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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
Number of players : 1-2
Release
Date
RRP
Code
Rating
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
$?
?
For the updated PS2, Xbox and PC version, see Sonic Mega Collection Plus .
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
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
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
Sound
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
Source: In-game credits
Manuals
Artwork
Wallpaper
Physical scans
GameCube, US
Cover
Disc
GameCube, US (Player's Choice)
Cover
GameCube, JP
Disc
GameCube, UK
Cover
Disc
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
Technical information
ROM dump status
System
Hash
Size
Build Date
Source
Comments
✔
CRC32
01b52739
MD5
85a525df1481d0ad67d8761f832dca12
SHA-1
06eb6d15b4d7f90ec0fed9ce9a77db41358d74ed
1,459,978,240
Game Disc (US)
✔
CRC32
9aa972fc
MD5
0261d1b772152f35123cb6b5651c454f
SHA-1
2e52b2d8c11a67ccef8fde6c00a9ce91aebe34a7
1,459,978,240
Game Disc (EU)
✔
CRC32
545f93a6
MD5
37fff656fc04f4f4719690d8eebd73f3
SHA-1
f997a8ac49a76ed3c747a28fbe69aacfeea0e19e
1,459,978,240
Game Disc (JP)
?
2001-12-17
NR Disc
Page
Save data
Sonic Mega Collection Save Data
Name
File Name
Comment
File Size
Icon
Description
Sonic Mega Collection
8P-GSOx-S_MEGA_SYS
System File ##/## ##:##
2 blocks
External links
Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): GameCube (archive)
Nintendo catalogue pages: JP , US (archive), UK
References