Sonic Mega Collection
| Sonic Mega Collection | |||
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| Studio |
 Sonic team
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| Publisher |
Sega
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| Senior Developer |
Yuji Naka Yojiro Ogawa |
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| composer |
Tatsuya Kouzaki Hideaki Kobayashi |
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| Erstveröffent- lichung |
 November 10, 2002 December 19, 2002 March 7, 2003 |
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| platform | Nintendo GameCube | ||
| genre | Collection | ||
| Game mode | Single player , multiplayer , co-op mode | ||
| language | including German , English | ||
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Sonic Mega Collection is a video game collection developed by the Sonic team and first published by Sega in North America on November 10, 2002 for the Nintendo GameCube . Depending on the region, it contains a total of twelve or fourteen games that were released for the Sega Mega Drive from 1991 to 1996 , ten of them from the Sonic game series .
content
The Sonic Mega Collection contains the following games:
| Sonic games to choose from right from the start | |||
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| Name of the game | genre | Release | developer |
| Sonic the Hedgehog | Jump 'n' run | 1991 | Sonic team |
| Sonic the Hedgehog 2 | Jump 'n' run | 1992 | Sonic Team & Sega Technical Institute |
| Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball | Action | 1993 | Sega Technical Institute & Polygames |
| Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine | puzzle | 1993 | Compile |
| Sonic the Hedgehog 3 | Jump 'n' run | 1994 | Sonic Team & Sega Technical Institute |
| Sonic & Knuckles | Jump 'n' run | 1994 | Sonic Team & Sega Technical Institute |
| Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island | Jump 'n' run | 1996 | Sonic Team & Traveller's Tales |
| Unlockable Sonic Games | |||
| Name of the game | genre | Release | developer |
| Blue Sphere | puzzle | 1994 | Sonic Team & Sega Technical Institute |
| Knuckles the Echidna in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 | Jump 'n' run | 1994 | Sonic Team & Sega Technical Institute |
| Sonic 3 & Knuckles | Jump 'n' run | 1994 | Sonic Team & Sega Technical Institute |
| More unlockable games | |||
| Name of the game | genre | Release | developer |
| Flicky | Jump 'n' run | 1991 | Sega Technical Institute |
| Ristar | Jump 'n' run | 1995 | Sega Technical Institute |
| Comix Zone 1 | Beat 'em up | 1995 | Sega Technical Institute |
| The Ooze 1 | Action | 1995 | Sega Technical Institute |
All games are absolutely identical to the Sega Mega Drive original, whereby the first Sonic the Hedgehog can be played either in the Japanese, American or European version, which makes differences in the frame rate. The instructions for all games have been scanned and can be viewed.
Further contents of the collection include scanned covers of the Sonic Comics by Archie Comics , any artwork, both cutscenes from Sonic the Hedgehog CD , a video about the history of the franchise so far and a trailer for Sonic Advance 2 .
New releases and successors
The Sonic Mega Collection was released exclusively for the Nintendo GameCube . In 2004 the Sonic Mega Collection Plus followed with six additional Sonic games from Sega Game Gear, initially for PlayStation 2 and Xbox and in 2006 for Windows . This version was then also part of 2 in 1 Combo Pack: Sonic Mega Collection Plus / Super Monkey Ball Deluxe (2005, Xbox), Sega Fun Pack: Sonic Mega Collection Plus & Shadow the Hedgehog (2009, PlayStation 2) and Sonic PC Collection (2009, PC).
The Sonic Gems Collection , which was released in 2005 for the GameCube and PlayStation 2, contained nine other Sonic games that were not included on Sonic Mega Collection or Sonic Mega Collection Plus . Another game collection exclusively focused on Sonic games was the Sonic Classic Collection released in 2010 for the Nintendo DS .
reception
Sonic Mega Collection received very positive reviews across the board, selling around 1.513 million copies.
See also
More Sonic Video Game Bundles
- Sonic Compilation (1995)
- Sonic 2 in 1 (1995)
- Sonic Jam (1997)
- Sonic Mega Collection Plus (2004)
- Sonic Gems Collection (2005)
- Sonic PC Collection (2009)
- Sonic Classic Collection (2010)
Web links
- Sonic Mega Collection at MobyGames (English)