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Recently, drx obtained a cart of an <a href="http://spazz.nothingforfree.com/files/s ... rar">early alpha of Sonic 2.</a>

What's known so far:
- Possibly the same or close to the Nick Arcade version.
- UDDDDU A+Start is level select.
- Pressing B on any stage in level select enables 2P mode.
- Contained stages are GHZ, CPZ, HPZ, LZ(?), EHZ, HTZ, and Special Stage, which freezes.
- Zones contain Sonic 1 music.
- Sonic's Bonus Plate graphic is different.
- Different zone layouts.
- Sonic falls back after hitting a wall.
- <a href="http://forums.hidden-palace.org/viewtop ... enshots</a>

More on this as it develops.

Edit:
CCCCUDDDDU enables debug. Just be sure to hold A when entering a level.

Pics of the cart:
http://www.hidden-palace.org/releases/p ... t_case.jpg
http://www.hidden-palace.org/releases/p ... _front.jpg
http://www.hidden-palace.org/releases/p ... t_back.jpg

Am I the only one here who hasn't played Hidden Palace before? Because this seems like some pretty exciting stuff.

Wow, this is pretty awesome. I wonder how he got ahold of the cart in the first place.

Locit wrote:Am I the only one here who hasn't played Hidden Palace before? Because this seems like some pretty exciting stuff.

Yes, you probably are.

That doesn't make this particular beta any less awesome, however.

It's neat, but it's a shame it doesn't have more in it that's actually never-before-seen.

I mean, if it wasn't for the bizarre running-into-walls physics, the only differences from previously discovered versions would have been a couple of minor sprite recolours and object placement changes.

Still a really cool find, though! I don't mean to sound so grumpy, I'm sure he went through a ton of trouble to get it and it's pretty bad ass that he did. I guess the old beta, with its massive quantity of never-before-seen level art and sprite animation, kinda spoiled me. :)

OSM wrote:Wow, this is pretty awesome. I wonder how he got ahold of the cart in the first place.

You can read about it here

Drx also came across someone who is selling Tails Adventures and Sonic Labyrinth prototypes.

Esrever wrote:Still a really cool find, though! I don't mean to sound so grumpy, I'm sure he went through a ton of trouble to get it and it's pretty bad ass that he did. I guess the old beta, with its massive quantity of never-before-seen level art and sprite animation, kinda spoiled me. :)

Yeah, I was a little underwhelmed too. I guess people are really pumped to be able to find any new stuff in Sonic 2 after we already got a beta.

Over at the Mobius Forums, GyserHog wrote up a lovely little post for people who couldn't/won't download the ROM.

http://p072.ezboard.com/fsonichqcommuni ... 4966.topic

Basically, it listed some of the things he found while exploring, with pictures for most of it. A lot of it has been listed here, but it might be worth checking out.