A prototype version of Sonic 3, containing features that would never make it into the final build, has been discovered. Video game preservation communities Hidden Place and The Cutting Room Floor ...

For Sonic Origins, it seems Senoue took that prototype music and recreated it for use in the compilation's version of Sonic 3, and fans aren't too happy with the results.

Sonic The Hedgehog 3 prototype discovered and put online for all to enjoy The sort of stuff that gaming historians live for By Shawn Knight November 18, 2019, 17:28.

Recently, a prototype of Sonic 3 has surfaced that proves these were indeed the original, intended songs before they were replaced by MJ’s sound team — Stealth (@HCStealth) June 10, 2022.

In November 2019, Sonic fans discovered the Holy Grail: a prototype of Sonic the Hedgehog 3 dated November 1993 that pre-dates the game being fully split into two discrete titles, Sonic 3 and ...

For Sonic, the team experimented with a variety of new techniques including a move that is coincidentally close to the Drop Dash from Sonic Mania, which was discovered in a Sonic 3 prototype found ...

Turns out, though, this music was actually used in a Sonic 3 prototype pre-dating the actual game release. Other re-releases of the game have used the original Mega Drive music, ...

Former Sonic Team lead Yuji Naka confirms that late singer Michael Jackson worked on Sonic the Hedgehog 3/Sonic 3 & Knuckles, the reason why Sonic Origins swaps in reworked prototype music tracks.

@Ruler-Of-All-Evil I played Sonic 3 on Windows years ago. The prototype music for Ice Cap zone is awful, it doesn't suite the vibe at all and from a composition point of view I find it boring, ...

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is heavily based on the events of the 2001 Dreamcast game Sonic Adventure 2.The live-action movie doesn’t recreate the platformer’s story beat for beat, but it introduces ...