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The Nick Arcade prototype of Sonic 2 provides clear evidence that it was built off of Sonic 1... because it includes the original game's first stage!
It is believed this might have been a very early test stage, as while the team went to the trouble of converting the 256x256 level titles to 128x128 (which the rest of Sonic 2 uses), the stage isn't in good health in this prototype.
Act 1
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Welcome to Green Hill Zone! However this isn't as cool as it looks, as you can probably tell from the garbled lives icon and HUD. Just try walking!
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The collision data in this level is significantly damaged, enough to make walking very difficult indeed. However, you can jump and run to get around it to an extent.
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The Super Ring monitor has become a shield. In fact, all of the monitors are different, owing to changes to how the objects are stored betweem the two games.
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Act 2
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Act 2 seems a lot more solid than Act 1.
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The Chopper badnik appears to be the most intact Sonic 1 enemy.
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The Sonic 1 push-against-rock and jump bug still exists!
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Eggman monitor! The aforementioned object changes cause this to appear, however, it does nothing.
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Unused tiles in Sonic 1 seem to have manifested themselves onto the mapping of the Crabmeat badnik.
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The Sonic 1up has become a Tails 1up monitor. Something to note for later.
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And we complete the zone.
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Act 3
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Thanks to mapping changes, instead of an invincibility box in the tree, we get Power Sneakers.
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Now onto the fun part, the boss!
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Fighting against "garbleotnik" with Tails is a very weird experience.
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Eggman explodes, which is more than can be said for the later Simon Wai prototype.
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Even a garbled egg capsule is included!
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Free the flickies! I'm sure they're glad to escape this broken zone...
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