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General Comparisons
Knuckles does not run in at the start of Act 1, and there is a pile of rocks behind his starting position.
Shields do not protect you from the debris of the Iwamodokis.
The palette for the foreground rocks changes too soon during the Act transition in this build. However, the lava now cools like it does in the final.
Act 2 doesn't have the screen locked at the start of the level when accessed from level select as it does in the final. The lava is not cooled off at the start (even though it cools when transitioning from Act 1), but the zone uses the same blue palette as the final at this stage in development.
When you encounter Knuckles, his theme doesn't play, and he laughs after punching the boulder at you. The boulder won't cancel your Super/Hyper form.
The Act 2 boss area still doesn't play the boss music until you reach the boss.
Various sound effects are still missing.
The lava and sinking magma waterfall platforms in the Act 2 boss area have different animations.
After defeating the Act 2 boss, the lava appears to cool after the results tally goes away, but the heat shimmers remain and the lava can still hurt/kill you. You still need to jump across platforms to reach Hidden Palace like in the Sonic 3C prototypes.
Act 1
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| 0525 prototype
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| Final game
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Act 2
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| 0525 prototype
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| Final game
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Act 3
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| 0525 prototype
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| Final game
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