History Trivia / SonicTheHedgehogCD

* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: In a very odd attempt to tie-in the game to the DiC WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehog cartoon, Amy Rose is inexplicably referred to as Princess Sally in the US game manual, even though Sally has never appeared in the main games and Amy looks and acts absolutely nothing like her. The PC version corrects this mistake and calls her Amy.

* CrossDressingVoices: A few phrases Sonic says in this game weren't voiced by a man. Rather, it's Keiko Utoku, the lead singer of the band that did the music, Dreams Come True.

-->'''Whitehead''': Yeah, it's colourful since it was intended to be an all Time Stones boss (good future only). Time flows freely, and Eggman's machine is essentially invincible. The idea being Sonic can reach warp speed at any opportunity (instead of getting the warp posts) and must do so to "wind back the clock" to damage the boss. Some parts are running, some areas the screen is locked. I was slightly worried the idea of running to warp might not be self evident (no warp screen, the level and boss would change in real time with some neato effects).

** Another more well known one is "Toot Toot Sonic Warrior" for the game's opening theme.

-->'''Whitehead''': Yeah, it's colourful since it was intended to be an all Time Stones boss (good future only). Time flows freely, and Eggman's machine is essentially invincible. The idea being Sonic can reach warp speed at any opportunity (instead of getting the warp posts) and must do so to "wind back the clock" to damage the boss. Some parts are running, some areas the screen is locked. I was slightly worried the idea of running to warp might not be self evident (no warp screen, the level and boss would change in real time with some neato effects)

** The secret special stage is sometimes called "Eggman's Bathtub".

** Another more well known one is "Toot-Toot Sonic Warrior" for the game's opening theme.

* KillerApp: If it wasn't one for the Sega CD/Mega CD, it was one of the closest things it had to one.

* CrossDressingVoices: A few phrases Sonic says in this game weren't voiced by a man. Rather, it's Keiko Utoku, the lead singer of "You Can Do Anything"/"Cosmic Eternity".

* DevelopmentGag: During the Special Stages from early betas where they are unfinished, a [[GratuitousEnglish Engrishy]] message appears on the screen, telling the programmers to wake up and finish their jobs.

* CrossDressingVoices: A few phrases Sonic says in this game weren't voiced by a man - rather, it's Keiko Utoku, the lead singer of "You Can Do Anything"/"Cosmic Eternity".

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The original Sega CD version suffered from this (not the PC port). It was originally going to be included with ''Sonic Mega Collection'', for example, but was left out because Sega was unable to emulate the Sega CD due to missing documentation. They eventually released it as part of Sonic Gems Collection, but this was based on the PC version due to said emulation issues. They eventually decided to hire The Taxman to just recode it from scratch for the 2011 rerelease.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The UpdatedRerelease for digital download services was going to have two brand new levels, "[[AllDesertsHaveCacti Desert Dazzle]]" and "[[TrueFinalBoss Final Fever]]", on top of all the levels from the original release. Time constraints, as well as a desire to be truer to the original game by not tampering too much with it, resulted in both stages being cut. [[http://i.imgur.com/LxkCq.png?3613 A glimpse of Desert Dazzle]] can be seen by entering "32" and "8" into the respective slots on the Sound Test menu (which, incidentally, also unlocks the level select for Tails).

-->'''Whitehead''': Yeah, it's colourful since it was intended to be an all Time Stones boss (good future only). Time flows freely, and Eggman's machine is essentially invincible. The idea being Sonic can reach warp speed at any opportunity (instead of getting the warp posts) and must do so to "wind back the clock" to damage the boss. Some parts are running, some areas the screen is locked. I was slightly worried the idea of running to warp might not be self evident (no warp screen, the level and boss would change in real time with some neato effects)

* KillerApp: If it wasn't one for the Sega CD, it was one of the closest things it had to one.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The original Sega CD version suffered from this (not the PC port). It was originally going to be included with ''Sonic Mega Collection'', for example, but they decided to use the PC port instead. This was due to Sega somehow losing the original master code for the original version, so they couldn't make a copy of it. The eventually decided to hire The Taxman to just recode it from scratch for the 2011 rerelease.

** Whitehead later released a hypothetical [[http://www.tssznews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Picture-7.png screenshot of Final Fever]] as well as a [[http://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?showtopic=26302&st=2955&p=686737&#entry686737 description of how the level and boss battle would play out]]:

* CrossDressingVoices: A few phrases Sonic in this game weren't voiced by a man - rather, it's Keiko Utoku, the lead singer of "You Can Do Anything"/"Cosmic Eternity".

** Whitehead recently released a hypothetical [[http://www.tssznews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Picture-7.png screenshot of Final Fever]] as well as a [[http://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?showtopic=26302&st=2955&p=686737&#entry686737 description of how the level and boss battle would play out]]:

* FanNickname: The secret special stage is sometimes called "Eggman's Bathtub".

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: For a while, the original Sega CD version suffered from this (not the PC port). It was originally going to be included with ''Sonic Mega Collection'', for example, but they decided to use the PC port instead. This was due to Sega somehow losing the original master code for the original version, so they couldn't make a copy of it. The eventually decided to hire The Taxman to just recode it from scratch for the 2011 rerelease.

* PromotedFanboy: Christian Whitehead, who did the downloadable remake.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The UpdatedRerelease for digital download services was going to have two brand new levels, "[[AllDesertsHaveCacti Desert Dazzle]]" and "[[TrueFinalBoss Final Fever]]", on top of all the levels from the original release. Time constraints, as well as a desire to be truer to the original game by not tampering too much with it, resulted in both stages being cut. [[http://i.imgur.com/LxkCq.png?3613 A glimpse of Desert Dazzle]] can be seen by entering "32" and "8" into the respective slots on the Sound Test menu (which, incidentally, also unlocks the level select for Tails).

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The UpdatedRerelease for digital download services was going to have two brand new levels, "Desert Dazzle" and "Final Fever", on top of all the levels from the original release. Time constraints, as well as a desire to be truer to the original game by not tampering too much with it, resulted in both stages being cut. [[http://i.imgur.com/LxkCq.png?3613 A glimpse of Desert Dazzle]] can be seen by entering "32" and "8" into the respective slots on the Sound Test menu (which, incidentally, also unlocks the level select for Tails).