LOST Sonic Level Name Finally Revealed After 30 Years

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After almost 30 years, a few of the developers of Sonic CD have finally revealed the name(s) of the famous scrapped R2 level. Additionally, we also might know now the music that was intended for this level as well! Hope you enjoy the video!
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0:00 - Intro
0:39 - Quick Recap
1:21 - Name(s) Revealed!
3:23 - R2 Music
5:14 - "New" Concept Art
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[@TetraBitGaming]

Thanks for watching :)

[@MargulanTRZ]

No problems

[@somerandompersonwhomakesmu9942]

your welcome

[@The-Hooligan69420]

where is the r2 bad future remix i need it

[@judecrawley2883]

No problems your the best KZbinr after all

[@Jervis-JehanYvesLaurent]

Brainz

[@ub-06austin40]

It’s possible that “Ridicule Root” was an early name for Dubious Depths, in a similar vein to how Palmtree Panic was once “Salad Plain”. They even both have a sort of relation to vegetation, with how they were both almost completely untouched by Eggman.

[@TetraBitGaming]

Yeah it was an earlier name

[@CheesiX8]

@EarthSocket mf they meant ridicule root was ealier 💀

[@CheesiX8]

@EarthSocket did you just mf correct me

[@soupnuts6061]

and how wacky workbench was called crazy toybox

[@Dbombre]

@@soupnuts6061 LOL

[@KeebeThePlush]

Lost sonic media is just as interesting as lost Mario media so it’s cool to see sonic get the spotlight

[@ros9764]

lost mario media is super rare so lost sonic media is more interesting

[@akiradkcn]

@@ros9764 yea

[@Hugo-yz1vb]

Sonic is cooler because Sonic is way past cool!

[@ros9764]

@@Hugo-yz1vb "I'm going way past cool!"

[@ConcordeTH]

any lost media for any games in general always interests me, hence why i watch channels like this. Biggest thing to happen in recent years for us sonic fans was when the rom dropped for the original alpha of sonic 1, the ones with the marble zone UFo's the green hill boulder and clock (w)ork zone! When I get an everdrive eventually im gonna place that rom onto it along with sonic crackers and a couple of rom hacks. Being able to play this on an actual mega drive hardware would be truly special.

[@thesoniccdproject]

It was a pleasure to contribute to this video💙🦔

[@devinsauls9137]

You're famous now!

[@Cooljz87]

Hey look a based person

[@kassandrax2322]

Thank you so much for your work!!

[@TGWTADIAL]

At last we have more information

[@TheEncoreHedgehog]

Yoo hi alexy angelfox!

[@AutisticGameGuy]

Dubious Depths 100% seems like the Sonic CD equivalent to Marble Zone. Most of the Zones in Sonic CD are clearly different interpretations of Sonic 1's levels (Palmtree Panic being Green Hill, Collision Chaos being Spring Yard, etc.), and Marble Zone was the only one that didn't get a CD interpretation.

[@TORXINYUEXAVIERSTUDENT]

So ig ther may have been lava

[@madrugadai]

​@@TORXINYUEXAVIERSTUDENTIt doesn't make sense conceptual art shows waterfalls

[@madrugadai]

​@@TORXINYUEXAVIERSTUDENTMaybe it would be water instead of lava

[@streled5361]

With this new info, I think "Ridicule Root"/"Dubious Dephts" was scrapped because, unlike the other zones, it didn't had a gameplay gimmick. Based on concept arts, it seems that it was going to be a traditional platformer zone with visual gimmick about colors judging by the rainbow waterfall

[@onstartofficial]

Apparently, Sonic CD tried to remove Zones that were bad and keep the good zones, so it was probably a Marble Zone stage or an earlier water level that wasn't fast enough. (Not that Tidal Tempest is that fast either)

[@doctormodder]

They probably could have had pushable blocks be the central gameplay mechanic since the pushing animation for Sonic is used in the final release and subsequent remakes but have no reason to have it.

[@Roboshi2007]

@@onstartofficial so what were the other zone's excuse?

[@FlipeTheBased]

Apparently in a interview, one of thr devs (i guess Naoto Oshima) said that Dubious Depths was a platform-based level, however Collision Chaos was also taking this route, so they chose to have Collision Chaos as the platform-based level and scrapped Dubious Depths. However i remember another excuse which said that every level was designed by a different person, and whoever designed Dubious Depths didn't do a good job on it so their level was scrapped. My conclusion is that it was just a bad level.

[@doctormodder]

@@FlipeTheBased Then why was Wacky Workbench still in the game?

[@prismstar438]

I guess you can say this adds quite the new level of "depth" into this lost bit.

[@msn10doh]

Quite dubious.

[@theguywhoistheman1344]

This level's Roots are honestly Ridicolous

[@evdestroy5304]

Please stop talking

[@8bitlee858]

Booooooooooooooooooooo

[@HeavyRaiden]

*laughs so hard that dude ends in coma

[@ElementalDomino2007]

I have a theory that the first 6 levels were based on Sonic 1's levels, because they are kinda similar. Palmtree Panic = Green Hill Dubious Depths = Marble Collision Chaos = Spring Yard Tidal Tempest = Labyrinth Stardust Speedway = Star Light (may have been moved to round 7 later in development, with Quartz Quadrant replacing it) Wacky Workbench = Scrap Brain

[@heart3460]

This is softly confirmed, because Dubious Depths was speculated to have been the Marble inspired area and the comments and map of Little Planet are imo enough evidence.

[@Atlas_DXUlt]

Sonic CD was supposed to be an enhanced port of StH 2 From a quote on Wikipedia: “Sonic CD was conceived as an enhanced port of Sonic 2 for the Sega CD. At this point, it was codenamed Super Sonic[12] and would feature additional levels, a fully orchestrated soundtrack, sprite-scaling effects, and animated cutscenes.[12][13] Meager sales of Sonic 2 in Japan and the team having its own vision resulted in the reworking of the port.” Edit: so it’s very possible that R2 could’ve been inspired by Aquatic Ruins instead which in its own holds similarities to marble zone- at least design wise in some areas Edit 2: another thing I realized- is that there was a dessert level planned for CD, which there was also one planned for Sonic 2 aka dusty hill and dessert dazzle

[@superplayerex2431]

@@Atlas_DXUlt The desert level was planned by Christian Whitehead when he was making the 2011 port of Sonic CD. He also wanted to make a new final zone that would house the "true final boss" after getting good future in every zone, but all of that was rejected by SEGA because they thought it interfered with the original vision of the 1993 SEGA CD game.

[@TheAlienDude]

That’s literally what I was gonna say!

[@FlipeTheBased]

@@Atlas_DXUlt nope. It was supposed to be a Sega CD port of Sonic 1 which then became a more evolved concept. It was being developed at the same time as Sonic 2. Also, Desert Dazzle was made for the 2011 remake, not the original game. That's why it was scrapped too.

[@SkySharkX2]

I love that we're still learning stuff about the old games all these years later.

[@dylanzlol7293]

Imagine a Dubious depths beta recreation

[@NarjaraSMagalhaes]

Wait

[@gelmanbegum9934]

Nice idea

[@spikerthedragonbear]

Im 100% sure it would be similar to marble. I belive it would need a face lift to be able to be enjoyable

[@LaelGames7913]

@@spikerthedragonbearmost of this games zones are similar to ones found in the first game anyway

[@migueon22]

Absolutely amazing to find all this stuff, i'm sure with all of this info, someone can make a "Dubious Depths restored" hack for Sonic CD

[@dylanzlol7293]

Yess

[@onstartofficial]

That would be so cool if only I knew how to use Rom Hacks

[@BroToastR]

I love going in “depth” with obscure stuff like this, it’s nice to see the “roots” of R2

[@Stickz0816]

Noice pun

[@rebeccawilson6044]

I'd imagine that it was cut for "not matching Sonic's speed" due to the time travel feature, it looks like Marble Zone yeah and that didn't stop them before, but I can't imagine Sonic CD's time travel mechanics working well or at all in that zone.

[@Dolphin2048]

It was cut because the programmer didn't do a good job

[@SkySharkX2]

You probably hit the nail on the head with that. If it took cues from marble zone there would be little to no area underground to build up speed for time travel unless you went out of the way to make spring set ups or overly flat stretches of ground.

[@woobgamer5210]

I mean Most levels in SOnic CD barely functions with the time travel feature so like...

[@Windermed]

@@Dolphin2048 they didn't hold out it looks like

[@MegamanXfan21xx]

Didn't stop them before... are you referring to Marble and Labyrinth Zone? Because that was Sonic's first game, so having some rough spots is to be expected. Future games almost completely did away with slow platforming.

[@TheLegoNation]

“Removed for being too slow” *cough Marble Zone, *cough Labyrinth Zone, *cough Metropolis Zone, and probably a dozen others I didn’t mention

[@jacksonteller3973]

those games didn't have the time travel mechanic though.

[@HiCringe]

@@TheLegoNation in all the levels you mentioned, there's barely enough room for sonic to use the time travel mechanic (as in you need to run for a long period to trigger it)

[@Tharja-iBW]

all those levels are from sonic 1. They made an effort to make more levels based around momentum and speed going forward including in Sonic CD.

[@turboDrowsy]

I’d say Wacky Workbench is probably more guilty of being slow AND annoying as well. In a game like Sonic CD where it seems like they put more emphasis on exploring levels than actual speed or momentum most of the time. And that’s with the added time travel mechanic that requires speed and momentum.

[@DanielFerreira-ez8qd]

@@turboDrowsy not "I literally can't run because I'll run into a wall" slow, however. It's annoying but once you get the hang of it you can actually move for an extended period of time without the level forcing you to stop.

[@djm334wog]

Tetra: I hope R2 appears in a prototype in some form one day. TCRF and Hidden Palace: Allow us to introduce ourselves also finally, FINALLY! dubious depth seems like a fun level, what’s next, geometry dash 2.2 release date? or obama’s last name revealed?

[@TetraBitGaming]

I've covered all the prototypes haha there isn't anything more left of Dubious Depths in the ones that are public

[@djm334wog]

@@TetraBitGaming Hmmm….. Yeah. I still do hope more of R2 gets revealed soon, like more concept sketches or even a full remaster.

[@codyryan9789]

@@TetraBitGaming It'd be so cool if someone found the actual files for R2 and managed to restore them to sonic CD.

[@noellewastaken]

Well, a year later but 2.2 did released...

[@djm334wog]

@@noellewastaken ik

[@mitch_sorenstein]

You know who else's level name was finally revealed after 30 years? My mom!

[@AbadabaBoy]

Good for her, hope her level transition went well!

[@siriusxakanscaleguy7147]

What

[@noobishnubreal]

@@siriusxakanscaleguy7147 Regular Show's Muscle man Joke.

[@darthdemented]

Dammit muscle man! Get back to helping skips!

[@TobytheHedgehog]

Or Your FIRED

[@DarkStar7X]

Judging by the name Dubious Depths, the "dungeon" like theme, being originally located between the first and second zone of the game and concept art showing the zone transitioning to an underground area, it makes me think R2 was going to be the Sonic CD equivalent of Marble Zone. If according to Naoto Oshima the zone "didn't match Sonic's speed" then maybe R2 was just as slow-paced as Marble Zone? Given that Sonic CD's level themes are mostly taken from Sonic 1, i just find it strange that Marble was the only one not to have its level theme being reused, so maybe that's what R2 was going to be?

[@videotape2959]

If you insert the cut zone into the level order, you find out that the themes of the first four stages match with their Sonic 1 counterparts. Palmtree Panic-Green Hill Dubious Depths-Marble Collision Chaos-Spring Yard Tidal Tempest-Labyrinth

[@nonesuchriverinc]

Another thing that’s interesting is that the Initials for Dubious Depths “DD” is the same as Desert Dazzle “DD” Did Christian Whitehead also know about it. Also it is theorized that design wise the stage would have been been inspired by floating island in the Anime Castle in the Sky. In fact there is a floating island on little planet seen in the D.A garden

[@RealCoffeeSpew]

Lmao Desert Dazzle is inspired by the scraped Sonic 2 desert level. Also, it's kinda hard coming up with a name for a desert themed level that doesn't have "Desert" in it (I guess "Sand" works but there's already a SS called Stardust Speedway).

[@Rishi123456789]

@@RealCoffeeSpew Funny that you mention 'sand', as the official name for the scrapped desert level in Sonic 2 was apparently 'Sand Shower Zone'.

[@colefitzpatrick8431]

Hunh. I wonder if the rainbow colored pencil drawing that we have of a level literally called "Dubious" is the colorful, upbeat good future version then?

[@Schnort]

Could have been the above ground part?

[@Killerking0310]

Good future?

[@loweni7460]

You're right that's most likely it

[@fluttershystayshigh4202]

Sonic CD is still my favorite game in the franchise so its nice to see that cut content is still being discovered for it.

[@polygon.fiction6514]

I also noticed along with the "erosion percentage", the zones go from morning (午前中) to night (夜), then back to morning at 100% (朝).

[@DGCpicturesEntertainment]

Huh. I always thought it would be called Rainbow Ruins due to the concept art. It’s nice that we have a name now, but there is still much more yet to be discovered about this lost zone.

[@Shayzis]

Dubious Depths, Relic Ruins, Prism Palace, Desert Dazzle and Final Fever

[@loweni7460]

I'm convinced the animation studio that did the sonic CD cutscenes most likely have or had the prototype with R2 on it because they would have had to see the level in action for reference material while creating the end cutscene hopefully they didn't dispose of it if only someone could contact them somehow or maybe one of them will drop the prototype some day

[@Loader2K1]

Maybe Toei Animation and/or Studio Junio know something.

[@loweni7460]

@@Loader2K1 Yeah they do they need to be contacted I'm sure they won't be as tight lipped as the SEGA devs

[@YanntastischGER]

I love that they basically brought the Erosion Level back in Sonic Forces, where we see Eggman's Control in % too.

[@derpysponge43]

Welcome to Riddical Rortress 2, after 30 years of development, hopefully, it would have been worth the wait.

[@doctormodder]

This made me laugh a lot XD

[@hypersonic9394]

It’s only a matter of time before someone recreates the zone.

[@GabePuratekuta]

You mean "round," right?

[@hypersonic9394]

@@GabePuratekuta yea

[@spimbles]

4:26 no yeah, just by hearing it, i think this was absolutely meant to be R2's Bad Future theme if Little Planet was meant to be the Present theme. the baseline is exactly the same, which is a running theme in the differing time periods of each stage's music

[@randomistough0]

I think every sonic cd level has some sort of negative emotion in the name like palmtree "panic", metallic "madness", or collision "chaos". I highly think relic ruins isn't the name for this level. the true name for this level is clearly bean burrito zone

[@Lo-Sir]

Stardust Speedway

[@MNthal]

@@Lo-Sir dust makes you sneeze so it's bad

[@Killerking0310]

@@MNthal I mean… he’s not wrong

[@Spongyboi897]

@@Lo-Sir And running too fast on a speedway can make you sick and possibly get a ticket But this is Sonic we're talking about

[@thecubeman381]

Wacky "workbench"?

[@BrothaKyo]

Dubious Depths is definitely some Marble Zone sounding stage. Oh man.

[@Stickz0816]

Kinda glad it got cut

[@Pensive_Scarlet]

It sounds like "Ridicule Root" is a product of the golden age of Japanese speakers just experimenting with English words that sound cool. If they ever release another game that lets you make an OC, I want a Ridicule Root T-shirt in the wardrobe, just to bring things full circle.

[@TheAileZX2]

I can imagine a "dubious Depths" level would be a tower that just lead downward, rather than horizontally. With Sonic going left, then right, then left, then right. It would truly not feel like the spindashy fast Sonic experience. More akin to some of Taz's or Vectorman's falling bosses. But for an entire level.

[@edgardeitz5746]

Maybe *that's* how it should be built (when put back in a "restored" hack of _Sonic CD_).

[@selph8278]

Hopefully Dubious Depths appears in a future Sonic CD prototype release.

[@FluffyAngelUwU]

THE R2 IS REAL!!!

[@Ocalvolamina]

Can we get more lost?

[@theguywhoistheman1344]

So lost

[@jellybeans3974]

Woah ho ho~

[@Userdaniel829]

CAN WE GET MUCH FASTER

[@FluffyAngelUwU]

@@Userdaniel829 So fast!

[@codyryan9789]

There needs to be a Sega giga leak.

[@TheOneAndOnlyEali]

Wow, I didn't really expect that much info. Great video Tetra! Keep it going!

[@tyronetiggums6441]

So close and yet the search continues on after 30 years. All that's left is the past theme and a prototype build that has it, which we know at least one has to exist since they had to test the level to determine it wasn't up to quality. December 1992 - May 1993 is a wide gap in development for a game like Sonic CD.

[@lPsychoMax]

I just want to say: Master Dreamcaster is one of the coolest names I ever heard!

[@NatterJohn]

It would honestly have been funny if they kept Ridicule Root because of the two Rs Ridicule Root R R 2 Rs R2 XD

[@Delus1on_L]

I know for a fact someone will try to make the most accurate recreation of this stage soon

[@rafalol-]

this is so surreal bro i never thought we would get more r2 stuff

[@luizbezerra4373]

So now, "Desert Dazzle" can rest in peace as just a myth, and give place to "Dubious Depths" :')

[@johney-duh-one]

Desert Dazzle was indeed real, it was just not for the original 1993 release of Sonic CD, Christian Whitehead made Desert Dazzle for his remake of Sonic CD in 2011, but it was rejected by SEGA due to them wanting the remake to be faithful to the original game.

[@IceClimbersiX]

1:48 seems like they learned from their mistakes! Well… temporarily

[@rainyxdays497]

Sonic CD's stages are pretty much remixed versions of Sonic 1's stages, so I suppose they just couldn't turn marble into the high-speed and wacky fashion of the game

[@GMTP_Y420]

"Didn't stop them before * shows labyrinth zone* " look man that was the first game they were getting used to making sonic

[@wintersong2337]

Maybe R2 is like a rainbow forest? Or maybe an early stardust speedway? Or like a castle? Possibly a city?

[@GabePuratekuta]

Underground?

[@wintersong2337]

@@GabePuratekuta maybe that too?

[@Loader2K1]

I'm still wondering what the deal is with that floating castle or ruins on the Little Planet in DA Garden mode myself.

[@Sekousamura]

I can't believe r2 or Riddical Root have finally have attention again I guess the fans are going to try to recreate it.

[@eightee7635]

Bro I go years without hearing a single thing about R2 and all of a sudden there's been SO MUCH STUFF found in the past like couple months 😭😭😭 I love it here

[@betabee1221]

Ridicule Root or something similar could actually be true based on the dense forest concept art.

[@Flycanjack]

3:53 DUDE I ALWAYS THOUGHT THE SONG WAS WEIRD. IT SEEMED SO UNFITTING AND SOUNDED LIKE A LEVEL THEME BUT I COULDNT TELL WHY

[@gammaboost]

It feels so good to finally get more info about this. Hopefully we can learn more info about it soon.

[@somedude-bu3cz]

I'd love to see a fan project on this unused zone

[@GabePuratekuta]

Which zone? Each round in Sonic CD has three of them.

[@somedude-bu3cz]

@@GabePuratekuta actually a fan game with every unused zone would be cool

[@someguylostontheinternet4504]

Ridicule Root is on par with Genocide City in terms of how bonkers of a name it is for a Sonic level

[@joelikespotatoes8321]

It's honestly so cool that we can just go on Twitter and ask former/current devs about what into making such a great game.

[@Crosstariale]

Dubious Depths’ bass slaps so hard Btw

[@pigeon5313]

that explains why the little planet track slaps

[@shitboxx]

yesss i watch alexy for all his r2 content, this is great!! you should collab with him and maybe do a podcast or stream about the level.

[@HeavyRaiden]

I really enjoy hearing about lost/scrapped Sonic stuff

[@remix7345]

recall that the r2 section of the ending animation is actually littered with roots, adding some slight credibility to mazin's claim.

[@flora4873]

I would absolutely love to eventually hear all the tracks for this level!

[@SheepsWithFangs]

HELL YEAH! R2 is my absolute favorite mystery! Ruin stages are my favorite and from what we've seen this one looks awesome! Part of me did genuinely wish it was actually "relic ruins" the name just works so well

[@mrdollyman5675]

given the cut credits video bit, dubious depths would likely have been somewhat similar to marble zone and would have possibly had collapsing sections of ground, hence the name. it makes some sense why it was scrapped as they realized that it was much slower than it should have been, especially compared to sonic 2.

[@lonecom685]

When I read the title of this video, I couldn't believe it. It's a childhood dream coming true

[@CapitanJorge24]

im going to try to make the bad future remix of dubious depths

[@autosonic6652]

3:47 this feels like how it's named, this gives the vibe of you being in an underground ancient ruin eroded by the rainbow waterfalls, vines, and water, i honestly love it, wish it would have been a real level. Edit: i feel like this would have been an underground water level like S3&K's hydrocity zone

[@Creative_YT]

Stuff like this just makes me wonder how many other games have had ideas completely scrapped that never see the light of day. Like the only proof they existed is a little text string or something. Also, beta versions of games. There’s probably so much stuff that once existed in early versions of games that got removed in the full version and never resurfaced and this is why I’m such a sucker for lost media.

[@NekroWareOfficial]

3:50 i remember this soundtrack , i was playing in the sonic cd mobile version

[@otaking3582]

I read the TV Tropes page for Sonic CD yesterday and learned this information. Didn't say _when_ this information came out, so initially I was confused why this is only now getting an update.

[@TalonKOfficial]

Dubious definitely sounds like the most 90’s video game level ever known to man. So I’m gonna say that this info is accurate.

[@streled5361]

Fun fact In Sonic2 on Game Gear and Master System, the first boss is an antlion robot Also both Sonic2 from Master System and Game Gear and Genesis/MegaDrive came out before SonicCD

[@devinsauls9137]

TetraBitGaming finally answered our prayers!

[@sufficientframe]

Sure, such a scrapped Zone could add a lot of depth to the lore, but apparently our leads are dubious at best.

[@ivanthedoomslayer]

This almost wants me to R2 worm snake

[@bluemike1215]

5:03 ive heard that song so many times and i never thought it was supposed be (maybe) the good future track for dubious depths

[@AnthonyVCL]

3:33 that clutch was crazyyyy

[@apple3DS]

Hopefully more info comes out for dubious depths

[@stevencolson9793]

I was always wondering about that "Little Planet" track, you never get to hear it in-game.

[@susannafrancinelli4575]

Always interesting to discover some new things about Sonic ^^

[@Kostas_-_-_-999]

WOW, I WAS NOT EXPECTING THIS

[@Bl4zing_Fire]

The mystery is almost solved, once we know for sure that thats the true name we are gonna have to somehow make a level designed like that

[@johney-duh-one]

MasterDreamcaster did release videos showing him going into his DMs with Naoto Ohshima on his channel FLYKING, confirming that the name is indeed Dubious Depths.

[@nikolamatejic7596]

I guess it was obvious since CD is just a sonic 1 remake (similarly to sonic 2 but STILL)that the second level would be a dungeon of sorts in reminiscence to marble zone and it's ancient ruins,y know,like how palmtree panic is a green hill doppleganger or collision chaos is that of spring yard,i think there might be a pattern in here,now we all know that marble is easily one of the most rage inducing level's if you rely on speed too much and don't remember the layout too well,so it's natural that DD or RR would replicate that ruining the fast-paced sonic action of the game,so it might've got scrapped because they were trying avoid having the game being too slow... though collision chaos and metallic madness seem to suffer the exact issue

[@nikolamatejic7596]

Or,to be fair,R2 could pull a tidal tempest which is a discount version of labyrinth which isn't as triggering as the level it is based on and make it so that you can traverse through the depths without being hit too much or slowing down

[@jorgitoislamico4224]

Bruh you're so right lmao, now that I think about it the zone order almost exactly matches that of Sonic 1: the first, a tropical like level; the second, some underground cave/structure (that was scrapped from CD); the third, a casino like level (that acts as the second in CD); the fourth, a water level; the fifth, a level related to shiny things, the sixth, Eggman's headquarters (in this case Sonic cd differs because Stardust Speedway is more like the zone or city where Eggman resides and not the plant or building itself).

[@nikolamatejic7596]

@@jorgitoislamico4224 stardust speedway is based after starlight zone both taking place in these huge yet pretty towns/citys that already are or are going to be under Eggman's influence, can't seem to find what sonic 1 level's wacky workbench and quartz quadrant correlate to,so they must be two extra level's they've made up in order to make the game more interesting or something like that

[@weirderthenthetimeiwasahandle]

I hope we can find the sonic 1 prototype soon but it’s highly unlikely but I hope

[@arlokraft3041]

I would love to see Sega bring back scrapped levels like this like how they did with Mirage Saloon

[@sofiaciel7599]

5:20 Incidentally, the kanji labels here say, in clockwise order from 1R to 8R: 1R (Palmtree Panic): Mid-morning 3R (Collision Chaos): Dusk 4R (Tidal Tempest): Night 5R (Quartz Quadrant): Mid-morning 6R (Wacky Workbench): Evening 7R (Stardust Speedway): Night 8R (Metallic Madness): Morning Essentially, the time zones for each zone as they appear in-game. these times of day presumably are constant in all four versions of the stages, although for some time periods, you don't even get to see the outside areas much at all. Since they didn't even decide on a time of day for the stage BG, I suppose that 2R didn't make it very far into development...

[@sofiaciel7599]

@@Kimarnic it's quite possible that all they did was sketch out the level layout without developing any in game graphical assets, either in paper or by making a prototype using assets that wouldn't make it into the final game - think the basic test levels in platformers and even fps titles. Not only that, but like, I dunno what kind of reaction Marble Zone got in Japanese magazines at the time - but I think there's a not insignificant number of people who feel it was kind of a clunky stage that forces a game built on momentum and speed to slow to a crawl. It's possible that the team in Japan - or those Sonic Team members who were at STI and communicating with Sonic Team as STI worked on 2 - was aware of that fact, and axed the stage accordingly.

[@johney-duh-one]

@@sofiaciel7599 Going from what Mazin has said recently, he states that Dubious Depths was scrapped due to being unable to fit all of the music onto the CD-ROM and the tight schedule, which implies it was in the game in some state at some point. There is evidence to back this up, as most Sega CD retail CDs hold 500MB - 550MB worth of storage, with Sonic CD being a little over at 556MB, making it basically impossible to fit all 8 rounds the developers wanted in the game. Also, Dubious Depths not having a stated time of day could mean multiple things, one of these is that the time of day could've been the same as Palmtree Panic.

[@Loader2K1]

@Sofia Ciel: In other words, _Sonic CD_ takes place over the course of three days? In comparison to the original _Sonic_ on the Genesis/Mega Drive, it seemed like the whole game took place over the course of a single day.

[@flyking_data_bank]

Hello. Have a good day. That's a great video. And thank you for mentioning me (I am MasterDreamcaster on Sonic Retro forums).

[@iplayroblox3479]

The techno power remix (Bad future) slaps damn good.

[@joewilliams-un8vu]

I always thought Sonic CD was more a take on exploration, not speed. So I’m not sure why they would cut Dubious Depths due to lack of speed, it should be what the game is going for. I would have loved to see a completed version of Dubious Depths but I’m enjoying the mystery so far so I don’t want the restoration to happen anytime soon.

[@MrArreaga]

I mean sonic cd has his momentum moments , so it makes sense

[@Schnort]

It could have been Marble Zone levels of slow I guess

[@joewilliams-un8vu]

@@MrArreaga True, like Palmtree Panic and Stardust Speedway I found to be a lot faster then the other levels

[@TechBlade9000]

Speed is needed for timetravel and Speedruning, if the zone I'd too abrasive to keeping the speed up you gotta kill it

[@joewilliams-un8vu]

@@TechBlade9000 I guess some people thought of Sonic CD as a speed game as all the other ones were and so they probably tried to play the fastest they could.

[@Bullwinkle80]

you know what i LOVE Sonic CD Cuz of Dubious Depths Zone!💙🦔 i wish this Zone was Made in the Final Game :(

[@Mikau888]

Oh my God... I've been listening to that Sonic CD remix album for a while, I love the Sonic Stream track from it, I've listened to it many times NEVER would I have guessed that was a remix of an unused Sonic CD track, what in the FUCK

[@GUNUFofficial]

We can extend this game by 2 unused levels and a secret final boss using mods!

[@Davo255_]

Looks likes theories about Marble-alike zone but for Sonic CD was right all time. Fun fact: We still can see dungeons-alike zone in Sonic 2 concept arts with text "Madness Mountain". It all makes sense because Sonic 2 and Sonic CD was supposed to be one huge game, but got cut into 2 due to console's memory limitations

[@Gabonation]

if none of the prototypes (that we currently have), i'm guessing that the level was only concept art and not yet made in the game

[@groove.mp4]

i was hoping it was R2 omg. and little planet’s theme was always one of my fav sonic tracks so to see that level supposed have that song makes me wish we got it.

[@Voltrix77]

i personally believe mazin might've meant to say Radicle Root, as a radicle is the first part of a seed that emerges during germination. this is just speculation on my part though

[@MrCheezWhiz]

Dubious depths is a way better name than ridicule root… but relic ruin is better than all of them so i wish that was it

[@hpr2986]

One step closer to getting an indev version of the level!

[@xanstergames]

I’m so happy we finally got the real name! I seriously want to see more of this zone 😭

[@SwapFlip]

I accidentally stumbled into that old video yesterday and today a follow up

[@TetraBitGaming]

Good timing!

[@user-po3vg5qm7t]

Y'know what else is a bop, the end song of Tetra's vids.

[@loudhedgehog1116]

Ooo more Sonic stuff!