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Sonic 2 has been rereleased on various platforms via compilations and emulation, and a remake for iOS and Android devices, developed using the Retro Engine, was released in December 2013. Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and Sonic & Knuckles followed in 1994. It continues to receive acclaim, often cited as one of the greatest video games of all time and one of the best Sonic games. Sonic 2 played a major role in keeping Sega competitive during the console wars of the fourth generation of video game consoles in the early 1990s. The addition of Tails and the multiplayer mode received criticism, while the special stages divided opinion. Critics generally considered Sonic 2 an improvement over the first game and praised the visuals, level design, gameplay, and music. It was the fastest-selling and highest-grossing home entertainment product of 1992, grossing over $450 million that year ( $830 million adjusted for inflation). It was released in November 1992 to critical acclaim and became the second-bestselling Genesis game behind the original Sonic the Hedgehog, with more than 8 million copies sold worldwide across all platforms. As with the first game, Dreams Come True bassist and songwriter Masato Nakamura composed the soundtrack.Īs the sequel to one of the bestselling games of all time, Sonic 2 was widely anticipated, and Sega backed it with a $10 million marketing campaign. The development suffered setbacks, including language and cultural differences between the Japanese and American staff, and numerous levels were cut due to time constraints and quality concerns. Sonic 2 was intended to be faster and more ambitious than the first game. Sega Technical Institute (STI) founder Mark Cerny started working on Sonic 2 in November 1991, and members of the original development team-including programmer Yuji Naka and designer Hirokazu Yasuhara-moved to California to join the project. It features faster gameplay and larger levels in comparison to the first game, in addition to a new multiplayer game mode and special stages featuring pseudo-3D graphics.Īlthough Sonic the Hedgehog had been a major success, Sega was slow to approve the development of a sequel. Sonic 2 introduces Sonic's sidekick, Miles 'Tails' Prower, controllable by a second player. Like the first Sonic the Hedgehog (1991), players traverse side-scrolling levels at high speeds while collecting rings and defeating enemies. It follows Sonic as he attempts to stop Doctor Robotnik from stealing the Chaos Emeralds to power his space station, the Death Egg. Sega's management has been criticized for its decision-making during the system's development and cancellation.Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is a 1992 platform game developed and published by Sega for the Sega Genesis. The failure of Sega's development teams to release a game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series, known in development as Sonic X-treme, has been considered a factor in the console's poor performance.Īlthough the system is remembered for several well-regarded games, including Nights into Dreams., the Panzer Dragoon series, and the Virtua Fighter series, the Saturn's reception is mixed due to its complex hardware design and limited third-party support. Having sold 9.5 million units worldwide, the Saturn is considered a commercial failure. After the debut of the Nintendo 64 in late 1996, the Saturn rapidly lost market share in the U.S., where it was discontinued in 1998. The Saturn was initially successful in Japan, but failed to sell in large numbers in the United States after its surprise May 1995 launch, four months before its scheduled release date. Designed around a new CPU from Japanese electronics company Hitachi, another video display processor was incorporated into the system's design in early 1994 to better compete with Sony's forthcoming PlayStation. Its games are in CD-ROM format, and its game library contains several arcade ports as well as original titles.ĭevelopment of the Saturn began in 1992, the same year Sega's groundbreaking 3D Model 1 arcade hardware debuted. Saturn has a dual-CPU architecture and a total of eight processors. The Sega Saturn is a 32-bit fifth-generation home video game console that was developed by Sega and released on November 22, 1994, in Japan, May 11, 1995, in North America and July 8, 1995, in Europe as the successor to the successful Sega Genesis. You can also vote for your favourite system. Please scroll down for more sections and remember to share this page.

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