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Good catch, I completely missed that. Bummer, I was hoping the dates on that archive could give us a starting point, but you are of course right...
Highly unlikely, the SoA ROM archive has the final build of Sonic 1 REV00 dated May 1st 1991. Even if you take into account massive crunch in the...
Of note, that recent prototype footage that was unearthed less than a year ago is of a much later build, as evidenced by the RINGS HUD and the...
You are right, there must have been a few more than the ones I listed earlier. The level select in "our" prototype lets on that an earlier build...
So on the question of builds, as far as I can tell it appears there existed (at least) the following ones. I took the liberty to give them...
https://hiddenpalace.org/News/Dreams_Come_True:_Sonic_1_(MD)_Prototype
I almost had a heart attack. Holy shit, how did this even happen.
Well this just came out of nowhere :) Are we having one big last minute new year surprise? Couple notable things for those who can't be arsed to...
There have been a couple references to this, but just in case it flies under the radar: you can access Sonic 2's options screen via the PAR code...
Sorry if I overstepped, I'd like that as well, it just seemed to me that battle was already lost, since this thread is 80% speculation 20%...
Oops, added the link to the main post, thanks.
>>>>>>>>>>> Sonic 3 (Nov 3, 1993 prototype) - Technical Analysis & Research thread I hope you guys don't mind if I took the liberty, but I feel...
Ok, all caught up! Let's just continue the conversation here. Really sorry, didn't mean to undermine other people's posts, it's just that the...
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