The 1207 Chaotix prototype has unused graphics spelling out "Sonic Crackers S32X", indicating that the "official" name was changed after "Mars" became "Super 32X". I think I traded some Starpath Superchargers for those and I think a copy of 2600 Motorodeo.”. I’m not sure if any of them would remember who it was. The project was build on the Sonic Crackers prototype as the concepts, engine and various other materials of Crackers were almost the same (in Chaotix you can even find some unused Sonic & Tails sprites from Crackers). And also share with others in … Dan did, however, correct the Belgian seller by stating that the unknown individual was an ex-employee of SEGA of America, not SEGA UK. An early prototype of Sonic Crackers, an early version of what would eventually become Knuckles Chaotix for 32X, for the Sega Mega Drive. Ken Gifford used to be pretty prominent in the NES community as well.”. Sonic Crackers, also sometimes referred to as Sonic Stadium (due to the ROM header containing the title Sonic Studium [sic]), is an early Sonic the Hedgehog prototype video game for the Sega Genesis. The mystery lives on. When asked how close his relationship was with Dyer, Robert S. said that they had never met in person but were friendly online. I passed on Sonic Crackers for this reason mainly but also because I really wasn’t into Sonic at that time.”, “Sonic 3 for SEGA… is my favorite game because I basically did a lot of stuff in marketing for this game. I figured that the only way to find the original source would be to do some detective work of my own and retrace the provenance of one of the other known copies. But where to begin? When my leads dried up, I decided to turn my attention to looking up information on the history of Knuckles’ Chaotix and how Sonic Crackers morphed into that game. “I did receive it from a SEGA employee a very long time ago,” Dan said. When Sonic is KO'd, normally he uses what is described above. “I think part of the reason that Clint has been off the radar for the last decade is that he doesn’t want to be found. At the bottom of his guide for Sonic & Knuckles, Dyer wrote: “You defeated Dr. Robotnik, but in the midst of the battle you forgot to destroy the Death Egg. There exists an item box that grants Sonic a pair of goggles . I opted to make Sonic a little more distinct than Mighty here. In his own words, “I am currently not working, selling some stuff on eBay, just to get by. This site is not affiliated with Nintendo. Now it was only a matter of finding out that person’s identity. A sprite of Sonic wearing the goggles is incorporated into the game, but it has no effect. Unknown use; speculated as … Sonic Crackers Oddities. Would it have made much financial sense to try to profit from a Genesis game when there did not appear to be much of a market back then for “newer” console prototypes? He didn’t care much for it, and forgot he even had it until around 2005 when I acquired it.”. Unfortunately, the identity of this individual at SEGA is unknown. Much has already been written about Sonic Crackers, so it is not my intention to recycle the same material in this article. Backgrounds [5] World 1. Crackers featured much of the same action that you can now find in Knuckles Chaotix, which was released in 1995. According to Robert S., Dyer had connections with someone who worked in third-party duplication at SEGA of America. The release was given the name "Sonic Crack 32X Beta". Its purpose is unknown. I then contacted Rob to learn how he had happened to come across the game. No dumps exist for either Iron Hammer nor Nuclear Rush, and neither were in the QA binary library that drx released.”. Sonic 1 has an unused goggles powerup. We may never get the full story behind Sonic Crackers, but at least we know someone who might hold the answers. “Clint at one point revealed to me about his friend in 3PD but he never mentioned his name.”, (Image source: Steven Hertz/Digital Press.com), “Clint also sent me an extra proto by accident (Monster Hunter, if I remember correctly… was an unreleased Menacer game). When I asked a follow-up question about how I could contact this SEGA UK employee, he stopped responding. Colors are incorrect and fan-made, no known palette in the game matches. Each load cue consists of ten bytes: QQQQ/9704/RRR0/D380/FFFF QQQQ -The number of tiles that should be read from the ROM. “Here’s the kicker: I didn’t get a Sonic Crackers from him because at the time I considered it a “common” proto–he had like 15 copies of it whereas all of the other games he had maybe one or two copies at the most.”. “I knew Clint in the ’90s,” Robert S. told me. Maybe for fear that some legal remnant of Sega may come after him for theft of physical or intellectual property, or maybe he’s just a recluse.”. “I got this proto from an employee who worked at SEGA UK in 1995,” he replied. The name of the game, or the initials of the game were written in ballpoint pen on at least one sticker. It is surprising, however, that with so much information on the Internet about Sonic Crackers that no one has ever named names, tracked down the original source, and unearthed the truth behind how an unreleased first-party Sonic title was leaked to the public in the first place, or why some 15 or so copies of said game reside in private collections all around the world. S&K is the real Sonic 4. World 2 Techno Tower. “No idea, but it wouldn’t have been more than a few dozen.”. Similarly, the name on the title screen (and by extension in the aforementioned Chaotix graphics) should be "Sonic Clackers", though Japanese doesn't distinguish between L's and R's. “I don’t know who the other SEGA employee was,” Robert S. said. Why are they Sonic 1 sprites (look at the eyes) Above: Top Left, Sonic 1, Bottom Left, Sonic 2. We were on vacation in New York. Mighty the Armadillo's sprite sheet is nearly identical to Sonic's sprite sheet from Sonic Crackers, a Genesis prototype game from which Knuckles Chaotix drew its elastic ring mechanic. “As I said earlier, it might be more prudent to base the value of these things as being proto boards, regardless of content. Sonic, Tails, and Chaotix are property of SEGA, along with the original sprites used. I hope that the following investigation will help reveal some answers. If you are interested in any questions you can contact us. Beginning in the late 1980s, SEGA had a toll-free hotline, 1-800-USA-SEGA, for gamers to call in and receive tips and strategies. He was having a few personal problems and offered to sell me more protos and also offered me the combined Genesis/32X photo mock-up (a.k.a. Sonic the Hedgehog. Many elements of it were later incorporated into the Sega 32X game "Knuckles' Chaotix" When Sega decided to create Chaotix, initially Espio the chamaleon was meant to be the star of the game: also in some early screens we can notice a different select screen, there were … Add more options to Sonic Heroes‘ multiplayer mode with the Extended Multiplayer Edition. A texture makeover for Sonic R turns Sonic Mania zones into 3D raceways. Clint Dyer went by the handles “SegaMan” and “_MrDo_” on #rgvc, where he was a former regular near the beginning of the channel (link). Dyer might, indeed, have been the original source of Sonic Crackers, or at least one of the original sources. However, keep in mind what Rob and Dan said. What does this mean? This would later become the idea for Knuckles' Chaotix for the Sega 32X. There is evidence that this was originally going to be the canceled title Sonic Crackers. Clint also mentioned seeing the Sega VR helmet but I’m unsure if he had access to it–he did mention that the VR helmet and most of the associated tracking hardware went back to Japan and hasn’t seen the light of day since then. Now the reason for there being so many copies of Sonic Crackers is still up for debate and speculation. The last update on his handheld site came in 2000. Unlike Sonic X-Treme, the game's world was meant to be more realistic.Based on what very little concept art that has actually been leaked, it (like X-Treme) appeared to have Metal Sonic in it. And also share with others in the social networks. The ROM has two "adventure" levels, one of which appears multiple times with a different palette each time, and two "field" levels. “All of these protos looked very clean and had white stickers covering the quartz windows. Sonic and Crackers. Sonic Crackers (Japan) (Proto) 3,643 2 15 0 . There were dozens of people there. Was there a connection? Sonic Crackers (Prototype) - Miscellaneous - Title Screen, HUD and Unused Effects Locate the executable file in your local folder and begin the launcher to install your desired game. Most characters have unused dizzy animations. Welcome to PraXXs!s the Practical and Pragmatic Psychology. Interestingly enough, a beta of Knuckles’ Chaotix, prototype 1207, with the build date of December 7, 1994, one week before the date on Dyer’s guide, was found to include hidden text that spells out “Sonic Crackers S32X” in the Genesis VDP viewer. It was more about playing unknown games (long before emulation was common) like Might and Magic III than making money, at least for me. This has led fans to speculate that Sonic was originally intended to be in the game … Send a message to our Email: (You can try another emulator if current one doesn't work with game). This game is classified as Arcade. Maybe this mysterious SEGA employee might have contributed to its development in some way? Sonic Crackers ROM header has a copyright date of July 1994, and an alternative title, “Sonic Studium,” while the title screen shows a build date of April 1, 1994. At the time we didn’t give two craps about much else outside of pre-Nintendo. I may add another of him grabbing his butt for when he gets KO'ed via spikes. According to a prototype collector named Adam Harvey, Dyer had a history of picking from the trash while working at SEGA. I am always curious about how prototypes leak out, so I decided to ask the seller. During the production of Sonic X-Treme, Sega Technical Institute were planning to make another Sonic game for Sega's ill-fated console, the Sega Saturn.The game's work working title was Sonic Saturn.. Everything points back to him. Robert S. continued, “Incidentally, Clint told me that when he was at SEGA, he ended up with the desk of the guy who was responsible for the 32X (not sure of his name now, but the failure of the 32X was the reason for his termination). Enjoy all! “The other thing is that I lost contact with Clint around 2000. The project was build on the Sonic Crackers prototype as the concepts, engine and various other materials of Crackers were almost the same (in Chaotix you can even find some unused Sonic & Tails sprites from Crackers). In 1989, he joined SEGA of America in the San Francisco Bay Area and worked in the Consumer Service Department. The resemblance was uncanny. Knuckles' Chaotix 1207 Beta Sonic Crackers A collector named Oisin McGovern, who lives in Dublin, had a copy of the game that looked strikingly similar to mine. ... Studium is a ROM hack of the Sonic Crackers prototype of Knuckles'... Share this item ... ROM Hacks. Basically the game has unused coding space inside of it, so 6 new level tropes have been squeezed in! Players could also write to SEGA and ask for help, and the company would mail back free walkthroughs. Most of the guys who started Classic Gaming Expo in Vegas (although I think we called it “World of Atari” the first year). “It was put into a MegaDrive cartridge for safe keeping,” he added. Sonic Crackers is not Sonic 4! He sold his collection and has not been heard from since. Sonic 2 Pink Edition replaces the usual duo with Amy and Cream. Hardie was one of the founders of Classic Gaming Expo (along with Keita Iida), and I think the mock-up currently is part of the permanent CGE display. It is surprising, however, that with so much information on the Internet about Sonic Crackers that no one has ever named names, tracked down the original source, and unearthed the truth behind how an unreleased first-party Sonic title was leaked to the public in the first place, or why some 15 or so copies of said game reside in private collections all around the world. I have no way of knowing if this is true or not because I could not get in touch with Dyer to hear his side of the story, although, realistically, I cannot imagine anyone fessing up to such a crime outside of a court hearing. After some more digging, I discovered that Oisin had purchased his Sonic Crackers from another collector named Rob Ivy of Montgomery, Alabama. Sonic Crackers was included as a bonus, as an afterthought, because Atari was the hot thing to collect at the time. He closed the conversation with a warning to any prospective Sonic Crackers buyers. And all it took was a travel around the world from Belgium to Ireland to Alabama to Michigan to New Jersey to San Francisco. “I acquired my copy from a guy who was a serious Atari prototype collector in the mid-90s,” Rob told me. These are the beta elements from Knuckles' Chaotix. 2 Right hand side pics are Sonic Crackers. This "game" is not a hoax Preface Sonic Crackers perhaps deserves the title of the most unusual sonic game. Miscellaneous [1] Title Screen, HUD and Unused Effects. Like everyone else I talked to, Robert S. has not heard from Dyer in several years. Robert S. has a couple of theories of his own on why Dyer has done a disappearing act. Did I finally find my guy? LAST RELEASE: 2004-10-22 Similarly to Sonic 2 Delta, Sonic 2 Long Version restores incomplete/unused levels and adds a few minor features. Dyer mentioned on his site that after SEGA laid him off, he found a new job, and then was laid off again. He also sold many SEGA Master System and SEGA Genesis prototypes. World 2, Attraction 1. The original concept for the series was considerably different. Dave Stein found one of the few working TopGuy models in a warehouse. “About 1996 or so. Sonic Crackers (Prototype) Playable Characters [2] Sonic. © PlayMiniGames 2016-2021 | KMiniGamesCMS v.2.1.3.3 | All Rights Reserved. I mean, I had the thing forever and until I sent it to Rob; he was the first one to even tell me that people collected Genesis rarities. I feel like Sonic Crackers was the epitome of that. It is worth noting that Sonic Hachelle-Bee, being on a Macintosh, used raw hex and machine code editing for the development of this hack, which is quite an impressive feat considering that he didn't use any hacking tools. Thanks to the diligent work by the Sonic fan community, it is now well known that the SEGA Genesis prototype is not an impossibly complex homebrew project or a cheeky April Fools’ Day joke, but rather an official SEGA engine test of what would later become Knuckles’ Chaotix for the SEGA 32X (link). The game has Sonic and Tails joined together by a band of rings. I tried contacting Dyer for confirmation, but all of my e-mails bounced. Some of the protos, definitely the VR helmet games, may already have had binaries burned on them and quite possibly were actual development items. Here you can play game Sonic and Crackers Sega in browser online. When asked if he might know roughly how many prototype boards Dyer removed from SEGA to get an idea of the scale of this operation, Robert S. was uncertain. It’s initial WIP title was actually ‘Sonic Stadium’, believe it or not! Stages [4] World 1 Field. Ask … Fandom Apps Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Belgium? These guys had access to a lot of prototypes at the time; John was raiding dumpsters in Sunnyvale [the old headquarters of Atari] and they were hunting down most of the old Atari employees and going after their stashes.”, He concluded by saying again, “No names that I can recollect though, I’m sad to say.”. Notes. The document’s December 16, 1994 copyright would place this announcement five months after the July build date of Sonic Crackers, or eight months after the April date. Pattern load cues tell the game which graphics are to be loaded into the VRAM from the ROM for each frame of Sonic's sprite. Version of the sound from Prototype 0202 (February 2, 1995), the last known build to play a sound on the Sega screen and the last known to contain this version of the sound. I think I was sick and tired of getting laid off from jobs, so I just stopped trying” (link). What reason would there have been to bootleg a Sonic prototype game when Atari was all the rage? A SEGA of America employee by the name of Clinton “Clint” R. Dyer is credited for writing many of these guides. Not only was the release date the 1st April 1994 (or possibly 4th January), but it has a totally unique engine, and level texture style. This idea was scrapped early on. Sonic Adventure DX Director's Cut has many differences, often considered downgrades from the base game. S2 Unused Drills- Up and Left by Scratch2849 Sonic Crackers Sprites (Part 1: Sonic) by MunchJrGames Ads vs Life - #Animations #All #Stories by alexandretherrien A quick search led me to Dyer’s personal website, Clint’s Handheld Web Page. “This jibes with the boards being left over or junked and any old binary being written onto them to make them into a ‘proto.'”. Originally, the concept for the game while Sega was coming up with a new mascot to rival Mario was a speedy bowtie-wearing rabbit that grabbed objects with its ears. He was an ex-employee, and he was attending a game collector function at a store in New Jersey. “Holy crap. This was removed from the final game, however a different version of the sound remains in slot 6B. Robert S. said that the prototypes he did acquire from Dyer were uniform in appearance. “And if it came from me through him, I can assure you it is genuine.”. As this was being made in 1994, and Sonic 3 was released in 1994, Chaotix/Crackers may have been made by a different team, like with Sonic CD having Sonic 1 sprites, rather than Sonic 2 ones. His “re-entrance into classic game collecting and playing” started in 1992 when his relatives on the East Coast sent several Atari 2600 games to him (link). “Clint’s friend had access to the binary libraries and he burned unreleased and work-in-progress games onto leftover EPROM proto boards. The most prevalent theory is that Dyer, or someone else with access to several SEGA development boards, copied the same ROM image to these items and walked away with them. Many questions remain. In Sonic Crackers, this feature can be accessed by repeatedly touching the upside-down spikes found in World 2 stages. I asked if the New Jersey store might have been the one located in Clifton called Digital Press. Could he have duplicated Crackers in order to supplement his income? I asked Dan if Dyer’s name rang a bell. Released on Jun 15, 1996 by MORGOTH with the release name "MOR-SONIC". Home; Paradigm Shifts; Belief Challengers; Praxxsis Breathing; Menu Close One year later, the same seller sent me a message to inform me that he was selling the game again. World 2, Attraction 2. A mouse interface to move objects around in Sonic 1 is now possible with Sonic 1 Point and Click Edition. Heran Bago has been hacking Knuckles Chaotix and has found the following unused material: Click the "Install Game" button to initiate the file download and get compact download launcher. If he is KO'ed by fire or electrocuted, he gets a normal KO animation, but greyed out as in a cartoony manner (was unused in Sonic 1, 2, AND 3). An early story idea involved Sonic and his friends trying to escape from Dr. Robotnik's prison chained to a selected partner. It's a good game to play but you can get soft locked at times. It was not much to work with, but I was determined to carry on. “[Mine] came from Clint Dyer who worked at SEGA for many years,” Wilson said. Sonic crackers by Halmer_the_cat; Algicosathlon Day 0 [4/16 spots taken] by Purpledragon1788; Stickman Dojo Run Track 2 by Algotriacontathlon; Make your own Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Title Screen remix by jamesjaw; Scratchvotosathlon Charaters by Kepler32; S2 Unused Balance by Scratch2849; Super Mario Glitchy 4 Physics Test remix by CoolGamer1035 His had the same silk-screening on an official 171-5694-01 (8MEGA 4EP-ROM M5) SEGA development board, the same components, even the same EPROM chip stickers applied in almost the exact same fashion. If you like it, leave your impressions in the comments. When Sega decided to create Chaotix, initially Espio the chamaleon was meant to be the star of the game: also in some early screens we can notice a different select screen, … Sonic Crackers - Unused World 2 Field Palette Cycle - YouTube An rather unknown fact about Sonic Crackers is that the Industrial World 2 Field stage has a … The Venus ended up with Sean Kelly. When asked how he came up with those numbers, Robert S. said that Dyer had typically kept him up to speed about his current inventory. Best Electronics sold quite a few Atari 2600 protos (Dukes of Hazzard, Crazy Climber, Swordquest: Waterworld) in this form in the ’90s. One is highly reminiscent of the Techno Tower Zone level in Knuckles' Chaotix, the objective being to make it to the top of the screen; if this is done or three full minutes elapses on the clock, the original Sonic the Hedgehog"game over" music play… About us. “He purchased a large lot of Atari prototypes, and the Sonic Crackers cartridge was ‘tossed in’ as a bonus. Add a photo to this gallery There is a unused lamppost sprite with a chunky black square next to it. A brief video of Sonic Crackers, an old Genesis prototype for, presumably, the game that would later become Knuckles Chaotix for the 32x. Technically (and this may be a debatable point) they are not true prototypes in the sense that they weren’t used for development or testing purposes.”. Share with your friends on social networks: Here you can play game Sonic and Crackers Sega in browser online. Sonic Crackers is an early beta ROM for the Sega Genesis/MegaDrive that was primarily meant as a tech demo for swapping game engines on the fly during gameplay. In that desk were some interesting bits of prototype hardware: A Venus (later the Nomad) with a very different battery hookup than the production model and the Neptune mock-up. Surely, both of these games must have come from the same source. Although I was the highest bidder, the auction had a reserve, and in the end, it was not met. Their purpose is unknown. D&D Beyond My research led me to a thread on boards.ie, an Irish social message board. Robert S. later wound up with seven more prototypes from another friend of Dyer’s named Mike Garber, Iron Hammer and Nuclear Rush (“two games from the aborted Sega VR Helmet project”), Nightmare Circus, Pengo, Might and Magic III, Worms NTS, and a non-working title labelled “Baby” (which most likely contained Baby’s Day Out). That might be right,” Dan wrote back. Knuckles Chaotix & Sonic Crackers As you could read in the Games section, Sonic Crackers was a never released prototype of Knuckles Chaotix, and needless to say, the prototype contains certain similarities to Knuckles Chaotix on the 32X. It would be far too easy now to segment any old binary, burn it to the EPROMS, and call it a ‘proto.’ In that sense, are these really anything more than a fancy repro cart?”. Could this have been the precursor to the 1995 game Knuckles’ Chaotix? All original content copyright © 2001-Present Nintendo Player. This game is classified as Arcade. Important Facts 1. I sent that proto back to him.”. ROM header has a copyright date of July 1994, and an alternative title, “Sonic Studium,” while the title screen shows a build date of April 1, 1994. Upon further investigation, I found out that Dyer also worked in the marketing department at SEGA and contributed screenshots and media to first-party games published from 1993 to 1996 (link). He uses the original, NORMAL KO sprite when he falls to his doom. Sonic Crackers was finally mine. If not for profit, why, then, was Sonic Crackers copied to several development boards? Install Game. According to Dyer’s “My Story” page, he was born on the East Coast in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and lived there until his parents moved to California when he turned three. If I were to hazard a guess, Clint probably banked on a Sonic game being an easy sell on name recognition alone which is why there were so many copies.”, He elaborated, “I should point out that burning ROMs to unused proto boards wasn’t unheard of in the heyday of classic collecting. The same country as where my copy originated? My Sonic Crackers story began in 2010 when a copy came up for sale on eBay’s Belgian site. 2. Sonic Crackers was announced for the Sega 32X soon after Sonic 1 and 2 was released on the Mega Drive. World 1 Speed Slider. This remains an allegation at best. Respected prototype dealer Jason Wilson even claimed that Dyer had sold “a few” Sonic Crackers in the past. I worked at SEGA.” -Clint Dyer (link). Using the Sonic Crackers sprites as a base and the unused Tornado sprite with Tails and Mighty from Chaotix as references, I made these. Nick Arcade showed footage of a beta Sonic 2, complete with footage of Hidden Palace Zone. This serious Atari prototype collector wound up being a game store owner named Dan Mowczan of Flint, Michigan. So I now knew that the person I was looking for worked at SEGA of America, had some connection to the East Coast, and collected Atari games. “I met him on IRC efnet on the channel #rgvc (rec.games.video.classic, after the usenet group). “I remember Clint running in those circles back then.”. Dyer stayed with the company to the end of that game’s development, after the change from Sonic to Knuckles, as is evidenced by his name appearing under the “Special Thanks” in Knuckles’ Chaotix‘s credits (link). Fans have dug through the code of Sonic the Hedgehog and discovered sprites for an unused power up. There’s probably more motivation and resources available today to fake a proto then there was in those days. #rgvc, and its earlier incarnation #classic, were a real mecca of classic gaming’s bright minds–guys like Kevin Horton (“kevtris”), Ken Gifford (“TSR”), [Jason Wilson] (“DreamTR”), Keita Iida, Sean Kelly, Dave Stein, Marco Kerstens… A lot of important NES-related people there too, especially Kevin (mostly for his mapper work but he also pioneered the technology that made chiptunes possible). I ended up getting this and a stamped/professional disk for some SEGA CD game marked not for resale/beta only.”, He continued, “I doubt if I can remember the name. Tails. World 2, Attraction 3. There is plenty of evidence to back up that claim. This cryptic message appears to be hinting at a new Sonic game for the 32X add-on called Sonic Chaotic. It should also be noted that in the same year Dan had his encounter with this ex-employee, the first ROM image of Sonic Crackers was released on a Belgian BBS by a group called Morgoth (link). The Cutting Room Floor research. If you like it, leave your impressions in the comments. Stay tuned for more Hedgehog Adventures. Robert S. also engaged in some business with Dyer back in 1996 or 1997 when he traded a Vectrex 3D imager box for five Genesis and three SEGA CD prototypes. He claimed that the disks containing the binary library, which Dyer had access to, were the same as the ones that surfaced online from a Polish prototype preservationist by the name of Luke “drx” Zapart. Nintendo Player – A Not-For-Profit Classic Gaming Fansite. Oh well.”. A bunch of Atari heavy hitters were there (John Hardie, Keita Iida, Sean Kelly, etc.). “S32X” refers to Super 32X, the official name of the SEGA 32X add-on in Japan. I bid and won this time. https://tcrf.net/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_ (Genesis)#Monitors “Super Sonic” sprite An animated sprite of an unused Super Sonic. Dyer, then, had knowledge of an early Knuckles’ Chaotix when it was still a true Sonic game instead of a spin-off title. the Neptune). Unused Sounds In prototypes, the Sega screen plays a sound at code 6B. “I remember when I asked him which protos he had, he usually told me how many of each type he had left. The Neptune mock-up went to Tom Keller and later to John Hardie. As a result, the name is a result of a cyclical transliteration error (Sonic Clackers … This prototype has a research article on TCRF. I didn’t buy anything from him then because at the time I didn’t think it was worth paying $400 for what was a lump of plastic-covered wood. Knuckles' Chaotix is a 1995 side-scrolling platform game developed by Sega for the 32X.A spin-off from the Sonic the Hedgehog series, it features Knuckles the Echidna and four other characters known as the Chaotix, who must prevent Doctor Robotnik and Metal Sonic from obtaining six magic rings and conquering a mysterious island. He found and later sold SEGA handheld system mock-ups and a mock-up of the SEGA Neptune, which could be seen at the 2011 E3 convention. World 2 Field. UPDATE: In December 2012, Robert S., last name publicly withheld out of privacy concerns, contacted me to fill in some of the blanks about Clint Dyer and how the Sonic Crackers prototypes came to be. “I’m pretty sure it was Digital Press, the photos on their website look very familiar. “What’s interesting is that some of the duplicate prototypes are on different proto boards, and there is no rhyme or reason as to whether it’s an eight or four EPROM board,” Robert S. said. 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