History is fun. Google Groups is not. But blindly searching topics with a targeted date filter can be fun: Earliest mention of Sonic Crackers on the internet I can find And also some fun, yet kinda odd in hindsight, rumor-mill stuff: Also some of the earliest discussions of the Sonic 2 "Beta" I can find: First mention of "Sonic 2 Beta" Sounds like the prototypes known, just not easily accessible yet. I guess Simon Wai hasn't hit the scene yet? Fun thread that's part of a larger "updates" series on the Sonic 2 Beta. I may post more about if anyone's interested. Big thing to come out of this is apparently someone by the name of "Andre Dirk" is credited with having been one of the earlier "discoverers" of the beta. Any oldbies out there able to shed some light on this?
