Sonic Gems Collection

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Sonic Gems Collection is a 2005 multi-genre compilation developed by Sonic Team for the Nintendo GameCube and PlayStation 2. It gathers a selection of Sega titles drawn primarily from the Sonic the Hedgehog series, covering games originally released across multiple platforms including the Sega Genesis and Sega Saturn. The included titles span a range of genres — among them platforming, fighting, and racing — and are presented through emulation rather than rebuilt from the ground up. Each game is preserved largely as it was at original release, retaining the characteristics and known errors of its initial version with few alterations. The compilation serves as a historical snapshot of the franchise's output across different hardware generations, offering access to titles that had otherwise become difficult to find outside of their original formats.