Due to our recent technical difficulties, we only have OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAAAAAAND of our images and files working. The Sonic Retro staff is working as fast as they can to restore these documents. Please do not report broken links at this time.

From Sonic Retro

The Sonic 2 Beta Wiki Origin | FAQ | Downloads | Cheats | Comparisons | Prototype Zones | Music | Concept Art Sketches | Magazine Previews | Video Previews | Timeline | Lost Sprites and Tiles | Savestates | False Alarms | Summary | Sonic 2 Algorithms & Specs Patents

The Sonic 2 Beta Wiki

Welcome to The Sonic 2 Beta Wiki. This project is the updatable version of The Sonic 2 Beta Page, the site dedicated to the archival and research of prototype versions of SEGA's video game Sonic the Hedgehog 2 made for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis. Much like a movie, a video game undergoes heavy "editing" before shipping, and significant amount of data is stripped due to time or space constraints. In the case of Sonic 2, several zones were completely cut from the final version. For years, questions have been asked regarding the staggering discrepancies between Sonic 2 and old magazine preview screenshots. Gamers could only dream of being able to play the lost levels first-hand ― until the binary image of Sonic 2 Beta surfaced on the Internet in late 1998... [ more about how the prototypes reached the public ]