Sonic Advance/Beta elements

This article pertains to the beta elements of Sonic Advance.

E3 promotional teaser
The short promotional teaser of Sonic Advance was presented in E3 of 2001, as announcing Sonic game being under development for the Nintendo platform. The teaser showcases short clip of Sonic running at the slightly early version of the Neo Green Hill Zone.

Early HUD icons
Early screenshots featured in many different websites and magazines share the common thing: early looking HUD counters on the upper left corner with different shaped Ring icon compared to the one used in the final game. Following image gallery shows these different HUD sprites without any notable differences aside:

Early debug coordinates
Some screenshots are showing hexadecimal codes, which may present the game's debug coordinates similarly as they were presented in early main titles for the Sega Genesis. More screenshots with debug coordinates found from following gallery:

Special Stages
The screenshot on right presents different looking Special Stage, with the tubular tunnel having basic tiles in comparison to detailed ones used in the. All sprites for Rings and Bombs are also completely different.