Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (CENSOR prototype)

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (CENSOR prototype)
Dump status Released Dumped by CENSOR Released by CENSOR File release date November 9, 1992 Origin EPROM Cartridge Lot Old Scene (BBS) Files SONIC2.LZH Game Sonic the Hedgehog 2 System Sega Mega Drive Genre Action Platformer Final build Sep 29, 1992 10:33:00 Release date JP Nov 21, 1992 US Nov 24, 1992 EU Nov 24, 1992

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A late prototype of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 for the Sega Mega Drive.

Notes

The Cutting Room Floor research

This prototype has a research article on TCRF.

• This prototype was originally released by CENSOR on November 9th, 1992 just a few weeks before the final game was released.
• The original ROM was modified to include a scene intro and to bypass the copy protection. The header was also modified in an effort make the title easier to see when selecting the game from a copier. "Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (CENSOR prototype).md" is a modification that removes the intro and restores the ROM back to the way it was meant to be.
• The original scene ROM uses the serial number from Wani Wani World.
• The ROM predates ”Beta 4” and could potentially be "Beta 3", which wasn't included in the Sega QA Archive.
• Level select is A+START.

Differences between the CENSOR beta and Beta 4

• The special stages take a long time to load. This is because some of the art assets that are compressed in Nemesis format are compressed individually in this build, whereas in Beta 4 and on most of the art was compressed in one Nemesis archive instead.
• Chemical Plant Zone's loops are slanted like in the ”Simon Wai” and ”Nick Arcade” prototypes. Because of this, the 128x128 Kosinski archive that contains the mapping for Chemical Plant is different.

• Sky Chase has a few more rings present that were deleted in Beta 4.
• The Kosinski archive for the 128x128 Wing Fortress mappings has been modified.
• A launch pad was removed from the CENSOR prototype.

CENSOR	Beta 4

• A Clucker was added in Beta 4. It was probably added as a shortcut to the top level.

CENSOR	Beta 4

• A sign post was added on the top of the ship in Beta 4.

CENSOR	Beta 4

• The second half of the loop was removed in Beta 4.

CENSOR	Beta 4

• A sign post was added in Beta 4.

CENSOR	Beta 4

• Spawning this monitor crashes the game every time. Beta 4 fixes this by changing the object's entry in the object list from 26 40 to 26 04.

• In the CENSOR prototype, it's only possible to move on with the use of a very complicated Spindash. To make things easier, some additional rotating platforms were added in Beta 4 before being changed to something else in later builds.

CENSOR	Beta 4

• A sign post was added in Beta 4.

CENSOR	Beta 4

• The button that opens up the floor so you can drop down from the ceiling to fight Eggman was moved slightly in Beta 4. A propeller was removed in Beta 4 as well.

CENSOR	Beta 4

• Additional rings were removed to make room for the added Clucker in Beta 4.

CENSOR	Beta 4

• Additional rings were removed from this section in Beta 4.

CENSOR	Beta 4

• The title card for Death Egg Zone is partially glitched in the CENSOR prototype but was fixed in Beta 4.

CENSOR	Beta 4

Screenshots

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  Title screen.

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  Chemical Plant Zone.

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  Level select.

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  Casino Night Zone.

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  Mystic Cave Zone.

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  Metropolis Zone

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  Hill Top Zone.

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  Aquatic Ruin Zone.

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  Emerald Hill Zone.

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  Special stage.

Files

File	Type	Date	Size	Comment	SHA-1
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (CENSOR prototype).md	File	2019-02-13 01:28:54	1 MB	ROM with no loader or scene edits.	9bebfb78049e7556fbef30f4a43d204fbf4c64f0
Sonic2.Smd	File	1992-11-09 05:03:10	1 MB	Original SMD file.	79d5b99c9546123e98802c8afd815f04a6f9cd28
Sonic2.bin	File	2019-02-13 21:01:43	1 MB	SMD to BIN conversion.	cc29b1e9325f16cb0e66660129e861e743dab071

Header

Fixed (Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (CENSOR prototype).md)
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Original (Sonic2.bin)
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