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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 Final Final 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
Spike bug 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

  NA Alpha Wai Alpha Beta 4 Beta 5 Beta 6 Beta 7 Beta 8 Final  
00 00: Green Hill
(from Sonic 1)
Green Hill Zone (EHZ)  ? Emerald Hill 00
01 empty empty 01
02 01: Labyrinth
(empty / broken)
Wood Zone empty 02
03 empty empty 03
04 02: Marble
(Chemical Plant)
Metropolis Zone Metropolis 04
05 Metropolis Zone Metropolis (2) 05
06 03: Starlight
(Emerald Hill)
Wing Fortress Wing Fortress 06
07 Hill Top Zone Hill Top 07
08 04: Spring Yard
(Hidden Palace)
Hidden Palace Zone Hidden Palace (broken) 08
09 empty empty 09
0A 05: Scrap Brain
(Hill Top)
Oil Ocean Zone Oil Ocean 0A
0B Dust Hill Zone Mystic Cave 0B
0C n/a Casino Night Zone Casino Night 0C
0D Chemical Plant Zone Chemical Plant 0D
0E Genocide City Zone Death Egg 0E
0F Neo Green Hill Zone Aquatic Ruin 0F
10 Death Egg Zone Sky Chase 10

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