Sonic 2 early prototype, dumped

Wow... Just.. Wow, This proto, is the BIGEST find I have ever seen on any community forum.

 

That's not all that's changed. look at every invincibility monitor in GHZ they're speed shoes now.

 

<!--quoteo(post=149269:date=Nov 8 2006, 10:30 AM:name=SKAARG)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (SKAARG @ Nov 8 2006, 10:30 AM)
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No that is the Unused Fish Robot you are placing. He is also placable in the other beta...

 

<!--quoteo(post=149272:date=Nov 8 2006, 09:40 AM:name=SMTP)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (SMTP @ Nov 8 2006, 09:40 AM)
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No that is the Unused Fish Robot you are placing. He is also placable in the other beta... [/quote]
Okay, thanks for clarifying that. I'd forgotten about that fish.

 

Just noticed they differentiate between "seahorse" and "skyhorse", the latter possibly being the one with a jetpack on its back. So the robot seahorse we know might have intended to go underwater.

EDIT:

Code (Text):

1. seahorsewings

...So the "seahorse" is indeed the one with little wings.

 

That gargled up enemy resmbles the bat enemys in HPZ so maybe that's what they are. I can kinda see the wing gargled in there. It's tough to tell. What does the fish enemy look like? Can you post a picture?

 

ICE, care to comment on the additions I made to your listing, and the queries someone raised about that?

 

I've just found out that there's the programming of two Sonic 2 bosses: Driller (EHZ) and Vacuum (CPZ)!

Code (Text):

1. vacumeguy 
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   EqE?E?4E?
2. patchg
   
   2E?DE?4E?$
3. drillerguy
   h
   Er\E?|E?4E?X
4. actionsub
   
   
   lEpE??E?4E?
5. bossvac
   
   pE?E?4E??
6. bossdriller

...At least in the uncompiled code, but it's most likely there in usable form.

 

Looks like I was too tired yesterday. That "possible bubbler" looks more like an explosion from the ground, like a landmine or something... But it might be just something from Sonic 1. Here's a sligthly corrected list, with Quickman's additions:

Code (Text):

1. Sonic The Hedgehog 2 (Early prototype)
2. COMPRESSED GRAPHICS LIST
3. ========================
4. Documented by ICEknigh7, except where stated.
5.  
6. 0009DF8E - Shield
7. 0009E114 - Invincibility stars
8. 000A0960 - SEGA logo
9. 000A1520 - Title Screen graphics
10. 000A2E82 - Sonic & Tails at the Title Screen
11. 000A39C6 - GHZ Bit of flower (S1)
12. 000A3A10 - GHZ & MZ Platform with chain (S1)
13. 000A3B2A - EHZ Log bridge
14. 000A3C16 - Unused 16x16 block (S1)
15. 000A3C5E - GHZ Rolling ball (S1)
16. 000A3DFC - GHZ rolling log with spikes (S1)
17. 000A4010 - GHZ Unused spikes around the rolling log (S1)
18. 000A413C - GHZ Rock (S1)
19. 000A426A - GHZ Breakable wall (S1)
20. 000A4308 - Some GHZ wall (S1)
21. 000A4368 - Unknown fire [Quickman]
22. 000A44A0 - Unused, possible burning log
23. 000A45AE - Waterfall
24. 000A46B4 - Unused HTZ fireballs [Quickman]
25. 000A4802 - GHZ Log brigde (S1)
26. 000A48DA - HTZ crossing platform thingy
27. 000A4BCE - HTZ Automatic door
28. 000A4C46 - HTZ Seesaw with green ball
29. 000A4DDE - HPZ bridge
30. 000A4F56 - HPZ Waterfalls
31. 000A52B8 - HPZ Big Emerald
32. 000A552A - Unknown blocks   [Quickman]
33. 000A55EA - HPZ Glowing orb
34. 000A5826 - Some platform
35. 000A59C0 - UNKNOWN unused dust
36. 000A5AE0 - CPZ floating platform    [Quickman]
37. 000A5C2E - Water surface
38. 000A5D9E - Button   [Quickman]
39. 000A5E76 - Vertical spring
40. 000A5F92 - Horizontal spring
41. 000A605C - Diagonal springs
42. 000A6230 - SCORE RINGS TIME
43. 000A6338 - Lives HUD
44. 000A644E - Rings
45. 000A6542 - Monitors
46. 000A696C - Vertical spikes
47. 000A69BC - Gathered points
48. 000A6A96 - Prototype checkpoint
49. 000A6B3C - Prototype end of level sign
50. 000A6F8A - Crocodile
51. 000A732C - EHZ Buzz Bomber
52. 000A7512 - HPZ Bat
53. 000A7868 - OOZ Octopus
54. 000A7B88 - Triceratops
55. 000A7F84 - HPZ Dinobot
56. 000A835A - Unused sideways piranha
57. 000A8852 - OOZ Prototype seahorses
58. 000A8CA0 - Unused rolling ball
59. 000A8F36 - Unused Mother Bubbler
60. 000A9162 - Unused Bubbler
61. 000A9384 - EHZ Snail
62. 000A9580 - Prototype Crawler
63. 000A9902 - EHZ Piranha
64. 000A9B0E - Boss ship
65. 000AA24A - CPZ Prototype boss
66. 000AA7A8 - Big explosion
67. 000AAE30 - Robotnik's ship boost
68. 000AAEAE - Puff of smoke    [Quickman]
69. 000AAF94 - EHZ Boss
70. 000AB780 - EHZ Boss helicopter blades
71. 000AB874 - SBZ Ball Hog (S1)
72. 000ABC34 - Crabmeat
73. 000AC122 - GHZ Buzz Bomber (S1)
74. 000AC4C8 - Possible unknown explosion from the ground
75. 000AC6B0 - LZ Burrobot (S1)
76. 000ACD9A - GHZ Piranha (S1)
77. 000AD002 - LZ Jaws (S1)
78. 000AD28C - SYZ Roller (S1)
79. 000AD7B0 - GHZ Motobug (S1)
80. 000ADA3A - GHZ Newtron (S1)
81. 000AE058 - SYZ Snail (S1)
82. 000AE440 - MZ Bat (S1)
83. 000AE73C - Splats (S1)
84. 000AE984 - SLZ Bomb (S1)
85. 000AEC1C - LZ Orbinaut (S1)
86. 000AEDFA - MZ Catakiller (S1)   [Quickman]
87. 000AEF88 - Title card (S1)
88. 000AF596 - Explosions
89. 000AFBFC - GAME OVER, TIME OVER
90. 000AFD8E - Vertical spring  [Quickman]
91. 000AFE90 - Sideways spring
92. 000AFF6C - Big ring flash
93. 000B00E0 - End of level hidden bonuses (S1)
94. 000B03E2 - Sonic at Continue screen + Continue star (S1)
95. 000B0692 - CONTINUE + Minisonic (S1)
96. 000B08CC - Bunny
97. 000B0A24 - Chicken
98. 000B0B80 - Penguin
99. 000B0CFC - Seal
100. 000B0E18 - Pig
101. 000B0F4E - Flicky
102. 000B1088 - Squirrel
103. 000B2184 - EHZ graphics
104. 000B5784 - HTZ graphics
105. 000B6BAA - HTZ placeholders for animated tiles
106. 000C0492 - HPZ graphics
107. 000C31A0 - HPZ glowing orbs
108. 000CC8F4 - CPZ graphics
109. 000CFDC0 - UNKNOWN
110. 000D8C34 - GHZ graphics (S1)
111. 000DC1F0 - GHZ graphics (S1)
112. 000E0B62 - Ending scene additional graphics (S1)
113. 000E0DEA - Credits font (S1)
114. 000E13E8 - SONIC THE HEDGEHOG ending text (S1)

I'm figuring all this out without putting the tiles together, because I don't have a program for that. So which one do you guys recommend?

 

Hahaha, "vacumeguy." This is new, though, since the unused sprite with the blob falling on Eggman's head was related to the normal CPZ boss.

Or maybe the Japanese staff just didn't know what 'vacuum' means.

 

EDIT: See post below.

 

By the way, the "unknown fire" and "fireballs from HTZ" are parts of the HTZ lava fireball item described on Sonic CulT.

 

<!--quoteo(post=149274:date=Nov 8 2006, 10:45 AM:name=ICEknight)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ICEknight @ Nov 8 2006, 10:45 AM)

I'm guessing that at this point, the "water" seahorse was probably intended for Hidden Palace, since it's the only water level in the game at the moment.

I also don't think "vacumeguy" has anything to do with the CPZ boss... but if it did, then it's probably something totally different. Either that, or a leftover from Sonic 1.

 

Hidden Palace Zone weird stuff:



Sonic changes his colour at every turn, while using debug mode.




Sonic doesn't get air if he leaves the water after wall-bouncing. Look at that fukd block near to him -- it's a drowning countdown number. It remains despite he's not on water.



If Sonic lands on a badnik after a wall-bouncing, he won't get hurt until he stands up again.

 

so are these one of the seahorses then?... they look so weird.

 

Yes those are the seahorses. Yet the patterns will not fit them....

 

I'm sure this was a known fact already but I never thought about it til now. When using the debug (c, c, u, d, d, d, d, u, a + start) and level select code (u, d, d, d, u, a + start) on Drx's Sonic 2 prototype, it also works for Simons Sonic 2 prototype as well on the title screen. what's wierd is how the level select in Simons S2 prototype is already activated but that might be due the pirating in which the pirates did themselves (same reason why the pirates removed the SEGA logo before the title screen in Simons S2 proto).