Ecco the Tides of Time on MegaCD with full orchestral CD soundtrack. The dolphin exploring temporal universes with a sublimely melancholic atmosphere. Better than the first.
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Category
Action Adventure1 player3+
Description
Ecco the dolphin time-travels between past and future to rescue his allies and defeat the Vortex in this aquatic sequel. Published by Sega, released in Europe in January 1994. Aquatic adventure with time travel, stages in seabeds and futuristic settings, ambient CD music. Multilingual version.
Ecco - The Tides of Time review
4/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Striking"
4/5
Music
★★★★★
"Excellent"
3/5
Story
★★★★★
"Solid"
Gameplay
"Solid"
Fun
"Mild"
Addictiveness
"Engaging"
Difficulty
"Balanced"
Lifespan
"Average"
Technical info
💾0,56 GB📅01/01/1994
Published by Sega
Ecco - The Tides of Time (Mega-CD) price, value & rarity
European Sega 1994 pressing shipped straight in a jewel case, with no longbox phase as in the US market. The PAL version keeps the Silicon Graphics intro at its uncompressed bitrate and ships with a multilingual manual including five-language biological entries on the cetacean species featured in the game. That documentary density made it the European reference version for Ecco devotees and for 1990s naturalist-leaning gaming.
Is Ecco - The Tides of Time still worth playing in 2026?
A direct sequel to Ecco the Dolphin by Novotrade and Sega, The Tides of Time offers an even more ambitious and demanding marine adventure. The three dimensional swimming, the echolocation based puzzles and the contemplative atmosphere remain unique in video gaming. The Mega CD version benefits from the redbook soundtrack by Spencer Nilsen that transforms the experience. A difficult but deeply singular adventure, the title remains a work apart that still largely deserves discovery today truly here on the Sega CD machine for any patient newcomer.
