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Revision as of 18:32, 13 September 2008

Sonic 2 Prototype Development Timeline

Information

This table operates under the assumption that the Nick Arcade proto and the Sega Visions '92 proto are one and the same, as there is no evidence to suggest otherwise. Likewise, it assumes that the title screen pictured in the Sonic 2 manual is that of Beta 4.

Betas 1 through 3 are not within our possession (yet) so I didn't bother adding empty columns.

Table

  NA Alpha Wai Alpha Mean Machines VHS Beta 4 Beta 5 Beta 6 Beta 7 Beta 8 Final
Title screen Old Old Old Old (2P) Final (no Options) Final ("Option") Final
Level Select Sonic 1 Rev01 under construction
Title cards None None ? Final Final Final Final Final Final
Spindash trail N N ? Y Y Y Y Y Y
S1 Spike Damage Behavior Y Y Y Y N N N N N
Lie down pose N N ? Y Y Y Y Y Y
EHZ Coconuts N N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
EHZ Snail Y Y N N N N N N N
Boss explosions Y (S1 style) N ? Y Y Y Y Y Y
HTZ Seesaw Green Orb Sol Sol Sol Sol Sol Sol Sol Sol
MTZ Nets n/a N ? Y Y Y Y Y Y

Zone slots

  • Note: From Beta 4 onward, it uses the level slots for the zones, as well as title cards with the zone names, from the final; however, in Betas 4, 5, and 6, some zone names are different in the level select. The table lists those different names to simply provide information and contrast.


NA Alpha # Wai Alpha Beta 4 Beta 5 Beta 6 Beta 7 Beta 8 Final #
00: Green Hill
(from Sonic 1)
00 Green Hill (Emerald Hill) Emerald Hill 00
01 empty empty 01
01: Labyrinth
(empty / broken)
02 Wood 02
03 empty 03
02: Marble
(Chemical Plant)
04 Metropolis 04
05 Metropolis 05
03: Starlight
(Emerald Hill)
06 Wing Fortress Sky Fortress Wing Fortress 06
07 Hill Top 07
04: Spring Yard
(Hidden Palace)
08 Hidden Palace 08
09 empty 09
05: Scrap Brain
(Hill Top)
0A Oil Ocean 0A
0B Dust Hill Mystic Cave 0B
n/a 0C Casino Night 0C
0D Chemical Plant 0D
0E Genocide City Death Egg 0E
0F Neo Green Hill Aquatic Ruin 0F
10 Death Egg Sky Chase 10
NA Alpha # Wai Alpha Beta 4 Beta 5 Beta 6 Beta 7 Beta 8 Final #

Palette slots

  NA Alpha Wai Alpha Mean Machines VHS Beta 4 Beta 5 Beta 6 Beta 7 Beta 8 Final

Sonic 3 Prototype Development Timeline

Yeah I'm going there.

Information

The S&K 0525 prototype will be examined while locked on to Sonic 3 final as dumped (it's a garbled mess otherwise as they hadn't finished splitting it). For reference, all of these were from 1994.

Table

  S3C 0408 S3C 0517 S&K 0525 S&K 0606 S&K 0608 S&K 0610 S&K 0612 S&K 0618 S&K 0619 S3 final S&K final S3K final
Title S3 S3 S3 S&K S&K S&K S&K S&K S&K S3 S&K S3K