Underplayed Gems

Sonic 1 Beta Remake (2020)

Sonic 1 Beta Remake cover
Developer
Mistergambit
Platforms
Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Genres
Platform, Adventure
Main story
about 2.4 hours
Completionist
about 3.3 hours

How it feels

A Sonic 1 hack recreating scrapped prototype levels from magazine screenshots, offering a fascinating what-if experience.

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About

Sonic 1 Beta Remake is a Sonic 1 hack created by Mistergambit. The hack has all of the Sonic 1 levels redesigned to look like their prototype counterparts, as seen in various magazine screen shots. This hack also has new objects, such as a functioning Splats, the checkered ball that was scrapped from GHZ, and more. To make it seem more like a genuine prototype, some levels are made to look unfinished.

Screenshots

Sonic 1 Beta Remake screenshot 1Sonic 1 Beta Remake screenshot 2Sonic 1 Beta Remake screenshot 3

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