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While Toxic Caves and Lava Powerhouse could be considered passable, if unpolished versions of their final forms, The Machine is where the unfinished nature of this prototype comes to light. It uses The Showdown's music here, although an early version of its own theme exists unused in the game's code.
Right flippers do not work correctly, which given you're moved onto one when the level starts, means Sonic is likely to phase through and die just seconds into playing. That is, at least, if you're controlling the flipper with 
; while the animations are correctly mapped to , the collision is mapped to 
. Using both flippers with 
also works.
Buster enemies have a broken palette...
...as do the Krondors.
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; while the animations are correctly mapped to 
. Using both flippers with 
also works.
