This was reproduced with a clean configuration (config file removed with F12, then game reset with F2) :
Opening the save screen and returning to the title screen starts the title screen music immediately, but displays the warning & disclaimers screen, then the name crawl, only without the names themselves appearing, and then Sonic falls like he usually does and the title screen returns to normal.
This was reproduced with a clean configuration (config file removed with F12, then game reset with F2) :
Opening the save screen and returning to the title screen starts the title screen music immediately, but displays the warning & disclaimers screen, then the name crawl, only without the names themselves appearing, and then Sonic falls like he usually does and the title screen returns to normal.