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Oh. I didn't know the other versions could change soundtracks. I only have the old PC version (which didn't allow you change soundtracks) and the newer Steam PC version (which does allow you to change soundtracks).
The version using the Retro Engine was on PCs, Xbox 360, PS3 and even on the go. All the same version and I think it does default to the JP/EU soundtrack.
Sonic CD is a pretty amazing game with innovative mechanics, a crazy scope and a fabulous soundtrack. And it has one of the most badass intros ever! I still consider the Mega-CD original version as the best one, it just feels more authentic (and this obviously includes the lovely "VHS-like" intro) but the later, widescreen ports are handy for sure.
I don't remember being able to choose between the JP/US soundtracks in the PS2 version, but it was the PAL version. Anyways, the PS3/XB360/Windows version using the Retro Engine is hands-down the best version, even surpassing the Sega CD original.
The PS2 version was region-locked to the US soundtrack in North America *and* Europe (although the latter originally used the Japanese music). The GameCube version of the Gems Collection was different, I believe.
The Sega CD version is the undeniable OG, with 2 great OSTs, one by Naofumi Hataya, and the other by Spencer Nilsen PC is a great port, close to the OG, and the intro has slightly better colors and framerate, but still keeping the letterboxed resolution The Gems version on PS2, GC ane Xbox uses the PC as the base and it uses the original uncut 4:3 intro The current Retro Engine versions are the undeniable bests, with music choices, an extra special stage, improved special stage framerate and having a playable Tails
0:06 Sonic CD Japanese and Europe Title Screen (Mega CD) (Sega CD Japanese)4:44 Sonic CD US Title Screen 0:24 Sonic CD Japanese and Europe Song 5:14 Sonic CD US Song (Sega CD North American)
Sonic CD is a pretty amazing game with innovative mechanics, a crazy scope and a fabulous soundtrack. And it has one of the most badass intros ever! I still consider the Mega-CD original version as the best one, it just feels more authentic (and this obviously includes the lovely "VHS-like" intro) but the later, widescreen ports are handy for sure.
I remember that the XB360 version's what I got. Mainly 'cause I didn't have a Genesis (or rather, MegaDrive, as I'm from Europe/Scandiavia) when it was originally released.
The PC version is the same as PS3's and Xbox 360's version imo. So in that case, I choose the Xbox 360 version, in which you can switch between JP and US soundtrack.
Wow. For someone who lives in Europe, the American version of the game has very lackluster music compared to the Japanese version. I feel sorry for any American Sonic fans that had to grow up with that crap.
The better is the pc version, cause he have more facility to install mods, but this is the unique difference, the 2 versions (android ios & pc) are identic
Good for you. I've played the Windows 95 version, but don't hear any in-game music except sonic boom. I have it on the Xbox 360 via Xbox One Backwards compatibility.
the Win95 title screen is actually higher quality than any other version - and the PC version even has a few even higher quality images in the OMAKE folder, including title screen in highest quality known.
Hey retrosutra! Another superb video. Thanks mate! I always tought that the Sega CD could handle mode 7 smoothier and faster tahn the SNES, after all, it had two MC68k and was developed when the SNES was available. Well, not quite.
@@NB-1 this is a topic that needs more clarifications and also more perspective it was about 4-5 years ago that we started to see some claims that the mega-CD was supposedly "flawed", claims that instantly seemed questionable given the awesome games that it has in its library (either them being impressive exclusives such as dennin aleste or soul star but also usually the best versions of cross-platform games which is even more revealing regarding its capabilities compared to other systems of that era) then with the time, the way the mega-CD works has been explained into more details (via articles or videos) and while it appeared to be, indeed, not 100% optimal, not sure if the expension port is really a "big bottleneck" and not sure either if there were many better options that could have been considered by the folks at sega when they designed these hardwares the SNES used chips in cartridges to expand its capabilities but that, was also compromised in how it works, the DMA transfer for instance being limited regardless of how powerful the additional chip could be anyway back to the mega-CD, the comparison of cross-platform games is handy because we can compare directly what the different systems of that era could achieve and the mega-CD happens to usually have the edge over its contemporaries (amiga, MS-DOS, PC engine and SNES). some notables examples of that are final fight, popful mail, dune or mickey mania which are all technically better overall compared to the versions available on other systems. in fact, the mega-CD even has games that are better than the CD32 versions, a next gen system! flink is a good example of that, with the mega-CD version running in higher resolution, with nicer-looking HUD and better performances and then we have exclusives such as soul star which almost feels like a playstation game whereas the same can't be said about star fox despite the latter using a powerful additional chip in the cart so ultimately, while the mega-CD is not as efficient as it could have been, it can still rock _hard_ and in every ways, from visuals to sound. it's also one of the systems that I wish will get attention from demomakers and homebrewers in the near future as I feel that it still has untapped potential and I'd simply love to get new mega-CD games :)
compared to the SNES, the mega-CD can do games in higher resolution, with more complex processing, more sprites and better sound. it can also handle much more data thanx to the CD storage and when it comes to pseudo-3D effects (not just "mode 7" which only means the floor but pseudo-3D in general) the mega-CD is basically capped at 30 FPS but it can scale and rotate background AND sprites whereas the SNES can only do that with the background
@@ryzmaker11 well, for a system (genesis + Sega CD) that cost atbthe time of launch two to three times the price of a brand new SNES, it was more than mandatory to have a much more powerful hardware, wich it has, on paper. Sega systems generally are way more capable than they were at the time they were on the market. It's true for almost all Sega consoles, except for the SG1000. Just look at the Genesis, 32x, Saturn and Dreamcast today. Even the flawed Sega CD.
Let’s Comapare Sonic CD 1: Sega CD (Japan Version) (1993) 2: Sega CD (Usa Version) (1993) 3: Windows 95 (1996) 4: IOS / Android (2011) 5: Playstation 3 / Xbox 360 / Windows (2011)
Let's Compare Sonic CD 1: SEGA CD (Japan Version) (1993) 2: Sega CD (Usa Version) (1993) 3: Windows 95 (1996) 4: Mobile/iOS (2011) 5: Xbox/PlayStation/Windows (2011)
@@Mixa_YuZz26 there's new cutscenes, u can also play as tails without unlocking him. Another difference is they brought back the lyrics 4 the original jp opening theme (u can do anything), & ending (believe in urself).
Disagree but it’s what you like at the end of the day. Though don’t just generalize the other soundtrack in the first place, and make it out to be terrible. It’ll just invite people here to vice versa the other soundtrack you like better.
I think the one thing everyone can agree on is the Japanese music is better than the American version of the soundtrack. Hataya and Otaga’s music is Sonic music, where Nilsen and his crew’s soundtrack just doesn’t fit with the game outside of “Sonic Boom”. Btw, fun parlor trick for those of you with real Sega CD machines you don’t want to do region mods on - you can burn a copy of Sonic CD with the American codebase and Japanese music for the past and present.
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They probably have an idea to put to make the game sonic boom they said sonic boom in the song
No retroutra
0:05 the way it was cut is SOOO satisfying
That's fire baby
@@anotherchannelofgenesis7333 thismade me love it even mor listening to it again
@@anotherchannelofgenesis7333 in special stages for sonic cd (remaster 2011) is more easy retry special stages
The Steam version on PC actually let's you choose between the original Japanese music and the USA music. I think it actually defaults to Japanese.
iOS and Android are the same way.
The PS3 and Xbox 360 versions can change soundtracks as well
Oh. I didn't know the other versions could change soundtracks. I only have the old PC version (which didn't allow you change soundtracks) and the newer Steam PC version (which does allow you to change soundtracks).
The version using the Retro Engine was on PCs, Xbox 360, PS3 and even on the go. All the same version and I think it does default to the JP/EU soundtrack.
@sk0rpz Thank ****** for that.
The Retro Engine ports definitely have the best version of the Special Stages.
It's a Remake
@@StabTheDabb Pretty sure it still counts as a different version regardless considering it's not just emulation of the original version.
@@StabTheDabb no, it’s a remaster
@@poble a remaster normally means that stuff like the graphics are better but by them changing nothing in the levels its not really a remaster
@@copy.floppy the music is cut in most levels
That transition at the beginning tho
YOOOOOO!!!!!! RIGHT?
Ikr
Awesome!!😊
Sonic mania cd is now out
Sonic CD is a pretty amazing game with innovative mechanics, a crazy scope and a fabulous soundtrack. And it has one of the most badass intros ever! I still consider the Mega-CD original version as the best one, it just feels more authentic (and this obviously includes the lovely "VHS-like" intro) but the later, widescreen ports are handy for sure.
agreed
Yyyyep!^^
Us theme is gonna hunt you
Sonic cd is like sonic 3 because sonic 3 isn’t available for ios
I like the original version too
0:05 The transition in music and visuals is legit the best here.
this is the reason I like amy rose as a character. he only saved her out of fear for her life.
What about Modern Amy?
0:22 put in 1.75x for fix
I fail to understand the hate towards the US soundtrack. IMO it's fantastic.
Yeah ikr!
Its good in way, but Japanese fits the game more
I actually didn't know the intro music was different for the states until just now! The US music that opens the game is so much better IMO.
Hates because Game over and boss
Sonic Boom is the best. Especially the ending version.
You can't tell me that that transition at the beginning didn't work
I absolutely love Sonic!
You’ll think differently after seeing this lol
I grew on him
Me too!!
Me too i love this game
All these years later, and I just noticed Robotnik's face carved in the mountain
I don't remember being able to choose between the JP/US soundtracks in the PS2 version, but it was the PAL version. Anyways, the PS3/XB360/Windows version using the Retro Engine is hands-down the best version, even surpassing the Sega CD original.
The PS2 version was region-locked to the US soundtrack in North America *and* Europe (although the latter originally used the Japanese music). The GameCube version of the Gems Collection was different, I believe.
The Sega CD version is the undeniable OG, with 2 great OSTs, one by Naofumi Hataya, and the other by Spencer Nilsen
PC is a great port, close to the OG, and the intro has slightly better colors and framerate, but still keeping the letterboxed resolution
The Gems version on PS2, GC ane Xbox uses the PC as the base and it uses the original uncut 4:3 intro
The current Retro Engine versions are the undeniable bests, with music choices, an extra special stage, improved special stage framerate and having a playable Tails
the extra special stage was in all OG versions aswell
@@marx4538 oh, yeah. The sound test shenanigans, right?
@@angelriverasantana7755 yeah
Sonic gems collection wasn't on xbox
@@metalheadteenboy07 yes it was. Well. As sonic mega collection plus
the sounds effect on the windows 95 version are mono and compressed or have a low sample rate
Had all the cd addons released 2 years later they would have been insane
0:06 Sonic CD Japanese and Europe Title Screen (Mega CD) (Sega CD Japanese)4:44 Sonic CD US Title Screen 0:24 Sonic CD Japanese and Europe Song 5:14 Sonic CD US Song (Sega CD North American)
Sonic CD is a pretty amazing game with innovative mechanics, a crazy scope and a fabulous soundtrack. And it has one of the most badass intros ever! I still consider the Mega-CD original version as the best one, it just feels more authentic (and this obviously includes the lovely "VHS-like" intro) but the later, widescreen ports are handy for sure.
Alright but is anyone gonna talk about HOW CLEAN THE INTRO IS? Like i know it probably wqs unintentional but DANG was that smooth
Nvm shoulda read the comments before posting this lmao
20:03 -20:50 Why do I actual like this theme?
Cuz it's ominous in a good way? Sets the atmosphere really well?
@@ShadowtheUA-camr523It Also Fits The Level!
@@JoseGregorioValeroVillarroel both fit equally I suppose
1:59 11:11 24:16
@slrjbc yes
Japan & Europe soundtracks are for my taste
it's yummy & better than the American soundtrack
Agreed, though the American soundtrack should not go unnoticed.
Leave like if you too can't wait to replay it on nintendo switch in the Sonic Origins collector
dang the gamecube/ps2 special stage is FAST
日本では 残酷な評価だけど ボクとしては 良く出来たゲームでした ワクワクが詰まったゲームです。CDがうまく 読み込み出来ないことが 残念ですが 長年 ソニックが生まれかわりNintendoSwitch ＰＳ4へ リニューアルとして復活しました おすすめのゲームですね
I'm just watching this for intros.
Best versions:
Sonic Gems Collection
Android/IOS
PC/PS3/XBOX 360
Hot take: Both soundtracks are ruined by cheesy vocals. They should have just hired a saxophonist 🎷
saxophones and jazz are neat but lyrics are better :moyai:
I actually somewhat agree with you.
Hmmmmmmmmmmm ...
I remember that the XB360 version's what I got. Mainly 'cause I didn't have a Genesis (or rather, MegaDrive, as I'm from Europe/Scandiavia) when it was originally released.
I play the original Sega CD Version. Well not on a Sega CD but on an emulator. And it plays just fine.
We had it on the PC which had the song Sonic Boom over the intro movie which is the version I prefer
The PC version is the same as PS3's and Xbox 360's version imo.
So in that case, I choose the Xbox 360 version, in which you can switch between JP and US soundtrack.
@@PhantomKLA1 I think he ment the 1996 port of sonic cd.
@@metalheadteenboy07
Ah, OK 👌
my top 3 favorite classic sonic games
01:55 START!
The PC version of Sonic CD sounds like it was played on a GameBoy Advance.
0 % español y 100 % ingles los comentarios
A ver a ver que paso !!!!
El vídeo original es en inglés lol
Gordo tony, nunca pense de ti...
Si, tienes razón.
Hoooolaaaaaaaaaa:) Yo hablo español!!! ;-D
@@ezequielranne3558 Yo tambien.
Please do Sonic The Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles next?
He did it already
1:18 that part of the music is used in the sonic cd commercial
So wait....Sonic's Super Peel-Out animation is different on the Original Japanese Sega CD version??? 2:05
His feet never make the figure 8 animation
I think it was like that because he was in the loop but I'm not sure
@@kavitashetty1466 ok, I’m gonna have to try that out and see. It’s very strange
It's cuz of the obstacle that he has to run up from and it's not limited to just this version, I noticed the same in the PS2 and PS3 versions.
Android/ios 1.
Sega cd 2.
Ps3/xbox/pc 3.
Windows 95 4.
Gems collection 5.
That transition at 0:05 was so smooth
SONIC CALIFORNIA.... SONIC CALIFORNIA..... :) LALA LALA LAAALAAAAA ;-D
What?
@@pedrolopez9539 ¿What you? ¿You What?
huh?
Illegal Immigrants speeding into California:
Sonic BOOM
Chuchu 🐁 soniku
Decided to cause a bad future to break the monotony huh?
wtf? why they didn't change the past version of the ost but change the present version in the usa version? wtf?
Sonic cd is on ps4,ps5,Xbox one,Xbox series x/s and Nintendo switch
Who did the intro? That was mixed in well still 👍🏾😂😂😂
Wow. For someone who lives in Europe, the American version of the game has very lackluster music compared to the Japanese version. I feel sorry for any American Sonic fans that had to grow up with that crap.
Well I'm in uk and I heard it
Hey! The USA OST Isn't Even That Bad!
@@JoseGregorioValeroVillarroel Stop the cap. It's pretty bad.
@@correctthatfilthygrammarI'm american! So I'm really grateful with the OST we got! I mean, the song are really good!
@@JoseGregorioValeroVillarroel Eh... I guess you Americans do have quite poor taste in music, so I understand! :)
5:05
Best 1
10:59 11:00 11:01 11:02
I got it on my phone!!
But I downloaded it by Play Store😂🤣
eeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaa forget the yamoar stabbety baplap
16:32 nice
Why they remove the singing from the 2011 versions?
Maybe copyright.
Because Casey Rankin(the man who wrote the lyrics and provided rap and background vocals for the songs you can do anything and cosmic eternity) died
The singer of the song "you can do Anything" died, and his family did not want to give the lyrics to SEGA, so they made that ordinary remix
i love sonic cd
Me 2 it's my favorite 1990s sonic game
Sonic's facial expression is slightly different between Windows 95 and PS2.
I'ii say the Android version is the best cuz it's the only version I played.
The better is the pc version, cause he have more facility to install mods, but this is the unique difference, the 2 versions (android ios & pc) are identic
GG
Nice one, thanks. I only knew the classic version so this is interesting 😉
Gems Collection version is a port of the PC version. You can tell by the title screen, it's different from the Genesis.
And when I was playing on Android, I took music from the Japanese version.
The decommpilation is the new definitive version of the game
The Best Thing Is That It's Compatible With Mods!
@@JoseGregorioValeroVillarroel in Sonic CD transcurre after sonic 1 and before sonic 2 (16 bits)
I love japenin version
You mean, Japanese version
I Didn't even know there was sonic cd for windows 95, just the remastered 2011 version
i played sonic cd for the first time in my xbox 360
Technically the sega cd version is the mega cd, which was what it is called in japan
Man the window 95 had the worst sound effects my ear had experienced.
So the better the graphics get, the worse you are at saving the future.
Sonic 💿
I did not realized the newest version was using the Japanese music. It confused me when I was getting the 1996 Win 95 version to work.
It just went from 300 pings to 4k
The us game that you go to past has the theme from jp
I Love this Comparison. CD might be out, But Make it a great classic.
Nice. I’ve only played the PAL Mega CD version
Good for you. I've played the Windows 95 version, but don't hear any in-game music except sonic boom. I have it on the Xbox 360 via Xbox One Backwards compatibility.
I don't even know how to run the Windows 95 version.
@@MVC2fan1 u mean xbox 1 via xbox 360 backwards compatible
Toot too Sonic Warrior!
Weird ass English, ain't it?
🦔🦔🦔🦔🦔🦔🦔🦔🦔🦔🦔🦔🦔🦔
mi favorita fue la version de sonic cd de pc de steam del 2012
More like plase or my home is fall
Me saying this game can see the future
Sonic hit a future sign pose before i Said it
Are you playing the remake?
Toy Story - Version Comparasion please
Sega Genesis/Mega Drive
SNES
PC
Game Boy
I somehow... like the Windows 95 title screen even more than the 2011 version? Idk...
the Win95 title screen is actually higher quality than any other version - and the PC version even has a few even higher quality images in the OMAKE folder, including title screen in highest quality known.
La versión japonesa es la mejor
Awesome video, you missed the GameCube version
He didn't.
Why you didn't include ps3/xbox vers in Sonic 1 comparition? Do you know if that ver is in 16:9 like Sonic CD?
Emulated that's why.
@@MVC2fan1Wait! The Dreamcast One Was Also Emulated! And Included In The Comparition!
@@JoseGregorioValeroVillarroel Some versions are but some are not. Check out Battle of the Ports: Sonic The Hedgehog.
Me gusta el usa de Sonic cd
Windows 95 is a us version
(0:03) sync music
Hey retrosutra! Another superb video.
Thanks mate!
I always tought that the Sega CD could handle mode 7 smoothier and faster tahn the SNES, after all, it had two MC68k and was developed when the SNES was available. Well, not quite.
It's also a whole different console.
@@NB-1 this is a topic that needs more clarifications and also more perspective
it was about 4-5 years ago that we started to see some claims that the mega-CD was supposedly "flawed", claims that instantly seemed questionable given the awesome games that it has in its library (either them being impressive exclusives such as dennin aleste or soul star but also usually the best versions of cross-platform games which is even more revealing regarding its capabilities compared to other systems of that era)
then with the time, the way the mega-CD works has been explained into more details (via articles or videos) and while it appeared to be, indeed, not 100% optimal, not sure if the expension port is really a "big bottleneck" and not sure either if there were many better options that could have been considered by the folks at sega when they designed these hardwares
the SNES used chips in cartridges to expand its capabilities but that, was also compromised in how it works, the DMA transfer for instance being limited regardless of how powerful the additional chip could be
anyway back to the mega-CD, the comparison of cross-platform games is handy because we can compare directly what the different systems of that era could achieve and the mega-CD happens to usually have the edge over its contemporaries (amiga, MS-DOS, PC engine and SNES). some notables examples of that are final fight, popful mail, dune or mickey mania which are all technically better overall compared to the versions available on other systems. in fact, the mega-CD even has games that are better than the CD32 versions, a next gen system! flink is a good example of that, with the mega-CD version running in higher resolution, with nicer-looking HUD and better performances
and then we have exclusives such as soul star which almost feels like a playstation game whereas the same can't be said about star fox despite the latter using a powerful additional chip in the cart
so ultimately, while the mega-CD is not as efficient as it could have been, it can still rock _hard_ and in every ways, from visuals to sound. it's also one of the systems that I wish will get attention from demomakers and homebrewers in the near future as I feel that it still has untapped potential and I'd simply love to get new mega-CD games :)
compared to the SNES, the mega-CD can do games in higher resolution, with more complex processing, more sprites and better sound. it can also handle much more data thanx to the CD storage
and when it comes to pseudo-3D effects (not just "mode 7" which only means the floor but pseudo-3D in general) the mega-CD is basically capped at 30 FPS but it can scale and rotate background AND sprites whereas the SNES can only do that with the background
@@ryzmaker11 well, for a system (genesis + Sega CD) that cost atbthe time of launch two to three times the price of a brand new SNES, it was more than mandatory to have a much more powerful hardware, wich it has, on paper.
Sega systems generally are way more capable than they were at the time they were on the market. It's true for almost all Sega consoles, except for the SG1000. Just look at the Genesis, 32x, Saturn and Dreamcast today. Even the flawed Sega CD.
@poop
I could have sworn Gems only had the USA soundtrack
Maybe in Japan they have the Japanese soundtrack.
@Pepperoni Secret That'll be why then! Thanks :)
I have a request on Scramble, a 1981 Konami game
mega cd and playstation/xbox version is the best one
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The hummer
What-
I think he is trying to list all of Somari's clones.
Let’s Comapare Sonic CD
1: Sega CD (Japan Version) (1993)
2: Sega CD (Usa Version) (1993)
3: Windows 95 (1996)
4: IOS / Android (2011)
5: Playstation 3 / Xbox 360 / Windows (2011)
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Let's Compare Sonic CD
1: SEGA CD (Japan Version) (1993)
2: Sega CD (Usa Version) (1993)
3: Windows 95 (1996)
4: Mobile/iOS (2011)
5: Xbox/PlayStation/Windows (2011)
Hold on a second, you forgot the Sonic Mega Collection versions.
@@littleman7514 That no exist.
U should remake this video bc sonic cd is now on sonic origins.
Doesn't make much sense, since the version from Origins is completely simillar to Android and PS3 ports from 2011
@@Mixa_YuZz26 well there r some differences tho
@@Mixa_YuZz26 there's new cutscenes, u can also play as tails without unlocking him. Another difference is they brought back the lyrics 4 the original jp opening theme (u can do anything), & ending (believe in urself).
@@Mixa_YuZz26 in the origins version of sonic cd. U can try a special stage again using a coin if u fail.
@@Mixa_YuZz26 and also u can also play sonic cd in classic mode as well.
Android Version❤❤❤
Mobile (cell phone) version awesome !
I like the Japanese Version
The US Soundtrack makes the game feel better. The other soundtrack was trash.
Yeah the US soundtrack of Sonic CD is better .
Disagree but it’s what you like at the end of the day. Though don’t just generalize the other soundtrack in the first place, and make it out to be terrible.
It’ll just invite people here to vice versa the other soundtrack you like better.
@@Turbulation1 🤓💀
@@Vrabsher_-Supreme_Perhinther- loss
@@Vrabsher_-Supreme_Perhinther- 🤓
I actually grew up with the PC version.
I think the one thing everyone can agree on is the Japanese music is better than the American version of the soundtrack. Hataya and Otaga’s music is Sonic music, where Nilsen and his crew’s soundtrack just doesn’t fit with the game outside of “Sonic Boom”.
Btw, fun parlor trick for those of you with real Sega CD machines you don’t want to do region mods on - you can burn a copy of Sonic CD with the American codebase and Japanese music for the past and present.
How's that possible?
What if I told you that I disagree?
@@camulodunon I mean, you're not wrong. The US soundtrack sounds more natural compared to the JP soundtrack (lively).
Xbox 360/ps3/windows very best port and sega cd and mega cd Good too.
Ugh, that weird jump sound.