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| − | The '''desert level''' (sometimes referred to as [[Dust Hill Zone]]) is a widely speculated debate centered around the images above — Sonic in a mock-up desert type level. The fact that it is has been deduced to be a mock-up image for promotional use is based on three things:
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| − | * The HUD is not in italics and an "08" instead of the typical "8" is shown.
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| − | * Sonic is off-centered in the photo.
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| − | * The running sprite in which Sonic is currently in is not natural for the physical area he would have just been in. This same incorrect sprite can be seen in a [[Hidden Palace Zone]] mock-up.
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| − | It was going to take place in a typical southwest American desert and feature lots of quicksand. There are cactus in this level, and the zone would have been playable underground and above ground.
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| − | According to [[Brenda Ross]] and [[Tim Skelly]], most of the graphic tiles would be reused (with different colors) in a separate [[winter level]].
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| − | In technicality, there is no piece of animation or art discovered as of yet to show that the "desert level/zone" was a playable level.
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| − | In the pictures above, the left and middle ones use inaccurate colours while the one on the right is using the correct colours. The middle one was printed on the back of a Sears, Roebuck and Co. Magazine from a November/December issue of 1992. None of these pictures were accompanied with a caption mentioning "Dust Hill Zone".
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| − | == Rumor mill ==
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| − | The "general view" of the words Dust Hill could describe a desert area hot and sandy, or cold and snowy. Hot and sandy would apply to the concept arts as seen above.
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| − | ==Seperating fact from myth==
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| − | The first interview conducted by Deviance on February 2001 to [[Brenda Ross]], the artist who oversaw the art production of the desert level, is deemed unreliable, so confirmation by Brenda on whether the desert level was called "Dust Hill" is sketchy, mainly from the bombardment of e-mails asking about the level and it's name "Dust Hill".
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| − | Brenda Ross HERSELF (not necessarily the people who created the zone names) has never called this zone "Dust Hill" as mentioned in the interview conducted by [[Wetflame]] on September 2004. She has called it "the desert level" or "the desert zone". It is not fact, however, that the title "Dust Hill" would not have gone to this desert level before the known prototype because of the following...
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| − | There is no photographic evidence (film, official video game pictures (playable versions), or otherwise) to show that Mystic Cave's prototype name was Dust Hill Zone BEFORE the known beta as of yet. The only photographic evidence WITH captions of the name "Dust Hill Zone" belonging to "Mystic Cave Zone" comes AFTER the known prototype, which does not state it being used before the prototype. If we rely on the 2004 interview, she "thinks" Dust Hill was the name of the zone.
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| − | ==Returning to the desert level/Dust Hill==
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| − | Several enthusiasts in the community, such as [[Esrael]] with his hack, [[Sonic 2 Delta]], have used the image of the desert level/Dust Hill to create full zones based on the artwork. These levels provide an alternative to perhaps understand how this level would have been had it moved past the concept stage.
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| − | Other details for this zone are unknown, so other pieces of information are missing from this article.
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