Apart from that it is the same Puyo Puyo game, as seen in Japan. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine is actually a special version of Compile's famous Puyo Puyo, created to suit the American/European public, including characters and other personalities from the famous Sonic the Hedgehog TV series. This special 1995 (Europe)/1997 (US) compilation brings us Sonic the Hedgehog 1, in all its unmodified glory, and Sonic the Hedgehog 2, also unmodified. Sega then created this special concoction to help ease the maintenance of games, and also as a pack-in for the last batch of Megadrive/Genesis consoles, sporting a compilation of the first 2 Sonic games with the addition of Dr. There are three buttons, A, B and C, which are CONTROL, ALT/OPTION and SPACE.Back in the day cartridges ruled the world, having so many carts running around one's room was a pain. Use Arrow Keys to move up, left, right and down. The other game that enables this is the standalone version of Sonic the Hedgehog. This game is one of two that, when 'locked on' with Sonic & Knuckles, will enable players to play the entire Blue Sphere game, instead of just one level. Once a game is selected, players are not able to go back to the menu unless the console is reset or turned off and on again.

The menu was changed in later released versions. The only new content is a game selection menu, controlled by using the left and right directions on the D-pad and new sprite renderings of the box art for each of the three games. The three games appear in exactly the same form as in their original release.

In some locations, it was bundled with the Mega Drive console during its later years. Sonic Compilation was the first collection of multiple Sonic games on one cartridge.

In 1997, the Genesis version was released in North America under the name Sonic Classics 3 in 1 (making it the final Sonic game released for the console).

It contains three previously released Sonic titles: Sonic Compilation is a video game compilation released in 1995 for the Sega Mega Drive.

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