The beta was then illegally released in the Asian videogame market.Īnyway, the prototype was finally in the hands of the Sonic community and it immediately revealed all its wonders, notably two levels not included in the final version and many beta leftovers.Īs you can seen from the screenshots, this is the first level of the final game, Emerald Hill. Yuji Naka said in a interview that it is probably the same prototype stolen in New York in 1992. We say rediscovered because the existence of the proto was already known, and Simon Wai himself played it in 1992. The prototype was initially rediscovered in December 1998, when Simon Wai released on a newsgroup a beta version of Sonic 2 previously found on a Chinese website. More interesting for our site, the beta of Sonic 2 is currently the most important beta document of the series, and one of the most intriguing ever. Released in November 1992, after the great success of the first episode, the new Sega title become promptly the best selling game for the 16 bit console. Despite interest from fans, it has not been rereleased beyond a brief period through GameTap in the mid-2000s.Sonic 2, like the other installments of the series for the Genesis ,doesn’t need any presentation. Some characters and concepts it introduced feature in later Sonic games and media, beginning with Sonic Heroes in 2003. Journalists have described Knuckles' Chaotix as the last of the 'classic' 2D Sonic games before the series moved to 3D. The level design and low difficulty level were also criticized. Reviewers found the tethering physics cumbersome, although some appreciated it as an attempt to innovate. It received mixed contemporary reviews and failed commercially. Knuckles' Chaotix was released in North America and Japan in April 1995, and in Europe in June 1995. Sonic and Tails were replaced by Knuckles and a group of mostly pre-existing characters Mighty the Armadillo first appeared in the arcade game SegaSonic the Hedgehog (1993). Knuckles' Chaotix was planned as a Sonic game for the Sega Saturn, but transitioned to the 32X when it could not be completed in time.

Production began with Sonic Crackers, a 1994 prototype for the Sega Genesis which experimented with the tethering system and featured Sonic and Tails. While Sonic Team is sometimes credited with creating Knuckles' Chaotix, it was developed by another Sega team.

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