A prototype of sonic the hedgehog 3 for the sega mega drive.
The cutting room floor sonic 3 prototype.
Notice the lack of shoe stripes.
Sonic the hedgehog 3 and sonic knuckles have similar unused sprites.
The history of a hedgehog.
Sonic 3c 0517 dated may 17 1994.
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.
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.
The second half of the story is its direct sequel sonic knuckles.
Sonic 3c 0408 is a prototype for a canceled sonic 3 and sonic knuckles compilation that would have been called sonic the hedgehog 3.
Sonic and knuckles 0525 dated may 25 1994.
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.
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.
A black and white death sprite whose purpose is unknown.
The cutting room floor research.
Possibly would have been used when falling into lava like in marble zone.
While the eproms have a date written on them the header suggests the rom might ve been built sometime in october.
Early build of an unreleased version of sonic 3 while many things were still being implemented.
This prototype has a research article on tcrf.
From the cutting room floor.
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.
