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Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Game Gear)
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Developer: Aspect Co., Ltd.
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 | To do: There is a level select, as well as an unused track. |
Sonic the Hedgehog 2: featuring Tails as Princess Peach! Released a whole week before the Genesis version.
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Unused Graphics
Character Sprites
| Artwork | Name | Description |
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 | "Crying Tails" Animation | Tails crying. Probably meant to be used in the ending cutscene when he is rescued. |
 | "Bored Sonic" Animation | Three frames from Sonic 1 for the Master System. While the 8-bit versions of Sonic 2 used the spritesheet of the 8-bit Sonic 1, the waiting animation was changed. Hence, these are unused. |
 | Underground Zone Boss body | The entire body of the boss. Normally, only its head is visible. |
 | Sky High Zone Boss body | The entire body of the boss. Normally, only its head and neck can be seen. |
Monitors
| Artwork | Name | Description |
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 | Sonic Monitor | While you can find this in a wall in Crystal Egg Zone, the graphics are obscured. When collected, it grants a continue. |
 | Question Mark Monitor | May have given a random amount of rings or items, like in the 2-player mode of the Genesis version. |
 | Grey Sneaker Monitor | May have slowed you down, like the Slow sneaker in the 2-player mode of Sonic 3. |
 | Arrow Monitor | Most likely intended to be a checkpoint marker, like the 8-bit versions of Sonic 1. |
Level Art
| Artwork | Name | Description |
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 | Underground Zone Bricks | Several unused bricks. |
 | Underground Zone Loop | Apparently, a loop was planned for Underground Zone. |
 | Underground Zone Tiles | Miscellaneous unused pieces. |
 | Underground Zone Floating Platform | An unused floating platform. |
 | Sky High Zone boulder | This boulder was probably supposed to roll down a hill in Act 1. |
 | Sky High Zone platform | Another unused floating platform. |
 | Sky High Zone object | Unknown purpose - another platform? |
 | Unused Aqua Lake Zone block | A small additional piece of land. |
(Source: Sonic Retro)
Gimmick Mountain Name
Originally the level card for Gimmick Mountain wasn't going to have a shortened name. Due to lack of space on the screen, Mountain was shortened to "Mt."
(Source: Hivebrain)
Unused Text
A build date string can be found in the ROM at 0x000C0:
GG SONIC THE HEDGEHOG.2 Ver1.10 1992/09/12 SEGA /Aspect Co.,Ltd
Categories: Game Gear games | Games released in 1992 | Games with hidden development-related text | Games with unused graphics | Games with unused items | To do | Sonic the Hedgehog series
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