If we were to use the very earliest SRB2 sprites from 1999 in the Xmas demos, how would it be? well... I present to you...
with SSNTails (aka my first god) permission. EARLY SONIC!!! Yes, I'm not joking! This sonic is the very first SRB2 3D Sonic Ever made!
earliest surviving preemie, (maybe) Ability: Multithok This... It's Stapy's Spinarak appearing in yet another addon but in his earliest version! This Spinarak takes the appearance of what he looked like back in v1 of Stapy's Mons! Select a wide variety of followers dating back to the earliest roots of Jumpman's adventures, and race as a coin! (Author's note: Hover your mouse over a follower to see their description) The original Mario Bros.
earliest surviving preemie, that was played on many arcades and homes across the Earth. This category has six followers in total: The ACZ2 Museum - old pre-2.2 content Arid Canyon 2 went through a long development process before being complete. Back before the entire campaign was upgraded to a new standard, this addon documents what an ACZ2 by 2.1 standards was shaping up to be. There are three distinct versions of the map available: the earliest... And as a form of early birthday for this addon, here's the earliest available version of this addon I own. It's kinda broken and unfinished, and I still remember making this addon in moist august days of summer back in 2023.
It's pretty vivid and scary at the same time. I have like an exact mental screenshot of that...