Overview
Sonic CD Restored is a unique Remaster that restores fidelity to the game's FMVs/SFX/Music and restores the original glitchless speedrun experience of Sonic CD on the Sega CD, often referred to as CD93.
CD-R adds Amy as a playable character, 720p remastered FMVs, 500 Kbps music, 16-bit SFX (up from 8-bit that CD11 used) and undoes the hardware limits that forced Sonic CD to use the Z80 processor for its SFX instead of the PSG chip. A handful of non speedrun related UI and gameplay restorations have also been made; such as the black titlescreen fade in, CD93 titlescreen codes, the Quartz Quadrant foregroound crystals, and Stardust Speedway 1's roads no longer trapping the player in a small space towards the end of the level.
Sonic CD Restored continues the tradition of each major Sonic CD release containing its own OST. The Mega-CD version had the original JP OST, then the Sega CD had its own "Special Edition" OST, and finally the 2011 version received unique mixes done by Christian Whitehead for both OSTs as well. CD-R cherry picks the best tracks from the JP and US OSTs to make a Hybrid OST, as well as updates the Soundtrack Menu to allow customization for every Zone, Timezone, Menus, Theme music, etc.
The intention is to let every player experience their own perfect unified Sonic CD OST.
