Sonic Mega Collection Cheats Unlock All Games

Sonic Mega Collection Plus
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Release dates
WindowsMarch 31, 2006
Reception
IGDB78

Sonic Mega Collection Cheats: This page contains Sonic Mega Collection cheats list for Game Cube version. Now we have 3 cheats in our list, which includes 2 passwords, 1 glitch. We hope information that you'll find at this page help you in playing Sonic Mega Collection on Game Cube platform. Unlock Comix Zone. Load all the Mega Drive/Genesis titles 50 times or alternatively having played all games for a total of 30 hours. Unlock Comix Zone and The Ooze (Alternative) These are automatically unlocked is there is a save file from Sonic Heroes present. Different versions of Sonic The Hedgehog (1).

  • 2Essential improvements
  • 3Game data
  • 6Audio
  • 7Other information

Warnings

SafeDisc retail DRM no longer functions properly on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).
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Key points

Esc is used to instantly close the game.
An updated re-release of Sonic Mega Collection previously available on Nintendo GameCube, featuring an emulated collection of 14 Sega Genesis/Mega Drive and 6 Sega Game Gear games. Some games must be unlocked through gameplay, however they can also be unlocked immediately via editing the game's configuration file.
No option to disable the bilinear filtering used across this collection.
The ROMs used are the inferior 50 Hz conversions. Use Region Mod as a workaround.

Availability[edit]

SourceDRMNotesKeysOS
Retail SafeDisc v4 DRM[Note 1].
Retail Available in the 'Sonic PC Collection' bundle.
SafeDisc retail DRM no longer functions properly on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
This collection is not available digitally, however some of the games featured in this collection have been released digitally elsewhere.

Essential improvements[edit]

Region Mod by Zmiize94[edit]

Back up the game's original executable before using this mod.
Allows the option to play between the North America, Japanese, and a fixed European version of this collection, as well as improving the sound quality of the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive emulation in this collection. Details on how to use this mod's features can also be found in this video and the included readme file.
Installing Region Mod[3]
  1. Download the mod here and extract the contents of the zipped archive to <path-to-game>.
  2. Replace the default executable with the appropriate ones from <path-to-game>Modded EXE (U for North America, J for Japan, and E for Europe) and rename it to MegaCollectionPlus.

Ghost Left Input Fix[edit]

Fixes Gamepad permanent left input bug
Read-Only has to be turned off to change controls thus Instructions have to be repeated.
Apply gamepad fix[citation needed]
  1. After setting the desired controls go to appdataSEGAMegaCollectionPlus.
  2. Open SETTING.INI file with a text editor and delete all entries that contain BTN_AL_.
  3. Save and right click go into SETTING.INI properties and set it to Read-Only.

Bypass configuration launcher[edit]

Launch the game's main executable by using the SonicMegaCollectionExecFromConfigcommand line argument[4]

Game data[edit]

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Configuration file(s) location[edit]

SystemLocation
Windows %APPDATA%SEGAMegaCollectionPlusSETTING.INI

Save game data location[edit]

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SystemLocation
Windows %APPDATA%SEGAMegaCollectionPlusSAVEDATA

Video[edit]

Graphics featureStateNotes
Widescreen resolution 4:3 resolutions only. Resolution must be set in SETTING.INI by changing the value of Mode; 0 for 640x480, 1 for 800x600, 2 for 1024x768, 3 for 1152x864, 4 for 1600x1200.[5]
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowedSee the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)Uses a constant bilinear filter used throughout the games which cannot be disabled.
Vertical sync (Vsync)Always on by default.
60 FPSUses the 50Hz PAL versions of the featured games. Use Region Mod for their 60Hz versions.
120+ FPSGames in this collection are capped at either 60 (US/JP version) or 50 (PAL version) FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input[edit]

Keyboard and mouseStateNotes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivityMouse is not used.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller supportUses DirectInput.
Full controller supportRequires pressing Esc or Alt+F4 to exit the game.
Controller remappingD-pad and Left analog stick are bound to movement and cannot be remapped, which can cause problems for XInput controllers.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
DualShock 4 controllers
Generic/other controllers
Button promptsReferences controls based on the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive.
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

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Audio[edit]

Audio featureStateNotes
Separate volume controlsOnly an option to mute all audio from the configuration launcher.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

LanguageUIAudioSubNotes
EnglishVoice-overs are only heard in Comix Zone with speech bubbles unrelated to spoken dialogue are used throughout the game.
French
French
German
Spanish
Italian

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specsSupportedNotes
Direct3D9
Shader Model support3.0

Unlock all games instantly[edit]

Adding the following to the game's configuration file[6]
  1. Go to the configuration file location.
  2. Open SETTINGS.INI.
  3. Scroll down to the section under [ETC] and add the following underneath the line DELETE_TEX_LINE: SELECT_ALL_GAMES=1.
  4. Save the changes. You should now be able to play all games featured in this collection.

System requirements[edit]

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Windows
MinimumRecommended
Operating system (OS)2000 SP4XP
Processor (CPU)Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz Intel Pentium 4 1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM)256 MB320 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)3.2 GB
Video card (GPU) 32 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
64 MB of VRAM

Notes

  1. SafeDisc retail DRMdoes not work on Windows 10[1] and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]

References

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  1. Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
  2. Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
  3. Verified by User:AmethystViper on February 4, 2019
    Was able to switch the game's region to North America (which features text from the Xbox version) with this mod when applied to the European Sonic PC Collection bundle re-release.
  4. Verified by User:AmethystViper on February
    Used this argument founded in the Region Mod's readme file and it bypassed the configuration launcher requirement.
  5. Verified by User:AmethystViper on February 4, 2019
    Added the '4' in the Mode variable in the configuration file and got a resolution that was 1600x1200 according to ShareX's region capture function in fullscreen mode, but this resolution appears cut-off from the top when played in windowed mode.
  6. Verified by User:AmethystViper on February 4, 2019
    All games that were previously locked until meeting the requirements to unlock them became immediately available with this config edit.