Sonic Saturn [Saturn - Prototype]
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Known simply as “Sonic Saturn”, it was another project that was in development in 1995 / 1996 by Sega Technical Institute (STI) along with Sonic X-treme. This prototype was created by Peter Morawiec, the coder of the Sonic 2 special stages, with an interesting 3D Engine that was more “realistic” than the ones used in X-Treme. It seems that Yuji Naka did not like this proto and so the Sonic Saturn Engine was never used to develope a full Sonic game. STI tried to use the engine to create some Bonus Stages to add in the Saturn version of “Sonic 3D”, but for the lack of time they abandoned them in favour of a 3D version of Sonic 2′s special stage.
More infos on Sonic Saturn can be found on Sonic Retro and Sonic-Cult.
Thanks to Matt3 for the contribution!
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10 Responses to Sonic Saturn [Saturn - Prototype]
Thyoldpie
April 20th, 2009 at 3:03 am
this looks AMAZING!
person
April 24th, 2009 at 7:29 am
Yeah……….This could have saved the Saturn
person
April 24th, 2009 at 7:30 am
Also thanks for making this article Monokoma
Celine
April 24th, 2009 at 12:13 pm
Nothing could have saved the Saturn.
monokoma
April 24th, 2009 at 2:21 pm
No problem Matt3! It’s not easy for me to organize all these unseen games, so often i miss some important ones.. like Sonic Saturn :P
person
May 16th, 2009 at 1:33 am
Oh hey fun fact: Sonic Adventure started out on Saturn as a game called Sonic World. In fact Sonic Jam’s Sonic World was a test engine for it
milenko
August 5th, 2010 at 5:48 pm
i have a great idea why dont you guys make sonic extreme into a project !
monokoma
August 7th, 2010 at 11:32 am
There is already a project to create a “new” Sonic Xtreme for PC, made by some of the same developers that worked on the original version, but i dont know if they will be able to finish it. You can find more info in here http://www.senntient.com/forums/viewforum.php?id=24
Dominic
September 1st, 2010 at 2:30 am
WHY WASNT THIS RELEASED
its so awsum
sonic mars shouldve been released
i think its somewat similar to sonic jam
Aussie
January 9th, 2012 at 3:12 am
it looks like banjo kanzooie