Welcome to SonAR! Sonic Archive ROMs. Terrible acronym I know.

This is a page created to document every single official, scene, and comunity recognized Sonic the Hedgehog related cartridge (backup) in existence.

SonAR is NOT a piracy scavanger hunt or a rodeo roundup of every ROM in existance; it's a library. An accurate not yet accurate record of every cartridge backup of the Sonic persuation.

I don't like hosting disc images. It's a hastle and rapes bandwidth. Although some are hosted, ones that aren't don't take priority over cartidges that still need to be hosted.

My first thanks is to Qjimbo for the continued hosting and support. Couldn't do it without you!

There is some serious stuff missing from this page! I've got my work cut out for me.

Send anything you'd like to heranbago@gmail.com.

This wouldn't be possible without the contributions of a few fine members!
Huge thanks: infinity, Tweaker, Qjimbo, Delta, LocalH, Rika Chou, Borisz, Icy Guy, Hyper Knuckles, Lightning, drx, Vangar, Techokami, Zeck, Rail Road, Tadashi, RomShark, djohe, Flygon, and any future contributors!
Most of all thanks to infinity. His extensive collection of scene releases is amazing!

Things in normal hyperlink colors are officially recognized dumps - scene or otherwise.
Things in teal are info files! Open them with your browser or notepad. SFV files can be used to verify integrity.
Things in orange are not officially recognized by anyone, but they're still good!
Things in yellow are packs.
Things in red are patch files.
Things in strike rule are down due to a series of outages and they are not high priority in fixing.

Listing & Tags

A number of these dumps are labeled with the "good" naming system. If you are not sure which one want when there are multiple choices for one game, you should probably get the first one listed. If you want all the dumps, don't use a download manager/automater if there is a pack available. The dumps are listed in this order: [Good set dumps in the order I care about them (=P)] [other renamer sets] [other/old scene dumps] [really sexy dumps from people I know] [packs]. Of course not all these atagories are filled, the less the better.

Tags are extremely confusing. Here is a quick list of ones you might come across.

Regional Tags

[!] "Verified" as a good dump.
(J) Japan
(U) USA
(E) Europe
(EU) Europe and USA
(JU) Japan and USA
(JUE) All regions
(W) World (same as JUE)
(Brazil) duh.
[R-country] Specific country dump

Old MD/Genesis Regional Tags

(1) Japan & Korea only
(4) USA & Brazil NTSC only
(5) NTSC only
(8) PAL only
(B) Any non-USA

Other Tags

(Proto) Prototype cartridge. This is an unfinished build of a game.
(Beta) Beta cartridge. This is an unfinished build of a game.
(V1.0), (V1.1), etc Version number
(REV00), (REV01), etc Revision number
(Unl) Unlicensed, probably a pirate
[a1], [a2], etc Alternate version, another acceptable dump
[f1], [f2], etc Fixed, edited (cracked) to work in emulators
[h1], [h2], etc Hack. Something about this cartridge has been changed, probably by pirates. The change is likely not noticeable
[h1C], [h2C], etc Hack. Something about this cartridge has been changed, definitly by Chinese pirates
[p1], [p2], etc Pirate version. The pirates changed something about the cartridge. Likely a simple removal of copyrights or a multipack
[t1], [t2], etc Trained. The ROM has been edited to alter stats or other gameplay mechanics
[o1], [o2], etc Overdump. Lots of extra data on the end, which is likely garbage
[b1], [b2], etc Bad dump. You almost certainly don't want to download this
[hI] Intro hack
(MP) Mega Play
[c] Checksum
[x] Bad checksum
(multiboot) GBA multiboot. This is the data booted on a GBA through a link cable
[T+language_name] Translation + language translated to _ transator

Bagel Notes

There is some ambiguation between tags like [f1], [h1], [h1C], [p1], and [t1].
[hI] has a cool screen added to the beggining of the ROM!
[o1] or [b1] tags mean that the ROM is essentially garbage. I don't understand why those bad eggs aren't dropped from goodsets.
Bad checksums ([x]) aren't nessisarily bad; a good dump of Dynamite Heddy has a bad checksum.

Sega System BIOS (Basic Input-Output Sytem)

Master System

Master System (other)

32X

Mega CD

Game Gear

Saturn

Arcade

Sega Consoles

Sega Genesis / Sega Mega Drive

All GoodGen Sonic ROMs

Sonic the Hedgehog

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Sonic the Hedgehog 3

Sonic & Knuckles

Sonic & Knuckles Lock-on

Sonic 3D Blast

Sonic Spinball

Dr. Robotnik's
Mean Bean Machine

Sonic Classics / Sonic Compilation

Sonic Crackers
(aka Sonic Studium)

Sonic Eraser

Flicky

Art Alive!

Wacky Worlds

Sega 32X / Sega Super 32X

Knuckles' Chaotix

Sega CD / Sega Mega CD

Guide: How do I Sonic'd CD? If you use an MP3 set you must rename the ISO.

Sonic CD

Sonic CD (prototypes)

Thanks Underground Gamer and Borisz for the prototypes!

Sega Saturn

Sonic R

Sonic 3D Blast

Sonic Jam

Sega Master System

All GoodSMS Sonic ROMs

Sonic the Hedgehog

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Sonic Spinball

Sonic Blast

Sonic Chaos

Dr. Robotnik's
Mean Bean Machine

Handhelds

Sega Game Gear

All GoodGG Sonic ROMs

Sonic the Hedgehog

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Sonic the Hedgehog
Triple Trouble

Sonic Spinball

Sonic Drift

Sonic Drift 2

Sonic Blast

Sonic Labyrinth

Sonic & Tails

Sonic & Tails 2

Sonic Chaos

Doctor Robotnik's
Mean Bean Machine

Tails' Adventures

Tails' Sky Patrol

Sega Pico

Sonic the Hedgehog's Gameworld

Tails and the Music Maker

Nintendo Gameboy Advance

Sonic Advance

Sonic Advance 2

Sonic Advance 3

Sonic Pinball Party

Sonic Battle

Sega Smash Pack

Sonic X GBA Video Vol. 1

2 In 1 Sonic Pack Volume 1

2 In 1 Sonic Pack Volume 2

2 In 1 Sonic Pack Volume 3

2 In 1 Sonic Pack Volume 4 (?)

Petite Chao Garden / Tiny Chao Pet Garden

Sonic the Hedgehog Genesis

Nintendo GBA Multiboot

Sonic Adventure 2 - Tiny Chao Garden

Sonic Adventure DX - Director's Cut

Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg - Tiny Chao Garden

Phantasy Star Online - Chao no Petite Garden

Nintendo DS

Sonic Rush

Sonic Rush Adventure

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Beijing 2008

Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood / Yamijigen Kara no Shinryakusya

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games Vancouver 2010

Sonic & Sega All Stars Racing

Sonic Classic Collection

Out of respect and concern, we do not serve new titles.

Sony Playstation Portable

Sonic Rivals

Sonic Rivals 2

Sega Genesis Collection / Sega Mega Drive Collection

Neo Geo Pocket Color

Sonic Pocket Adventure

Nokia Series 60

Sonic the Hedgehog (part 1)

Sonic the Hedgehog (part 2)

Nokia N-Gage

Sonic N

Tiger Game.com

Sonic Jam

Tiger Gizmondo

Sonic the Hedgehog

Arcade Boards

Sega MegaTech

Sonic the Hedgehog

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Sega MegaPlay

Sonic the Hedgehog

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Sega Model 2B

Sonic the Fighters / Sonic Championshop

Sega System 32

SegaSonic the Hedgehog

Personal Computer

Sonic Action 4-Pack (.MDS + .MDF)

Sonic CD

Sonic 3D Blast

Sonic R

Sonic & Garfield Pack

Sonic & Knuckles PC Collection

Sonic's Schoolhouse

Pirates / Hacks

Misc.

ROM Hacks

Misc.

Legal Jargon

Don't download anything on this page.

Respect

All artwork, software, files, ROMs, images, backups, and other nifty doo-dads (c) 2006 Sega Corporation. All rights reserved. Sonic the Hedgehog and their respective logos, are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of Sega of America in the U.S. and/or other countries.
(Stolen from Sonic Art Archive. I'll rewrite it eventually... =P)

Really, everything here is the property of either the Sonic Team or Sega. Not you. That means the ROMs and the art. They have all related rights: legal rights, the right to change their games, the right to make new ones, the right to take them in new directions.
This is their work, and let's respect it.
Download accordingly.