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9.6 years
since unearthing of
prototype ROM
15.7 years
since release
of Sonic 2 on MegaDrive
1.9 years
since renaming to S2B
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One of the most confusing things about the drx prototype is Hidden Palace. It's as complete in this build of Sonic 2 as in the Wai proto, which leads us to think it was made very early on and then just abandoned.
The famous Tails box! However what this box shows is how long this zone went without development. How? Check this shot of Green Hill from the prototype.. |
That box is supposed to be a Sonic 1up. However they've changed the mappings. This leads us to conclude that Hidden Palace was designed while the item box mappings were still the same as Sonic 1. They had months to finish off Hidden Palace but never did... perhaps it was canned early on but it was kept in the ROM anyway? Who knows. |
The other slight difference with this build and the later build is what happens when you spindash into the green emerald. |
Opposed to simply being blocked, Sonic falls into the tube beneath. However, this is just a bug in the engine rather than a level design change. |
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