Ecco the Dolphin (video game)

Ecco the Dolphin is an action-adventure game developed by Ed Annunziata and Novotrade International and published by Sega for the Mega Drive/Genesis in 1992. Versions for the Sega CD, Master System and Game Gear were released the following year. It is the first installment in the Ecco the Dolphin video game franchise. The player character is a bottlenose dolphin who travels through time to combat hostile extraterrestrials in Earth's oceans and on an alien spacecraft.

Ecco the Dolphin
North American box art by Boris Vallejo
Developer(s)Novotrade International
Publisher(s)Sega
Director(s)László Szenttornyai
László Mérő (Game Gear)
Producer(s)E. Ettore Annunziata
Jerry Markota (Game Gear)
Designer(s)E. Ettore Annunziata
László Szenttornyai
Programmer(s)Mega Drive, CD
József Molnár
Mihály Brudnyák
Fox
Game Gear
Attila Bús
Balázs Pápai
Artist(s)Mega Drive, CD
Zsolt Balogh
Game Gear
Eszter Páris
Composer(s)Mega Drive, CD
Spencer Nilsen
Brian Coburn
Game Gear
Csaba Gigor
Gábor Foltán
SeriesEcco The Dolphin
Platform(s)
Mega Drive/Genesis
Release
December 1992
  • Mega Drive/Genesis
    • EU: December 23, 1992
    • NA: December 29, 1992
    • JP: July 30, 1993
  • Sega CD
    • NA: 1993
    • EU: August 1993
    • JP: February 24, 1995
  • Game Gear
    • EU: October 1993
    • NA: November 1993
    • JP: March 11, 1994
  • Master System
    • PAL: 1993
  • Windows
    • NA: November 1995
    • EU: February 1996
    • JP: December 13, 1996
  • iOS
    • WW: July 22, 2010
  • Nintendo 3DS
    3D Classics
    • NA: December 12, 2013
    • EU: December 12, 2013
    • JP: June 26, 2013
Genre(s)Action-adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

Ecco the Dolphin received favourable reviews and became a bestseller on the Genesis. It has been re-released several times, including on the Nintendo Virtual Console, Xbox Live Arcade, Steam, iOS, Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo Switch Online. A sequel, Ecco: The Tides of Time, was released in 1994.

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