13 minutes ago over 500 betas from sega of americas archives were released by drx. Unfortunately the rules forbid me from posting the torrent but you can all use your brains.
Interesting notes:
*Sonic and tails were indeed planned for chaotix due to wechniadadsa or whatevers double jump ability in the beta.
*Sonic 3k beta included. Orignally three gamesp lanned. The split up sonic 3,sonic and knuckles, and the complete version
Sonic 3K Beta as in, Flying Battery between Carnival Night and Ice Cap?
Yeah, Sonic was supposed to use the exit door for Flying Battery as a snowboard instead of conjuring one from nowhere; SA2's intro is a homage to it, or so I read on s2beta. Speaking of which, they/retro have locked out unregistered users from the forums. Must be the traffic surge from drx's megadump.
Edit: It might just be Sonic 3's boss music being better in the first place, but it seems much more suitable for the fight with Knuckles.
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YES. YES DANGNABIT THIS WAS HOW IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN.
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Edit: It might just be Sonic 3's boss music being better in the first place, but it seems much more suitable for the fight with Knuckles.
Naturally. To me the Sonic 3 boss track sounded like an extension of the Sonic 3 Knuckles theme, and was appropriate when you consider that he was originally intended to be a prankster-type character.
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Awesome. That completely threw me for a loop.
Infact, everything does right now. Its like finding all these dwarf planets then downgrading Pluto despite how famous it is in our hearts.
What the hell? @ everything under stair's name being backwards.
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Yeah, Sonic was supposed to use the exit door for Flying Battery as a snowboard instead of conjuring one from nowhere; SA2's intro is a homage to it, or so I read on s2beta.
That would have been awesome.
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YES. YES DANGNABIT THIS WAS HOW IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN.
I have to disagree completely. I think Lava Reef 2's music fits the Hidden Palace-ness of this, and I always loved Knuckles's percussionist theme. It would have been lame if it had the same music as all the other boss battles. Also, the choreography of it is superior in the finished thing, with you being able to hit eggman, and knuckles deliberating whether to trust you before punching the wall down.
I'm only really concerned about the music. Proabably... should have made that clearer. That being said...
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It would have been lame if it had the same music as all the other boss battles.
The ideal would be Final Sonic 3 Boss song only used for the Knuckles fight, the simpler version for prior meetings, and one of the other boss tracks used for mid-bosses (I don't which).
I have nothing against the Final S&K Knuckles theme, I just like Final Sonic 3 Boss better overall.
҉ does magical stuff mang. CATCH THE DRAGON
What makes the above better is that it takes you right to the next slot on the level select, which is Doomsday Act 1.
Also assorted happenings in video form again.
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Gee, those extra lava waterfall platforms had more use back then!
Damned HTML must be on for it to work its magic...
҉Hmmmm... Will this work in HTML?
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‮҉I win as i have it in my actual user profile
Crazy backwards text.
Cool about the betas, though =o
For reference, I <3 the Shining Force II betas.
*squeals in joy*
I was starting to think it wasn't going to come back. w00t!
I completely agree with GT.
