the port also adds 'Super Dolphin Mode', which decreases the difficulty by giving players invincibility and unlimited oxygen. The game was released for the Nintendo eShop in Japan on June 26 and in North America and Europe on December 12, 2013. Ecco the Dolphin is one of the games included in the Sega Genesis Mini. In 1996, a soundtrack album combining music from both Ecco the Dolphin and Ecco: The Tides of Time was released, under the title Ecco: Songs of Time. Reception The Sega Mega Drive version became a bestseller. A reviewer for Next Generation called the PC release "little more than a conversion from the yesteryears of the 16-bit Sega Genesis. Except for a few video cut-scenes, there is little attempt to make this game look or play better for the PC". He nonetheless praised the game not only for its novel concept and responsive controls, but also "its smooth graphics". Mega placed the game at No. 24 in their Top Mega Drive Games of All Time. Complex ranked Ecco the Dolphin number 44 in their "The Best 100 Sega Genesis Games". They called the game: "the most soothing puzzle-action game available on the Genesis." In 1995, Flux magazine ranked the Sega CD version 100th on their Top 100 Video Games, they praised the game's atmosphere, eerie music, sad dolphin song and the rich underwater look concluding: "Proof that you don’t need explosions, fatalities or a celebrity endorsement to make a great game." See also Chuck Person's Eccojams Vol. 1, which uses a modified version of the game's artwork as its cover art Aerobiz Notes References 1992 video games Action-adventure games Appaloosa Interactive games Ecco the Dolphin Fictional dolphins IOS games Nintendo 3DS eShop games Platform games Science fiction video games Sega CD games Game Gear games Sega Genesis games Master System games Sega video games Single-player video games Video games about time travel Video games about extraterrestrial life Video games developed in Hungary Video games scored by Spencer Nilsen Video games set in outer space Video games set on fictional planets Video games with alternative versions Virtual Console games Windows games Xbox 360 Live Arcade games Video games about animals Pack-in video games Nintendo Switch Online games Video games adapted into comics