Sonic 2 Beta (InstanceTopic, 20)

'''Sonic 2 Beta''' also known as '''Sonic the Hedgehog 2: What They Didn't Want You To See''' is a [[primitive]] version of the [[Sega Mega Drive]] game [[Sonic the Hedgehog 2]] available for download in [[over 9000]] different forms from various websites. The most famous two available is the [[Nick Arcade]] [[Prototype]] and the [[Simon Wai]] prototype. The reason these versions were not officially released by [[Sega]] was that the company didn't want consumers working out that Sonic 2 was nothing more than just Sonic 1 with [[upgrade]]s.



== Nick Arcade ==

The [[Nick Arcade]] version, named because it was featured on the show of the same name, makes it more obvious that [[Sonic 2]] was just a [[rehash]] of [[Sonic 1]] due to the [[zone]] layouts and [[music]]. Only [[Emerald Hill Zone]] is playable in this prototype the rest you would have to use level select and then [[debug]].

== Simon Wai ==

Once upon a time some [[random bloke]] named [[Simon Wai]] came across a Chinese Website with one of the Sonic 2 prototypes, he then [[downloaded]] the [[ROM]] and made a [[website]] dedicated to Sonic 2 Beta for his [[worshipers]]. In this prototype only [[four]] levels are complete out of the [[twelve]] you can play, the developers could not be [[arsed]] to complete the rest however with [[debug mode]]
you can explore [[eight]] of the [[ten]] levels which include the [[overrated]] [[Hidden Palace Zone]] which doesn't have it's supposed [[BGM]] (track 10 from the final version of Sonic 2) but instead the [[Mystic Cave Zone]] [[2 Player]] BGM. The remainder two zones [[Genocide City]] and [[Death Egg]] really take their own [[names]] literally as there is [[nothing]] there except a fucked up screen so you just fall to your deaths should you attempt to enter.