| Sonic Mega Collection Plus | |
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| Developer(s) | Sonic Team |
| Publisher(s) | Sega |
| Platform(s) | Xbox, PlayStation 2, PC |
| Release | November 2, 2004 |
| Genre(s) | Compilation |
| Mode(s) | Single player, multiplayer |
Sonic Mega Collection Plus is a compilation of video games in the Sonic the Hedgehog series from the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis and Game Gear so they can be played on the Sony PlayStation 2 and Microsoft Xbox consoles. This edition is an update of Sonic Mega Collection for the Nintendo GameCube, and now includes Game Gear games, two non-Sonic games that were only Japan-exclusive in the original Mega Collection, updated illustrations, a new menu interface, and a mid-game saving feature. It is infamous for it's time-consuming, pointless goals which have to be met in order to unlock the bonus games, involving constantly entering and exiting certain games up to 50 times.
Release information[]
The game was released on November 2, 2004 in North America, December 9, 2004 in Japan, and February 4, 2005 in Europe. A PC port was released in March 31, 2006 in Europe.
The Mega Drive/Genesis games included are:
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2
- Sonic the Hedgehog 3
- Sonic & Knuckles
- Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball
- Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
- Sonic 3D Blast (Genesis Version)
And included these Game Gear games, exclusive to the Plus version:
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Sonic Chaos
- Sonic Drift
- Sonic Labyrinth
- Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
- Sonic Blast
As well as the following unlockable games:
- Blue Sphere
- Knuckles the Echidna in Sonic the Hedgehog 2
- Sonic 3 & Knuckles
- Flicky
- Ristar
- The Ooze
- Comix Zone
(The last two are present in all versions, in contrast with the original Mega Collection, where only Japan had them.)
It also includes some additional features, like game manuals from all the Genesis and Game Gear games, and the covers of the Sonic the Hedgehog Archie Comic, official illustrations of all the Sonic characters (which have been updated since the GameCube version to accommodate new images from new Sonic game releases) and Sonic Heroes movies, from story board, production, to finished.