I like how when people use Debug Mode in S3&K they go "OMG it's Dark Hyper Sonic" I use to just read some of the community's forums, and reading some of the Debug Mode findings just made me laugh. (Although the unknown lampost like sprite in Simon Wai's Protoype is pretty cool along with the surfing sonic and weird red spheres things in Sonic 3) Also those unused waiting sprites look like in the Nick Arcade sprites when he get's bumped: http://www.s2beta.com/Comparisons And I remember on Sonic Research Zone, they talk about a weird place on Sonic CD that's only accessible with Debug Mode, similar to the weird ring in Marble Garden, at the bottom of Act one of Stardust Speedway: http://www.randomsonicnet.org/srz/index.ph...&catagory=6
That site couldn't be more wrong... YES THERE IS. Try harder next time before trying to claim facts. It is indeed possible to get down there without debug mode, you just have to know what you're doing.
And unless I've got some weird version of Sonic CD, those crystals definitely are in the foreground at the bottom of the levels.