Game Secrets:Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (8-bit)
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Unused Artwork
Character Sprites
| Artwork | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
 | "Crying Tails" Animations | Some unused sprites of Tails crying. Probably meant to be used in the ending cutscene when he is rescued. |
 | Bored Sonic Animation | These three animations are actually from Sonic 1 for the Master System, but were found in Sonic 2 for the Game Gear. Sonic 2 GG used Sonic 1 MS's spriteset, but the waiting animation was changed. This is all of what is leftover. |
 | Entire Underground Zone Boss body | The entire body of the boss can be seen here. Normally only its head is visible. |
 | Entire Sky High Zone Boss body | This shows the entire body of the boss. Normally only its head and neck can be seen. |
Unused Monitors
| Artwork | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
 | Sonic Monitor | This one isn't really unused, you can find it hidden in a wall in Crystal Egg Zone, but the graphics are obscured. When collected it grants a continue. |
 | Question Mark Monitor | This may have given a random amount of rings or items, like in the 2-player mode of Sonic 2 for Mega Drive. |
 | Grey Sneaker Monitor | May have slowed you down, like the Slow sneaker in Sonic 3's 2-player mode. |
 | Arrow Monitor | This could have been a checkpoint marker, like the 8-bit version of Sonic 1. |
Special Stage Art
| Artwork | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
 | Numbers | Some numbers drawn in the same style of the Title font are contained in the rom, but unused. |
 | Underground Zone Bricks | Several unused bricks. |
 | Underground Zone Loop | Apparently a loop was planned for Underground Zone. |
 | Underground Zone Floating Platform | An unused floating platform. |
 | Unused Aqua Lake Zone tile | A small additional piece of land which is not used in the final game. |
 | Sky High Zone boulder | This boulder probably was supposed to roll down a hill in act 1. |
 | Sky High Zone platform | An unused floating platform. |
 | Sky High Zone object | Probably another platform. |
Gimmick Mountain Name
Originally the level card for Gimmick Mountain wasn't going to have a shortened name. Hivebrain discovered the word "Mountain" within the ROM. Due to lack of space on the screen Mountain was shortened to Mt.
| Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (8-bit) |
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| Levels in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (8-bit) |
| Underground Zone | Sky High Zone | Aqua Lake Zone | Green Hills Zone | Gimmick Mt. Zone | Scrambled Egg Zone | Crystal Egg Zone |
