Sonic Mega Collection Plus
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Developers | |
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Sonic Team | |
Publishers | |
Sega | |
Release dates | |
Windows | March 31, 2006 |
Taxonomy | |
Series | Sonic the Hedgehog |
⤏ Go to series page | |
Sonic the Hedgehog fangames (series) | |
Sonic CD | 1995 |
Sonic's Schoolhouse | 1996 |
Sonic 3D Blast (series) | |
Sonic & Knuckles Collection | 1997 |
Sonic R (series) | |
Sonic Adventure (series) | |
Sonic Heroes | 2004 |
Sonic Mega Collection Plus | 2006 |
Sonic Riders | 2006 |
Sonic Racing (series) | |
Sonic the Hedgehog | 2010 |
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine | 2010 |
Sonic Spinball | 2010 |
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 | 2011 |
Sonic 3 & Knuckles | 2011 |
Sonic Generations | 2011 |
Sonic CD (2012) | 2012 |
Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I | 2012 |
Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II | 2012 |
Sonic Dash | 2014 |
Sonic Lost World | 2015 |
Sonic Mania | 2017 |
Sonic Forces | 2017 |
Sonic the Hedgehog (Mobile Decompilation) | 2021 |
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Mobile Decompilation) | 2021 |
Sonic Colors: Ultimate | 2021 |
Sonic Origins | 2022 |
Sonic Frontiers | 2022 |
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog | 2023 |
Sonic Superstars | 2023 |
Sonic Dream Team | 2023 |
Sonic X Shadow Generations | 2024 |
Warnings
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).
Key points
- Esc is used to instantly close the game.
- An updated re-release of Sonic Mega Collection previously available on Nintendo GameCube, featuring an emulated collection of 14 Sega Genesis/Mega Drive and 6 Sega Game Gear games. Some games must be unlocked through gameplay, however they can also be unlocked immediately via editing the game's configuration file.
- No option to disable the bilinear filtering used across this collection.
- The ROMs used are the inferior 50 Hz conversions. Use Region Mod as a workaround.
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SafeDisc v4 DRM[Note 1]. | |||
Retail | Available in the "Sonic PC Collection" bundle. |
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
- This collection is not available digitally, however some of the games featured in this collection have been released digitally elsewhere.
Essential improvements
Region Mod by Zmiize94
- Back up the game's original executable before using this mod.
- Allows the option to play between the North America, Japanese, and a fixed European version of this collection, as well as improving the sound quality of the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive emulation in this collection. Details on how to use this mod's features can also be found in this video and the included readme file.
Installing Region Mod[3] |
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Ghost Left Input Fix
- Fixes Gamepad permanent left input bug
- Read-Only has to be turned off to change controls thus Instructions have to be repeated.
Apply gamepad fix[citation needed] |
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Bypass configuration launcher
Launch the game's main executable by using the SonicMegaCollectionExecFromConfig command line argument[4]
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %APPDATA%\SEGA\MegaCollectionPlus\SETTING.INI |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %APPDATA%\SEGA\MegaCollectionPlus\SAVEDATA |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | Supports native 4:3 resolutions, but can be hacked. Resolution must be set in SETTING.INI by changing the value of Mode ; 0 for 640x480, 1 for 800x600, 2 for 1024x768, 3 for 1152x864, 4 for 1600x1200. In-order to set a custom resolution, find B0 04 00 00 EB 0A B9 , then at offsets 0x7 and 0xC , change 0280 or 01E0 to any width/height.[5] |
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Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Uses a constant bilinear filter used throughout the games which cannot be disabled. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Always on by default. | ||
60 FPS | Uses the 50Hz PAL versions of the featured games. Use Region Mod for their 60Hz versions. | ||
120+ FPS | Games in this collection are capped at either 60 (US/JP version) or 50 (PAL version) FPS. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | Mouse is not used. | |
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | Uses DirectInput. | |
Full controller support | Requires pressing Esc or Alt+F4 to exit the game. | |
Controller remapping | D-pad and Left analog stick are bound to movement and cannot be remapped, which can cause problems for XInput controllers. | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers | ||
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Button prompts | References controls based on the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive. |
Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Only an option to mute all audio from the configuration launcher. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | Voice-overs are only heard in Comix Zone with speech bubbles unrelated to spoken dialogue are used throughout the game. | |||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | Use the Region Mod. |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9 | |
Shader Model support | 3.0 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Unlock all games instantly
Adding the following to the game's configuration file[6] |
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System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 2000 SP4 | XP |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz | Intel Pentium 4 1.8 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 320 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 3.2 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible | 64 MB of VRAM |
Notes
References
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
- ↑ Verified by User:AmethystViper on February 4, 2019
- Was able to switch the game's region to North America (which features text from the Xbox version) with this mod when applied to the European Sonic PC Collection bundle re-release.
- ↑ Verified by User:AmethystViper on February
- Used this argument founded in the Region Mod's readme file and it bypassed the configuration launcher requirement.
- ↑ Verified by User:AmethystViper on February 4, 2019
- Added the "4" in the Mode variable in the configuration file and got a resolution that was 1600x1200 according to ShareX's region capture function in fullscreen mode, but this resolution appears cut-off from the top when played in windowed mode.
- ↑ Verified by User:AmethystViper on February 4, 2019
- All games that were previously locked until meeting the requirements to unlock them became immediately available with this config edit.