Sonic Gems Collection
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| Studio |
 Sonic team
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| Publisher |
Sega
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| Senior Developer |
Yūji Naka Akinori Nishiyama Yojiro Ogawa |
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| composer |
Naofumi Hataya Tatsuyuki Maeda |
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| Erstveröffent- lichung |
GameCube : August 11, 2005 August 16, 2005 September 30, 2005 PlayStation 2 : August 11, 2005 September 30, 2005  |
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| platform | Nintendo GameCube , PlayStation 2 | ||
| genre | Collection | ||
| Game mode | Single player , multiplayer | ||
| language | including German , English | ||
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Sonic Gems Collection is a video game collection developed by the Sonic team and first published by Sega in Japan on August 11, 2005 for Nintendo GameCube and PlayStation 2 . Depending on the region, it contains a total of eleven or fifteen games that were released from 1991 to 1997 for various Sega consoles, the PC or as arcade machines and were not included in the Sonic Mega Collection or Sonic Mega Collection Plus , nine of them from the Sonic game series . In North America, the game was not released for PlayStation 2.
content
The Sonic Gems Collection contains the following games:
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| Name of the game | genre | Release | developer | system |
| Sonic the Hedgehog CD | Jump 'n' run | 1993 | Sonic team | Sega Mega CD , PC |
| Sonic the Fighters | Beat 'em up | 1996 | Sega AM2 | Arcade |
| Sonic R | Racing game | 1997 | Sonic Team , Traveller's Tales | Sega Saturn , PC |
| Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (8-bit) | Jump 'n' run | 1992 | Aspect Co. Ltd | Sega Game Gear |
| Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball | Action | 1993 | Sega Interactive Development Division | Sega Game Gear |
| Sonic the Hedgehog Triple Trouble | Jump 'n' run | 1994 | Aspect Co. Ltd | Sega Game Gear |
| Sonic Drift Racing | Racing game | 1995 | Sega Interactive Development Division | Sega Game Gear |
| Tails' Skypatrol | Shoot 'em up | 1995 | SIMS Co., Ltd., JSH / Biox | Sega Game Gear |
| Tails Adventure | Jump 'n' run | 1995 | Aspect Co. Ltd | Sega Game Gear |
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| Name of the game | genre | Release | developer | system |
| Vectorman | Jump 'n' run | 1995 | BlueSky software | Sega Mega Drive |
| Vectorman 2 | Jump 'n' run | 1996 | BlueSky software | Sega Mega Drive |
| Bonanza Bros. 1 | Action | 1991 | Sega | Sega Mega Drive |
| Bare Knuckle 1 | Beat 'em up | 1991 | Sega | Sega Mega Drive |
| Bare Knuckle II 1 | Beat 'em up | 1992 | Sega, Ancient, MNM, Shout !, HIC | Sega Mega Drive |
| Bare Knuckle III 1 | Beat 'em up | 1994 | Sega, Ancient | Sega Mega Drive |
All games are absolutely identical to the corresponding original, with Sonic the Hedgehog CD and Sonic R being based on the respective PC version. The instructions for all games have been scanned and can be viewed.
The collection also includes artworks, soundtracks and videos. In addition, demo versions of the seven Sega Mega Drive and the six Sega Game Gear Sonic games that were included in the Sonic Mega Collection Plus are implemented in the Sonic Gems Collection . You always start with the respective final boss fight. If you manage the final boss fight in the given time, you can play the respective game until the time limit runs out. Basically, these games are completely included in the Sonic Gems Collection , but can only be played to a very limited extent.
development
After the sales of the Sonic Mega Collection and Sonic Mega Collection Plus exceeded Sega's expectations , the goal was to release a Sonic Collection that would contain the rest of the and lesser known Sonic games. While the Sega Mega Drive games could previously be easily emulated, this time many different systems had to be made to work, which turned out to be more difficult than initially assumed.
So that really was for the Sonic Gems Collection scheduled Knuckles' Chaotix not built eventually, because it was too difficult to 32X implement games on the fly without clearance errors. In the case of the SegaSonic the Hedgehog arcade gaming machine , the implementation failed because of the peculiar control with a "track ball", which, according to Yūji Naka, was not compatible with the console controllers. Sonic Eraser was also removed after the two other Sonic games were no longer available, as it shouldn't be too much in focus due to the limited scope of the game and the low quality. Instead, the Sega Game Gear -Sonic games, which were not included in the Sonic Mega Collection Plus , were added. Apart from Sonic, the Sega Mega Drive games Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair (1990), Wonder Boy in Monster World (1991) and Monster World IV (1994) were also not implemented, although this was originally planned.
reception
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The Sonic Gems Collection received mostly moderate ratings. In general, Sonic the Hedgehog CD was considered the best game in the collection, the other games did not always age well according to the trade press.
See also
More Sonic Video Game Bundles
- Sonic Compilation (1995)
- Sonic 2 in 1 (1995)
- Sonic Jam (1997)
- Sonic Mega Collection (2002)
- Sonic Mega Collection Plus (2004)
- Sonic PC Collection (2009)
- Sonic Classic Collection (2010)
Individual evidence
- ^ Sonic Gems Collection . In: Ziff Davis (Ed.): Electronic Gaming Monthly . No. 195, September 2005.