Sonic Mega Collection Plus
| Sonic Mega Collection Plus | |||
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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 |
Masaru Setsumaru Hideaki Kobayashi |
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| Erstveröffent- lichung |
PlayStation 2 , Xbox : November 2, 2004 December 9, 2004 February 4, 2005 March 20, 2005 Windows : March 31, 2006 March 9, 2007   |
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| platform | PlayStation 2 , Xbox , Windows | ||
| genre | Collection | ||
| Game mode | Single player , multiplayer , co-op mode | ||
| language | including German , English | ||
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Sonic Mega Collection Plus is a video game collection developed by the Sonic team and first published by Sega in North America on November 2, 2004 for PlayStation 2 and Xbox . Regardless of the region, it contains a total of 20 games that were released for the Sega Mega Drive and Sega Game Gear between 1991 and 1996 , ten of them from the Sonic game series , and thus six more than the previously published Sonic Mega Collection for the Nintendo GameCube .
content
The Sonic Mega Collection Plus 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 | Beat 'em up | 1995 | Sega Technical Institute |
| The Ooze | Action | 1995 | Sega Technical Institute |
| Sega Game Gear games included in this Plus version only | |||
| Name of the game | genre | Release | developer |
| Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit) | Jump 'n' run | 1991 | Ancient |
| Sonic the Hedgehog Chaos | Jump 'n' run | 1993 | Aspect Co. Ltd |
| Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine | puzzle | 1993 | Compile |
| Sonic drift | Racing game | 1994 | Sega |
| Sonic maze | Action | 1995 | Minato Giken |
| Sonic Blast | Jump 'n' run | 1996 | Aspect Co. Ltd |
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. A new feature is a save function that allows you to save and load games at any point.
Additional 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 and a making-of video for Sonic Heroes .
New releases and successors
The Sonic Mega Collection Plus was 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 Plus was generally rated very positively and sold around 2.3 million times on the PlayStation 2 alone, while the sales figures for the Xbox version are unknown, but must be less than 1 million.
See also
More Sonic Video Game Bundles
- Sonic Compilation (1995)
- Sonic 2 in 1 (1995)
- Sonic Jam (1997)
- Sonic Mega Collection (2002)
- Sonic Gems Collection (2005)
- Sonic PC Collection (2009)
- Sonic Classic Collection (2010)