Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (PROTOTYPES) LOST BITS | Cut Content & Unused Zones [TetraBitGaming]

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Lost Bits! Hey guys, welcome to LOST BITS! Where I will cover unused and unseen things in various games! In this video we FINALLY explore Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and have a look at various unused graphics, animations and even some unused zones! In this part one I cover the Sonic 2 prototype and in the next one, we'll check out the final release! Sonic the Hedgehog is a classic and is known to have A LOT of cut content! Let me know what other LOST BITS you'd like to see in the future!

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[TetraBitGaming]

Gotta go




At a pace some might consider more rapid than usual

(The wait is FINALLY over! Check out part 2 soon! )

[datenshiluka]

“It’s obvious to see that this Labyrinth Zone is broken and essentially unplayable”


So it’s just normal Labyrinth Zone?

[AmeButCool]

"hey man what's your favorite Sonic zone?" Ah you know I love good ol *genocide city zone*

[alexfield]

Concept art of an early map shows what the unused Simon Wai stage IDs would've belonged to:
Zone ID 01 - Ocean Wind
Zone ID 03 - Sand Shower
Zone ID 06 - Blue Lake (later overwritten with Wing Fortress)
Zone ID 09 - Rock World

[ExplosionsCentral]

Those empty level slots could be used in conjunction with debug mode to make your own Sonic levels much like Super Mario Maker!

[JDTheGamer]

Sonic: Almost at the post sign.
"Runs towards the post sign"
Collision: PRANK'D

[angelbrained]

as someone who's used sonicretro since i was like 11, i came to this video expecting the absolute best. sonic 2's beta development was documented super heavily on retro. i absolutely love how you went into intricate detail on the betas. you really didn't skip out at all! i'm impressed. it's like the beta pages put into a video! surprised you didn't mention how in the earlier betas when tails took damage it took out your rings.

[LocalAitch]

I remember when a bunch of us threw in to buy the Nick Arcade cart. Best $300 I ever spent lol. We didn’t even know it was going to be that early of a build. We were expecting a build newer than the Wai build

Btw I was the one who found the Super Sonic palette in the Wai build. Hard to believe it’s been almost 20 years since I found it.

[planterbox]

Me: Oh yeah I love Sonic 2
Friend: What’s your favourite zone?
Me: *g e n o c i d e c i t y*

[Oddity]

"Hidden palace is unused"
Sonic 2 remake: *that's cute*

[malightydog]

You can still get Tails's name listed as Miles on everything in the game. On the title screen press up 3x, down 3x, then up once. You'll hear a ding, and in everything from the options menu, to his lives counter and the end of stage messages, he'll be listed as Miles. Just a little treat for everyone. This works in all versions btw, Genesis/mega drive cartridge and remake.

[Brancliff]

Cybershell sure sounds different today

[Ali_Alhakeem]

sega ... look at all these cool scraped zones
*PLEASE STOP USING THE DEM GREEN HILL ZONE FOR THE MILLION TIME*

[Ashkihyena]

Old movie Sonic: Scariest Sonic thing
Laughing Sonic Sprite: Hold my rings.

[steveluvscows]

Appearently the "faster" running sprite in the prototypes has been combined with Sonic CD's Super Peel-Out sprite to produce the max speed running sprite for Sonic in Mania.

[Xilefian]

9:55 more animation frames would have had no effect on performance of games at that era. The benefit to reduced animation frames is storage. Also having one set of animation at a high frame-rate compared to other animations is a little weird so it could have been a choice to make all Sonic's actions more consistent - but cartridge storage is the main thing it would have changed.

[Void_Echoes]

TetraBitGaming: Talking about Dust Hill
Gameplay: Mirage Saloon






Dust Hill: B-brother?

[alieneko_nyo]

3:45 I don't think anyone will read this but.. I bought that game for my Genesis when I was young (in 2008 or 2009?? I guess.. I was 6-7 years old when I had my Sega Genesis) and I was really confused because I saw videos on youtube with Tails in the playable zones, special stages... the one I had didn't even have the Multiplayer mode!! :(
When I told this to my dad back then (he knows about these kind of things tho) he told me that it was maybe a demo! not a full game, and I was fine with it.. the only problem was... wich demo it was? becuase there was nothing like the mine and it was... weird... so well.. I forgot about it until now that I am a teen XD I'm happy to know I played that game but without knowing I literally touched history<3
6:45 ay lmao I also played the arcade version of that one :O

[coconutfredenjoyer]

Poland?
That's where my uncle is from!
*Good Country*
I remember how he went back for that event. Just to see the early sketches. He is a die-hard Sonic fan.

[tcgamingtimes]

That Sonic laughing sprite is a thing of nightmares. Ugh