ALL Sonic the Hedgehog 1 + 2 Unused Content | LOST BITS [TetraBitGaming]

This video covers a bunch of prototype and unused content for both Sonic the Hedgehog as well as Sonic 2! There's everything from unused graphics, audio and so much more!
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Sections:
0:00 - Sonic 1
11:41 - Sonic 1 Prototypes
33:52 - Sonic 2 Prototypes
53:21 - Sonic 2
1:10:52 - Sonic 2 "New" Prototypes
SEE YOU GUYS IN A BIT!
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#Sonic #TetraBitGaming #LostBits

[@TetraBitGaming]

I'm really glad I found my "KZbin" voice lol

[@diskdem0n]

agreed

[@harmoniecloyd2830]

Yea lol

[@carlos_did_a_thing]

yep

[@gamedestroyer112]

Yay! More scrapped sonic content!!! Hey, tetrabit. If ya happen to have any mp3, models, or whatever that were never reused in sonic... Can you send me a Google drive file so I can make a sonic game easier?

[@jetbluedeath]

Yes

[@trentsticles6198]

22:02 The fact that there is a bumper with spike balls surrounding it with the word “cope” in the back is absolutely amazing

[@IMakePeopleSaltyApparently]

considering it stayed in game, i wonder if it was "ahead of its time" lol

[@WhimsicalLittledawg]

Trensticals

[@superagaming_064]

Would it be funny if we could get a lost bit zone where we can see multiple prototype zone parts combines together?

[@markofthewolvessucks8930]

@@IMakePeopleSaltyApparently ikr

[@GabePuratekuta]

Are you coping, though?

[@ricesneeze7107]

22:02 The flashing "COPE" sign behind the spike balls is peak comedy

[@WhimsicalLittledawg]

Copium sign

[@markofthewolvessucks8930]

Someone should mod those in the newer sonic games

[@jctotboiofficial]

@@WhimsicalLittledawg Cope Harder

[@WhimsicalLittledawg]

@@jctotboiofficial Copium is in use, therefore, Absolutely Strange Fella has overdosed on Copium.

[@MangaEnthusiast]

*COPE, SEATH, MALD!*

[@CybeastID]

9:40 - Robotnik Tiles represent the level's crush geometry! If Sonic is pushed into a wall without them, he will just be pushed through.

[@subtitlesarecool]

Now I know what they do! Thank you Cybeast!

[@notunnamed2]

nostalgia rush!!! i remember being hyped asf when i saw the "Sonic 2 New Prototypes" video came out. having this compilation brings me backkkkk.

[@user-yf3cr5ev5p]

The object in S1 with Robotnik's face is indeed just a solid collision object. In S2, it is usually represented by Tail's life icon. The reason it is in walls is to ensure you don't get pushed into that wall. The ground and wall collision isn't perfect and you can get pushed into walls by platforms and other objects. Another object (not the terrain) makes collision work as intended and kill you rather than pushing you into the wall. Usually, you will see these around moving platforms. Other solid objects could be used, but the object ID for the invisible solid object has subtypes for different lengths and widths you can set.

[@wctcasc]

*Tails

[@PoisonousPen]

31:27 “and a skull that gives Sonic the ability to…die…” 😂😂

[@BoxySonic]

I actually remember seeing the prototype title screen in the manual as a kid and wondering why it was different It's good to finally have that cleared up 13 years later XD As well as the hidden palace song on the sound test and a strange unused island sounding theme

[@TheHereticCS]

speaking of water levels, I have never drowned in a single sonic game not because of skill, because I always restart the level when I am about to drown lol, the drowning music scares me that much

[@brodieshotwheelssonicandfa8020]

Cheater

[@damjanbaldi]

its just some sonic.exe vibes.

[@TheHereticCS]

@@brodieshotwheelssonicandfa8020 damn, I get it, I may not be the most authentic person… but no need to do me like that!

[@brodieshotwheelssonicandfa8020]

Oh I thought you were using debug mode

[@midorithefestivegardevoir6727]

Fair... but that's like saying 'I was never killed by another player in GTAO because I take the easy way out before they can shoot me'.

[@HyperMetal101]

Annnnnnd now I’m in that mood to binge watch some more lost bits content and play Sonic 2 because I’m still trash at that game!

[@JXDanimates]

I am 10 year old and I can get All 7 chaos emeralds and emerald hill your pathetic

[@christianmangano701]

@@JXDanimates *you're

[@glacialtempest]

@@JXDanimates you're lmaoo 😭 🤣

[@Cooler_FHD]

@@JXDanimates might come as a surprise to you but some people have a life

[@gio4one526]

Hey everybody can suck at a Sonic level I'm pretty good at the game but when it comes to the pinball stage in Sonic CD I suck

[@RolyWestYT]

Gosh I used to have so much fun in debug more for sonic 1&2 back in the day!!

[@S3Kglitches]

9:32 weird robotnik blocks are invisible solid blocks. They are used to prevent entering the walls as well as killing the player by being crushed between two objects.

[@redtoons]

You striked the perfect time, i literally just recently became a sonic fan and i am LOVING the sonic content!

[@markfaites]

i know you wrote this comment 10 months ago, but i hope you are still atleast a bit of a sonic fan and youre still enjoying the content being made, hope you have/had a nice stay and day! its always so cool to see new sonic fans in the community

[@redtoons]

@markfaites thank you so much, and yes i am still a sonic fan.

[@JoyBagle]

Hey, let’s make this a tradition. How’s the Sonic going? Been 18 months🕺

[@redtoons]

@@JoyBagle to be honest i am not as big of a fan i was before. a person in my life was a huge sonic fan and turned out to be a horrid person so now sonic kind of has a bad look to me now. i don't hate sonic in any way but i haven't played a single sonic game in more than 10 months. :(

[@JoyBagle]

@@redtoons yeah that’s fine, just don’t let whatever they did get to your head and try to move past, if it’s like that. Ether way that’s extremely unfortunate and I hope you are doing good.

[@FranxoscoAlt]

Gotta love how the first section of the video is basically "messing around with Sonic 1 debug mode for 10 minutes"

[@boringdude1626]

Who is this guy?? Who do you think you are chump

[@WhimsicalLittledawg]

Yeah, gotta love old Tetrabit

[@neonguy5990]

@@boringdude1626 non sense What are you talking about?

[@terminall64]

“The most notable thing in Green Hill Zone is these balls” got me thinking it was some sort of intentional way for him to word it funny

[@TheSizzleDash]

TetraBitGaming back at it again with his top-tier content! Keep it up man! Love your vids!

[@TetraBitGaming]

Thanks!

[@Peashooter_theplant]

Bro the bois, together at last?

[@TheCreatorOfRaymania]

@@TetraBitGaming Hello I’m Back

[@WhimsicalLittledawg]

Zang Zaniel!

[@Peashooter_theplant]

@@WhimsicalLittledawgaehaehaehaehaehaeh

[@Mr_Fard185]

Man the sonic 2 lost bits video is so nastolgic to me. I used to watch that countless times again and again and rewatching it, it's still a excellent video! Keep it up man! :)

[@TetraBitGaming]

Appreciate it 🙏🏼

[@WayWardWonderer]

Last time I thought 35 seconds was a quick click for me, but today's a new record at 27 seconds! Hello, Tetra.

[@TetraBitGaming]

That's fast 😳

[@Dragonking7700]

Are you stalking him

[@WhimsicalLittledawg]

Sheesh

[@Bfdidavid]

It takes me 1 second

[@MundoVCH]

9:35 They are collision blocks, so you won't enter in walls. 10:46 Oh, there it is. 30:35 You reversed the order of the audios

[@jibbo7874]

About the enemies and such loading other graphics at the end of a level: It’s VRAM management. The Genesis only has so much space to store sprites, so since there won’t be any enemies at the end of a level, they swap those graphics out with the Robotnik graphics and such.

[@adrianbobbitt5152]

I just love how you talk about the stuff I never knew before! Thanks for bringing it on! Come on, step it up!

[@segatv2426]

So what it seems like is early master emerald knuckles wasn't even 'born' yet, and it sounds like it was like a trial for those whom are worthy of such power

[@segatv2426]

Plus the dust hill zone looks cool especially the collapsing sand loop ➰

[@thehenyojourney7638]

25:27 I think this is because every labyrinth stage, you go deeper into the actual level

[@rainbowapplexdmemes9658]

30:01 Gives Me A Pac Man Vibe

[@EmilioFM06]

Same, and the first time I hear these I was doing something else & thought that for some reason I was now watching a Pac-Man video. Lest to say, I was a bit confused when I hear B3's explosion, thinking I somehow ended in a shitpost where Pac-Man exploded.

[@SophiaMayflower]

21:20 "Next up, springyard zo-" *stunned silence*

[@FlameyTheRebel]

Man, these videos always take me back and will always be my most favourites on your channel. :) Also, you should do a Lost Bits video on the 1990 Tokyo Toy Show demo of Sonic 1, which is the earliest version of that game. 👍

[@ros9764]

There is no real reason to considering nobody has yet found a playable version of that prototype. And everyone already knows the rest

[@citrus_yellow]

That would most likely be impossible, there is no public rom available and even SEGA can't find it.

[@Jimmietruck]

*one of the first sonic videos i ever watched,now I'm a megafan.* *thanks tetra!*

[@TetraBitGaming]

Nice 😎

[@TheFrantic5]

My theory for the Dr. Robotnik squares was that they're a call to a routine to do something not doable with a regular object. They're always next to something that needs to be animated or is a special gimmick. Either that or they are instant-kill squares for when there is a chance Sonic can get squished.

[@CybeastID]

It's the latter.

[@radiocaster2k]

I believe they're just "hard block" objects used to make sure sonic gets crushed by an object instead of phasing through the wall/floor

[@CybeastID]

@@radiocaster2k From my own testing, that's exactly what they are. Any "crush" terrain always has Robotnik squares on it, and the one time I finagled Sonic into a wall without them using level geometry, he was pushed through.

[@zjmoss12]

9:35 I’m pretty sure that the eggman tiles were there in order for the moving platforms to spawn. sorta like a place holder!

[@GavinArtster]

Well, im not sleeping tonight.

[@cardinalcar]

Ha same

[@AxZelAnimations30]

I remember back in 2010 (it was my exposure to Genesis Games at the time) figuring out all about Debug Mode and toying around, it makes me think if I'm missing half of the stages because there are unused items. And Soundtrack 10 in Sonic 2 has been my biggest wonders. Reading about TCRF years later, reading about Prototypes, it just feels so good that to this day everything is being pieced together. Still looking forward to that day to see the very first build with "You are Welcome".

[@flowerfromtf2164]

Fun fact: Russian version of all sonic 2 were betas with only 3 zones(1st and 3rd are green hill, 1st is unfinished). Other zones are accessible with secret menu and yet also unfinished. After casino zone there’s no level

[@Chaosmakertrio69]

It's a bootleg of sonic 2 simon wai prototype

[@flowerfromtf2164]

@@Chaosmakertrio69 most probably

[@asocos]

Dust hill zone was the original name for mystic cave zone, the zone in the promotional art is sand shower zone as mystic caves level slot is after oil ocean and dust hill is after oil ocean in the time travel concept art

[@gio4one526]

Love your contact man it's fascinating how you go over things that never made the cut and video games

[@Sonictheoofhog4]

2 letters off

[@Sacrefiied]

Can I mention how Tails' hands are COMING OUT OF THE SIGNPOST? This implies there is some entity in the form of Tails actually physically inside the signpost. Spooky.

[@thepetekidyt]

This comment is mad underrated

[@LexJpFan14]

Or maybe the hands are just painted on the signpost. Or maybe the entity painted the hands on the signpost.

[@Catmeowfs]

@@thepetekidytyeah

[@2pplin1channel]

Scare field, how many drugs do you take

[@mikimbin1000]

@@2pplin1channelWHAT

[@phoenixv2460]

It's honestly crazy to me that Sega managed to lose the original rom for the 1990 Tokyo game show demo

[@arciks11]

I'm not. Very few japanese companies actually preserved code for absurdly long period of time. (Final Fantasy 7 and Silent Hill 2 have lost final builds of source code)

[@joechristo2]

@@arciks11 You’re not what?

[@Mister_Hyphen]

@@joechristo2 Not surprised

[@vap1777]

@@arciks11 on top of that, Sega actually did not expect sonic to be as big as he would be. I heard that from an interview, but I can't remember who it was with. But for that reason they did not take care to remember where they put it. It was also said that it's likely still in Sega's archives somewhere but they're so huge it's lost

[@markofthewolvessucks8930]

@@vap1777 will they ever find it ?

[@Cooler_FHD]

Amazing content as usual Great job keep it up

[@NathanJerilLabasan]

18:51 looks like a back to the future reference where if you go 81 mph you time travel

[@ABadRenault]

9:32 robotnik tiles are for collision to prevent mistakes during game development.

[@ScoobyDoobDo]

Common Tetra W, You carried through middle school bro 💯💯 tough times but you made it easier Thanks for being here and keep it up

[@TetraBitGaming]

🙏🏼

[@Lexkiz]

Absolutely amazing content, i love your videos, keep it up!

[@TetraBitGaming]

Thanks!

[@ben-lors4848]

Finally. My favorite Game Series!

[@Imposter-the-hedgehog]

1:29 the bubbling sound trying to make me cold and falling asleep

[@blackmesacake5361]

Lots of great info, thanks for uploading!

[@dagamerbunnehofficial]

The sonic 1 sprites of falling sprites while shrinking are the sprites when you fail a special stage in the beta, but for some reason it was scrapped.

[@octanemain3010]

Watchin this to help fall asleep, thank ya tbg!:)

[@fiveggigawhaaahtgaming1926]

4:33 ANXIETY SETS IN RIGHT HERE

[@windowsvista3193]

Here is another idea the spring monitor could place a spring when broken and I feel like something similar was in another sonic game where a spring was in the monitor or in a crate

[@logankellem9702]

If there's anything this video taught me, it's that Sonic devs HATE deserts.

[@lokiruiz2246]

Maybe a sonic adventure 1 and 2 lost bits episode? Would love to see what is left unused.

[@angelofgroove]

I’m a fan of this kinda stuff and your vids are so good to cover this stuff

[@TetraBitGaming]

Thank you!

[@terminal-yp4ef]

9:30 the robotnik tiles are quick collisions to stop the player being pulled through a wall by an object

[@Nightman5694]

I just realized that sound A1 ( 29:46 ) is used at the beginning of Studiopolis Zone Act 1, or at least a sound very similar to it.

[@souptaels]

Ah yes, the classic KZbin compilation video for when they have nothing to upload.

[@TetraBitGaming]

Thanks for watching!

[@loosegumplr]

The zapping sound at the end got me cracking up

[@diskdem0n]

YES I LOVE THESE LONG VIDEOS

[@yousefslimani99]

Damn The 8bit marble zone theme really fit on "sonic 1" master system version!

[@jasminefrazier8624]

Rip marble zone

[@ToppetREAL]

Its in the unofficial sms remake

[@jasminefrazier8624]

@@ToppetREAL yea

[@rubocky6126]

Ah yes, classic tetrabit era where he didn't use nearest neighbor for scaling up the sprites

[@TetraBitGaming]

😅

[@Gillian_Seed]

when i was a kid i always thought the lava flow in marble zone was spaghettios or chef boyardee ravioli

[@Gillian_Seed]

or gold fish in tomato soup

[@MarioMastr]

In the 2013 Sonic 2 port, you can access “Proto Palace Zone”, which is the original level from the Nick Arcade prototype. Track 10 music and everything. Though strangely enough, restarting sends you to Hidden Palace.

[@jealousindecision]

HOW?! I MUST KNOW

[@harmoniecloyd2830]

Fun fact: in the hidden palace non-loop original music ending you can actually hear a snippet of how it was with 2 player mystic cave and hidden palace I can't find how the music notes were played. But you can here the little ending loop before the mystic cave 2 player music changes

[@harmoniecloyd2830]

Sorry if you can't read this yell. I actually was in a rush with a bathroom emergency. But I meant changes and not chznges. Also like you said. Aquatic ruin was original called neo green hill. So it might of actually been first in Simon wai or between it since I couldn't hear you well was because it looked like a Greek futuristic version of green hill.

[@harmoniecloyd2830]

And I messed up again I meant well not yell

[@SoapyBun]

@@harmoniecloyd2830 you can edit comments yknow

[@harmoniecloyd2830]

Yes. But I'm on a iPad on an account that runs on a mobile account. And for some reason in can't edit

[@SoapyBun]

@@harmoniecloyd2830 if you press the three dots next to the comment, it doesn't give you the "edit" option?

[@gezeo750]

So another fun fact for the teleporter monitor in Sonic 2 Genesis is that you can also give Tails your invincibility if you hit the monitor as Super Sonic. Tails will have the invincibility sparkles, and while you'll still look like Super Sonic the moment you touch an enemy you lose your rings and turn back to regular Sonic until you get another 50 rings or hit the S monitor again.

[@sonicthehedgehog7202]

Bruh so Tails is stronger than Super Sonic now if you do this as super sonic?

[@SuperDupTNT]

The voices in the first and second videos with Sonic 1 sound completely different

[@lazykyuubi4300]

As you just completed your Sonic 3D Blast video I thought this would be a perfect time to do a super duper Mega compilation. One with everything from Sonic 1 to 3D

[@sandraburch8902]

4:31 sonic has a. RING on his face

[@2timesBoi_YT]

I will always love this channel even if it loses popularity

[@RichBoy111]

9:31: if u dont understand the robotnik's block what they do is they have the same mechanic as a standable touchable wall they are inside wall to prevent the player from noclipping into the wall cause of the moving thing under him

[@pizzamassacreguy]

I don’t know about you guys, but when he said “Newtron”, I swore I saw big brain man Jimmy Neutron Love your videos Tetrabit! And thank you for combining all of you Sonic Lost Bits episodes. Love ya! ❤

[@Mud-Brain]

snoc run fast, good character

[@WhimsicalLittledawg]

Same, snoc do be good

[@PixeldGlitch]

4 views and 44 likes WHAT THE IS GOING ON

[@WhimsicalLittledawg]

What goin on

[@DrPeeper]

3:21 this sprite was never in mania, you may have confused the fan made version of this sprite that was drawn in mania style to be official

[@ecernosoft3096]

1:19:21= Game: " Oh, tails? Nah. Just sonic, and orange flying sonic!"

[@roblox-oc5mf]

It's kind of crazy but actually the ball which in the last lost Spitz video it actually does exist in the mobile version of Sonic the Hedgehog when you have debug mode

[@katsuover]

Music used: 0:00 - • Sonic 1 - Title Screen (Sonic 1) • Bulby, Hyper Potions - 8bit Sonic Origins ad music • Green Hill Zone (Sonic 1) • Marble Zone (Sonic 1) {SMS} • Sonic Adventure games - City Escape (8bit remix by Bulby) • Sonic Mania(?) - 16bit studiopolis zone remix (by Bulby) 11:52 • Sonic 1 - Green Hill Zone (remix) • Sonic 1 - Spring Yard Zone 12:41 • Sonic 1 - Green Hill Zone (again) • Sonic 1 - Star Light Zone

[@nikatto8]

Huh, the weird spin dash sound in sonic 2 in the prototype build is the same weird sounds I got on a plug n play when playing sonic 2

[@Acceleration299]

the eggman tiles are to make sure if you somehow get in that space, you get crushed. that's why they work as invisible collisions outside of walls

[@mickeymouse-eb2qv]

i noticed a commercial for sonic 1 has sonic get an extra life at 50 rings instead of 100

[@akpokemon]

2 of the biggest gaming mysteries for me: 1. Everyone's hate for underwater levels (git gud, I guess?) 2. Everyone's indifference/hate for the 3DS 3D effect (get your eyes fixed, i guess?)

[@tysonthewolf]

43:22 firstly, its pretty crazy how eggman on the signpost stays the same, also its pretty crazy how tails' is just grabbing on the thing. So its pretty obvious why this was a change.

[@TripSonicSuperstars]

The robotnik tiles are added to level tiles that dont have collision in certain areas to prevent Sonic from sliding into a wall.

[@SonicTheFastBlueBoi]

0:37 Ngl, this 8-bit version slaps

[@markfaites]

first of all, classic sonic is adorable. second of all, imagine the original devs of sonic 1/2 watching this video and getting flashbacks on how they struggled to clear out bugs and glitches😭

[@AstroTibs]

I always wondered why the title was different in the S2 instruction manual. I figured it was regional, but prototype makes more sense.

[@littlemacisunderrated412]

Nick arcade and Simon wai aren’t the only two “sonic 1 builds” if you will. There’s a third called “alpha”. There’s also “pre-beta” and “censor” but they’re not sonic 1 anymore.

[@Temani-bp2jc]

This is awesome

[@cristobalberoiza5195]

from what I understand, time travel in sonic 2 was going to be plot-driven, just like in sonic mania you go from zone to zone with the power of the script

[@NinjaCacodemon_IsSus]

0:37 The unused Marble Zone music was supposed to play in the credits when Sonic got all the emeralds

[@Golem2OO8]

i hope there are a sonic 2 beta build where genocide city zone is playable, in a sense that there are no major glitching effect or something like that

[@feydf3x]

I like to imagine the Hidden Palace Zone would have been an infinitely generated Zone that ends when the music does (Also the Zone would stop generating Acts when Sonic gets a Game Over)

[@gamerdudeorsomething]

I remember seeing the og Sonic 1 prototype vid and actually jumping up and down

[@riicky83]

In Sonic two debug mode, the swap monitor does have another effect. Get the ability to go Super Sonic and turn Super. Once Super pop one swap monitor and tail will have a technical super mode as he gets the invincibility stars and it lasts as long as you have rings. Your appearance stays as Super Sonic but without the abilities of Super.

[@DESP_SAYO]

This uploaded just as i finished binging those videos… 😭 It’s okay though!! No more having to jump through videos :)

[@metalmadness5851]

I remember beating Sonic 1 on my ipod Nano. I spent altogether too much time doing that, but am proud of it!

[@robgames6789]

1:11:53 Anybody have noticed that they look exactly the same, pretty well made... 👇

[@madekillasam1553]

19:35 aged excellently

[@GodsLeastFavorite-vs3xv]

10:48 As a certified Sonic fan, my speculation is that the Eggman Blocks are extra protection for clipping out of the level, because from what I saw. You find them mostly next to moving objects.

[@gamingwithsagesagegaming715]

18:43 well also sonic 2 was meant to have time travel. so maybe it was an idea that was going to be used for sonic 1 but was scrapped in development

[@lilvrockwastaken]

The S box is on the sign when you were talking about debug mode 7:22

[@KennyMcCormick2000x]

17:02 that ball is used for eggman’s wrecking ball during the act 3 boss fight of green hill zone

[@jonathonbryant3419]

I once discovered the goggles monitor in Sonic Origins when I was playing around with the Debug Mode in Sonic 1. They were only available for Labyrinth Zone as far as I remember. Maybe it was in Scrap Brain Act 3 also?