

In the American version, only one button has to be pressed. In the Japanese and European versions, the player can restart the stage by pausing and pressing all three of the face buttons at the same time.For example, the "Little Planet" theme now plays on the Time Attack screen (rendering the title theme copy unused), and the music played during the Metal Sonic race is now the normal mix of Stardust Speedway's current Future and not always the "B" Mix. Some of the music placement was switched around.The copyright text at the title screen was altered slightly.In addition, there are a few other differences in the American version compared to the original Japanese and European games: At one point, a button command would have changed "たのしさ∞" (Infinite fun) to "楽しさあまって憎さ∞" (Infinite hatred proceeds from excessive fun), a phrase derived from "可愛さ余って憎さ百倍" (The greatest hate proceeds from the greatest love) but it was deleted from the game for unknown reasons.Ĭontrary to popular belief, and even SEGA's own description for the mobile release, this is not an anti-piracy screen in any version of the game.ĭespite its creepiness, Nishimura has stated it was not intended to frighten the player, with the creepiness being owed to the unsettling U.S. たのしさ∞ (Infinite fun) is a phrase that was written on Sega Sougou catalogues. Mazin/Majin is his childhood nickname, as explained here - although the spelling "Majin" is used in Dark Wizard to refer to Masato Nishimura, it has been officially confirmed that the easter egg itself is spelled Mazin. Drawn by Masato Nishimura, landscape designer for Sonic CD. Possible developers and their common nicknames are as follows:Ī rather creepy wallpaper collage featuring multiple Sonics with freakish humanoid faces. High-Speed Shoes music plays in the background.

Press Right, Right, Up, Up, Down, C at the title screen to see the best times that the team behind Sonic CD got in Time Attack mode for each stage and act.
