SONIC 1 PROTOTYPE - Playing the Beta (Showcase)

[@StanBlankPlushelodeon]

Now someone needs to find the very first prototype from the 1990 Tokyo Toy Show. It’s so rare even SEGA themselves lost the ROM.

[@ruler_of_everything]

@@codyryan9789 Either that, or an employee from the toy show took it home.

[@glacierwolf2155]

I wouldn't be surprised if we may never find it.

[@germanelkapo1]

@@glacierwolf2155 i mean, someone did find that Mc. Donalds game they used to train employees in japan (the tale of finding it is on youtube uploaded by... the one who found it) maybe there's hope.

[@evdestroy5304]

@@germanelkapo1 Difference is there's only one cart in existence and it was used 31 or so years ago for a single toy show in Japan.

[@pixelfoxshouse]

@@evdestroy5304 even worse, that toy show is probably gone.

[@TheZeroNeonix]

Destroying the blocks doesn't give you points in this version. I'm guessing they noticed how players liked to destroy every single block rather than just destroy the ones necessary to move on, and they added points to reward them for that.

[@Helicopter7]

K

[@G_Fantastic]

Nice

[@juhlyoh4938]

Now, if it ever existed, we need the sonic cd proto with R2

[@staceyroberts1251]

R2 was made VERY early on so it would have to be a early prototype of CD Sonic The Hedgehog.

[@staceyroberts1251]

It was found in the files of Sonic CD PC

[@arekrekas213]

R2 seems to have been scrapped so early that it didn't even get made, sad!

[@juhlyoh4938]

@@arekrekas213 well one of the people who worked at the game said that every level was assigned to one person and that the person who worked on r2 "didn't do a good job" so it has scrapped (it's funny because you se several layout changes through the protos, but they simply chopped it without any stage changes)

[@stuff31]

Yes

[@jingle2534]

like clock ork

[@diskdem0n]

no

[@Gradient___]

da

[@sackydzNG]

No it's Clock ork.

[@Helicopter7]

no

[@halalcomrade34]

Clock fork

[@Chickenkeeper]

Oof, Sparkling Zone should have just been called Seizure Zone

[@germanelkapo1]

That's Pulseman's Stage 3 (there's 3 different epileptic backgrounds, including glitch sky, casino circuit and definitely not "Las Vegas" with sonic 1 bumpers and other miscelaneous stuff flashing in the background). The good thing about emulators is that... you can disable colours, and i only tought about that use for this feature now, i feel like an idiot.

[@isaacsussman5632]

Cyberpunk 2077 Zone

[@IAmCLG]

It's probably no wonder why they toned it down. Welcome to Las Vegas Though last night I was playing it too. Final, of you time the start button right, you'd see a yellow section to the left. The beta is the same, it never changed

[@violetthebat8810]

@@isaacsussman5632 More like SegaPunk 1990. ;3

[@isaacsussman5632]

@@violetthebat8810 nice

[@spacecadetkaito]

I really like the UFOs in marble zone. Makes it more interesting

[@juhlyoh4938]

For some reason i see then as very out of place, idk, guess i just got used to final design marble zone

[@spacecadetkaito]

@@juhlyoh4938 I have the opposite feeling, now when i see the original marble zone it feels like it's missing something XD

[@glitchedblood]

I would like to see a build surface with the red UFOs.

[@garfieldsmutenthusiast]

They're marbles

[@Triangly]

I hate Marble Zone here. I really do. (except for that big pillar in the beginning of act 2)

[@imamtedsed]

Hi! I love your animations!

[@onthedre]

I hate marble period.

[@Rishi.149]

Lol it’s not like marble zone could be that liked ethier

[@spicybreadproductions1972]

How so? It's basically just Marble with some UFOs and an alternate path in Act 2 to me

[@smd89xx]

-like it was enjoyable in the final-

[@Mittens0407]

11:20 Is that what the "cope" sign is for?

[@Eichro]

it's a prediction for 2020

[@Genesisowusulover911]

Fun fact: it’s called clock ork zone because there was no art for a W yet

[@ExtremeWreck]

*CLOCK PORK*

[@pixelfoxshouse]

probably everyone knows that.

[@Genesisowusulover911]

@@pixelfoxshouse Not really :I This fact is pretty much only on the cutting room floor website. Good on you if you already knew this though.

[@TheHappyGabeShow]

@@pixelfoxshouse I didn't know that

[@TheHappyGabeShow]

@@pixelfoxshouse over a billion people don't know that

[@orangehat1924]

The best thing about this prototype is the fact that the frames for Sonic's running animation are aligned, similar to the one in Sonic CD.

[@COZMICETERNITY]

*2021 is already looking up!*

[@javier10541]

A massive contraption made of a single bumper from which surge out four rows of spiky balls that rotate around it Behind this torture device stands a single neon sign that reads "COPE"

[@KalokesMysteries]

The stage: "Deal with it."

[@dashat3938]

new title: hog is old and we have proof of that

[@numburger]

13:32 Ah, I see this is where Dimps got their inspiration for level design from

[@kasterborous1701]

MOVE YOUR BLOODY MOUSE POINTER

[@i_am_strix]

When I first heard of Clock Work's name, I was eating breakfast and uh my brain misspelled it as Clock Yolk

[@pixelfoxshouse]

fascinating.

[@halalcomrade34]

@@pixelfoxshouse what

[@nasii06]

lol

[@nasii06]

probably been eating *EGGS*

[@paulnovacek3715]

I just noticed that the breakable blocks in Marble Zone don't give you points in this build

[@Bleebtown]

why do they give you points in the final game anyway

[@vashietru1848]

According to TheZeroNeonix, the devs noticed that players liked breaking all the blocks, so they gave points to reward that.

[@paulnovacek3715]

@@vashietru1848 that's just a guess though, not a fact

[@MarioMamTess]

Clock Ork is my favorite zone! It's really pretty and super stable! I love Clock Ork Zone! ❤❤❤

[@alextirrellRI]

It's so wild knowing the game so well and then playing this and running into differences all over the place. It's like when I now play Sonic Mania and feel like an idiot--I can't tell if it's actually harder or if it's just because I haven't played it a million times yet!

[@ChipChapChop]

I like the idea of the checker ball coaching you to roll. People still don't think about it, even though it is literally the point of Sonic.

[@cdscissor]

I was waiting for someone to cover this! After seeing the full playthrough video, I knew someone's gonna do a commentated playthrough of it. 3:56 No this is old. As in prototype.

[@LapperDev]

Whoops

[@Neo_charmy]

Wait No "welcome to green hill" board?

[@mikethe2238]

that was before this

[@LapperDev]

Unfortunately it's not THAT one, but still great stuff to see

[@Neo_charmy]

Too bad... & Yep agree

[@mikethe2238]

@@LapperDev The one with the board was made in 1990, There wouldn't be a full sky and the base of the level.

[@tondron]

We found this prototype, which is the one from nick arcade I think. The one you were talking about in marble zone is an earlier one with many level design changes.

[@LapperDev]

That image is just a mockup

[@tondron]

@@LapperDev Even if it is, I'd be cool to see if it's in an earlier build of the game.

[@halalcomrade34]

@@tondron CES prototypes? I guess?

[@TheRealityWarper08]

It feels like watching gameplay from an alternate reality, it's pretty cool!

[@RustyLeguito]

The discovery of this beta is a miracle!

[@hamsterman7895]

"Hey, welcome to the Sparkling Zone! F**k you!" -Lewis 2021

[@stedmangg]

What a way to end 2020. I've fantasized about actually trying out this build since middle school, and I just got my high school diploma a few months ago. It's bittersweet to see how all of our lives have vastly changed over the past however many years, yet the magic and anticipation of a sonic 1 prototype never went away.

[@Prawcin]

no points for breaking blocks :(

[@djbuckaroo9258]

The cartridge this prototype was taken from is now for sale on eBay.

[@maxistellazapata7108]

The flipping platforms Marble was a mockup. Since the concept for the Level itself has that like green hill of Tokyo toy show, it was Made to show how the game would look like at some point. But the lava was different in a build. Tho i think they said something about not getting the Tokyo toy show thing since it was lost forever or smth

[@_Tzer]

THEY FOUND WHAT sonic community is good at finding betas now i want them to show me a banjo kazooie beta

[@Astroni800]

2:02 - yeah, ALWAYS. Thank you for that playing! So many interesting obserwations!

[@reckarthack3018]

Sparkling Zone was the inspiration for the entirety of Sonic CD

[@DamageMaximo]

Sonic Boom's Sonic design is good.

[@ReReCoil]

5:40 That block is placed farther from the switch in the prototype compared to the final ver. Also invincibility frames practically dont even exist

[@WitherSnow]

Dude that Labyrinth cave BG is based as fuck! Please include it as an option in Sonic Studio.

[@geothepoly]

The forbidden trinity of scrapped zones, we've got - Clock Ork Zone - Sparkling Zone -Marble Zone but slightly fun

[@jess648]

Clock Ork and Sparkling Zone were earlier incarnations of Scrap Brain Zone and Spring Yard Zone

[@switchnx]

It’s funny how despite it being a prototype, the zones aren’t in the order seen in the debug menu.

[@teaoftraffic]

12:38 do a flip!

[@---oq5kb]

You missed the unfinished path in marble zone (played it 2 days ago and I am sure that there's an unfinished path in either act 2 or 3) Marble zone with alternate paths What's next? Going fast in labyrinth zo- Of course it's next

[@dinorasanchez70]

the fact that he didn't do the spring hurts me so fucking much

[@Sparkette]

This is a bumper. All craftsdwarfship is of the highest quality. 11:13

[@diegoborg6449]

The fact that the man spittin out some Sonic Trivia the more he plays this

[@Eer4000]

Woah! We really found this prototype. I love the internet man behind the scenes stuff like this is my favorite.

[@AAAAAA-hv5qp]

I wanted to see that old prototype, that has been lost. That thing is good too, and important to the video game history, but...

[@MdSolehin]

Sparkling zone looking a little more like casino zone right now!!!

[@IAmExisting2.0]

Those floaty things in marble zone are Sega Saturn logos 😄😆

[@blackdot105]

This is great. It's interesting seeing how they changed the very first Sonic game. I think the screenshot colours were a little more interesting.

[@MadameSomnambule]

Seems like the sphere was either a physics test or they couldn't quite get the mechanics of using it down properly so they decided to take it out later. Interestingly, there's a recording of the beta where Eggman's wrecking ball rotated. The balls flickering in this build seem to be an artifact of that, like they took out the animation and that was the result.

[@SrPaisano]

WE FINALLY DID IT

[@shobbie_]

So sonic was suposed to be a real platformer

[@darkendgamin2339]

Pog nice video dude. 👍

[@guywatchingm3m3s]

These UFOs from Marble Zone remind me of similar ones in Sonic 3 on what you could walk and float or fall

[@sillydog]

Ok, but we need to find the oldest prototype that was shown in Tokyo toy show, if you know what I mean.

[@smd89xx]

We may have been waiting for longer than my life, but we finally found it!

[@Pensive_Scarlet]

My guess is that they took out the victory jump because thorough testing revealed it could be triggered at the wrong times in some situations. I'm curious, though, given the usual methods of programming a game back then, shouldn't it still be technically possible in the final game with a really simple code edit? It makes more sense that they just disabled it instead of actually removing it.

[@donutking6805]

I thought those light sources were giant triangle crystals.

[@zeusthefox1585]

It kinda makes sense that ball would teach you to roll The lore Says Sonic taught himself how to control his abilites running around Green Hill zone. And like you said nothing really tells you to roll I remmeber my first time playing Sonic 1 (i had play very little sonic before hand.) it took me a minute to figure it out. But if that rock was there I'd probably would of figured it out sooner.

[@MetalJuggalo]

If you guys want more info on the early development of sonic the hedgehog and games like it, I'd highly recommend checking out the cutting room floor. They have a ton of early sound clips, sprites, and the like.

[@jasminefrazier8624]

Nice video Finally the beta is out

[@Latoshajsinspiration]

Clock Ork is my favorite zone

[@tarkanertugrul7808]

Lapped: 14:40 Where’s the ork? Me: It’s Clock Work! Not Clock Ork!

[@LapperDev]

Can you not read?? (i know dw!)

[@lunareko]

Something that stuck out to me was that there's a period after the word "Act" in the labels that appear when a new act starts

[@connoranastasio]

Your hype of playing this matches my own, instant sub 👌

[@doozdoozy1330]

Hey hey Lapper, Next pixel art tutorial when ? Also thinking about making an discord server ?

[@KendyStore]

omg yes

[@LowPolyYT]

One step closer to that prototype with the egg badnik I can sleep happy

[@pyxelbuh]

this is amazing, i cant believe it was found! lol what if you added the spinny ufo's or those yellow platforms or other stuff in sonic studio

[@Pillow795]

I've been waiting for a new video and here it is

[@littleguystar]

Sonic 1 is an insane find!

[@supermakermatic2111]

Upon watching the footage the first thing I noticed was that Sonic builds up momentum insanely fast. I can’t imagine Marble or Labyrinth in this engine.

[@supermakermatic2111]

Now I’ve watched this it doesn’t seem as fast as the video I saw first (it was a video made specifically to highlight the faulty emulation in the Sega Smash Pack sooooo....) but still a little faster than Sonic actually is in the final games.

[@halalcomrade34]

I'm guessing the backround for sparkling zone (early spring yard zone) was reused for casino night zone in sonic 2

[@Zecolarii]

I love that added part at the end of MZ2. Why didn’t they keep that in the final? By the way, *cursor*

[@scarletflare1928]

Good job hidden palace and tcrf

[@Pinkerton221]

Maybe the early marble zone with the platforms isn’t a mock-up but the second level of the tokyo toy show demo.

[@Rainbow_Discord]

Will you be able to add special stages? If you can are we able to create the special stages? Are we able to change the ground design? Well we be able to have layers in the special stages? Are we able to make it so we can try it multiple times with restarting or exiting and reentering the level? These are questions for if you can make special stages in sonic studio by the way.

[@wetwerd2003]

This was funny as hell. U got a sub👍🏾

[@Hatty64]

Labyrinth zone without water is better in my opinion.

[@5434345]

Those rolling balls should make it into Sonic Studio as they have lots of potential as puzzle element.

[@RondoOfBloodX]

Interesting how Layrinth WAS supposed to be the seond zone originally but it isn’t even in this PT. That tells me that the concept of that happening was dropped pretty early.

[@СкибидиТуалеты]

Sparkling Zone is very beautiful

[@Thunder11110]

oh cool! never think we actually get it!

[@fishninja9413]

Is that me, or the spaceships in Marable Zone look like Asteroid Wispon?

[@TuxerTuxar]

They're UFOs.

[@legdig]

All thats left to find now is the tokyo toy show beta rom!

[@charlie891]

the lava did actually look like that screenshot once, cause there's a few leftover graphic tiles in the final game that show the borders of it

[@LapperDev]

Hm Yeah I do think the art exists somewhwere of course but just the image in quesion, laid out how it is, is most likely not legit. Do you know where those graphics can be found?

[@LapperDev]

Found more screenshots of that lava btw: twitter.com/LapperDev/status/1346058663958614017

[@cst1229]

Just checked, the troll spring is normal in the proto.

[@aroohwahoou]

the white stripe on sonic's shoes disappears when he bounces up off a spring

[@memespymemespy8748]

clock ork zone looks like the original one that ended in the game,but eggman didn't started to make it work

[@bmsoundtrack]

13:12 Did I just catch you trying to spindash?

[@NexosOriginal]

It looks like in Sonic Mania they use that Sonic jump in the end of level (1:47) to his celebration pose

[@GrounderSez]

I tried this on real hardware and it did not disappoint

[@knightterror8489]

interesting theory about the rolling ball

[@amadeusfaiglevicari1372]

Those space-things are Space Marbles.

[@imamtedsed]

It's supposed to be Clock Work Zone

[@kurichan355]

10:12 I swear I remember being able to do that in the 2013 remake...

[@sajeucettefoistunevaspasme]

then just bake a cookie

[@Shayzis]

Pokémon Sword and Shield's cursed cursor has invaded this video. Nice stuff! Very interesting finds. Sad Labyrinth Zone lost most of its uniqueness.

[@RustyLeguito]

*CLOCK ORK*

[@thealandude9146]

6:53 you've done it... you made me stare at the cut off in the background

[@Dan-379]

Saucers to hide hastily done BG it is...

[@ArtsyPuppy]

ngl they probably removed the pillars you have to jump on multiple times to lower because that’s ultimately more tedious than just pushing a button it also kinda ruins whatever flow marble has, pretty bad gimmick imo

[@tl1882]

that snare doe

[@pepsijuan666]

Slow Coaches, that sounds like a character of Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends