The Cutting Room Floor Sonic 3 Prototype

Sonic the hedgehog 3 is the third game in the 16 bit sonic trilogy and the first game with the easily tricked by eggman redheaded echidna knuckles.

The cutting room floor sonic 3 prototype.

Differs from the other sonic knuckles prototypes in. Limited edition when this prototype was obtained by drx the file was labeled 3c indicating this was an unreleased version of sonic 3 due to the late development date it s obvious this isn t sonic 3 before it was split into two games. A prototype of sonic the hedgehog 3 for the sega mega drive. The cutting room floor research.

The history of a hedgehog. Video game preservation communities hidden place and the cutting room floor have been able to unearth a prototype of sonic 3 that contains a variety of elements that were reported in a 1993 magazine preview but never seen in the retail release. The second half of the story is its direct sequel sonic knuckles. This prototype has a research article on tcrf.

Sonic 3c 0517 dated may 17 1994. This time it s an early sonic 3 prototype for the sega mega drive this marks one of the first prototypes that have been found for this game. Just before the limited edition sonic 3 was canceled one last prototype was made. A prototype version of sonic 3 containing features that would never make it into the final build has been discovered.

Notice the lack of shoe stripes. Sonic the hedgehog 3 and sonic knuckles have similar unused sprites. Possibly would have been used when falling into lava like in marble zone. Sonic 3c 0408 is a prototype for a canceled sonic 3 and sonic knuckles compilation that would have been called sonic the hedgehog 3.

A black and white death sprite whose purpose is unknown. Video game preservation websites hidden palace and the cutting room floor have uncovered another blast from the past. This is also present still unused in sonic the hedgehog 2 and the v0 02 prototype of sonic cd. From the cutting room floor.

Sonic and knuckles 0525 dated may 25 1994.