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Title: New Sonic prototypes found!
Post by: Mystical Ninja on Feb 16 2008, 09:47 PM
Yes, you read that right. First, drx manages to find an early Sonic 2 prototype, and recently, he's found another one, along with Sonic 3, as well as Knuckles' Chaotix.

(https://kitsuria.net/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg86.imageshack.us%2Fimg86%2F9084%2Fs2beta4000lc8.png&hash=85cf24ccfe7dffc9ba40610e6d157fe7dff4704c)

(https://kitsuria.net/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg136.imageshack.us%2Fimg136%2F2044%2Fout001td6.png&hash=97ddedfb7e68cabba55257c3147e7459c1e09fb8)

(https://kitsuria.net/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg136.imageshack.us%2Fimg136%2F4294%2Fchaotix000dj8.png&hash=3ecfb6894257c28143a5a1dc3b98a1cd638efa94)

The original thread:

http://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?showtopic=9912
Title: New Sonic prototypes found!
Post by: Yerix on Feb 17 2008, 02:45 AM
H.H.H.H..H.HOLY PISS!!

MOAR BAETARZ11!!

ON FEB 23RD, ONCE AGAIN WE PLAY BETA SONIC
Title: New Sonic prototypes found!
Post by: Samui on Feb 17 2008, 08:53 AM
Sweeeet!
Title: New Sonic prototypes found!
Post by: Yerix on Feb 23 2008, 02:53 PM
today's the big day...and I can hardly wait....

edit:
it's released, you can get them all on one torrent. it's not just sonic protos, theres a ristar proto (dexstar) and etc...
Title: New Sonic prototypes found!
Post by: Samui on Feb 24 2008, 08:43 AM
linky, please?

i slept through it.
Title: New Sonic prototypes found!
Post by: Yerix on Feb 24 2008, 01:14 PM
http://www.hidden-palace.org/ (http://www.hidden-palace.org/)
Title: New Sonic prototypes found!
Post by: Samui on Feb 24 2008, 04:49 PM
I was playing the prototypes of Sonic 3. All I can say is "What the fuck?" The levels they pulled out for Sonic & Knuckles were almost *complete*. Were they in a hurry, or something, to release Sonic 3? I'm curious as to why they did that. o.O
Title: New Sonic prototypes found!
Post by: Yerix on Feb 24 2008, 09:47 PM
my emu won't run any of the 1994 chaotix protos somehow, but can run the "featuring espio" ones and etc.

any emus out there that can run the 1994 chaotix protos??
Title: New Sonic prototypes found!
Post by: Mystical Ninja on Feb 24 2008, 10:35 PM
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I was playing the prototypes of Sonic 3. All I can say is "What the fuck?" The levels they pulled out for Sonic & Knuckles were almost *complete*. Were they in a hurry, or something, to release Sonic 3? I'm curious as to why they did that. o.O
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My guess is that they wanted to do something revolutionary, such as creating the Lock-On technology. I'm actually pretty glad they didn't include all the Sonic & Knuckles stages in Sonic 3, because if they did, then Knuckles in Sonic 2 wouldn't even exist, and neither would the "Blue Sphere" game (which should've been Knuckles in Sonic 1).

As for your question, Yerix, I don't believe there are any emulators that can play those at the moment.
Title: New Sonic prototypes found!
Post by: Yerix on Feb 24 2008, 11:10 PM
what proto is the chaotix screenshot you posted from? i'm guessing it's from one of the 1994 protos, what I can run already is any of the "featuring espio" ones and the ones closer to the final.

btw, in the jan.12.95 chaotix proto, if you play as wechina (which still is a messed up knux) and press the jump button after you jump as him, he flies until he gets tired. you go up higher by pressing up. know what that could mean...LEFTOVER CHAOTIX TAILS DATA.

EDIT:found out that kega fusion can run the 1994 chaotix protos to a limited extent. they are apperently the "knuckles' ring star" protos.
Title: Re: New Sonic prototypes found!
Post by: Mystical Ninja on Feb 05 2013, 10:57 AM
*BUMP*

Word on the street is that a Sonic 1 prototype has been found.

(https://kitsuria.net/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimageshack.us%2Fa%2Fimg59%2F4065%2Fsonic1proto.jpg&hash=05a913a5fa44752ef61101389bdd809f39165e4a)

http://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?showtopic=30767&st=0 (http://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?showtopic=30767&st=0)

Very little information has been provided about it so far, but there's a chance that it may very well be this (http://sonicology.fateback.com/beta/sonic1/syz.htm) beta, or maybe even an earlier one (http://info.sonicretro.org/Madonna#Tokyo_Toy_Show_1990). Either one will be fine with me.
Title: Re: New Sonic prototypes found!
Post by: Yerix on Feb 05 2013, 02:11 PM
i'm realistically expecting it to be closer to the final than the TTS90 demo

but imagine if it is, naka will flip shit
Title: Re: New Sonic prototypes found!
Post by: Yerix on Feb 20 2013, 05:41 AM
anything new on the sonic 1 prototype?

again i'm expecting it to be at least near-final, a reviewer copy or one of the pirate versions with the sega logos removed
Title: Re: New Sonic prototypes found!
Post by: Mystical Ninja on Feb 20 2013, 04:34 PM
Unfortunately, there's a chance that this may have been a false alarm. Going from the information that's been provided about it so far, this supposed "prototype" may very well be nothing but a pirated copy of the final.
Title: Re: New Sonic prototypes found!
Post by: Mystical Ninja on Feb 26 2013, 01:31 PM
*DOUBLEPOST*

Yep, it's official. It was a false alarm. As it turns out, what was originally assumed to be a pre-release of some sort was nothing but a pirate (http://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?showtopic=30767&view=findpost&p=732432). Although I already half-expected this anyway, I'm still a bit disappointed.
Title: Re: New Sonic prototypes found!
Post by: Mystical Ninja on Jan 01 2021, 11:16 PM
*BUMP*

The real thing has been found and dumped! (https://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?threads/sonic-the-hedgehog-prototype.39840/)
Title: Re: New Sonic prototypes found!
Post by: Yerix on Feb 06 2021, 09:57 PM
its a wonder how sparkling zone got as far as it did to survive in a demo prototype build to be reviewed by the media before sonic team realized it as an epileptic mess and rather underdetailed for what should be expected from a 16-bit platform of those days

also there's data from 2/90 leftover in it
https://tcrf.net/images/1/13/Proto_Sonic_The_Hedgehog_Genesis_early_objects_anim.gif