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1992–1993 (pre-release) 1993 Europe/Australia North America/Brazil
1992–1993 (pre-release) 1993 Europe/Australia North America/Brazil
1996 Europe/Australia 2011–2025 2022–2023
1996 Europe/Australia 2011–2025 2022–2023

CD Sonic[]

1992–1993 (pre-release)[]

The game was first revealed to the public at Yuusei Sega World event in Tokyo on December 6, 1992 under the title CD Sonic the Hedgehog.[1][2][3] This early title continued being shown in pre-release prototypes up until the beta build dated May 12, 1993.

Sonic CD[]

1993[]

Japan/South Korea[]

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With the game first released in Japan on September 23, 1993,[4] the Japanese logo of Sonic CD utilizes mixture of gold color combined with textured material around main wordmarks, while retaining pop art style for the rest of the logo.[5] This logo is also used for 1996 CD-ROM release in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan as well for the Mega Drive Mini 2 release.

Europe/Australia[]

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Also featured for the game during the European release of Mega Drive Mini 2.

North America/Brazil[]

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Released in United States on November 23, 1993, North American logo was consistent in style with logos of Sonic Spinball and Sonic Chaos as all three games were released during the Sonic Three on One Day campaign. The logo was later used in early 1995 "Pentium Processor Edition" release for Intel Pentium-based computers in United States, United Kingdom and Brazil.

1996[]

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Europe/Australia[]

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2011–2025[]

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Designer:  Unknown
Typography:  Syntax Ultra Black (modified)
Launched:  July 5, 2011[6]

The renewed logo was introduced in Japanese Sonic Tweet web application and later used for the 2011 re-release of the game developed by Christian Whitehead. While the final logo was based on the North American logo from Sega CD release, European/Australian logo from the 1996 CD-ROM release was initially recycled around the time Christian was showcasing the proof of concept iPhone demo for TouchArcade.[7][8]

The final logo was also used in mobile phone revisions and later releases such as Windows Phone, Ouya and Apple TV. Prior the release of Sonic Origins, Sega delisted the 2011 re-release from all platforms with the exception of mobile devices in May 20th, 2022.[9] On June 30, 2025 though, the mobile version was also delisted in App Store and Google Play Store.[10]

2022–2023[]

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The current logo received minor changes in Sonic Origins and its expansion Sonic Origins Plus.

References[]

  1. Beep! MegaDrive 1993-02 (Japanese). SoftBank (January 8, 1993). Retrieved on February 20, 2025.
  2. Sega Force #15. Europress Impact (February 4, 1993). Retrieved on February 20, 2025.
  3. Electronic Gaming Monthly #44. Sendai Publishing (March 1993). Retrieved on February 20, 2025.
  4. ソフトウェア一覧 (セガ発売) (Japanese). Sega of Japan. Archived from the original on June 22, 2020. Retrieved on February 20, 2025.
  5. Sonic CD Dev Diary (video). Sega Europe. YouTube (November 29, 2011). Retrieved on February 20, 2025. “Kazuyuki Hoshino: Since this title was going to be for the newly introduced Mega-CD hardware, we wanted to give it a different touch. So with the logo, you'll see that we used a gold color combined with textured material, but at the same time we retain the pop feeling and style.”
  6. SEGA Japan Launches “Sonic Tweet”, A Twitter-Based Battle Game?. Last Minute Continue (July 5, 2011). Archived from the original on October 16, 2021. Retrieved on May 17, 2025.
  7. Hodapp, Eli (July 28, 2009). Hey Sega! Bring This Unofficial 'Sonic CD' Port to the iPhone. TouchArcade. Archived from the original on July 29, 2009. Retrieved on February 24, 2025.
  8. Sonic CD Demonstration (video). TouchArcade. YouTube (December 28, 2009). Retrieved on February 24, 2025.
  9. Standalone Sonic titles to be delisted May 20th ahead of Sonic Origins release. Delisted Games (May 20, 2022). Archived from the original on April 26, 2022. Retrieved on February 20, 2025.
  10. Tails Channel in X. X (June 30, 2025). Retrieved on July 2, 2025.
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