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Sonic Crackers, also known by the name on the ROM
header, Sonic Studium, is an early
Sonic the Hedgehog
prototype game for the
Sega Megadrive.
The name of the game IS Sonic Crackers, as the ROM header name doesn't
count.
The game was rumored to have been Sonic the Hedgehog 4.
Many say this is false as the
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 sprites were not used in the prototype.
This would later become
Knuckles' Chaotix for the
Sega 32X.
The Sonic Crackers ROM is likely a submissions ROM, which is used to
test new ideas to see if the
SEGA management likes the game or not.
The game has
Sonic the Hedgehog and
Tails joined together by a band of rings.
The ROM has three levels. One is a level that swaps palletes and
different iterations of the same song. After 3 minutes, or if the player
reaches the end of the stage, that level ends and the player is brought to
an adventure field. If the player pauses and hits a button, the game goes
to a carnival-like level that goes around in an infinite loop. When 1
minute elapses, the circus level ends and another adventure field begins.
After the player pauses and hits another button, he or she is brought back
to the pallete swapping level with another pallete.
There are two flavors of Sonic Crackers. They are the 1MB dump and the
2MB overdump. The 2MB overdump contains about half of a
prototype
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game. The precise game that the prototype
is for has not been determined.
Knuckles' Chaotix, the final game, highlights
Knuckles the Echidna or another member of the
Chaotix crew joined together by a band of rings.
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