The Cutting Room Floor Sonic 3 Prototype

A prototype of sonic the hedgehog 3 for the sega mega drive.
The cutting room floor sonic 3 prototype. While the eproms have a date written on them the header suggests the rom might ve been built sometime in october. Differs from the other sonic knuckles prototypes in. Sonic the hedgehog 3 and sonic knuckles have similar unused sprites. This is also present still unused in sonic the hedgehog 2 and the v0 02 prototype of sonic cd.
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 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 research. Video game preservation websites hidden palace and the cutting room floor have uncovered another blast from the past.
Possibly would have been used when falling into lava like in marble zone. Just before the limited edition sonic 3 was canceled one last prototype was made. Originally one big game sonic 3 was split into two games due to time constraints and cartridge costs. Sonic 3c 0517 dated may 17 1994.
The second half of the story is its direct sequel sonic knuckles. A prototype version of sonic 3 containing features that would never make it into the final build has been discovered. This prototype has a research article on tcrf. Early build of an unreleased version of sonic 3 while many things were still being implemented.
From the cutting room floor. 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. 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. Notice the lack of shoe stripes.
Sonic and knuckles 0525 dated may 25 1994.