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[[Palmtree Panic]], or "Salad Plain" as it appears to be called here, is the only playable Round in this prototype. After the first two Zones, the game ends.

==General==
{{Comparison
| image1=SonicCD002 MCD SaladPlain1Start.png
| image2=SonicCD MCD PalmtreePanic1Start.png
| image3=SonicCD MCD PalmtreePanic1GFStart.png
| game1=v0.02 prototype
| game2=Final game (Present)
| game3=Final game (Good Future)
| desc=Moments into the game and the player can see there were big changes. The layout is very different and the graphics for the Present share more in common with the final version's Good Future. There is no title card, meaning the time counter starts striaght away, and [[Ricky]] and [[Flicky]] can be seen hopping about by default.
}}
{{Comparison
| image1=SonicCD002 MCD Comparison SP1 Past.png
| image2=SonicCD MCD Comparison PP1 Past.png
| game1=v0.02 prototype
| game2=Final game
| desc=The Past is, of course, also very different, sporting a very different palette and sharing most of the same graphics as the Present.
}}
{{Comparison
| image1=SonicCD002 MCD SaladPlain1GoodFuture.png
| image2=SonicCD MCD PalmtreePanic1GFStart.png
| game1=v0.02 prototype
| game2=Final game
| desc=The Good Future, while inaccessible in this prototype, looks very much like the Present with added pipes, and compared to the final, doesn't look that much different apart from the trees and star-shaped plants not being mechanised. The Present was redesigned later on to make the Good Future's graphics more distinct.
}}
{{Comparison
| image1=SonicCD002 MCD Comparison SP1 BadFuture.png
| image2=SonicCD MCD Comparison PP1 BadFuture.png
| game1=v0.02 prototype
| game2=Final game
| desc=And the Bad Future already has much of its graphical assets prepared for it, though the palm trees and star-shaped plants are the same as the Present. These would be changed into rotting mechanical plants, and the pipes would have added flashing lights.

Curiously, these early graphics for the Futures would persist in Zone 3 in the 510 and v0.28A prototypes.
}}

==Zone 1==
{{Comparison
| image1=SonicCD002 MCD Comparison SP1 BlueRing.png
| image2=SonicCD MCD Comparison PPBlueRingMonitor.png
| game1=v0.02 prototype
| game2=Final game
| desc=The first [[monitor]] the player sees in the v0.02 prototype is this blue ring monitor. It grants [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic]] the combined effects of [[Invincibility]] and [[Power Sneakers]].
}}
{{Comparison
| image1=SonicCD002 MCD Comparison SP1 DoubleSuperRing.png
| image2=SonicCD510 MCD Comparison PPTimeMonitor.png
| image3=SonicCD MCD Comparison PPTimeMonitor.png
| game1=v0.02 prototype
| game2=510 prototype
| game3=Final game
| desc=Further on, these two Super Ring monitors would see multiple subtype changes over the game's development.
}}
{{Comparison
| image1=SonicCD002 MCD Comparison SP1 SpinTube.png
| image2=SonicCD MCD Comparison PP1 SpinTube.png
| game1=v0.02 prototype
| game2=Final game
| desc=The automatic roll physics in Zone 1's spin tube are different, feeling more like ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (16-bit)|Sonic 1]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s physics, as Sonic is not immediately propelled upon entering.
}}
{{Comparison
| image1=SonicCD002 MCD Comparison SP1 BouncyPolePast.png
| image2=SonicCD MCD Comparison PP1 BouncyPolePast.png
| game1=v0.02 prototype
| game2=Final game
| desc=Bouncy poles can be found throughout both Zones in all time zones. In the final game, most were replaced with diagonal [[spring]]s (such as this one) or were removed entirely. Their scarcity (only appearing towards the beginning of non-present versions of Zone 2) and lack of given sound effects mean they're easy to miss in the final game, but are all over the place in this prototype.

A breakable wall would also be added to this section.
}}
{{Comparison
| image1=SonicCD002 MCD Comparison SP1 HiddenTunnel.png
| image2=SonicCD MCD Comparison PP1 HiddenTunnel.png
| game1=v0.02 prototype
| game2=Final game
| desc=This hidden high-speed tunnel is not yet functional in any time zone, and won't be for the next few prototypes.
}}
{{Comparison
| image1=SonicCD002 MCD Comparison SP1 LogPresent.png
| image2=SonicCD MCD Comparison PP1 LogPresent.png
| game1=v0.02 prototype
| game2=Final game
| desc=This hollowed-out log would become much more adorned with floating star-shaped plants later in development...
}}
{{Comparison
| image1=SonicCD002 MCD Comparison SP1 LogPast.png
| image2=SonicCD MCD Comparison PP1 LogPast.png
| game1=v0.02 prototype
| game2=Final game
| desc=...while in the Past, the branches aren't grown out yet.
}}
{{Comparison
| image1=SonicCD002 MCD Comparison SP1 TurntablePast.png
| image2=SonicCD MCD Comparison PP1 TurntablePast.png
| game1=v0.02 prototype
| game2=Final game
| desc=Spinning turntables can be found in the Past where they shouldn't be.
}}
{{Comparison
| image1=SonicCD002 MCD Comparison SP1 MetalHologram.png
| image2=SonicCD MCD Comparison PP1 MetalHologram.png
| game1=v0.02 prototype
| game2=Final game
| desc=There are no [[Metal Sonic hologram]]s in this prototype yet. [[Animals]], however, are roaming about by default.
}}
{{Comparison
| image1=SonicCD002 MCD Comparison SP1 TimeMonitor.png
| image2=SonicCD MCD Comparison PP1 TimeMonitor.png
| game1=v0.02 prototype
| game2=Final game
| desc=Further on, a "time monitor" can be found. It does nothing, other than temporarily stop rolling palettes and [[Ring]]s from spinning for a few seconds.
}}
{{Comparison
| image1=SonicCD002 MCD Comparison SP1 Transporter.png
| image2=SonicCD MCD Comparison PP1 Transporter.png
| game1=v0.02 prototype
| game2=Final game
| desc=There are no [[Robot transporter]]s to be found either, therefore making it impossible to make a Good Future in this prototype.
}}
{{Comparison
| image1=SonicCD002 MCD Comparison SP1 Amy.png
| image2=SonicCD MCD Comparison PP1 Amy.png
| game1=v0.02 prototype
| game2=Final game
| desc=[[Amy Rose|Amy]] isn't here yet.
}}

===Maps===
====Present====
{{Comparison
| image1=SonicCD002 MCD Map SaladPlain1.png
| image2=SCD map R11A.png
| game1=v0.02 prototype
| game2=Final game
| vertical=yes
| desc=While some of the core elements of the layout persisted until the final game, big sections were gutted in order to accommodate the "3D loops".
}}
====Past====
{{Comparison
| image1=SonicCD002 MCD Map SaladPlain1 Past.png
| image2=SCD map R11B.png
| game1=v0.02 prototype
| game2=Final game
| vertical=yes
| desc=
}}

====Good Future====
{{Comparison
| image1=SonicCD002 MCD Map SaladPlain1 GF.png
| image2=SCD map R11C.png
| game1=v0.02 prototype
| game2=Final game
| vertical=yes
| desc=
}}

====Bad Future====
{{Comparison
| image1=SonicCD002 MCD Map SaladPlain1 BF.png
| image2=SCD map R11D.png
| game1=v0.02 prototype
| game2=Final game
| vertical=yes
| desc=
}}

==Zone 2==
{{Comparison
| image1=SonicCD002 MCD Comparison SP2 BouncyPole.png
| image2=SonicCD MCD Comparison PP2 BouncyPole.png
| game1=v0.02 prototype
| game2=Final game
| desc=Bouncy poles can be found in the Present in this prototype. These would be relegated to the Past and Futures later in development.
}}
{{Comparison
| image1=SonicCD002 MCD Comparison SP2 FloatingPlatform.png
| image2=SonicCD MCD Comparison PP2 FloatingPlatform.png
| game1=v0.02 prototype
| game2=Final game
| desc=The floating platforms are shaped differently here. This difference only applies to Zone 2, as the platforms look more like in the final in Zone 1.
}}
{{Comparison
| image1=SonicCD002 MCD Comparison SP2 SMonitor.png
| image2=SonicCD MCD Comparison PP2 SMonitor.png
| game1=510 prototype
| game2=Final game
| desc=These "S" monitors function identically to the blue ring monitors, granting extra speed and invincibility for a short period. A non-working version of this particular monitor appears in the original ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (16-bit)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'', albeit hidden in the game's code (unless the player uses debug mode, in which sometimes the graphics can be seen).
}}
{{Comparison
| image1=SonicCD002 MCD Comparison SP2 FuturePlate.png
| image2=SonicCD MCD Comparison PP2 FuturePlate.png
| game1=v0.02 prototype
| game2=Final game
| desc=This [[Time Warp Plate]] is floating in the air for some strange reason. Also, the diagonal spring to the left of it is an early design.
}}
{{Comparison
| image1=SonicCD002 MCD Comparison SP2 SwingingPlatform.png
| image2=SonicCD MCD Comparison PP2 SwingingPlatform.png
| game1=v0.02 prototype
| game2=Final game
| desc=There is no robot transporter here, and the swinging platforms aren't here yet either.
}}
{{Comparison
| image1=SonicCD002 MCD Comparison SP2 LogHollow.png
| image2=SonicCD MCD Comparison PP2 LogHollow.png
| game1=v0.02 prototype
| game2=Final game
| desc=A few log hollows can be found throughout Zone 2 in all time zones, but they do not have anything inside of them. They were completely taken out later on.
}}
{{Comparison
| image1=SonicCD002 MCD Comparison SP2 LogBridge.png
| image2=SonicCD MCD Comparison PP2 LogBridge.png
| game1=v0.02 prototype
| game2=Final game
| desc=This thin log is not solid in this prototype, and instead has a moving platform behind it. Later in development, it was broken up into two platforms and made solid on top.
}}
{{Comparison
| image1=SonicCD002 MCD Comparison SP2 SpinTube2.png
| image2=SonicCD MCD Comparison PP2 SpinTube2.png
| game1=v0.02 prototype
| game2=Final game
| desc=Some of the spin tubes don't fully function yet, such as this one near the goal, as Sonic won't automatically spin upon entry.
}}

===Maps===
====Present====
{{Comparison
| image1=SonicCD002 MCD Map SaladPlain2.png
| image2=SCD map R12A.png
| game1=v0.02 prototype
| game2=Final game
| vertical=yes
| desc=
}}
====Past====
{{Comparison
| image1=SonicCD002 MCD Map SaladPlain2 Past.png
| image2=SCD map R12B.png
| game1=v0.02 prototype
| game2=Final game
| vertical=yes
| desc=
}}

====Good Future====
{{Comparison
| image1=SonicCD002 MCD Map SaladPlain2 GF.png
| image2=SCD map R12C.png
| game1=v0.02 prototype
| game2=Final game
| vertical=yes
| desc=
}}

====Bad Future====
{{Comparison
| image1=SonicCD002 MCD Map SaladPlain2 BF.png
| image2=SCD map R12D.png
| game1=v0.02 prototype
| game2=Final game
| vertical=yes
| desc=
}}

==References==
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