Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (CENSOR Prototype)

The CENSOR Prototype of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 was originally released by CENSOR on November 9th, 1992, a few weeks before the final release.

The build was quickly forgotten in favor of another dump by MAGICAL. It wasn't until February 14th, 2019 that the build was rediscovered by drx and Evilhamwizard before subsequently being dumped onto Hidden Palace.

The build was hacked to include an intro and bypass the copy-protection, and the header was edited to make it easier to identify in a copier.

The prototype itself is similar to the first of many test builds from the last two weeks of development, suggesting the original build date was sometime in September, 1992. As a result, this build is much more complete than the previous two, but still retains some early elements such as Chemical Plant's loops being slanted opposed to fully square.