Current Events > Sonic 1 Prototype Rom released

(+) Yeah! (+)

It's on Hidden Palace's twitter. I won't link to it but here's the text >_>

Dreams come true. Presenting, a Sonic 1 prototype for the Sega Mega Drive. This has it all, CLOCK WORK ZONE, SPARKLING ZONE, UFOs, RING, the ball in GHZ, etc. [link] A very special thanks to Buckaroo for giving us the opportunity to release this. Happy New Year!

https://youtu.be/bc0aOIl-GsE

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Are these prototype zones playable, or are they like, Hidden Palace level where you need the debug code to go through it?

but thats hella neat regardless thanks for the heads up

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sounds cool

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Wow, the UFOs at marble zone. This is gold.

yoooo

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Here's a video of it. I'll post it in the OP too

https://youtu.be/bc0aOIl-GsE

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Notable difference so far:

-Green Hill Zone is different
-You get an extra life at 50 rings.
-No Special Stage appears if you reach the end of the level with 50 rings
-There's a rolling ball at the start of Act 1
-If you drop down from a cliff too high and the camera doesn't scroll fast enough down, you die if you go out of frame lol
-Sonic jumps and fist pounds the air after you reach the end
-Wall Cameleons are pink instead of green
-No checkpoints anywhere
-UFOs in Marble Zone
-Different wall spike objects in Marble Zone
-Those pink crabs that have spikes on the top from Spring Yard Zone are in Marble Zone. The catapiller enemies arent anywhere in Marble Zone

No Splats anywhere so far >_>

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Is this the Nick Arcade build?
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LOL no boss in Marble Zone in Act 3. It's just a goalpost and it goes right to Sparkling Zone.

Also Sparkling Zone is just Spring Yard Zone but with waaaaay more shining lights in the background. It looks more like a casino level now but the layout is still mostly the same

And when you beat Act 1 of Sparkling Zone, it goes to Star Light Zone Act 1 >_> wut

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Star Light Zone Act 1 is very different from the final version. There's a lot of jumping on platforms and bottomless pits. It's kind of like another version of Marble Zone with all the tight platforming you've got to do.

And when you beat Act 1 of Star Light Zone, the game just ends lol. Looks like you can use Level Select to get to other levels though

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Act 2 and 3 of Sparkling Zone and Act 2 and 3 of Star Light Zone have complete layouts but a lot of enemies and objects (bumpers, springs) are missing, so you need debug mode to navigate it. Plus there's no goalpost nor boss at the ends of the levels


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I'm loving all these prototype builds coming out of the woodwork, especially the sonic prototypes :)

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Clock Work Zone Act 1 and Act 2 is just Scrap Brain Zone but it has a VERY different layout and is missing all objects and enemies. Plus the level is definitely incomplete with tons of dead ends and such. It uses Scrap Brain Zone Act 2's tile set but the background is all glitched up

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Labyrinth Zone is also incomplete. It has dead ends in the level, there's no water, no enemies, and no objects anywhere

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Special Stage is incomplete. There's no Chaos Emerald, only 1 stage, and the layout is super simple. Also when you reach the goal tiles on the wall, the game softlocks >_>

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Now we just need rhe TGs prototype and we'll be golden

https://youtu.be/o6ITWcm32Og

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Did the video forget to show Clockwork Zone Act 3 or did I miss it?

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Mecha Sonic posted...

Did the video forget to show Clockwork Zone Act 3 or did I miss it?

I didn't see it either >_> I'll try to check it out later

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bump >_> I did some reading and found out that Clock Work Zone Act 3 hasn't even been started, so that's probably why the video didn't play through it

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balls

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