[ICEknight]

Since I still hope I'll eventually get an answer to the question of "how was the desert zone called?", I propose you guys a very simple game: Try to think of some original names that could have been applied to the desert level.

Who knows, maybe one of you will actually type the correct answer before we really know about it. You won't win any prize, but I guess you'll have the satisfaction of making a post bragging about it. Oh, and remember that the level names can even have just one single word in them.


(To anybody who is wondering, I'm also still unsure about that title)


EDIT: Finally got an answer for this, look for it around pages 6+.

This post has been edited by ICEknight: 18 January 2005 - 01:31 PM

[T.Q.]

So you're asking us what names to name that desert level? Am I getting what the format of this game is?

I guess if the format is just to give a name to the zone and take what the majorioty says, then I too suggest "Dust Hill Zone" to be the name of the mock-up.

This post has been edited by T.Q.: 06 January 2005 - 08:28 PM

[Qjimbo]

Since I'm the first I may aswell start with the "obvious" one.
Dust Hill Zone

Now for silly ones :P
Cacti Capers Zone
Tumbleweed Turmoil Zone
Dry Dune Zone

Of course they only describe a level with Sand, not one with both Sand and Snow. It's hard to think of a name that describes both... maybe Christmas Desert Zone or Freaky Weather Zone or even Crystal Desert Zone.

Woah I wrote too much :P

This post has been edited by QJimbo: 06 January 2005 - 08:21 PM

[Hivebrain]

Sand Canyon Zone
Cactus Hill Zone
Desert Zone

[Gunner112k]

Deep Caves.

Seriously, anything but DHZ. We all know some guys are so jumpy about that level name, they don't want it to be written in a post whatsoever. We all know Sonic Team is reputed to rename every fucking zone at the last minute for reasons we may not talk because they'll get jumpy again.

This post has been edited by gunner112k: 06 January 2005 - 08:41 PM

[magraimon]

QJimbo, on Jan 7 2005, 01:19 AM, said:

Since I'm the first I may aswell start with the "obvious" one.
Dust Hill Zone

Now for silly ones :P
Cacti Capers Zone
Tumbleweed Turmoil Zone
Dry Dune Zone

Of course they only describe a level with Sand, not one with both Sand and Snow. It's hard to think of a name that describes both... maybe Christmas Desert Zone or Freaky Weather Zone or even Crystal Desert Zone.

Woah I wrote too much :P

Winter level would have been a seperate level, not combined like sonic H-b's sonic 2 long version.


SANDY DESERT ZONE

DUSTY HILL ZONE

[Qjimbo]

magraimon, on Jan 6 2005, 08:46 PM, said:

Winter level would have been a seperate level, not combined like sonic H-b's sonic 2 long version.

What makes you so sure?

gunner112k said:

Deep Caves.

Yeah I was thinking of putting Mystic Cave Zone. But I thought only Mystic Cave being called Dust Hill was possible so I didn't put it.


EDIT:
So this is why you were sure magraimon!

Tim Skelly Interview said:

Q: And by the way, we're not even sure if it was just one level with a palette change in the middle or two separate, but similar, zones like Emerald Hill / Hill Top.

A: There would have been two separate zones, spaced far enough apart so that the player wouldn't notice the repetition of the art.

Intresting that, because I always imagined a smooth transition.

This post has been edited by QJimbo: 06 January 2005 - 09:07 PM

[the spindash]

Desert Zone is so obvious and so good at the same time. I see no better name to define it.

My personal guess: Sandstorm Zone.

[ScaryMonkeyShow]

Sandopolis.

Oh wait, that's taken? Dang!

Okay, I'll go with one of the following:

Sandy Trails Zone
Cactus Zone
Quicksand Trap Zone

I know, those suck. Sue me. :cool:

[Rika Chou]

Dry Desert Zone?
Hot Hills Zone?

Or what I am going to call it....

The Desert Level

[Sonic Hachelle-Bee]

Dust Hill zone: for sand and snow under the same level (Can't find anything else).

Gold Dust zone: for the hot desert level.
Diamond Dust zone: for the cold desert level (winter level). But this name is under S3D too...

Desert Road zone (Sonic Drift Racing 2)
Treacherous Sands zone
Dust Bowl zone

Cool Cool zone
Ice Cavern zone
Frost Water zone

This post has been edited by Sonic Hachelle-Bee: 07 January 2005 - 05:22 AM

[LocalH]

Desert Heat Zone

[Jayenkai]

Brenda's Rejected Zone
"That Yellow/White" Zone
"Wasn't There Supposed to be a Desert" Zone
"What the hell d'you mean scrapped? That cactus took 3 weeks to draw" Zone
Or, my personal fave..
"You need to collect 5000 rings in Emerald Hill, then hit Left-Right-Down-B-A-B-A-C-C-Up just as the continue sound starts, to access this" Zone

[Absolute Chaos]

Sand Hill/Sandy Hill, Desert Cave.

This post has been edited by Absolute Chaos: 07 January 2005 - 07:39 AM

[ICEknight]

T.Q., on Jan 6 2005, 07:59 PM, said:

if the format is just to give a name to the zone and take what the majorioty says

Ehh... no, this is just a little meaningless game to see who will be closer when we finally get a straight answer. :P

I have the feeling that the real name won't sound as good as many of the entries you guys have posted.