Sonic the Hedgehog CD
Sonic the Hedgehog CD or Sonic CD is a platformer video game created by Sega. It is part of the Sonic the Hedgehog series. It was released for the Sega CD game console in 1993. In chronological order it is after the first game and "before the sequel." The game involves the use of a time travel system that allows Sonic to travel to both the past and the future in a level. Each zone has four variants: the "past," the "present," the "good future," and the "bad future." Each has different graphics, music, enemies, and obstacles. The game introduces two characters to the Sonic the Hedgehog series: Amy Rose, a pink female hedgehog who is in love with Sonic, and Metal Sonic, an evil robotic version of Sonic.
| Sonic CD | |
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| Developer(s) | Sega |
| Publisher(s) | Sega |
| Director(s) | Naoto Ohshima |
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| Programmer(s) | Matsuhide Mizoguchi |
| Artist(s) | Hiroyuki Kawaguchi |
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| Series | Sonic the Hedgehog |
| Platform(s) | Sega CD, Windows, GameCube, PlayStation 2, Android, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, iOS, Windows Phone, Ouya, Apple TV, Fire TV |
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| Genre(s) | Platform |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
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Release and translation change
Sonic CD was released in Japan on September 23, 1993.[1] It was released in Europe in October 1993.[2] The game was released in North America in November 1993.[3]
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Sonic CD received a lot of praise.[4][8][11] The Sega CD version sold more than 1.5 million copies. It sold more copies than any other game on the Sega CD.[12][13]
The graphics and sound were praised. Electronic Games said that the game looked similar to older games. They said it did not use the Sega CD's special features very much. However, they said that this did not make the game worse. They said the music was what made Sonic CD "stand above the crowd".[4] The reviewers of Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM) said the game's animated cinematics and sound were good. however, they said that the frame rate decreases during special stages.[5]
The gameplay was liked. Sega Pro said the bigger environments and the time travel added to the replay value. They said that "the more you play Sonic CD the better it gets". However, they said they felt the game was too easy.[8] In its debut issue, Sega Magazine said Sonic CD could be "a classic". They said the originality in the special stages and time travel was great.[7]
Notes change
- ↑ EGM provided four scores from individual reviewers.
References change
- ↑ "[セガハード大百科] メガＣＤ対応ソフトウェア". Sega. Archived from the original on December 16, 2009. Retrieved 2015-05-30.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Rand, Paul (November 1993). "Review: Sonic CD" (PDF). Computer and Video Games. No. 144. p. 87. Retrieved August 29, 2017.
- ↑ "Sonic the Hedgehog CD". GamePro. Vol. 6, no. 1.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Camron, Marc (December 1993). "CD Gallery". Electronic Games. Vol. 2, no. 3. p. 140. Retrieved December 19, 2017.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Review Crew: Sonic CD". Electronic Gaming Monthly. Vol. 6, no. 11. November 1992. p. 48. Retrieved December 19, 2017.
- ↑ The Unknown Gamer (January 1994). "Sega CD ProReview: Sonic the Hedgehog CD" (PDF). GamePro. pp. 64–68.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Review: Sonic CD" (PDF). Sega Magazine. No. 1. January 1994.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "Sonic the Hedgehog CD". Sega Pro (Review). November 1993. pp. 38–40. Archived from the original on February 11, 2018. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
- ↑ Chris; Mark (January 1994). "Sonic the Hedgehog CD". Sega Force Mega. Vol. 2, no. 7. pp. 102–4.
- ↑ "Sonic CD; Sonic Chaos; Sonic Spinball; Sonic 3". Entertainment Weekly.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Electronic Gaming Monthly's Buyer's Guide". 1994.
{{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires|magazine=(help) - ↑ Official Gallup UK Mega-CD sales chart, February 1994, published in Mega issue 17
- ↑ Records, Guinness World (2015). Guinness World Records 2016: Gamer's Edition. ISBN 978-1910561096.
