
Meanwhile, Tails was cut by the 1207 build, though his behavior was functional until the 0119 prototype. The player controls Sonic and Tails, both of whom were cut from the final game but not entirely scrapped - Sonic was retooled into Mighty the Armadillo by the 1207 prototype, as evidenced by the two's sprites being practically identical.However, the basic mechanics that serve as the basis of Chaotix are present at this point and similar to how they ended up in the final.


The available build, dated Apon the title screen, was released by MORGOTH on the Evil Empire BBS Belgium on June 15, 1995, making it one of the first substantial early prototypes to be shared online. As the title may suggest, Sonic and Tails are the stars here, with the Chaotix cast nowhere to be found.

Sonic Crackers (referred to as " Sonic Studium" in the ROM header) is a very early prototype of Knuckles' Chaotix, composed of different game engines swapped out using RAM coding.
