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Sonic the Hedgehog CD

1993 video game
VideoGame video_game Q579708
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Summary

Sonic the Hedgehog CD is a video game[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of video game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,784 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Naoto Ohshima[3]
  • Composer: Naofumi Hataya[4]
  • Publisher: SoftKey[5], Sega[6]
  • Genre: platform game[7]
  • Developer: Sonic Team[8]
  • Part of the series: Sonic the Hedgehog[9]
  • Operating system: Android[10], iOS[11]
  • Part of: Sonic Gems Collection[12]
  • Commons category: Sonic CD[13]
  • Platform: Sega CD[14], Nintendo GameCube[15], PlayStation 2[16], Android[17], Microsoft Windows[18], Sega Genesis[19], PlayStation Portable[20], iOS[21], Xbox 360[22]
  • Game mode: single-player video game[23]
  • Soundtrack release: Sonic the Hedgehog Boom: The Music from Sonic CD and Sonic Spinball[24], SONIC THE HEDGEHOG CD ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK 20th Anniversary Edition[25]
  • Language of work or name: English[26]
  • Distribution format: CD-ROM[27], digital distribution[28], digital download[29]
  • Review score: 💣[30]
  • Input device: video game controller[31], touchscreen[32]
  • Country of origin: Japan[33]
  • Publication date: September 23, 1993[34], November 23, 1993[35]
  • Characters: Sonic the Hedgehog[36], Amy Rose[37], Metal Sonic[38], Dr. Eggman[39]
  • Distributed by: Steam[40], Humble Store[41], PlayStation Now[42], Google Play[43], App Store (Apple)[44]
  • ESRB rating: Everyone[45]
  • Official website: http://sega.jp/pc/soniccd/[46]
  • PEGI rating: PEGI 3[47]
  • USK rating: USK 6[48]
  • Takes place in fictional universe: Sonic the Hedgehog universe[49]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[50]

  • Secondary type(s): Soundtrack[51]

  • First release date: 1993-09-23[52]

  • Genre(s): acid house, acid jazz, dance-pop, electronic, euro house, hip hop, house, new jack swing, pop, pop rock, rock, synth-pop, techno[53]

  • Community tags: acid house, acid jazz, dance-pop, electronic, euro house, hip hop, house, new jack swing, pop, pop rock, rock, soundtrack, synth-pop, techno, vgm, video game music[54]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 315f3263-08e0-3929-b6a5-80ea4680a7ea[55]

Why It Matters

Sonic the Hedgehog CD has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]

Related Entities

Android CD-ROM iOS Japan Microsoft Windows PlayStation Portable SoftKey Sonic Team touchscreen video game controller

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [50] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [51] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [52] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [53] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [54] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [55] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [56] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [57] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21d ago · Mule hollandaise · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Review score → 💣
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  2. 13w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gry-online game id → 11671
    Sega retro id → Sonic_the_Hedgehog_CD
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/41992|batch #41992]]: moving [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier from the [[P:P5247|incorrect property]] to the [[P:P14470|correct one"
  3. 15w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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