Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-30679113-20170320012728/@comment-30679113-20170320125301

Mystic Monkey wrote: I think they were suppose to resemble the original asscher cut they started out as in the classic era but ended up like how they were in 3D Blast.

However, fun fact, in the Sega Saturn version the Chaos Emeralds appear as single cut, which became the alternative cut to the modern Chaos Emeralds in Sonic games for handheld consoles. Sega Saturn version of 3D Blast also had seven emeralds to collect while the Mega Drive version only had 6.

It could be possible the classic Chaos Emeralds were single cut but were always found lying on their side, crown facing towards the players camera thus appearing asscher cut, but Sonic 3D Blast and most classic era Sonic media deconfirms this. Cool! I never heard that before!