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==Windows PC versions==
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===Mega-CD version===
 
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| desc=The PAL version adds a ™ symbol to the game's title, while the NTSC-U version adds "™ &" to the copyright information at the bottom of the title screen.
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{{Comparison
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| desc="YOU ARE GREATEST PLAYER" was changed to "YOU '''ARE''' THE GREATEST PLAYER" to clean up a bit of Engrish.
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| desc=The message at the end of the bad ending was shortened to simply "TRY AGAIN".
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==Version comparisons==
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===Windows PC versions===
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{{Comparison
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| image1=Scd titlescreen.png
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| game1=Mega-CD version
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| game2=Windows PC version (1995)
 
| desc=The PC versions have a Sega logo, lifted from older Mega Drive games. It does not animate and there is no sound effect.
 
| desc=The PC versions have a Sega logo, lifted from older Mega Drive games. It does not animate and there is no sound effect.
 
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| desc=The title screen is rendered at a higher resolution, and features an updated copyright message. Sonic fades in from a blue screen rather than a black one.
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| desc=Sonic fades in from a blue screen rather than a black one.
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{{Comparison
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| image1=Scd titlescreen.png
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| image2=SonicCD PC TitleScreen.png
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| game1=Mega-CD version
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| game2=Windows PC version (1995)
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| desc=The title screen is rendered at a higher resolution, and features an updated copyright message. Everything has been redrawn, leading to Sonic having a different face.
 
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| game2=Windows PC version (1995)
 
| desc=While the animated introduction is rendered at the same size as the Mega-CD version, on Windows the full video is rendered, with more colours and frames of animation. The quality does not match up to the version seen in ''[[Sonic Jam]]'' two years later, but it was the highest quality version available at the time.
 
| desc=While the animated introduction is rendered at the same size as the Mega-CD version, on Windows the full video is rendered, with more colours and frames of animation. The quality does not match up to the version seen in ''[[Sonic Jam]]'' two years later, but it was the highest quality version available at the time.
 
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| desc=Loading times are more of a problem on Windows. Loading screens, depicting a stylised version of little planet, interrupt most screen changes in the game.
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| desc=Loading times are more of a problem on Windows. Loading screens, depicting a stylised version of [[Little Planet]], interrupt most screen changes in the game.
 
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| game1=Windows PC version (1995)
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| desc=Special stages also render at a higher resolution
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| desc=[[Special Stage (Sonic the Hedgehog CD)|Special Stages]] also render at a higher resolution
 
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Latest revision as of 19:15, 28 April 2022

Back to: Sonic the Hedgehog CD.

Localisation comparisons

Mega-CD version

SonicCD MCD JP Title.png
NTSC-J
SonicCD MCD EU Title.png
PAL
Scd titlescreen.png
NTSC-U

The PAL version adds a ™ symbol to the game's title, while the NTSC-U version adds "™ &" to the copyright information at the bottom of the title screen.

Notavailable.svg
NTSC-J/PAL
Notavailable.svg
NTSC-U

"YOU ARE GREATEST PLAYER" was changed to "YOU ARE THE GREATEST PLAYER" to clean up a bit of Engrish.

Notavailable.svg
NTSC-J/PAL
Notavailable.svg
NTSC-U

The message at the end of the bad ending was shortened to simply "TRY AGAIN".

Version comparisons

Windows PC versions

Scd titlescreen.png
Mega-CD version
SCD96 SEGASplash.png
Windows PC version (1995)

The PC versions have a Sega logo, lifted from older Mega Drive games. It does not animate and there is no sound effect.

Notavailable.svg
Mega-CD version
Notavailable.svg
Windows PC version (1995)

Sonic fades in from a blue screen rather than a black one.

Scd titlescreen.png
Mega-CD version
SonicCD PC TitleScreen.png
Windows PC version (1995)

The title screen is rendered at a higher resolution, and features an updated copyright message. Everything has been redrawn, leading to Sonic having a different face.

Notavailable.svg
Mega-CD version
Notavailable.svg
Windows PC version (1995)

While the animated introduction is rendered at the same size as the Mega-CD version, on Windows the full video is rendered, with more colours and frames of animation. The quality does not match up to the version seen in Sonic Jam two years later, but it was the highest quality version available at the time.

Notavailable.svg
Mega-CD version
Notavailable.svg
Windows PC version (1995)

Loading times are more of a problem on Windows. Loading screens, depicting a stylised version of Little Planet, interrupt most screen changes in the game.

SonicCD MCD Comparison SpecialStage1TitleCard.png
Mega-CD version
SCD96 SP.png
Windows PC version (1995)

Special Stages also render at a higher resolution

References


Sonic the Hedgehog CD
Scd titlescreen.png

Main page (2011)
Comparisons (2011)
Maps
Achievements
Credits

Manuals
Promotional material
Magazine articles
Video coverage
Reception

Development
Hidden content (2011)
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Original game – R2 | Bonus Stage
Remake – Desert Dazzle | Final Fever
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