Sonic Drift/Beta elements

This article pertains to the beta elements of Sonic the Hedgehog (1991).

Image from Sega's autumn catalogue 1993
The possible pre-production image shown on the right, presents the very early version of the game and it is featured on a back of Sega's autumn catalogue for the Game Gear in 1993. The graphics in the image are largely different from the final game with alternated Green Hill race course and the odd looking HUD icons.

Totem poles, which are only featured on above map screens in the final game, are featured as obstacles on sidelines of the race course. At some point, Flicky was considered to be the fourth playable character until being switched to Amy in the final game.

Larger map icons
Following set of images are from the English magazine preview, showing the game being closer to final version with smaller detailed differences: