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==General comparisons==
{{Comparison
| image1=Sonic&Knuckles525 Comparison lvl cards.png
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| game1=0525 prototype
| game2=Final game
| desc=The "& KNUCKLES" additions to the title screen and level title cards have not been implemented.
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{{Comparison
| image1=Sonic&Knuckles525 Comparison data select.png
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| game1=0525 prototype
| game2=Final game
| desc=The save files on the Data Select screen have been lengthened downward to accommodate for the life and continue counters which have yet to be implemented, but not upward. The selection cursor hasn't been resized yet.
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{{Comparison
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| game1=0525 prototype
| game2=Final game
| desc=The Data Select screen does not record Chaos/Super Emerald data correctly.
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{{Comparison
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| game1=0525 prototype
| game2=Final game
| desc=Knuckles is not selectable from the save data screen: he is usually only available in level select, but can also be accessed by loading a save (e.g. from the final) which already has a Knuckles save, however it must be in the third slot or later, as this prototype only has six save slots, as per Sonic 3 alone.
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{{Comparison
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| game1=0525 prototype
| game2=Final game
| desc=In addition to only having six save slots, lives and continues are not saved. However, game progress is now tracked beyond Launch Base Zone.
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{{Comparison
| image1=Sonic&Knuckles525 MD Comparison Debug counter.png
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| game1=0525 prototype
| game2=Final game
| desc=When debug mode is active, the debug counters are always shown, unlike in Sonic 3C 0408 and Sonic 3 & Knuckles when they are only shown when in object placement mode. The timer displays the number of on-screen sprites.
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{{Comparison
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| game1=0525 prototype
| game2=Final game
| desc=Debug causes all sorts of graphical glitches, such as at Sonic staying as a garbled up monitor after changing back, which goes away when completing an act.
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{{Comparison
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| game1=0525 prototype
| game2=Final game
| desc=The "S" monitor makes the characters take their Hyper form like in Sonic 3 & Knuckles, rather than Super as in Sonic 3 alone and Sonic 3C 0408.
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{{Comparison
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| game1=0525 prototype
| game2=Final game
| desc=Super forms accessed with the Chaos Emeralds still seem to act like incomplete versions of Hyper forms like in Sonic 3C 0517:
*Super Sonic uses Hyper Sonic's rainbow palette and also gets the dash attack, but doesn't get the star effect around his body or the flash and sparks when the dash attack is performed. He doesn't get the ability to breathe underwater, either.
*Interestingly, Tails is able to achieve a Super form with only the Chaos Emeralds, but he doesn't get Super Flickies or the trailing sparks. However, using an "S" monitor will give Super Tails the Flickies (perhaps there was a Super and Hyper version of Tails planned at one point).
*For Super Knuckles, he gets the ability to set off earthquakes by latching onto walls at high speed, but the trailing sparks aren't replaced with afterimages. He cannot breathe underwater, either.
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{{Comparison
| image1=Sonic&Knuckles525 MD Comparison SS Sparkles.png
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| game1=0525 prototype
| game2=Final game
| desc=Hyper Sonic's stars around his body are still completely different than in the final and has no afterimages. Hyper Knuckles has afterimages, though.
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{{Comparison
| image1=Notavailable.svg
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| game1=0525 prototype
| game2=Final game
| desc=Unlike in final versions, if the "S" monitor is used with Knuckles, Hyper Knuckles WILL cause an earthquake when gliding for a distance into a wall.
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{{Comparison
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| game1=0525 prototype
| game2=Final game
| desc=Pressing A while the game is paused returns you to the level select screen rather than the SEGA logo screen.
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{{Comparison
| image1=Notavailable.svg
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| game1=0525 prototype
| game2=Final game
| desc=On a Japanese system, the trademark symbols are not removed from the SEGA logo and title screen, and Tails' life counter does not become "Miles" even though the results tally changes to "Miles".
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==Audio comparisons==
{{Comparison
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| game1=0525 prototype
| game2=Final game
| desc=The exclusive Sonic & Knuckles themes have not been fully implemented, so some tracks still use their Sonic 3 variants:
*Title Screen - Sonic & Knuckles
*Invincibility - Sonic 3
*Knuckles' Theme - Sonic 3
*Act 1 Boss - Sonic 3
*Extra Life- Sonic & Knuckles
*Credits - Sonic & Knuckles (though the sting at the end is from Sonic 3)
*All Clear - Sonic & Knuckles
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{{Comparison
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| game1=0525 prototype
| game2=Final game
| desc=The Data Select music bug from Sonic 3 alone is still there.
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{{Comparison
| image1=Notavailable.svg
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| game1=0525 prototype
| game2=Final game
| desc=The Title Screen theme is an earlier version with a slightly different end.
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{{Comparison
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| game1=0525 prototype
| game2=Final game
| desc=Although the "Game Clear" jingle is the Sonic & Knuckles version, it's actually an earlier version of the tune. Though the pitch is lower, the melody sounds pretty much identical up to the final note, but the timing for that note is very different and there's no background jingle echoing off afterwards like in the final version. Sonic & Knuckles final has a version of the Game Clear jingle as well as sound 32 on the Sound Test menu.
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{{Comparison
| image1=Notavailable.svg
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| game1=0525 prototype
| game2=Final game
| desc=The actual credits music (now located as sound DC on the Sound Test menu), however, uses the extended Sonic 3 Game Clear jingle at the end of the song from the Sonic 3C 0517 prototype. The entire song before that is the same medley used in the final version of Sonic & Knuckles.
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==Level comparisons==
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*[[Sonic & Knuckles (prototype 0525)/Comparisons/Angel Island Zone|Angel Island Zone]]
*[[Sonic & Knuckles (prototype 0525)/Comparisons/Hydrocity Zone|Hydrocity Zone]]
*[[Sonic & Knuckles (prototype 0525)/Comparisons/Marble Garden Zone|Marble Garden Zone]]
*[[Sonic & Knuckles (prototype 0525)/Comparisons/Carnival Night Zone|Carnival Night Zone]]
*[[Sonic & Knuckles (prototype 0525)/Comparisons/IceCap Zone|IceCap Zone]]
*[[Sonic & Knuckles (prototype 0525)/Comparisons/Launch Base Zone|Launch Base Zone]]
*[[Sonic & Knuckles (prototype 0525)/Comparisons/Mushroom Hill Zone|Mushroom Hill Zone]]
*[[Sonic & Knuckles (prototype 0525)/Comparisons/Flying Battery Zone|Flying Battery Zone]]
*[[Sonic & Knuckles (prototype 0525)/Comparisons/Sandopolis Zone|Sandopolis Zone]]
*[[Sonic & Knuckles (prototype 0525)/Comparisons/Lava Reef Zone|Lava Reef Zone]]
*[[Sonic & Knuckles (prototype 0525)/Comparisons/Hidden Palace Zone|Hidden Palace Zone]]
*[[Sonic & Knuckles (prototype 0525)/Comparisons/Sky Sanctuary Zone|Sky Sanctuary Zone]]
*[[Sonic & Knuckles (prototype 0525)/Comparisons/Death Egg Zone|Death Egg Zone]]
*[[Sonic & Knuckles (prototype 0525)/Comparisons/The Doomsday Zone|The Doomsday Zone]]
*[[Sonic & Knuckles (prototype 0525)/Comparisons/Bonus Stages|Bonus Stages]]
*[[Sonic & Knuckles (prototype 0525)/Comparisons/Special Stages|Special Stages]]
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==References==
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