Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (beta)

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Beta
Franchise	Sonic the Hedgehog
Developed by	Sonic Team
Published by	Sega
Platform(s)	Sega Genesis
Release date	1992 (1992) (build date)
Genre	Platform
Details
Played by	C/J Haley
Featuring	Rick Desilets Ben Mooney Lindsay Gibbons
Intro theme	"Green Hill Zone" by TOY
Outro theme	"Sonic 3" by Rare Candy
Original run	December 12 – December 15, 2016
No. of episodes	4
Episode length	9–21 minutes
Playlist	link
Playlist length	1:02:33
The Super Sonic Let's Play
Preceded by	Knuckles the Echidna in Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Followed by	Blue Sphere

A mid-1992 prototype build of Sonic the Hedgehog 2, a 1992 platform game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega for the Sega Genesis, was leaked after being stolen from a toy fair and distributed illegally on unlicensed cartridges. The ROM later ended up on a Chinese website, where it was found and brought to the attention of the Western fanbase by Simon Wai in 1999. Due to this it is often referred to as the Simon Wai prototype. It shows Sonic the Hedgehog 2 in an earlier state, when it was going to have many more levels than were ultimately released. Incomplete versions of these levels are present in the beta, including the infamous Hidden Palace Zone, which would later be reimagined for Sonic & Knuckles. The game was played on The D-Pad in 2016, as the twentieth game in The Super Sonic Let's Play. The LP consisted of 4 episodes, released on weekdays from December 12 to December 15, 2016.

Episodes

This LP was re-released on The D-Pad Unpaused on June 11, 2023.

TSSLP#	Episode	Title	Length	Player(s)	Commentator(s)	Release date
145	1	"Why, Simon Wai?"	21:49	C/J	Rick, Ben, Lindsay	December 12, 2016 (2016-12-12)
146	2	"I Get Real Handsy"	13:46	C/J	Rick, Ben, Lindsay	December 13, 2016 (2016-12-13)
147	3	"70% Speed Is Unbearable"	17:00	C/J	Rick, Ben, Lindsay	December 14, 2016 (2016-12-14)
148	4	"Buggy as All Fuck"	9:58	C/J	Rick, Ben, Lindsay	December 15, 2016 (2016-12-15)