Sonic the Hedgehog 3 [Model G-5531]

32 Years old Sega Mega Drive cart. SEGA Enterprises, Ltd. [Tokyo, Japan]

5,800 JPY

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TECHNICAL

GAME ID: G-5531
CART ID: 670-4310
COVER ID: 670-4311

TRIVIA

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 was released on May 27, 1994 (Friday) in Japan at a retail price of 5,800 JPY.

The ending music theme inspired Michael Jackson for it's song called "Stranger in Moscow" (1995).

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SERIES

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1. Sonic The Hedgehog [Model G-4049] (1991, Mega Drive)
2. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 [Model G-4088] (1992, Mega Drive)
3. Sonic the Hedgehog CD [Model G-6021] (1993, Mega CD)
4. Sonic the Hedgehog 3 [Model G-5531] (1994, Mega Drive)
5. Sonic & Knuckles [Model G-4124] (1994, Mega Drive)
6. Chaotix [Model GM-5003] (1995, 32X)
7. Sonic The Hedgehog 4 - Episode I (2010, WiiWare)
8. Sonic 4 The Hedgehog - Episode II (2012, Google Play)
3D ISOMETRIC series
1. Segasonic The Hedgehog (1992, Arcade)
2. Sonic 3D - Flickies' Island [Model GS-9143] (1999, Saturn)
ADVENTURE Series
1. Sonic Adventure (1999, Dreamcast)
2. Sonic Adventure 2 (2001, Dreamcast)
3. Sonic Adventure 2 - Battle (2001, Gamecube)
4. Sonic Adventure DX - Director's Cut (2003, Gamecube)
5. Sonic Heroes (2004, Gamecube)
6. Sonic The Hedgehog (2006, PS3)
7. Sonic Unleashed (2008, PS3)
8. Sonic and the Secret Rings (2007, Wii)
ADVANCE Series
1. Sonic Advance (2001, GBA)
2. Sonic Advance 2 (2002, GBA)
3. Sonic Advance 3 (2004, GBA)
4. Sonic Rush (2005, Nintendo DS)
5. Sonic Rush Adventure (2007, Nintendo DS)
OTHERS
1. Sonic N (2003, N-Gage)

STAFF

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Executive Producer: Hayao Nakayama
Project Manager: Hisashi Suzuki, Shinobu Toyoda, Masaharu Yoshii, Roger Hector
Producer & Lead Programmer: Yuji Naka
Director & Lead Game Designer: Hirokazu Yasuhara
Senior Game Designers: Hisayoshi Yoshida, Takashi Iizuka, Takahiro Hamano, Masanobu Yamamoto
Senior Programmers: Hisayoshi Yoshida, Takashi Iizuka, Hiroshi Nikaidoh, Masanobu Yamamoto
Character Designer: Takashi Yuda
CG Artist: Kunitake Aoki
Animator: Takashi Yuda
Enemy Artist: Satoshi Yokokawa
Scene Artists: Kunitake Aoki, Chie Yoshida, Tsuneko Aoki, Shigeru Okada, Takashi Yuda, Satoshi Yokokawa
Art Assistant: Osamu Ohashi
Music Composers: Brad Buxer, Bobby Brooks, Darryl Ross, Geoff Grace, Doug Grigsby III, C. Cirocco Jones (Scirocco)
Sega Sound Team: Tokuhiko Uwabo (Bo), Sachio Ogawa, Yoshiaki Kashima (Milpo), Masaru Setsumaru, Tatsuyuki Maeda, Tomonori Sawada, Masayuki Nagao, Jun Senoue
Sound Project Coordinator: Hisaki Nimiya
Marketing: Pamela Kelly Boogar
Executive Management: Shoichiro Irimajiri, Thomas Kalinske, Mamoru Shigeta, Tomio Takami, Diane A. Fornasier, Roger Hector, Takaharu Utsunomiya, Hayao Nakayama, Paul Rioux
Sound Special Thanks: Mayumi Nina Sakazaki (MRM), Cube Corp., Opus Corp., Masanori Nakayama (Studio Who), Howard Drossin
Promotions Director: Thomas J. Abramson
Product Manager: Pamela Kelly Boogar
Screen Shots: Clint Dyer, Nemer Velasquez
Test Manager: Stephen Patterson
Lead Testers: Jason Kuo, Blair Bullock, Michael Baldwin, Dermot Lyons
Testers: Greg Becksted, Julio Martinez, Andrew Podesta, Vy Nong, Keith Higashihara, Christopher Pepper, Mark Lindstrom, Anthony Lynch, Stephen Bourdet, Joanna Pataki, Maria Tuzzo, Crisi Albertson, Janine Cook, Bill Person, Christine M. Watson, Mike Williams, Heather Meigs, Vasily Lewis, David Wood, Mark Subotnick, Dan Jung, Loran Pudinski, Siegfried Stangenberg, Simon Lu, Mark Paniagua, Michael Bench, Ivan Foong, Conan Tigard, Timothy Spengler, Rick Greer, Ari Warner, Tony Hursh, Lancelot Nelson, Richard Wong, Daniel P. Dunn, Matthew Brian Rosaaen, Matt Underwood
Special Thanks: Deborah McCracken, Emi Kawamura, Jina Ishiwatari Tsukahara, Dominique Adevereaux
Manual: Jason R. Rich
Executive In Charge: Hisashi Suzuki, Shinobu Toyoda, Roger Hector

PORTS

CONSOLES

Sega Saturn (june.20, 1997) Sonic Jam [Model GS-9147]
Nintendo GameCube

(dec.19, 2002) Sonic Mega Collection [Model DOL-GSOJ-JPN]

Microsoft XBOX (dec.9, 2004) Sonic Mega Collection Plus [Model ZD6-00003]

Sony PS2 (dec.9, 2004) Sonic Mega Collection Plus [Model SLPM-65758]
Nintendo Wii [Virtual Console]

(aug.21, 2007) [Model MBMJ]
Microsoft XBOX 360 [XBLA]

(june.10, 2009)

COMPUTERS

PC [MS Windows 95, CD-ROM]

(feb.14, 1997) "Sonic & Knuckles Collection" : Can either be used alone or locked with "Sonic & Knuckles".

SOURCES

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ROM dump (MAME).