▁and ▁expl oration . ▁By ▁collect ing ▁items ▁and ▁comple ting ▁object ives , ▁players ▁can ▁un lock ▁secret ▁characters . ▁ ▁Development ▁began ▁after ▁the ▁completion ▁of ▁Son ic ▁ 3 D ▁Bl ast ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 6 ▁and ▁took ▁nine ▁months . ▁It ▁was ▁the ▁second ▁collaboration ▁between ▁Tra v eller ' s ▁T ales ▁and ▁Son ic ▁Team ▁and ▁was ▁designed ▁to ▁take ▁advantage ▁of ▁the ▁Sat urn ▁hardware . ▁Son ic ▁Team ▁designed ▁the ▁race ▁tracks , ▁while ▁Tra v eller ' s ▁T ales ▁handled ▁implementation ▁and ▁programming ▁using ▁a ▁custom ▁game ▁engine . ▁The ▁sound track ▁was ▁composed ▁by ▁Richard ▁Jacques ; ▁tracks ▁from ▁the ▁game , ▁most ▁not ably ▁" Super ▁Son ic ▁Racing ", ▁have ▁been ▁re used ▁in ▁subsequent ▁Son ic ▁titles . ▁S ega ▁released ▁the ▁game ▁for ▁the ▁Sat urn ▁in ▁late ▁ 1 9 9 7 , ▁for ▁Windows ▁the ▁following ▁year , ▁and ▁for ▁the ▁Game C ube ▁and ▁Play Station ▁ 2 ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁Son ic ▁G ems ▁Collection ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 5 . ▁ ▁Son ic ▁R ▁was ▁the ▁only ▁original ▁Son ic ▁title ▁released ▁for ▁the ▁Sat urn ; ▁Son ic ▁ 3 D ▁Bl ast ▁is ▁a ▁port ▁of ▁the ▁M ega ▁Drive ▁game , ▁and ▁Son ic ▁Jam ▁is ▁a ▁compilation ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁four ▁Son ic ▁games . ▁Initial ▁reviews ▁for ▁the ▁game ▁were ▁mixed , ▁with ▁ret ros pective ▁reception ▁being ▁more ▁negative . ▁It ▁was ▁pra ised