Difference between revisions of "Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (8-bit)/Development"

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Sonic the Hedgehog 2 has 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 details several of these things.

Early Game Design

These scans come from various magazines. They show Sonic 2 when it was in earlier stages of development.

AutoDemo Screenshots

These screenshots are consistent with the content seen in the Sonic 2 AutoDemo, and were most likely captured from that release.

This map was stitched together by a magazine via individual screenshots, and turned out to be quite accurate.

Underground Zone

Wheels can be seen sparking. Different life icon. Possible mockup.

Sky High Zone

Prototype screenshots show Sky High and Green Hills using some very basic checkered floors, similar to Sonic 1.
There's palette differences and more trees than in the final game too.
The checkerboard style is used in the opening cutscene, the ending and can be seen scrolling in the title card animations.

Aqua Lake Zone

Checkerboard floor in the 2nd act. Found on the outside of a US Sonic 2 Game Gear bundle box. [1]

Green Hills Zone

This image is thought to be a mockup, as far too many sprites are being rendered at once, for the hardware, the boss (and Robotnik) do not appear in this zone and there are a great deal more rings (in addition to the differing HUD).

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File:Sonic the Hedgehog 1 & 2 Segas Official Players Guide.pdf

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 ==Early Game Design==
 These scans come from various magazines. They show ''Sonic 2'' when it was in earlier stages of development.
-===Various===
+===AutoDemo Screenshots===
+These screenshots are consistent with the content seen in the ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (8-bit) AutoDemo|Sonic 2 AutoDemo]]'', and were most likely captured from that release.
 <gallery widths="240px" heights="160px" >
-Image:S2Title.jpg|Title screen looks a bit different than final and lacks Tails.
+File:S2Title.jpg|
+File:S2 GHZ.jpg|
+File:S2 GHZ3.JPG|
+File:S2 GGmap1.jpg|This map was stitched together by a magazine via individual screenshots, and turned out to be quite accurate.
+File:S2 GGmap2.jpg|
+File:S2 SHZ.jpg|
+File:S2 SHZ2.jpg|
+File:S2 UZ.jpg|
 </gallery>
 ===Underground Zone===
 <gallery widths="240px" heights="160px" >
-Image:S2 UZ.jpg|Here the roof is lower than in the final.
 File:Consoles issue11 page024 cropped 2.jpg|Wheels can be seen sparking. Different life icon. Possible mockup.
 </gallery>
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 <gallery widths="240px" heights="160px" >
 Image:S2 GHZ2.JPG|Prototype screenshots show Sky High and Green Hills using some very basic checkered floors, similar to [[Sonic 1 (8-bit)|Sonic 1]].
-Image:S2 GHZ4.jpg|There's palette differences and more trees than the final game too.
+Image:S2 GHZ4.jpg|There's palette differences and more trees than in the final game too.
-Image:S2 GHZ5.jpg|This style is used in the opening cutscene, the ending and can be seen scrolling in the title card animations.
+Image:S2 GHZ5.jpg|The checkerboard style is used in the opening cutscene, the ending and can be seen scrolling in the title card animations.
-Image:S2 SHZ.jpg|The handgliding section of act 2. The clouds seem to be different.
-Image:S2 SHZ2.jpg|The lightning is also yellow rather than blue
 </gallery>
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 ===Green Hills Zone===
 <gallery widths="240px" heights="160px" >
-Image:S2 GHZ.jpg|As Green Hills Zone shares many of the graphics from Sky High, it makes sense for it to have similar early checkered floors.
+File:Consolesplus issue11 page024 cropped.jpg|This image is thought to be a mockup, as far too many sprites are being rendered at once, for the hardware, the boss (and Robotnik) do not appear in this zone and there are a great deal more rings (in addition to the differing HUD).
-Image:S2 GHZ3.JPG|Again. It was likely this zone was due to appear first (instead of Underground Zone), but was altered last minute.
-Image:S2 GGmap1.jpg|An early Map. The trees and flowers are different.
-Image:S2 GGmap2.jpg|Again.
-File:Consolesplus issue11 page024 cropped.jpg|This battle takes place in Gimmick Mt. Zone in final. Rings can be seen. Robotnik is not present in any boss battles. This image could be a possible mockup.
 </gallery>