Sonic Gems Collection
From Sonic Retro
Sonic Gems Collection |
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System(s): Gamecube, Playstation 2 |
Publisher: Sega |
Developer: Sonic Team |
Genre: Compilation |
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.
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 games trackball control scheme.[1] There is also an entire art section of the museum dedicated to Knuckles Chaotix, this may indicate that Chaotix may have also been planned for inclusion, but was left out instead.
Contents
Games Included
- Sonic the Hedgehog CD (Sega CD, port of PC version)
- Sonic the Fighters (Arcade, ported by Sega AM2)
- Sonic R (Sega Saturn, port of PC version)
The collection also includes the six 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 Brothers (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
In addition, the games from Sonic Mega Collection Plus can be unlocked in a "demo" form. These are actually the full games, but you automatically begin at the last level or final boss and have a time limit imposed on play time. There are cheat device codes avaialable 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 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.
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 a lack of a missing model.
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.
Cheat Codes
Cheat codes and unlockables for this game can be found at the following link: Cheat Codes: Sonic Gems Collection
Manuals
- Sonic Gems Collection US (GameCube) Manual
- Sonic Gems Collection EU (GameCube) Manual
- Sonic Gems Collection JP (GameCube) Manual
- Sonic Gems Collection EU (PS2) Manual
- Sonic Gems Collection JP (PS2) Manual
Credits
Staff
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 Ioszaki
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
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
Executive Producer: Hisao Oguchi
COMOLINK Inc.
Director: Hisatoku Yamada
Technical Programmer: Junji Takahashi
WAVEMASTER
Music License Management: Fumitaka Shibata
Special Thanks: Tatsuya Kozaki
Resources
Original Sound Version Recordings
See Sonic Gems Collection OST for a download page.
Scans
PlayStation 2
Nintendo Gamecube
- Sgc gc jp back cover.jpg
JP Back Cover
Sonic the Hedgehog games for the following systems | |
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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 |