[Afro Thunder]

RACCAR, on 06 February 2012 - 11:15 AM, said:

I don't know if anyone have noticed this before but...



Sonic's beta pose is exactly the same, even the hands position is. Even the nose looks a bit like it...

Now that's ironic. =P But I don't think that was intentional.

Now watch this beta start trending on the Sonic Retro twitter.

This post has been edited by Afro Thunder: 06 February 2012 - 11:22 AM

[The Parasprite]

Hmm... What I find curious is that the green hill art (I'm referring to the ground, the trees look different)looks exactly like the final. Now, I'm no expert on Sonic prototypes, but I wold think that the art wouldn't be final at this kind of early beta. Or I'm a moron. Take your pick.

[Afro Thunder]

The Parasprite, on 06 February 2012 - 11:23 AM, said:

Hmm... What I find curious is that the green hill art (I'm referring to the ground, the trees look different)looks exactly like the final. Now, I'm no expert on Sonic prototypes, but I wold think that the art wouldn't be final at this kind of early beta. Or I'm a moron. Take your pick.

I think you're right actually. I couldn't tell at first because of the quality, but after watching it again, the ground does look like it's from the final version. So it's either a somewhat later build, or it's a hack being played on real hardware via flash cart.

[steveswede]

I'm calling it fake there is no sign post at the end like the one in the prototype pictures.

[redhotsonic]

As much as I want to beleive that it's the beta of Sonic 1, it doesn't look like it. Either way, I wouldn't mind giving it a spin for myself.

[Arique]

Something tells me it might be real. Sega claimed that the beta ran at 60 fps, but I don't think there were any TVs or Sega Genesis systems back then that could actually run a game at a full 60 fps, hence why this build runs a lot slower than what Sega claims.

[evilhamwizard]

By the way, this is starting to bring back some lovely memories. lol

http://forums.sonicr...?showtopic=1457

Before the pictures went dead, they were based off of the same demo this hoax is trying to rip off. So I guess Eli White decided to turn Japanese.

betaas

[SpeedStarTMQ]

Why are we even discussing this? It is fake. Look at the grass, look at the quality of it, look at the physics, and look at Sonic's running sprite, it doesn't match his Sonic 1 sprite exactly and it looks more like someone tried to botch the S2 sprite.

Seriously people.

On a similar note, good fake though, can someone release it?

[RACCAR]

I think it is fake, and not only that. I also think it was made based on the photo FuzzballFox posted before.

Why? Well, the original photograph was shot with a 1990 camera, in 1990, and printed in a magazine or something similar in 1990. Photograps didn't have the quality we have today, seeing a photograph in a magazine with the colours wrong was something very, very usual.

The original photograph washed the colours,who should be pretty similar to the ones in final Sonic 1. Whoever who has made that fake used the photograph's colours, not the original ones that this beta should have had.

This post has been edited by RACCAR: 06 February 2012 - 11:45 AM

[Chibs]

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[hwd45]

This looks fake; the many layers of parallax scrolling, the enhanced artwork and the weird sonic sprite all seem fake to me. I'd like for it to be real, but after 20 years of nobody having a Beta cartridge, this leaves me lots of room to believe that it's a fake.

But seriously, if it is real, I'd like to see it dumped. Perhaps there's some stuff we don't know about. I doubt there will be a cancelled zone in Sonic 1, but it would be awesome if there was.

This post has been edited by hwd45: 06 February 2012 - 11:55 AM

[ICEknight]

Afro Thunder, on 06 February 2012 - 11:19 AM, said:

RACCAR, on 06 February 2012 - 11:15 AM, said:

I don't know if anyone have noticed this before but...



Sonic's beta pose is exactly the same, even the hands position is. Even the nose looks a bit like it...

Now that's ironic. =P But I don't think that was intentional.

I do think it was. It's one of the the first things I noticed when I saw that early screenshot.

[Eduardo Knuckles]

This smells legit. The movement of Sonic fully remember me the Sonic of Sonic CD, but I counted the layers and it had exactly 7. Like Yuji said in the interview. If this isn't legit, it could be a hack made over Sonic CD.

[Black Squirrel]

Fake.

Sonic 2 running sprites, wrong "buildings", wrong clouds, etc.

[Afro Thunder]

ICEknight, on 06 February 2012 - 11:58 AM, said:

Afro Thunder, on 06 February 2012 - 11:19 AM, said:

RACCAR, on 06 February 2012 - 11:15 AM, said:

I don't know if anyone have noticed this before but...



Sonic's beta pose is exactly the same, even the hands position is. Even the nose looks a bit like it...

Now that's ironic. =P But I don't think that was intentional.

I do think it was. It's one of the the first things I noticed when I saw that early screenshot.

Yeah, but... I thought Sega did what Nintendidn't. =P Still, that's uncanny.

On topic: The youtube comments are starting to come in, and a few of them are calling BS. I'm keeping my opinons to myself until Yuji Naka himself confirms the validity of this video.

This post has been edited by Afro Thunder: 06 February 2012 - 12:18 PM