The Music of Video Games [85] Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Entry 85 in an on-going video series that offers a selection of musical tracks from various titles throughout gaming's history.

Sonic the Hedgehog 2
ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ2 (jp)

Year: 1992
Platform: Sega Genesis
Developer: Sonic Team
Publisher: Sega Enterprises Ltd.
Video source: Speeddemosarchive.com

For more info on the game, follow these links:
http://www.mobygames.com/game/genesis/sonic-the-hedgehog-2
http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/genesis/home/563343.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_2_%2816-bit%29

Watch this video with 44 KHz stereo sound:
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl4vA4Wd07Q&fmt=18
Using this link may affect video quality.

Music composed by Masato Nakamura and Izuho Takeuchi.

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[imrannova]

This was such a special game that in 91-92' consumers saw the SNES pull with: Super Mario World, Link to the Past, Sim city, Pilot Wings etc. Sega was mainly pulling with this game (and obviously Sonic 1). And for that 1 year Sega beat out Nintendo. Mainly on the steam of this one great game.

[scanevaro]

scrooling games are my games, miss them so much

[datasoluble]

favorite ever is Emerald hill zone

[nikovandh]

Sonic had some groovy music :)

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[calamaty]

So dust hill zone makes the cut but my two other faves don't, Casino Night and Oil Ocean Zone? (Angry M. Bison face from SFA3) "Why!!!!!!?"

[imrannova]

@Derlandvermesser I'm not exact about the entire year, but I'm positive that Sega beat out Nintendo in sales for the holiday season (which is a large chunk of the yearly sales) and applied heavy pressure on Nintendo.At this point, numerous polls compared the popularity of Mario and Sonic, they almost unanimously showed Sonic was more popular (at that time). The reason I am stating all this is that I am and for a long time have been a HUGE SONIC FAN (and always will be).

[iProGunN3R]

DeAth Egg ZoNE IS BOSS!!! :p

[cchinchila]

Where's the coolest song of the game, the casino night zone song???

[Derlandvermesser]

@imrannova That's not true at all. Nintendo always enjoyed the majority of market share until the release of Playstation. They DOMINATED the 8 bit market with NES, and the SNES completely outsold Genesis on it's release year (1991), despite the fact that Sega had a 16 bit system for 2 years already. They had to release a peripheral (Sega CD in late '91) AND drop the price to even try to keep up. Sega couldn't do what Nintendid. Prolly why Sega folded and Wii U will be released soon.

[ActionFXDude]

Dayamnn.... This guy has mad skills!!! I thought I could play this game... I'm such an amateur...

[hoowoah]

Sonic one and two were the very first games I ever played when I was 3 years old, very good times

[linjtheklown]

Anyone remember having that heart attack whenever u heard the drowning music play?? Even 2 inches from the waters surface? xD ah, the old times... no other song in the world creates that panic feeling... EVER...