Perhaps the level would have begun a little lower?Ī corrupted platform conveyor. You can see this area by removing the High graphics layer, but the area cannot be accessed because collision walls block off the entire area.Ī set of fences below the beginning of the Act were forgotten.

This area is altered and repurposed in Sonic Mania Plus as a Mighty-exclusive route.Īn area intended for Knuckles, formerly used in Sonic & Knuckles. This is similar to a Knuckles-only section seen in the original Lava Reef, though the original section didn't have a set of stairs leading into a pit. Unlike the previous two areas, there are a few objects here - a single Iwamodoki on the left, a couple of invisible Eggman blocks in the middle (these would be used in conjuction with a crushing object to kill the player), and a single rock barrier with a switch to open it up. Strangely, this is not present in the earlier version of Act 1.Ī large chunk of stage found to the left of the rising lava section. This area is later used in Version 1.04 as a transition from Oil Ocean Zone.Īlso found near the starting point is the shaft that Sonic falls down at the start of Lava Reef in Sonic & Knuckles, which remains as a leftover and was blocked off with new path.

The lava works as intended, but there's not much else here. This area resembles the opening section seen in the early version of Act 1 (see below). There is a pool of lava hidden to the left of the starting point, and can only be seen by placing signposts to force the camera to move left. (Source: TetraBitGaming) Lava Reef Zone Act 1 They are stored here for the Act 2 transition cutscene, where one of the three is selected at random to destroy the Tornado. Using Debug Mode during the train sequence, if going to the right far enough correctly, Fang, Bark, and Bean can be found flying in the sky. Unfortunately, the collision was also removed, leaving only abandoned graphics behind the scenes. It is possible to see the sprite in normal gameplay by flying over the boss arena with Tails and destroying the teleporter, but all other characters must use Debug Mode.įor some reason, it is floating, probably because the devs didn't see it during the cutscene.Ī secret area planned for Knuckles is at coordinate 25FB 00C7, though it can only be seen if the high layer is removed.

The robot teleporter destroyed during the transition to Act 2 has a 'destroyed' sprite, as you'd probably expect, but due to the nature of the cutscene it goes offscreen before the sprite can be seen. The game's update fixed the floating sprite on the robot teleporter after it's destroyed.

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