Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island (prototype 73)
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Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island (prototype 73) |
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System(s): Sega Mega Drive |
Publisher: Sega |
Developer: Traveller's Tales |
ROM size: 2 MB |
Genre: Action |
Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island "beta 73" is a prototype of Sonic 3D for the Sega Mega Drive. With a build date of 3 July, 1996, it is currently the earliest prototype of the game to be dumped and preserved.
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Overview
The beta 73 build is relatively early, but largely resembles the final game. Three stages are present; Green Grove Zone, Gene Gadget Zone (which is the second stage in this prototype, and lacks a boss) and Rusty Ruin Zone (which has acts 1 and 2 flipped). Completing all three stages leads to a "To be continued" screen, after which the game resets.
The music for Green Grove Zone act 1 plays on every stage, save for the bosses which use the tune from Final Fight. There are no Special Stages, and much of the polish is missing, such as title cards and ending screens.
Comparisons
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General
- The Sega logo has the old "Sega" sound. It also shatters at the end (like when you get a Game Over) instead of the letters zooming off the screen.
- Pressing + while playing will skip to the next level.
- When pausing the game no "Pause" text will appear.
- No dust appears while doing the Spin Dash.
- There is a green shield. However, it uses the gold shield's monitor. Meaning it was mistakingly referred to as the prototype golden shield despite it appearing in act 1 under the waterfall.
Level
- There is also a spiked ball near the first giant ring, which also isn't in the final.
- Blue flickies run in circles, purple flickies mix the worse of the final green and red ones (move randomly and jump).
- In the earliest proto, the ring disappears when flickies are put into it. Unless all five flickies are put in it at once you will be stuck.
- There are no rings in Green Grove 3 although ten rings are already given at the beginning of the act.
- In Green Grove zone 1 & 2, the Knuckles specific areas are not in this proto.
- Ballerina spinning thing doesn't make you invulnerable against enemies in Rusty Ruins.
- There are slight changes to the level layout.
History
Release
This prototype was released by drx during the February 23rd, 2008 proto release.
Download
Download Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island (prototype 73)
File: Sonic_3D_Blast_(Prototype_73_-_Jul_03,_1996,_13.58).rar (857 kB) (info)
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External Links
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