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MOVE STUFF ONTO PUBLIC ARTICLE

THEN MOVE/MERGE WHOLE SECTIONS/ARTICLES IF NECESSARY

MERGE DEV/E3 1996 TO PRERELEASE, MOVE IMAGES

DONT FORGET, SONICPC PAGE FOR PRODUCTION CREDITS REASONS

Where do we differentiate between "describing the game" and "the development history"? Does X-treme even need to be split between main/PoV/Condor?

  • Disambig: Consider not a straight disambig page but a general-coverage "Sonic X-treme" page, which covers the project as a whole and links to the individual development periods. This might not be necessary (see first bullet point) but would address the issue of our main X-treme page also serving as the main branch era page (when a main X-treme page should ideologically be defined as the whole project, not just its most recognizable form)
  • Intro: Each page's intro needs to state that this is part of the larger X-treme project in the same style of writing, and provide a clear link to earlier/later iterations (maybe at bottom of introduction in dedicated line). Perhaps this can be done in the infobox, like we do with pages like AM2.
  • Development: History (as in press history, prerelease stuff) and Development (what the developers were doing, technical stuff) need to be more clearly distinguished. Any info not on the Development subpage already needs to be moved there, and vice versa. Determine if the split is even necessary (probably, but check). There will be some overlap here. Earlier iterations might not have enough content to warrant a dedicated subpage.

TO DO

  • Redirects, working names, any necessary categories or image tags, etc.
  • Remove Sonic-16 from X-treme articles entirely, including omni.
  • Merge "isometric concept" with Mars
  • Production credits need splitting for: Sonic Mars, Sonic X-treme, Project Condor, SonicPC, but only for Sega (probably). Sonic gets redirects to a central X-treme.
  • ETHOS: With the exception of what needs to be split for automation, everything should be as centralized as possible?
  • Organize and categorize all media. Host anything we're missing.
  • Add descriptions for all magazine entries. List Red Shoes mistakes.
  • Combine pages of Yasuhara's concept art book into a single .PDF (or multiple, if there are a few books)
  • Find magazine issues for Sonic X-treme/Magazine articles.
  • Who is that unknown STI developer?

To add

  • Everything from dumped ROMs
  • Everything from this thread
  • Everything from the Senntient forums
  • Everything from [http://scp.webulate.com SXC)
  • LEGACY: legacy, legacy, legacy
  • Ofer based his engine on Senn's first two Amiga gameplay demos[1]
  • "Ofer and I were already working at our homes on our own version of the game to present to Nakayama-san [when Stolar was hired]" (he likely means Iri) THIS DATE IS IMPORTANT[1]
SonicPC
Unsorted
  • Note in introduction: Peter Morawiec and STI Burbank being aware of X-treme and confirming they are different projects[3][3][4][5]
  • Mars was expected to be completed by June 1995 (Kosaka proposal ref, May 94)
  • SonicPC development might have continued past cancellation into 1997?
  • Hirokazu Yasuhara was brought onto X-treme to assist, and created extensive Act designs for the project. However, his Acts were designed around the concept of Sonic running around in full 3D, which wasn't entirely compatible with how Ofer's gameplay engine presented its viewpoint. Senn states that, had the game used a different camera (for example, one which could rotate around corners), the team could have seen Yasuhara's gameplay design through, but ultimately these Acts never left his concept art notebooks.[6]
  • While Condors focus was getting the boss engine running smoothly and readying it for its May appearance at E3 1996, the actual gameplay mechanics were largely set aside. As a result, Chris Coffin hardcoded a value of 21 lives was for earlier versions of the engine, alongside an automatically-increasing life counter, making screenshots published by the press appear more dynamic.[7] Additionally, the only Zone known to be ported to Condors engine, Jade Gully, once actually featured enemies[2] (despite the dumped version of the Zone containing none whatsoever).

Sonic X-treme

Development process

Saturn V08

COVER SONIC MARS HERE

A key component of Sega of America's then-dispute with Sega of Japan was over the upcoming Sega Saturn, as Western management had voiced a strong dislike of the console for some time, particularly in regards to its ability to stand up to the 3D capabilities of the Sony PlayStation.[8] This dislike was so strong that the company management had partnered with (and reportedly acquired a third of) Nvidia, an American technology company specializing in graphics cards, for the development of an entirely new 32-bit system. Confusingly named the Saturn V08 (also known by the name Riva TNT[9][2] to distinguish it from the Japanese-developed Saturn[8]), management supported the platform move with both an increase in Sega Technical Institute's on-hand staff and development resources. With the move off the 32X came a new working title for the game, this time signifying everything the new hardware power offered: Sonic X-treme.[2]

The system was first introduced to STI's tech director Robert Morgan for initial evaluations[10], and then presented as a potential "Saturn-killer" to the team by Roger Hector and a group of other executives. Unfortunately, the decision was made to first introduce the system to Ofer Alon alone. This conversation was accidentally overheard by Don Goddard, who was bothered that he and his team were being left out of these initial discussions; something which directly led to his later departure from the company.[8]

Regardless, the system was described as being extremely capable at the kind of 3D rendering expected in the 32-bit era. Particularly, the technology featured the unique ability to morph polygon vertexes in-hardware for performance gains (meaning curved surfaces required less polygons to display), and even boasted built-in hardware colored lighting.[8] Ofer was very briefly tasked with evaluating the technical specifics of the system, and Goddard was developing experimental game prototypes for it (particularly the extensively-developed UFO demo), but integrating the technology's unique curved polygon capabilities into the existing graphics pipeline was reportedly a nightmare. During this time, the team never actually received any V08 documentation, solid technical specifications, or development hardware[11], resulting in challenges for those working with the proposed hardware, and a majority of the staff having little to work on in the interim.[12] Despite this, management had supposed intentions of using the game as a launch title for the system.[2]

This period only lasted for about three months[11], as other elements within Sega of America's management ultimately decided to decline in investing further in the platform. Nvidia did apparently manufacture a physical test version of the V08, but was significantly rushed. This was shipped to Sega of America in mid 1995, who installed the hardware and powered it on, only for it to instantly fail and display nothing more than a black screen. This failure, compounded with Sega of Japan's orders to halt the project[2] , resulted in management reportedly dropping the V08 on the spot[8] (despite this, the chip would continue to be developed into the commercially-released NV1 graphics card). Additionally, Goddard recalls that the video game industry industry was simply too used to rendering with standard triangles, and preferred more established techniques of building 3D shapes with standard polygons. This sentiment was mirrored by SegaSoft (STI's largest internal competitor who, as described by Goddard, was jealous of the division's unlimited funding).[8] Despite this, the final Saturn would utilize a complex rendering system not using triangles whatsoever.

During this time, Goddard and Alon had also been courted by another American technology company, 3Dfx, who promised a chip with the unique ability for development emulators to perform 1:1 with the final product, although nothing became of this.[8] Unfortunately, this only increased the amount of time the project wasted on alternative technology. Ultimately, with the cancellation of the V08 and Sega of Japan's order to transition to the actual Saturn, Goddard was informed that all his work would again be going to waste. Upon hearing this, he quit the project, and a few months later in June 1995 quit Sega entirely.[8] This once again left the project without a team leader, and this time facing a 32-bit system more complex than any they had programmed for.

Saturn

Following management moving the project to the Saturn in Fall 1995, the team was split into two groups: one group which would develop the "main branch" of the game, consisting of Chris Senn and Ofer Alon, and a second solely dedicated to developing the game's boss rounds, lead by Christina Coffin.[11] A number of notable staff joined the project around this time, such as associate producer Rick Wheeler[6] and 3D artist and animator Alan Ackerman.[13] Despite previous claims, Sega of Japan did support the project in some capacity, as around this time, Hirokazu Yasuhara and Kunitake Aoki were enlisted to aid in development.[14] Management also attempted to foster a sense of camaraderie among the team by creating a series of promotional Sonic X-treme pins, which were awarded to the game's developers.[8]

Unfortunately, the team was still struggling with design difficulties related to size and perspective in 3D environments[15], and struggling with the concept of early 3D gameplay in general.[16] While the game's Zones were coming together, how Sonic would actually play in those Zones was still up in the air. In particular, the limited camera view in 3D games was a serious hindrance to gameplay, as it was difficult to maintain Sonic-like speeds while still being able to see upcoming obstacles and enemies. To solve this, Ofer Alon created the concept of the reflex lens[17][18]: gameplay would be presented with a "fisheye" perspective, distorting the screen to allow the camera to expand the visible play area.[6][19] While this did somewhat alleviate the issue of limited reaction time at high speeds, Goddard speculates the feature was a means to cover up the lack of true curved environments.[8] Regardless, the addition of the reflex lens sparked a much-needed sense of inspiration amongst the development team.[19]

Christina Coffin served as lead programmer and designer of X-treme's boss rounds, which were created in an entirely new engine developed separately from the various iterations of the main game. As they were still learning how to program for the Saturn (compounded by the platform being notoriously hard to code for), development of the boss engine took longer than expected.[8] Still, much like Chris Senn, Coffin's tenacity help keep the team's head above water, with her pulling double-duty as both programmer and designer. She worked alongside Jason Kuo, who designed the layout of the boss stages.[2] According to Peter Morawiec, Coffin and her boss engine team were largely tasked with "hacking together some quick demos" to appease company executives's expectations for its E3 1996 appearance.[20]

To create X-treme's boss arenas, Coffin drew inspiration from her passion playing Sega games. In particular, the engine's distinctive circular boss arenas were directly inspired by the Core Guard System fight in Treasure's 1993 Mega Drive game Gunstar Heroes, which features a similar circular layout. Coffin also took inspiration from the rendering engine used in NiGHTS into Dreams in her contrasting-colored backlights to keep Sonic from looking too flat[21], and the use of similar horizon-fogging techniques to mask uneven horizon lines.[22] She attributes rumors of X-treme using Sonic Team's actual engine to these similarities, definitively stating that she never used the NiGHTS engine, and clarifying that her and Yuji Naka did not see eye to eye during development.[21]

Coffin had intended her engine's Sonic to be represented by a fully 3D model. Models of the character were created by Kunitake Aoki during his work on Dynamite Deka[23], and were implemented by Coffin to take advantage of what she calls a quad bug, "where if you collapse opposite points of a saturn quad you get a triangle with one edge that's collapsed in and smoothly concave in screenspace at the pixel level."[21] Coffin would utilize this "bug" to demonstrate how enemies can only be safely attacked from certain angles, and for rendering terrain hazards like spike pits.[24]

It was during this phase of development (once X-treme became "real" on the Saturn) that Sega of America began its marketing push for the game. Among these was a largely Sega-authored series of three promotional articles in Game Players magazines titled Sonic's Red Shoe Diaries. While the series did provide some valuable insight into the game's development (including photographs of STI's studio and team members), Senn recalls the articles were written before the team even had much to show, and had the unintended effect of increasing the cycle of marketing hype and added to the team's already-mounting E3 1996 stresses.[20]Media:ElectronicGamingMonthlyUnknownIssue2.gif[25]

Thankfully, Alon's gameplay engine (which the main branch team was using to construct its worlds) was extensively programmed and well-considered. Originally developed for Macintosh computers[20] over the course of about a year (with extensive input from Senn) and then ported to Windows 95 for use by other STI developers, the editor soon found itself being used by a great number of the team's staff. It also boasted an extensive feature list, such as the reflex lens, the ability to rotate the world at specific points in the stage, and "dynamic spline paths" which would locks players into a winding, high-speed path (a means of maintaining traditional 2D Sonic the Hedgehog speed with the limited 3D camera).[26] However, as it was being frequently updated, it was sometimes difficult to teach, with only Alon, Senn, and Rick Wheeler knowing the program in its entirety.[6] Reportedly, Alon's engine was built with so much consideration that it was designed to be used in future projects.[6] Game Players magazine claimed Alon's tools were considered for use in a potential X-treme follow-up[27], but this never came to pass.

“ "Somewhere between six and eight months prior to the project’s cancellation, management had investigated outside options to help insure completion of the game. They chose a company called ‘POV’. The effort was led by the Technical Director Robert Morgan, one of the original founders of POV, without the knowledge of Ofer Alon (or Christian Senn). When ready, management brought both Ofer and Senn into an office and unveiled their new plan to finish the game. The plan included removing Ofer as technical lead of the project and shifting technical control over to Robert Morgan, who would lead POV. Management presented POV’s efforts on-screen which included a computer monitor with an animating Sonic sprite fixed on-screen, a ground plane with a checkerboard texture on it, and a shaded sphere floating in the sky - without interaction of any kind." „

— Designer Chris Senn[6]

Around early 1996, STI tech director Robert Morgan took Ofer Alon's engine and tools to Point of View Software, a company co-founded in 199x by Morgan, in an attempt to get the engine's Saturn output to render at a playable framerate. Unfortunately, this was done entirely without either Alon or Chris Senn's knowledge. Senn remembers the two being called into a meeting in Morgan's office, where they learned of these efforts for the first time. A company security guard was posted outside the meeting, with someone in management considering the possibility that Alon would grow violent upon hearing he was being replaced as lead programmer; Morgan would now be assuming that role, with Alon demoted to a regular programmer. Senn considered this both backstabbing and drastic. To make things worse, their "hope" for the project's success was demonstrated to the two as a demonstration ROM provided by Point of View. "They showed us the Sonic sprite we were already using floating in the upper-right of the screen, a checkerboard ground, a rotating shaded polygonal shape floating in the air and maybe a ring sprite animating." Sensing the pair's astonishment, a Sega of America representative attempted to frame the unimpressive demo as the start of something larger, saying "we're on a mission [to]...", at which point they were interrupted by Alon, who said "have a nice trip" and walked out of the meeting.[6]

All of this deeply insulted an already-overworked Alon, who was dedicating incredible hours on getting his engine to where it was, only for it to be disregarded so easily. While management tried to justify the plan by framing it as simply utilizing Point of View to port Ofer's work to the Saturn, Senn feels this "trivialized the complexity of Ofer's technology and proved there was a very different understanding of what was involved to port the existing technology." Adding insult to injury was management's insistence on referring to Alon as "just another programmer", despite him having created X-treme's engine, level editor, reflex lens, and world rotation features, among others. Senn believes Ofer was held to unfair expectations, being hyped up by Roger Hector (as an apparent MENSA genius) and being expensive to hire, alongside choosing to work from home later in the project; he attributes this to Alon's preference of isolating himself as a programmer to avoid distractions. Despite maintaining a consistent 16 hours a day, 7 day a week workweek dedicated solely to coding for the game, Senn thinks management likely viewed his absence from STI's offices as either laziness or vacationing - a treatment which would directly lead to Alon's later departure from Sega.[6] It was even rumored that Morgan withheld a development kit Ofer needed to translate his PC work to the Saturn, so that Ofer would "fail", and Robert could use a company that he co-founded to become the "savior" of the project[6]

As a result of Morgan and Point of View's intervention, Alon and Senn made the decision to get together and continue development of Ofer's work, intending to show up Morgan's version of the game and prove management's error firsthand.[6] This led Alon to work feverishly on expanding his editor, but only on his iteration: both Sega Technical Institute and Point of View were stuck using an older, simpler version of both the gameplay engine and level editor programs, with STI in particular continuing to build stages with "a very rudimentary version ... based on an old version of Ofer's editor".[6][26] This is particularly notable in Point of View's version, as the company was unable to achieve the game's trademark reflex lens.[6] Alon and Senn would continue working on this PC-based version alongside their main work within STI.[6]

MAKE IT A LITTLE CLEARER THAT POV WAS REALLY ONLY WORKING WITH THE SATURN OUTPUT OF ALON'S PC ENGINE. AND WRITE A BETTER TRANSITION.

In March 1996, Shoichiro Irimajiri (a head Sega of Japan executive) visited Sega Technical Institute, where Wallis and the team demonstrate their progress on the game's Point of View Software branch.[6] Unfortunately, he is very disappointed with the state X-treme is in, reportedly "outraged to see how much was left to be done."[26] However, before he leaves, he is also shown Project Condor, which he likes, requesting the entire game be remade in Coffin's engine.[11] Alon/Senn's SonicPC was reportedly in a demonstrable state by Iri's visit, but because he was already so disappointed, Senn got cold feet and failed to bring it up before Irimajiri's departure.[6] By the time Alon had caught up with the group, PC motherboard slung under his arm, Irimajiri had already left.[6] With this, Point of View's was dropped from the project[6], and all official development on the game was moved over to Project Condor and Coffin's boss engine.

INCORPORATE ABOVE: Following Irimajiri's visit and the cancellation of Point of View's involvement, all future development was moved solely to the boss engine, with any content already produced on Point of View's technology requiring migration to Coffin's engine.

“ "I went to the exec producer and VP and told them the only way we had any semblance of hope of finishing this game for Christmas was to give me the reins, get rid of the political crap, isolate a core team, and give us the tools necessary to get the job done. SOA/STI management agreed, we pulled a core group of 4 artists, 2 programmers (+ 1 contractor), and 3 designers into the old STI location and we get to work." „

— Producer Mike Wallis[11]

The project appears to have gained its official nickname during this time: Project Condor. While seemingly always known under that name, artist Ross Harris also decided to create a placeholder title screen by the name Sonic Saturn. Chris Coffin clarifies this was purely done on a whim, and was not a working title for the game; only meant to represent Sonic's appearance on the Saturn[5] (and equally unrelated to STI Burbank's Sonic Saturn). Still, even with the project's talent consolidated on a single task, the Christmas deadline was about half a year away. As a result, Coffin was often left to work alone on her programming for long times, dedicating herself to making that deadline. During her experimentation with Condor, she tested the game with the 3D Analog Pad, and it reportedly played "so much better." She pushed for the game to require the controller, but this idea does not seem to have panned out.[28] She also recalls never seriously looking into RAM Cartridge support due to the project's already-tight schedule.

Four bosses were programmed for Condor: Fang the Sniper, Mecha Sonic (actually Metal Sonic), an "evil Sonic clone", and an unnamed fourth boss. These first three had reasonably-polished AI before the game's cancellation with Fang's stage even featuring mushroom Springs from Mushroom Hill Zone.Media:SonicXtreme Condor SAT Fang1.png[29] The fourth, described by Coffin as a "dumb" AI which operated similar to simple boss fights from earlier Sonic the Hedgehog games, required fewer resources and ran more smoothly.[28] This boss appears to have taken the form of the green gemstone fight playable at E3 1996. These bosses all all notably larger than Sonic, particularly in regard to Mecha Sonic; this was done not only because seeing such large characters was considered impressive, but that the increased size made the bosses easier to hit for players potentially inexperienced with 3D gameplay.[6]

REWORK BELOW TWO PARAS INTO: 1st: Continued development and 2nd: Conclusion of E3 buildup.

Condor uses the Sega Graphics Library, which the game was running on for its playable appearance at E3 1996[30][31] Its appearance at the show used baked-in[32] gourad light-sourcing[21][33], something considered quite an achievement for the time. This effect is most notable when boss characters throw a projectile (such as [[Fang the Sniper]'s grenade)[32], and as pointed out by Coffin herself, is a feature notably absent from the earliest versions of the engine shown to the press.

Coffin designed her engine to be largely modular and tweakable on the fly, specifically to combat the slow speed of traditionally using a CD emulator. As a result, much of the project's testing was not done on CD (instead run directly from development hardware), and the version of Condor publicly dumped in 2016 is a "very old tester app" described nothing more as a sandbox for Sonic to run around in.[22]

Around April 1996, Bernie Stolar was hired by the company and becomes CEO of Sega of America. Learning of the troubled X-treme project, he met with Roger Hector and requested that he isolate the best of Sega Technical Institute, provide them with all the resources they need, and have them focus on nothing but completing the game. As part of this process, he visited STI and spoke directly with Wallis, who told him the only semblance of hope for finishing X-treme by Christmas was to give Wallis the control he previously lacked as a producer and eliminate the political issues restraining development. Management agreed, and together, a core group of staff was chosen and moved into Sega Technical Institute's former offices at 275 (255?) Redwood Shores[11] (NEEDS EXACT ADDRESS), where they were provided food and sleeping material in preparation for their daily 15-16 hour shifts.[2]

During Stolar's initial exchange with STI, Wallis consulted with the development team for possible ideas to improve development, and it is determined that the gameplay engine from Sonic Team's NiGHTS into Dreams would be extremely beneficial to completing the game by Christmas, particularly in the time saved by not having to create their own development tools.[2] Following this, the team received "some editors", and shortly after, "the engine code" for NiGHTS. After two weeks of the team familiarizing themselves with the tools, Stolar returns to STI and informs Wallis that Sega of Japan (specifically Yuji Naka) forbade them from using Sonic Team's code, with Naka threatening to quit if they were allowed to proceed. Left without a choice, the team acquiesces to this request, and an additional two to three weeks of development are wasted.[11]

Curiously, several sources indicate the development team did not actually receive the NiGHTS engine after all. The primary source for this claim, Mike Wallis, has recalled a different explanation in each of his three interviews on the subject, with one even claiming that Yuji Naka only threatened to quit IF they received his engine.[2] Another statement of his claims Sega of Japan did promise to actually deliver the requested tools, but later pulled the request. Naka himself has chimed in on this, recalling he does not remember such a request, and even if it had been made, the extreme complexity of the NiGHTS engine would have made it nearly impossible to port by a team inexperienced with the code. This confusion likely stemmed from magazine articles comparing the similarity of the game to Project Condor[30]Media:SonicXtremeUnknownFrenchArticle.jpg[34], and the fact that both are running on the same underlying Sega Graphics Library code.[33] Both Coffin[21] and Senn have definitively refuted the claim, with the latter clarifying "No. This was discussed at one point, but never became a reality. The Boss engine Christina Coffin created provided a similar look, albeit simpified, to the NiGHTS engine, but the actual engine was never shared or used." (SENN XTREME FAQ REF)

[11] Regardless, the team did not get access to the development tools they were seeking, and began developing their own tools from scratch.[2] Further, May 1996 saw the team streamlined once again, removing 1/3 of the staff and placing even more responsibilities on Chris Senn's shoulders.[26]

SENN'S BELOW LOCATION AND DATE NEEDS DOUBLE-CHECKING, HE WAS LIKELY WORKING FROM HOME AT THIS POINT.

SHOULD A "DECLINE" HEADER BE INSERTED HERE?

Around this time, work on Alon and Senn's private PC version of the game, SonicPC, was being readied for demonstration. The pair cleaned up four levels, placed enemies and obstacles, and pitched the concept to SegaSoft head Greg Suarez. Unfortunately, he refused to invest money in the project, as the division was usually only comfortable with ports of existing games[2], with Senn speculating that Iri's request to see everything moved to Project Condor may have played a motivating factor as well.[6] With this, SonicPC was officially canned, leaving Senn's levels 60% complete at best, with the designer estimating it would have taken the pair about six months to produce a completed game.[6] Due to this, and because of frustration suffered from his frequent mistreatment by management, Alon left the company around July or August 1996, leaving Senn as one of few core developers left on the project.

To handle the new workload resulting from Alon's departure, Senn permanently moved out of his apartment, stored all his belongings in a company storeroom, and physically moved into the old STI offices directly besides Condor (located at 255 Redwood Shores[2]), all in an attempt to migrate older work into Coffin's engine by Christmas.[11] While officially working separately from the Condor team, Senn was literally working next door to their office, and was able to visit them in-person whenever necessary. Around this time, the main game's Acts were nearing 80% completion.[11]

Unfortunately, the overburdening of X-treme's lead developers had finally caught up with the project. Condors lead programmer, Christina Coffin, grew desperately ill from overwork and was forced to duck out of the project late in development. Even worse, Chris Senn developed a terrible pneumonia, but continued to work as much as he possibly could until informed that his health was literally failing. "I took on far more than was healthy... and after 2 years I became extremely ill... a nurse told me he thought I had 6 months to live, actually. I lost 25 pounds, was sick all the time, had cramps... and still went in to work... all due to too much stress." During this era, he recalls spending much of his non-working time vomiting or incapacitated, and a Spring 1996 photograph (taken for Game Players Red Shoe Diaries) reveals his limbs had grown nearly emaciated by the end of development.[6] Shocked at how badly and how quickly their conditions worsened, Wallis informed management that the project could not continue, and the game would not make Christmas. With this, Sonic X-treme was officially cancelled.[6]

The following August, Stolar reveals that he has been working on an enhanced Saturn port of Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island as a backup strategy should X-treme fail[2], and offers to make Wallis a producer on the game. This offer is accepted, and Wallis went on to manage development teams in the United States, Japan, and Europe to release the Saturn version later that October.[11] However, a later Wallis interview contradicts this, instead claiming the Saturn version of Flickies' Island was always in development and is unrelated.[12]

Following X-treme's cancellation, Coffin returned to Developer Technical Assistance, where the discoveries she made during the development of Condor were passed onto the division and implemented in the development of a number of later Saturn games, such as Burning Rangers.[35] A Sega of America representative also claimed that certain design ideas and art went on to inspire elements of Sonic R, but did not clarify which.Media:GameProUnknownIssuePage42.jpg[36]

MOVE ABOVE TWO PARAGRAPHS TO LEGACY?

Preservation

  • Everything missing here. This is its own history project.
  • 2006 "auction"[20]
  • Senn doesn't/never had protos.[6] Goddard thinks he has "code for a demo or two" from the 32X era of X-treme, as well as a promotional "billboard".[8] Coffin doesn't have any protos, or already contributed what she has. Is she the source for one of the dumps?[22]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 [ ]
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 Interview: Mike Wallis by Pachuka
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Interview: Peter Morawiec (2000-12-27) by ICEknight
  4. ↑ Interview: Peter Morawiec (2007-04-20) by Sega-16
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?threads/presenting.7325/page-4#post-128889
  6. ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 6.14 6.15 6.16 6.17 6.18 6.19 6.20 6.21 6.22 http://www.senntient.com:80/projects/xtreme/FAQ.html (Wayback Machine: 2011-03-17 06:48)
  7. ↑ https://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?threads/presenting.7325/page-4#post-128853
  8. ↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 8.11 Interview: Don Goddard (2008-05) by hxc
  9. ↑ http://www.lostlevels.org/200403/200403-xtreme.shtml (Wayback Machine: 2023-09-01 08:21)
  10. ↑ Mike Wallis, Playing at the Next Level, 2015-01-07 email interview by Ken Horowitz
  11. ↑ 11.00 11.01 11.02 11.03 11.04 11.05 11.06 11.07 11.08 11.09 11.10 http://www.lostlevels.org/200403/timeline.shtml (Wayback Machine: 2023-06-21 01:35)
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Interview: Mike Wallis (2007-06-19) by Sega-16
  13. ↑ http://alanackerman.blogspot.com/2012/01/alans-resume.html (Wayback Machine: 2023-10-01 04:48)
  14. ↑ Interview: Chris Senn (2013-09-12) by Sega Addicts
  15. ↑ Interview: Mike Wallis (1996-05-04) by Game Players
  16. ↑ [gameplayers, issue 0906, page 39 gameplayers, issue 0906, page 39]
  17. ↑ [mms, issue 45, page 26 mms, issue 45, page 26]
  18. ↑ [segamagazin, issue 32, page 6 segamagazin, issue 32, page 6]
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 [gameplayers, issue 0907, page 43 gameplayers, issue 0907, page 43]
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 Interview: Peter Morawiec (2006-01-11) by hxc
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 21.4 https://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?threads/presenting.7325/page-3#post-128745
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 https://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?threads/presenting.7325/page-3#post-128838
  23. ↑ https://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?threads/presenting.7325/page-3#post-128836
  24. ↑ https://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?threads/presenting.7325/page-5#post-128926
  25. ↑ File:ElectronicGamingMonthlyUnknownIssue2.gif
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 26.3 http://www.lostlevels.org/200403/200403-xtreme.shtml
  27. ↑ [gameplayers, issue 0909, page 54 gameplayers, issue 0909, page 54]
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 https://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?threads/presenting.7325/page-4#post-128847
  29. ↑ File:SonicXtreme Condor SAT Fang1.png
  30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 Interview: Mike Wallis (1996-06-20) by Sega Saturn Magazine (UK)
  31. ↑ [maximum, issue 7, page 73 maximum, issue 7, page 73]
  32. ↑ 32.0 32.1 https://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?threads/presenting.7325/page-5#post-130552
  33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 [gameplayers, issue 0909, page 55 gameplayers, issue 0909, page 55]
  34. ↑ File:SonicXtremeUnknownFrenchArticle.jpg
  35. ↑ https://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?threads/presenting.7325/page-3#post-128797
  36. ↑ File:GameProUnknownIssuePage42.jpg
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