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I definately think Sonic Jam is worth the $44.99 I paid for it. It's great to have, especially since I don't have any of the Sonic games on Genesis. All the games are the same, except there's a save feature on Sonic 1 and 2 now, you can spin dash in Sonic 1, and there's a Time Attack option on each game. And when you lock on Sonic & Knuckles with Sonic 1, you can play all the secret special stages just like you could when locking on to any other Genesis cartridge. There is also a digital instruction manual for each game in English or Japanese.

Sonic World

Sonic World is a 3D environment in which you can get to lots of extra goodies on Sonic Jam. You can also complete 8 "quests" in Sonic World, after which you get a "special surprise". That special surprise is just the credits to the game. Here's the different things in Sonic World:

Character House

See profiles for Sonic and hid pals, or Robotnik and his badniks. It even has a few black and white pictures if you press the L and R buttons when viewing a profile.

Music Shop

Listen to music and sound effects from all the games included on Sonic Jam.

Movie Theater

Excellent quality, FULL SCREEN, Sonic videos! This is my favorite section in Sonic World. Here's what they have:

Sonic CD Opening and Ending (With the music from the Japanese version of Sonic CD)
Sonic Anime preview (A pretty long one)
Some kind of other Sonic cartoon....can't figure out where it's from. It looks like mostly computer animation, and Robotnik looks like he does in Japan...
Sonic Ride (I have no idea what this could be from)
Japanese Commercials:

Two for Sonic 1
Two for Sonic 2
Sonic 3
Sonic Spinball
Sonic CD
Sonic Chaos (Sonic & Tails in Japan)
Triple Trouble (Sonic & Tails 2 in Japan)
Sonic Drift (Released only in Japan)

My favorite would have to be the Sonic CD commercial. The Sonic 3 commercial is pretty nifty too tho.

Art Gallery

Renderings of Sonic and his pals.

Hall of Fame

The entire history of Sonic the Hedgehog.

That's about it for the game....oh yeah, if you put the CD in your computer, there's a directory called "EXTRA". There's some BMP files in it, just like there were in NiGHTS. You can see them by clicking here. For some Sonic Jam Quicktime clips, check out the video section.

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