Sonic CD
Sonic CD (also known as Sonic CD 2011) is a remaster of the original game, adding many new features like widescreen support, improved controls, access to both American and Japanese soundtracks and Tails as an…
Sonic CD is an adventure developed by Blit Software, released 14 December 2011 on Ouya, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Amazon Fire TV.
What Sonic CD is
Sonic CD is an adventure game developed by Blit Software and released in 2011. It was published by Sega. It is available on Ouya, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Amazon Fire TV, Android, iOS, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows) and Windows Phone. It runs on Retro Engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Sonic CD (also known as Sonic CD 2011) is a remaster of the original game, adding many new features like widescreen support, improved controls, access to both American and Japanese soundtracks and Tails as an unlockable playable character.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 12 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Sonic The Hedgehog series
Sonic CD is the 261st of 407 entries we hold in the Sonic The Hedgehog series. The next entry was Sonic Generations: Casino Night DLC in 2011. Its critic score of 85 is 14 points above the series average of 71. The highest-rated entry is Super Smash Bros. for Wii U at 95.
How it was received
Sonic CD holds a critic score of 85 out of 100. That places it above 82% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2011 averaged 68, so it scored 17 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 32MB or greater graphics card. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Sonic CD launched on 14 December 2011, within three weeks of Mario Kart 7, Trine 2, Star Wars: The Old Republic and Uncharted: Golden Abyss. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Mario Kart 7, Trine 2, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Uncharted: Golden Abyss.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Sonic CD yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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