
-{{magtable|
+{{main|sega:Sonic the Hedgehog (Mega Drive)/Magazine articles#Arcade version}}
-{{magrow
-| file=Raze UK 08.pdf
-| page=14
-| cover=
-| date=1991-06
-| source=''Raze'' #8
-| type=News
-| title=Sega City
-| comment=Short article in ''Raze'' #8, mentioning a conversion of the [[Sonic the Hedgehog (16-bit)|Mega Drive game]] to arcades. Presumably this refers to ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' on [[Mega-Tech]] or [[Mega Play]].
-| writer=
-| score=
-}}
-}}
 ==Physical scans==