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Sonic the Hedgehog CD

1993 video game
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Sonic the Hedgehog CD

Summary

Sonic the Hedgehog CD is a video game[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,048 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sonic the Hedgehog CD's instance of is recorded as video game[3].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog CD was directed by Naoto Ohshima[4].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog CD's composer is recorded as Naofumi Hataya[5].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog CD was published by SoftKey[6].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog CD was published by Q122741[7].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog CD's genre is platform game[8].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog CD's developer is recorded as Sonic Team[9].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog CD's part of the series is recorded as Sonic the Hedgehog[10].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog CD's operating system is recorded as Android[11].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog CD's operating system is recorded as iOS[12].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog CD's Commons category is recorded as Sonic CD[13].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog CD's platform is recorded as Q1047516[14].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog CD's platform is recorded as Nintendo GameCube[15].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog CD's platform is recorded as Q10680[16].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog CD's platform is recorded as Android[17].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog CD's platform is recorded as Microsoft Windows[18].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog CD's platform is recorded as Sega Genesis[19].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog CD's platform is recorded as PlayStation Portable[20].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog CD's platform is recorded as iOS[21].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog CD's platform is recorded as Q48263[22].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog CD's game mode is recorded as single-player video game[23].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog CD's soundtrack release is recorded as Sonic the Hedgehog Boom: The Music from Sonic CD and Sonic Spinball[24].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog CD's soundtrack release is recorded as SONIC THE HEDGEHOG CD ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK 20th Anniversary Edition[25].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog CD's language of work or name is recorded as English[26].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog CD was distributed by CD-ROM[27].

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[28]

  • Secondary type(s): Soundtrack[29]

  • First release date: 1993-09-23[30]

  • Genre(s): acid house, acid jazz, dance-pop, electronic, euro house, hip hop, house, new jack swing, pop, pop rock, rock, synth-pop, techno[31]

  • 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[32]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 315f3263-08e0-3929-b6a5-80ea4680a7ea[33]

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Authorship and Creation

Publishers include SoftKey[6] and Q122741[7]. Sonic the Hedgehog CD was directed by Naoto Ohshima[4].

Publication

Publication dates include September 23, 1993[34] and November 23, 1993[35]. Sonic the Hedgehog CD's language of work or name is recorded as English[26]. Its genre is platform game[8]. Its part of the series is recorded as Sonic the Hedgehog[10]. Recorded distribution format include CD-ROM[27], digital distribution[36], and digital download[37].

Subject and Themes

Sonic the Hedgehog CD's part of the series is recorded as Sonic the Hedgehog[10].

Why It Matters

Sonic the Hedgehog CD ranks in the top 2% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,048 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

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

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . redump.org. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Steam. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [33] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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