Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island (Mega Drive prototype; 1996-08-19)

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Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island (cartridge prototype)
Prerelease of: Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island
System: Sega Mega Drive
Build date: 1996-08-19
ROM size: 4 MB
Source: EPROM
Found by: drx

The Sonic 3D cartridge prototype is a prototype Sega Mega Drive ROM purchased for $700 by the Sonic community and dumped by drx in October 2006. It claims to be a 70 percent complete version of Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island, though it's estimated to be closer to 95 percent. This prototype is very similar to the 819 version, only with some weird values added before the country code.

Comparisons

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Various differences

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Startup

• Different "SEGA" sound at the beginning
• The title screen refers to the E3 demo cartridge, even though it isn't the actual E3 demo.
• Ending sequences/Chaos Emerald collection screens are missing and have a filler screen instead.
• Pausing the game then pressing A proceeds to the next level, in the same way the level select does in the final.
• Collecting 100 rings gives you an 1-UP only if you get exactly 100. Using a 10-rings box to go beyond 100 won't work.
• Various changes in level design and layout.

Music

• Various pieces of music are used in in both acts: Rusty Ruin uses Act 1 music, Volcano Valley uses Gene Gadget Act 2 music, Gene Gadget uses Act 1 music, Panic Puppet uses Act 2 music and bosses use the final level music.
• Two pieces of lost music have been found, one of them was used as a boss track in Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode I.

Other

• Other loading screen / title card fonts

Physical Cartridge

(from drx's Hidden Palace)

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  Front of cartridge without cover

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  Back of cartridge without cover

In-game screenshots

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Downloads

Download Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island (Mega Drive prototype; 1996-08-19) File: Sonic_3D_Blast_(Beta).rar (1.61 MB) (info)

External links

• Hidden Palace release page
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  The Sonic 3D Beta topic, updated with in-game shots