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''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' had gone through several changes over its development process. There are several rejected ideas, level designs, and other things that were left on the cutting room floor. The following images detail several of these things.
 
''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' had gone through several changes over its development process. There are several rejected ideas, level designs, and other things that were left on the cutting room floor. The following images detail several of these things.
  
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==Early Game Design==
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==Prototype screenshots==
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===Green Hill Zone===
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===Master System press screenshots===
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At some point [[Sega]] released at least two screenshots of the Master System game, which were subsequently picked up by the gaming press. The Main difference here is teh use of the word "RING" to denote how many rings have been collected, rather than an image.
 
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Image:S1 GHZGG1.png|Game Gear version with Master System Sonic sprite.
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S1 GHZMS1.png|
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Image:S1 GHZGG2.png|Same differences as last image.
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Sonic1 SMS Development GHZ 01.jpg|Alternative scan{{fileref|ArgosCatalogue UK Superstore1993SpringSummer 438-444.pdf}}
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Image:S1 GHZGG3.png|Same differences as last image but a digit from the timer is attatched to the badnik.
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S1 GHZMS2.jpg|
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Image:S1 GHZGG4.png|Master System Sonic in Game Gear game again.
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S1 SMS beta GHZ.jpg|Alternative scan{{fileref|MeanMachines UK 13.pdf|page=10}}
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Image:S1 GHZMS1.png|"Ring" text in HUD instead of a image of a ring.
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</gallery>
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Image:S1 GHZMS2.jpg|Same difference as last image.
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Image:S1 SMS beta GHZ.jpg
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===Game Gear version===
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<gallery widths="240px" heights="160px" >
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S1 GHZGG1.png|Game Gear version with Master System Sonic sprite.
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S1 GHZGG2.png|Same differences as last image.
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S1 GHZGG3.png|Same differences as last image but a digit from the timer is attatched to the badnik.
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S1 GHZGG4.png|Master System Sonic in Game Gear game again.
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
  

Revision as of 12:25, 7 October 2019

Sonic the Hedgehog had gone through several changes over its development process. There are several rejected ideas, level designs, and other things that were left on the cutting room floor. The following images detail several of these things.

Prototype screenshots

Master System press screenshots

At some point Sega released at least two screenshots of the Master System game, which were subsequently picked up by the gaming press. The Main difference here is teh use of the word "RING" to denote how many rings have been collected, rather than an image.

  • S1 GHZMS1.png

  • Alternative scan[1]

  • S1 GHZMS2.jpg

  • Alternative scan[2]

Game Gear version

  • Game Gear version with Master System Sonic sprite.

  • Same differences as last image.

  • Same differences as last image but a digit from the timer is attatched to the badnik.

  • Master System Sonic in Game Gear game again.

Development Documents

In June 2016, Yuzo Koshiro tweeted an image of documentation for the Game Gear version of Sonic the Hedgehog[3]:

  • Sonic 1 8bit Documents.jpg

References

  1. ↑ File:ArgosCatalogue UK Superstore1993SpringSummer 438-444.pdf
  2. ↑ File:MeanMachines UK 13.pdf, page 10
  3. ↑ @yuzokoshiro on Twitter


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