Sonic the Hedgehog CD

Sonic the Hedgehog CD
Franchise	Sonic the Hedgehog
Developed by	Sonic Team
Published by	Sega
Platform(s)	Sega CD PlayStation 3
Release date	Sega CD November 19, 1993 (1993-11-19) PlayStation 3 December 14, 2011 (2011-12-14)
Genre	Platform
First LP
Played by	John Selig C/J Haley
Featuring	Rick Desilets
Original run	August 24 – September 1, 2011
No. of episodes	7
Episode length	10–14 minutes
Playlist	link
Playlist length	1:32:58
Sonic Week
Preceded by	Sonic the Hedgehog
Followed by	Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Second LP
Played by	Rick Desilets John Selig C/J Haley
Featuring	Ben Mooney
Intro theme	"Green Hill Zone" by TOY
Outro theme	"Sonic 3" by Rare Candy
Original run	August 15 – August 19, 2016
No. of episodes	9
Episode length	14–24 minutes
Playlist	link
Playlist length	2:39:25
The Super Sonic Let's Play
Preceded by	SegaSonic the Hedgehog
Followed by	Sonic the Hedgehog Chaos
Third LP
Played by	Rick Desilets
Original run	June 21, 2021
No. of episodes	1
Episode length	1:45:08
Playlist	link
Sonic Weekathon
Preceded by	Sonic the Hedgehog
Followed by	Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Sonic the Hedgehog CD is a 1993 platform game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega for the Sega CD. It is a side game in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. Developed in Japan by the remaining members of Sonic Team after some of the team, including lead programmer Yuji Naka, moved to the United States to create Sonic the Hedgehog 2, it serves as a sort of alternate sequel to the original Sonic the Hedgehog. Set on Little Planet, the story focuses on Sonic attempting to stop Dr. Robotnik from obtaining the powerful Time Stones. The game marks the first appearance of the characters Amy Rose and Metal Sonic, and features a time-travel based mechanic unique among the games of the series, along Sonic to visit past, present, and future versions of each of the levels. The game was played on The D-Pad in 2011, as the second game in Sonic Week. The entire LP was recorded in a single session and uploaded to the now defunct dpadup.com website as one long episode on June 21, 2011. It was later edited into 7 shorter episodes and released on YouTube on weekdays from August 24 to September 1, 2011.

The game was revisited on The D-Pad in 2016, as the eighth game in The Super Sonic Let's Play. In this LP, Christian "Taxman" Whitehead's 2011 remastered port of the game on the PlayStation 3 was played. The LP consisted of 9 episodes; 5 covering a run as Sonic, and 4 covering a run as Tails, released on weekdays from August 15 to August 19, 2016.

The game was played on The D-Pad a third time in a one-off episode by Rick in celebration of the 10th anniversary of Sonic Week in 2021, as the second game in Sonic Weekathon. The episode was streamed live on the dpadfm Twitch account before being uploaded to YouTube on June 21, 2021.

Episodes

2011 LP

This LP was re-released on The D-Pad Unpaused on August 27, 2022.

SW#	Episode	Title	Length	Player(s)	Commentator(s)	Original release date	YouTube release date
7	1	"Toot Toot, Sonic Warrior"	14:43	John	Rick, C/J	June 21, 2011 (2011-06-21)	August 24, 2011
00:00: Intro 03:40​: Opening Animation 05:27​: Palmtree Panic: Zone 1 07:14​: Palmtree Panic: Zone 2 09:24​: Special Stage 1 10:43:​ Palmtree Panic: Zone 3 11:49:​ Collision Chaos: Zone 1
8	2	"Ambiguous Ambidextrous"	12:35	John	Rick, C/J	June 21, 2011 (2011-06-21)	August 26, 2011
00:13​: Collision Chaos: Zone 2 06:27​: Special Stage 2 07:51:​ Collision Chaos: Zone 3 10:53:​ Tidal Tempest: Zone 1
9	3	"Hydrocity Moan"	13:30	John	Rick, C/J	June 21, 2011 (2011-06-21)	August 26, 2011
00:06​: Tidal Tempest: Zone 1 04:01​: Special Stage 3 06:18​: Tidal Tempest: Zone 2 09:16:​ Special Stage 4 10:23:​ Tidal Tempest: Zone 3
10	4	"Asshole Toothbrush"	13:14	John, C/J	Rick	June 21, 2011 (2011-06-21)	August 29, 2011
00:14​: Quartz Quadrant: Zone 1 02:57​: Quartz Quadrant: Zone 2 04:48​: Special Stage 5 07:50:​ Quartz Quadrant: Zone 3 09:35:​ Wacky Workbench: Zone 1
11	5	"He Wants You to Drop Trou"	13:52	C/J	Rick, John	June 21, 2011 (2011-06-21)	August 30, 2011
00:23​: Wacky Workbench: Zone 2 03:21​: Special Stage 6 04:52​: Wacky Workbench: Zone 3 07:17:​ Stardust Speedway: Zone 1 11:28:​ Special Stage 7
12	6	"The Conundrum We're Having"	10:20	C/J	Rick, John	June 21, 2011 (2011-06-21)	August 31, 2011
00:06​: Stardust Speedway: Zone 2 05:35:​ Stardust Speedway: Zone 3 08:00:​ Metallic Madness: Zone 1
13	7	"Some of Our Threes Are Ones"	14:44	C/J	Rick, John	June 21, 2011 (2011-06-21)	September 1, 2011
00:23​: Metallic Madness: Zone 2 06:04​: Metallic Madness: Zone 3 09:08​: Ending 10:20:​ Credits 12:54:​ Outro

2016 LP

TSSLP#	Episode	Title	Length	Player(s)	Commentator(s)	Release date
36	1	"Blip Blop Hedgehog Valkyrie"	24:35	Rick, John	C/J, Ben	August 15, 2016 (2016-08-15)
37	2	"Nope, John Cena"	16:46	John, C/J	Rick, Ben	August 16, 2016 (2016-08-16)
38	3	"Wacky Workben & His Automatic Deskalator"	16:04	C/J	Rick, John, Ben	August 16, 2016 (2016-08-16)
39	4	"It Started as Wapanese"	17:43	C/J	Rick, John, Ben	August 17, 2016 (2016-08-17)
40	5	"Is That Lit?"	14:49	Rick	John, C/J, Ben	August 17, 2016 (2016-08-17)
Miles "Tails" Prower in Sonic the Hedgehog CD
41	1	"A Petulant, Petty Bitch"	15:00	John	Rick	August 18, 2016 (2016-08-18)
42	2	"I Fucked Up So Bad"	22:30	John	Rick	August 18, 2016 (2016-08-18)
43	3	"Low-Level Distraction"	17:36	John	Rick	August 19, 2016 (2016-08-19)
44	4	"How to Be an Adult"	14:22	John	Rick	August 19, 2016 (2016-08-19)

2021 LP

SWT#	Title	Length	Player(s)	Commentator(s)	Release date
3	"Let It Go"	1:45:08	Rick		June 21, 2021 (2021-06-21)
0:00:00: Intro & Title Screen 0:02:10: Palmtree Panic: Zone 1 0:03:24: Special Stage 1 0:04:27: Palmtree Panic: Zone 2 0:06:11: Special Stage 2 0:07:28: Palmtree Panic: Zone 3 0:08:38: Collision Chaos: Zone 1 0:12:37: Special Stage 3 0:13:43: Collision Chaos: Zone 2 0:16:56: Special Stage 4 0:18:00: Collision Chaos: Zone 3 0:19:07: Tidal Tempest: Zone 1 0:22:11: Special Stage 5 0:23:34: Tidal Tempest: Zone 2 0:26:41: Special Stage 6 0:28:55: Tidal Tempest: Zone 3 0:30:52: Quartz Quadrant: Zone 1 0:32:44: Special Stage 7 0:35:27: Quartz Quadrant: Zone 2 0:37:09: Special Stage 2, Attempt 2 0:38:21: Quartz Quadrant: Zone 3 0:40:23: Wacky Workbench: Zone 1 0:45:59: Wacky Workbench: Zone 2 0:48:50: Special Stage 5, Attempt 2 0:50:16: Wacky Workbench: Zone 3 0:53:50: Stardust Speedway: Zone 1 0:55:59: Stardust Speedway: Zone 2 0:59:30: Special Stage 7, Attempt 2 1:01:39: Stardust Speedway: Zone 3 1:10:31: Metallic Madness: Zone 1 1:16:18: Metallic Madness: Zone 2

Gallery

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Sonic Week 

The Super Sonic Let's Play 

The Super Sonic Let's Play, Miles "Tails" Prower in Sonic the Hedgehog CD 

Sonic Weekathon 

Trivia

• The Sonic Week LP of Sonic the Hedgehog CD marks the first time that John played a game on the channel.
• The 4 episodes of the 2016 LP covering the Tails run were released under the title Miles "Tails" Prower in Sonic the Hedgehog CD.