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