Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Mega Drive)

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  • Sega Mega Drive
    NTSC-U/PAL
  • Sega Mega Drive
    NTSC-J
  • Mega-Tech/Mega Play
  • RealOne Arcade
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  • PC
  • iOS

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Sonic the Hedgehog 2
System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Mega-Tech, Mega Play, Virtual Console, Nintendo Switch Online, Steam, RealOne Arcade, iOS
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Sound driver: SMPS Z80 (modified) (SMPS 68000/Sonic the Hedgehog port)
Genre: Action[1][2]

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
JP 		¥6,8006,800 G-4088
Sega Mega Drive
US 		$54.9954.99[3][4] 1051
Sega Mega Drive
EU 		1051
Sega Mega Drive
DE 		DM 99.9599.95[8] 1051
Sega Mega Drive
UK 		£39.9939.99[6] 1051
Sega Mega Drive
SE
(Rental)
Sega Mega Drive
GR
Sega Mega Drive
AU 		$89.9589.95[7] FSON01SMC
Sega Mega Drive
AU
(Gold) 		FSON01SMC
Sega Mega Drive
CA
Sega Mega Drive
BR 		044130
Sega Mega Drive
BR
(Red) 		044130
Tectoy: Todas as Idades
Sega Mega Drive
KR 		₩6,8006,800 GM8073JG
Sega Mega Drive
AS 		1051-40
Sega Mega Drive
ZA
Arcade (Mega Play)
JP		 ¥? ?
Arcade (Mega-Tech System)
UK		 £? ?

























Wii Virtual Console
JP ▼ 		600pts600[10]
CERO: A
Wii Virtual Console
US ▼ 		800pts800[11]
ESRB: Everyone
Wii Virtual Console
EU ▼ 		800pts800[12]
PEGI: 3+
Wii Virtual Console
AU ▼ 		800pts800[14]
OFLC: General (G)
Nintendo Switch Online
JP ▼ 		SUBsub
Nintendo Switch Online
US ▼ 		SUBsub
Nintendo Switch Online
EU ▼ 		SUBsub
Nintendo Switch Online
UK ▼ 		SUBsub
Nintendo Switch Online
AU ▼ 		SUBsub
iOS
JP ▼ 		¥667 (700)700i[22]
iOS
US ▼ 		$5.995.99[21]
4+
iOS
EU ▼
4+
iOS
UK ▼
4+
RealOne Arcade
US ▼
Steam
US ▼ 		$4.994.99[25] 71163
ESRB: Everyone
Steam
EU ▼ 		€4.494.49[25] 71163
PEGI: 3+
Steam
DE ▼ 		€4.494.49[25] 71163
USK: 6
Steam
UK ▼ 		£3.993.99[25] 71163
PEGI: 3+
Steam
AU ▼ 		$6.996.99[25] 71163
OFLC: General (G)
Steam Linux
US ▼ 		$4.994.99[27] 71163
ESRB: Everyone
Steam Linux
EU ▼ 		€4.494.49[27] 71163
PEGI: 3+
Steam Linux
DE ▼ 		€4.494.49[27] 71163
USK: 6
Steam Linux
UK ▼ 		£3.993.99[27] 71163
PEGI: 3+
Steam Linux
AU ▼ 		$5.995.99[27] 71163
OFLC: General (G)
Steam OS X
US ▼ 		$4.994.99[27] 71163
ESRB: Everyone
Steam OS X
EU ▼ 		€4.494.49[27] 71163
PEGI: 3+
Steam OS X
DE ▼ 		€4.494.49[27] 71163
USK: 6
Steam OS X
UK ▼ 		£3.993.99[27] 71163
PEGI: 3+
Steam OS X
AU ▼ 		$5.995.99[27] 71163
OFLC: General (G)
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Production credits

Main article: Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Mega Drive)/Production credits.

Magazine articles

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
{{{{{icon}}}|L}} Division by zero.
Based on
0 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
80
[28]
Aktueller Software Markt (DE)
90
[29]
Bad Influence! (UK) PAL
100
[30]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
90
[31]
Consoles + (FR)
92
[32]
Cool Gamer (RU)
80
[33]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
94
[34]
Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US) NTSC-U
91
[35]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
88
[36]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
80
[37]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 2 (RU)
80
[38]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
75
[39]
GameFan (US)
99
[40]
Game Mania (UK)
93
[41]
Game Power (IT)
89
[42]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
98
[43]
Gamers (DE)
87
[44]
GamesMaster (UK)
65
[45]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
91
[46]
HiScore (DK) PAL
82
[47]
Hobby Consolas (ES)
96
[48]
Joypad (FR)
95
[49]
Joystick (FR) PAL
96
[50]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)
93
[51]
Mega (UK)
94
[52]
Mega Action (UK)
94
[53]
Mega Action (UK)
89
[54]
Megablast (DE)
80
[55]
Mega Force (FR)
95
[56]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
88
[57]
MegaTech (UK)
93
[58]
Micromanía (segunda época) (ES)
82
[59]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
96
[6]
Megazone (AU)
96
[60]
OK Consolas (ES)
97
[61]
Player One (FR)
97
[62]
Play Time (DE)
91
[63]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
89
[64]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
94
[65]
Sega Pro (UK)
94
[66]
Sega Pro (DE)
92
[67]
Sega Zone (UK) PAL
92
[68]
Sega Force Mega (UK)
95
[69]
Sega Force (SE)
100
[70]
Sega Force (UK)
97
[71]
Sega Mega Drive Review (RU)
88
[72]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
86
[73]
Sonic the Comic (UK) PAL
91
[74]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
91
[75]
User (GR) PAL
97
[76]
VideoGames & Computer Entertainment (US) NTSC-U
90
[4]
Video Games (DE)
83
[77]
Sega Mega Drive
 90
Based on
52 reviews

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Mega Drive)

Main article: Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Mega Drive)/Magazine articles.

Technical information

Main article: Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Mega Drive)/Technical information.

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
✔
CRC32 24ab4c3a
MD5 8e2c29a1e65111fe2078359e685e7943
SHA-1 14dd06fc3aa19a59a818ea1f6de150c9061b14d4
1MB 1992-09-26 Cartridge[78] Revision 00
Sega Mega Drive
✔
CRC32 7b905383
MD5 9feeb724052c39982d432a7851c98d3e
SHA-1 8bca5dcef1af3e00098666fd892dc1c2a76333f9
1MB 1992-09-29 Cartridge Revision 01
Sega Mega Drive
✔
CRC32 39faaa70
MD5 a460bf633579a80eebbc09d6809e1b09
SHA-1 5b51b4d98cb4a7a38157dc4ab9462164dd224bfd
1MB 1991-04 Cartridge[79] Nick Arcade prototype Page
Sega Mega Drive
✔
CRC32 eea21b5c
MD5 51c1eee9dd79db9ef0d8b0aa36957b16
SHA-1 2f3228088b000260c2e00961efb0ed76629c84e9
1MB 1991-04 Cartridge Simon Wai prototype Page
Sega Mega Drive
✔
CRC32 370b3ce5
MD5 4f779c3e0ee0bd0686aab8f9e16a4002
SHA-1 c337d2f11a0630d61fc3c4f95d6e7970bb1f7910
1MB 1992-08-21 EPROMs[80] Alpha Page
Sega Mega Drive
✔
CRC32 0be8afa7
MD5 ef4148440b61bf101286f9e410da2740
SHA-1 24d6451a1ac72837cc2d88b93138677b5d043ae6
1MB 1992-09-14 EPROMs[81] Pre-beta Page
Sega Mega Drive
 ?
CRC32 5667eced
MD5 f90f777f544720d9c76986212ae70ea1
SHA-1 9bebfb78049e7556fbef30f4a43d204fbf4c64f0
1MB 1991-04 Cartridge CENSOR prototype Page
Sega Mega Drive
✔
CRC32 8fda5cc5
MD5 87dfce45e665fa34104067cae1a74d5e
SHA-1 66ec1392f13a6e8ed8d0837492ca32daad769900
1MB 1992-09-18 CD-R disc[82] Beta 4 Page
Sega Mega Drive
✔
CRC32 066b9a89
MD5 df7d6c4fa1899d45405654b1250b4330
SHA-1 b60f424e77be28ffa6937de3a08256ca55e6fe40
1MB 1992-09-21 CD-R disc[83] Beta 5 Page
Sega Mega Drive
✔
CRC32 cebc64e0
MD5 7640c831369b8c8f52880b3fe5506bbf
SHA-1 21dfc1142809622d5548e83f2c3544c34e0b2320
1MB 1992-09-22 CD-R disc[84] Beta 6 (first build) Page
Sega Mega Drive
✔
CRC32 cb036e6c
MD5 0ad4b54b426eb0b0d0360d0453233a0a
SHA-1 c9fdce433de4661e5f6f276a9b8c1b2b139b6709
1MB 1992-09-22 CD-R disc[85] Beta 6 (second build) Page
Sega Mega Drive
✔
CRC32 dc7be12c
MD5 d39416089539e379f4c8ee7900f636b8
SHA-1 14c6ec07bcc1450d7ed3afcc9994c7d994a9b52d
1MB 1992-09-24 CD-R disc[86] Beta 7 Page
Sega Mega Drive
✔
CRC32 6089fadd
MD5 0cc77d8f87bc9e6dc990bbe126b4701e
SHA-1 5f2dce167d03566d356dbdbcdd38b1b1dfb56b09
1MB 1992-09-24 CD-R disc[87] Beta 8 Page
Sega Mega Drive
✘
CRC32 f23ad4b3
MD5 da75878c193293c2e0801a61ea4ce8c0
SHA-1 2af1003247aec262089c8df22d05e80d04a1b5e4
1MB 1992-09 Sonic Compilation Hack; extracted from Sonic Compilation. Assumed to be v02.

References

  1. ↑ File:Sonic2 box jap.jpg
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-20 09:51)
  3. ↑ GamePro, "January 1993" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 51
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, "December 1992" (US; 1992-1x-xx), page 69
  5. ↑ Computer Trade Weekly, "" (UK; 1992-11-23), page 18
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Mean Machines Sega, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-10-xx), page 60
  7. ↑ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/126960710?searchTerm=sonic%20the%20hedgehog (Wayback Machine: 2023-07-09 06:59)
  8. ↑ Sega Magazin, "September/Oktober 1993" (DE; 1993-09-01), page 71
  9. ↑ https://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/vc/software/03.html (Wayback Machine: 2018-03-06 00:26)
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  17. ↑ @NintendoEurope on Twitter (archive.today)
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  19. ↑ @NintendoAUNZ on Twitter (archive.today)
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  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 26.3 26.4 26.5 26.6 26.7 26.8 26.9 https://steamdb.info/app/71163/history/?changeid=5749251
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  30. ↑ Bad Influence!, "xxxx 1993" (UK; 1993-0x-xx), page 46
  31. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "December 1992" (JP; 1992-11-07), page 31
  32. ↑ Consoles +, "Octobre 1992" (FR; 1992-xx-xx), page 56
  33. ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 194
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  35. ↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "December 1992" (US; 1992-11-10), page 74
  36. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 26
  37. ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 359
  38. ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 2, "" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 239
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  40. ↑ GameFan, "Volume 1, Issue 2: December 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 9
  41. ↑ Game Mania, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 80
  42. ↑ Game Power, "Novembre 1992" (IT; 1992-1x-xx), page 74
  43. ↑ GamePro, "January 1993" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 50
  44. ↑ Gamers, "Dezember/Januar 1993" (DE; 1992-11-19), page 40
  45. ↑ GamesMaster, "January 1993" (UK; 1992-12-03), page 56
  46. ↑ Game Informer, "January/February 1993" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 58
  47. ↑ HiScore, "15 Juli - 15 September" (DK; 1993-07-15), page 19
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  49. ↑ Joypad, "Novembre 1992" (FR; 1992-1x-xx), page 64
  50. ↑ Joystick, "Décembre 1992" (FR; 1992-1x-xx), page 158
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  52. ↑ Mega, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-10-15), page 36
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  55. ↑ Megablast, "4/93" (DE; 1993-09-29), page 36
  56. ↑ Mega Force, "Novembre 1992" (FR; 1992-11-09), page 72
  57. ↑ Mega Fun, "11/92" (DE; 1992-10-xx), page 34
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  59. ↑ Micromanía (segunda época), "Diciembre 1992" (ES; 1992-1x-xx), page 46
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  61. ↑ OK Consolas, "xxxx 1992" (ES; 1992-xx-xx), page 16
  62. ↑ Player One, "Novembre 1992" (FR; 1992-11-10), page 56
  63. ↑ Play Time, "1/93" (DE; 1992-12-09), page 90
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  81. ↑ Hidden Palace: Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Sep 14, 1992 prototype)
  82. ↑ Hidden Palace: Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Sep 18, 1992 prototype - Beta 4)
  83. ↑ Hidden Palace: Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Sep 21, 1992 prototype - Beta 5)
  84. ↑ Hidden Palace: Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Sep 22, 1992 prototype - Beta 6)
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  86. ↑ Hidden Palace: Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Sep 24, 1992 prototype - Beta 7)
  87. ↑ Hidden Palace: Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Sep 24, 1992 prototype - Beta 8)


Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Mega Drive)

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Books: Sonic the Hedgehog 1 & 2: Sega's Official Player's Guide (1993) | The Official Sega Solid Gold Guide: Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (1993) | Sonic the Hedgehog 1 & 2 Hisshou Kouryakuhou (1993) | An Official Player's Guide to Sonic the Hedgehog (1994)
Music: Sonic the Hedgehog 1&2 Soundtrack (2011) | Sonic the Hedgehog Tribute (2022)
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