Sonic Blast (Game Gear prototype 821)

Sonic Blast (Game Gear prototype 821)

Prerelease of: Sonic Blast
System: Sega Game Gear
Build date: 1996-08-22
ROM size: 1 MB
Source: CD-R disc
Found by: drx

Sonic Blast prototype 821 is a prototype build of Sonic Blast for the Sega Game Gear. It was released by drx during the February 23rd, 2008 proto release.

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The game instantly goes into level select, which is available from the beginning. Anything past Blue Marine Zone Act 2 crashes the game instantly.
There is no title screen.
The character select screen is sprite based just like in the final version.
Level intro and end title cards are introduced.
A Debug Mode is activated. Holding 2 will freeze character and allow the player to move him freely with the D-Pad.
Rings are not lost when hit, although they still fly out.