Sonic CD

Sonic the Hedgehog CD or Sonic CD (ソニック ザ ヘジホッグ CD/ソニック CD) (as it is known in Europe and North America) is a platform game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series, developed and published by Sega. more...

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It marked the first official appearance of both Metal Sonic and Amy Rose. It was released for the Sega Mega-CD in Japan on September 23, 1993, in Europe in October, 1993, and finally for the Sega CD in North America on November 19, 1993. The game was ported to PC CD-ROM in 1996. The game later inspired the story line to the Sonic OVA film.

Storyline

For one month out of every year, a tiny planet appears in the skies above Never Lake. This mysterious place harbours seven ancient gems that control the passage of time. Intrigued by the unusual power of these stones, Dr. Robotnik has descended upon the little planet and hatched a new scheme which will enable him to control time and rule the world.

Fortunately, Sonic the Hedgehog has caught wind of Robotnik's evil schemes and plans to stop the doctor at all cost. However, to complicate matters Dr. Robotnik has kidnapped the young hedgehog Amy Rose, and uses her to bait Sonic and keep the hedgehog off trail. To that end, he deploys his most sophisticated and diabolical machine to date: a robot duplicate of the hedgehog hero, designed to match Sonic's every move and even surpass his own namesake's speed.

Now, Sonic must gather the Time Stones before Dr. Robotnik can, defeat Robotnik and Metal Sonic, and save Amy Rose.

Gameplay

The game's key element is the manner in which the player can travel to 4 different versions of each level in 3 different time periods. This is accomplished by speed posts scattered around the level, bearing the labels "Past", and "Future". After running through one of these posts, the player has to run at top speed for a few seconds without stopping to travel into the respective time period. There are no "Past" signs in the Past and no "Future" signs in the Future. Each stage has three "Acts" (Although they are called "Zones" in this game, see below), the third of which always takes place in the future. If Sonic destroys Dr. Robotnik's machine in the past in the first two acts of a stage, he will then travel to the different "Good Future" which typically features a perfect marraige of nature and technology with no enemies. However, if he immediately travels to the Future without first destroying Eggman's machine in the Past, he will travel to the "Bad Future", which contains environmental hazards depending on the kind of level (Such as poisoned water, corroded structures, etc.). By completing all the good futures or by collecting the 7 Time Stones in the Special Stages, Sonic will finish the game with the good ending.

The game itself has Sonic feeling generally more sluggish than normal. The spin dash he does is different to that of Sonic 2's; the position he takes in both games is different. A new move was added to complement the spin dash: the Super Peel-Out (AKA Strike Dash, AKA Figure 8). The Super Peel-Out, performed in a manner much the reverse of the spin dash, by pressing up and any trigger button, causes Sonic to rev in position until you release the button, at which point he speeds off. The difference between the spindash and the Super Peelout is the spindash damages enemies who get in its way, due to Sonic's curled attacking pose; the Super Peelout, whilst quicker to charge up than the spin dash, does no damage, instead leaving Sonic vulnerable to attack (however, this can be foiled by pressing down immediately after performing the super peelout, sending Sonic into a roll that is just as fast as the super peelout as well as making him invulnerable to enemy attack).

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