n/a Sonic the Hedgehog The Screen Saver Publisher: Sega Developer: Sonic Team System(s): Windows Genre: Screen Saver/Art Compilation Release Date RRP Code Rating [1] 1996-08-09 ¥3,800 (3,990)[1] HCJ-0102

Sonic the Hedgehog The Screen Saver (ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ・ザ・スクリーンセーバー) is a 1996 program by Sega for the PC featuring Sonic art, music and icons for customizing the user's Windows environment. The program is bundled with the North American and European copies of Sonic & Knuckles Collection and sold as a stand-alone product in Japan.

The screen saver features Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and Eggman sprites that animate between Sonic pictures. If the user chooses, they can play music from Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Sonic the Hedgehog 3, Sonic & Knuckles and the Japanese version of Sonic CD, though the latter only features music from the present and past versions of each level. Some versions of the North American version may also contain music from the Good and Bad Future levels.

Manuals

This instruction manual requires additional or replacement scans.

Artwork

Shared artwork

The following is a collection of the art packaged with Sonic the Screen Saver, that is also included on Sonic Jam: These images originate from various printed media such as calendars and Sega's internal magazine, Harmony.

Exclusive artwork

Below is artwork which is not featured in Sonic Jam:

Icons

Physical scans

PC, JP Cover Disc

Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): PC

Sprite rips of Sonic, Knuckles, Tails, and Robotnik from the program's animations.

References

These are the icons that can be found on the CD, in the \SONICSS\ICON folder (as they appear in Windows Explorer):