Hidden Palace has closed out the year with another legendary prototype drop. Following last year’s release of the first major Sonic 3 proto, now comes the release of the first major Sonic 1 proto!

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Hidden Palace has closed out the year with another legendary prototype drop. Following last year’s release of the first major Sonic 3 proto, now comes the release of the first major Sonic 1 proto!
Sega’s 60th anniversary is on, and they got goodies.
TOUMA, character designer for Fang the Sniper (aka Nack the Weasel), has shared some concept art from an old sketch book on Twitter. It seems our purple friend was gonna be a bit of a shorty at first.
From the same sources as before comes a new batch of music from the old Sonic anime movie. Unfortunately, it seems they didn’t have the finalized soundtrack on hand, but what they did have was a demo reel! 32 minutes of music and 16 tracks in total. Curiously, there are a number of completely unknown […]
A translator who goes by the name Illuminator was on a hunt to find the true lyrics to the ending theme of the Sonic OVA anime, “Look-a-Like”. They decided to reach out to one of the people involved in the making of the movie to ask, but got a whole lot more than expected… the […]
VHS footage of a cancelled Genesis game called "Segapede" (later "Astropede") has been uploaded by SEGAbits. This prototype was developed at Sega Technical Institute and was intended to be connected to the Sonic universe. This footage is from former STI artist Craig Stitt, who had previously worked on Sonic 2 and Sonic Spinball. The level […]
Today marks Sega's 60th anniversary, and to commemorate it, they've announced… the Game Gear Micro…! It comes in 4 different colors, each with (only) 4 different games: Black: Sonic the Hedgehog, Puyo Puyo Tsuu, OutRun, Royal Stone Blue: Sonic & Tails (aka Sonic Chaos), Gunstar Heroes, Sylvan Tale, Baku Baku Animal Yellow: Shining Force Gaiden, […]
Sonic's back in a new Humble Bundle this year. Now's your chance to grab a load of games for Steam on the cheap, and support charity while you're at it. Available here till December 17th. $1 tier: Sonic Adventure 2 (+ Battle DLC) Sonic 3 & Knuckles (for Genesis Classics) Sonic CD Sonic 4, Episode […]
Hold onto your pants, this is pretty HUGE. Over the past weeks, Hidden Palace (along with The Cutting Room Floor) have been celebrating “Sonic Month” by releasing a number of brand new (well, “new”) Sonic prototypes. Some super early Sonic CDs, a couple more Sonic 2s (out of like a dozen now!), a bit of […]
A couple years ago, Jon Burton, founder of Traveller's Tales, shared pictures of a cassette tape made during the development of Sonic 3D Blast. This tape contained demos of the game's soundtrack, composed by Jun Senoue. These demos were created with keyboards and submitted for approval before being programmed into the game using the Genesis' […]