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[[Lava Reef Zone]], like other ''[[Sonic & Knuckles]]'' [[Zone]]s, is a generally broken and inaccessible mess if the level is forced to load by regular codes, but it surprisingly has a lot of leftover content from an earlier build buried at the end of the ROM. To properly access it, the game must be hacked in order to force it to load this leftover data, which just so happens to contain all of the necessary data for Act 1. The only data that is missing is collision.

==Act 1==
{{Comparison
| image1=Sonic3Proto MD Comparison LRZ1 Start.png
| image2=Sonic&Knuckles MD Comparison LRZ1 Start.png
| game1=''Sonic 3'' prototype
| game2=''Sonic & Knuckles'' final
| desc=The Act begins with [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic]] and [[Miles "Tails" Prower|Tails]] dropping in from the top like they would do in the final. However, they are not in their "falling" animations.
}}
{{Comparison
| image1=Sonic3Proto MD Comparison LRZ1 Start2.png
| image2=Sonic&Knuckles MD Comparison LRZ1 Start2.png
| game1=''Sonic 3'' prototype
| game2=''Sonic & Knuckles'' final
| desc=As the player can clearly see, Lava Reef looks ''vastly'' different than it does compared to the ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Limited Edition|Sonic 3C]]'' prototypes and in ''Sonic & Knuckles'', sporting different palettes, rock formations and even different pipes. There are no objects, aside from a few placeholder [[Ring]]s found embedded in the left wall at the start. The HUD even has incorrect colours.
}}
{{Comparison
| image1=Sonic3Proto MD Comparison LRZ1 Posts.png
| image2=Sonic&Knuckles MD Comparison LRZ1 Posts.png
| game1=''Sonic 3'' prototype
| game2=''Sonic & Knuckles'' final
| desc=The posts that decorate the Act are taller and purple-coloured.
}}
{{Comparison
| image1=Sonic3Proto MD Comparison LRZ1 Lava.png
| image2=Sonic&Knuckles MD Comparison LRZ1 Lava.png
| game1=''Sonic 3'' prototype
| game2=''Sonic & Knuckles'' final
| desc=Lava cannot hurt the player.
}}
{{Comparison
| image1=Sonic3Proto MD Comparison LRZ1 DeathEgg.png
| image2=Sonic&Knuckles MD Comparison LRZ1 DeathEgg.png
| game1=''Sonic 3'' prototype
| game2=''Sonic & Knuckles'' final
| desc=The [[Death Egg]] in the background looks different than it does in the final.
}}
{{Comparison
| image1=Sonic3Proto MD Comparison LRZ1 Boss.png
| image2=Lrzsubboss.png
| game1=''Sonic 3'' prototype
| game2=''Sonic & Knuckles'' final
| desc=There is no boss. Going to the right of where the Act ends leads to the loopback.
}}

===Map===
{{Comparison
| image1=Notavailable.svg
| image2=SonicandKnuckles MD Map Lr1.png
| game1=''Sonic 3'' prototype
| game2=''Sonic & Knuckles'' final
| vertical=yes
}}

==Act 2==

===Map===
{{Comparison
| image1=Notavailable.svg
| image2=SonicandKnuckles MD Map Lr2.png
| game1=''Sonic 3'' prototype
| game2=''Sonic & Knuckles'' final
| vertical=yes
}}

==References==
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