Sonic Mega Collection

Sonic Mega Collection
Developer(s)Sonic Team
Publisher(s)Sega
Director(s)Yojiro Ogawa
Producer(s)Yuji Naka
Designer(s)Hideaki Moriya
Artist(s)Yuji Uekawa
Composer(s)Hideaki Kobayashi
SeriesSonic the Hedgehog
Platform(s)GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Windows
ReleaseGameCube
  • NA: November 12, 2002[1]
  • JP: December 19, 2002
  • EU: March 7, 2003
PS2, Xbox
  • NA: November 2, 2004[2]
  • JP: December 9, 2004
  • EU: February 4, 2005
  • AU: March 20, 2005
Windows
  • EU: March 31, 2006
  • NA: March 6, 2007
Genre(s)Various
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Sonic Mega Collection[a] is a video game compilation developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega in 2002 for the GameCube. It is a compilation of several Sonic the Hedgehog games originally released for the Genesis, along with a few other Sega-published titles for the system.

According to the director, Yojiro Ogawa, the purpose of the compilation was to introduce younger players to the original games in the Sonic series. The games are played through a Genesis emulator developed by Sonic Team themselves. Outside of the games, the compilation includes Sonic-themed videos and illustrations, as well as high-resolution scans of the instruction manuals and Sonic the Hedgehog comic covers.

Sonic Mega Collection received positive critical reception, being recommended for its large library of titles, high quality emulation, and its cheap market price. The compilation was re-released for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and Microsoft Windows as Sonic Mega Collection Plus with additional Sonic games originally released for the Game Gear. This was followed by a second compilation for the PlayStation 2 and GameCube, Sonic Gems Collection, with more obscure and rare Sonic games such as Sonic CD.

  1. ^ "Sonic Mega Collection ships". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 2023-05-27. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
  2. ^ Adams, David (2004-11-02). "Furry, Fast, and Blue". IGN. Archived from the original on 2023-05-27. Retrieved 2023-05-27.


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