Sonic Mega Collection

Sonic Mega Collection
Developer(s)	Sonic Team, VR-1 Japan, Comolink
Publisher(s)	Sega
Series	Sonic the Hedgehog
Platform(s)	GameCube
Release date(s)	NA November 10, 2002 JP December 19, 2002 EU March 7, 2003
Genre(s)	Compilation
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer (2)
Input methods	GameCube Controller
Compatibility	4 Playable
GameIDs	GSOP8P, GSOE8P, GSOJ8P
See also...	Dolphin Forum thread Open Issues Search Google Search Wikipedia

Sonic Mega Collection (ソニック メガコレクション 'Sonikku Mega Korekushon) is a video game compilation of Sonic the Hedgehog titles for the Nintendo GameCube It includes seven Sonic titles, all of the Sonic & Knuckles expansions/combinations, two bonus unlockable games, and a wide selection of bonus material.

Games list:

• Sonic the Hedgehog (Genesis)
• Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Genesis)
• Sonic the Hedgehog 3
• Sonic & Knuckles and its three expansions:
  • Blue Sphere
  • Knuckles the Echina in Sonic The Hedgehog 2
  • Sonic 3: Sonic The Hedgehog & Knuckles
• Sonic 3D Blast
• Sonic Spinball
• Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
• Flicky
• Ristar

Problems

Flickering

Constant flickering occurs without Virtual XFB. See issue 143. Some revision later removed the fix and the flickering is back. No XFB setting fixes it. See issue 9052.

Inexact Font

Due to differences in the font shipped with Dolphin from the real GameCube BIOS font, the text of some dialogs will look differently. To use the real font instead, extract font_ansi.bin from the real console and place it in the "Sys\GC" directory, or disable Skip GameCube BIOS in the Dolphin settings.

Dolphin built-in font

GameCube IPL font

Configuration

No configuration changes are known to affect compatibility for this title.

Version Compatibility

The graph below charts the compatibility with Sonic Mega Collection since Dolphin's 2.0 release, listing revisions only where a compatibility change occurred.

r4361

3.5-78

3.5-1169

3.5-1178

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5.0-21401 (current)

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2.0 (r5384)

Compatibility can be assumed to align with the indicated revisions. However, compatibility may extend to prior revisions or compatibility gaps may exist within ranges indicated as compatible due to limited testing. Please update as appropriate.

Testing

This title has been tested on the environments listed below:

Test Entries
Revision	OS	CPU	GPU	Result	Tester
r7150	Windows 7	Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 @ 2.2GHz	Intel GMA 945G	Playable, 50 - 60FPS with DSP LLE	Jhonn
r7589	Windows 7	Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 @ 2.2GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GT 440	Playable, constant 60FPS with DSP LLE	Jhonn
3.0-636	Windows 7	Intel Core i5-2430M @ 2.4GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M	Most games work well at a decent frame rate, with occasional audio glitches. Dr. Robotniks MBM crashes randomly for some reason.	theredpikmin
4.0-8084	Windows 8.1	Intel Core i5-3210M @ 2.5GHz	NVIDIA GeForce 610M	SEGA logo intro and menu flickering. Playable, but flickering can be annoying.	Wildgoosespeeder

Gameplay Videos

Sonic 2 - Emerald Hill Zone HD 1080p Dolphin

Dolphin Emulator 4.0.1 - Sonic Mega Collection (1080p HD) - Nintendo GameCube

Sonic Mega Collection (GC) on Dolphin Wii/GC Emulator