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Picture of the cassette tape.

Status: Found

Date found: 12 Feb 2020

Sonic 3D Blast was an isometric pseudo-3D platformer developed by Traveller's Tales to be Sonic's first step into 3D along with Sonic X-treme to rival the Nintendo 64's Super Mario 64. It received a Sega Genesis, a Saturn release, and a Game Gear spinoff similarly named Sonic Blast. The game received mixed opinions from critics and fans alike, and in short, was considered a failed attempt at bringing the blue blur to 3D.

Background

During the development of Sonic 3D Blast, Jun Senoue composed the soundtrack in a similar fashion to Masato Nakamura's Sonic 1 and 2 demo tracks MIDI devices to compose the music. The tape in Jon's possession contains the tracks for Jon's approval before being implemented in Sonic 3D Blast.

Availability

On October 22th, 2019, the first 5 tracks from the demo were posted by Jon Burton, founder Of Traveller's Tales and TT Games, for archival purposes. On February 12th, 2020, the last track was uploaded and thus rendered the cassette demo as found.

Song Title	Status	Notes
Opening Theme Short Ver.	Found
Opening Theme Long Ver.	Found	May have been a skip option for the cutscene.
Power Up	Found	Invincibility theme.
Green Alley Zone Act 1	Found	Likely an early name for Green Grove Zone.
Casino Night Zone Act 1	Found	An early name for Spring Stadium Zone.
Boss Theme Major Key and Minor Key	Found	Two very similar sounding tracks that were later reused as a boss theme for Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I.
Special Stage	Found	Later reused as a theme for Act 1 of Panic Puppet.
Special Stage (Tails)	Found	A version of the special stage if the player gives 50 rings to Tails.
Special Stage (Knuckles)	Found	Another version of the Special Stage music that was cut and repurposed for Sonic Adventure for Twinkle Park.

References

YouTube video from Gamehut explaining why he can't play the cassette tape. Retrieved 17 Jun '18
The update video from an SXSW Q&A that talks about the cassette tape. Retrieved 17 Jun '18

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 |title=<center>Sonic 3D Blast Demo Tape</center>
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 |imagecaption=Picture of the cassette tape.
-|status=<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>
+|status=<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
+|datefound=12 Feb 2020
+|foundby=[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfVFSjHQ57zyxajhhRc7i0g GameHut]
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-'''Sonic 3D Blast''' was an isometric pseudo-3D platformer developed by Traveller's Tales to be Sonic's first step into 3D to rival the Nintendo 64's Super Mario 64. It received a Sega Genesis, a Saturn release, and a GameGear spinoff similarly named Sonic Blast. The game received mixed opinions from critics and fans alike, and in short, was considered a failed attempt at bringing the Blue Blur to 3D.
+'''''Sonic 3D Blast''''' was an isometric pseudo-3D platformer developed by Traveller's Tales to be Sonic's first step into 3D along with ''Sonic X-treme'' to rival the Nintendo 64's ''Super Mario 64''. It received a Sega Genesis, a Saturn release, and a Game Gear spinoff similarly named ''Sonic Blast''. The game received mixed opinions from critics and fans alike, and in short, was considered a failed attempt at bringing the blue blur to 3D.
 ==Background==
-During the development of Sonic 3D Blast, Jun Senoue, composed the soundtrack in a similar fashion to Masatos Nakamura's Sonic 1 and 2 demo tracks, using MIDI devices to compose the music. The tape in Jon's possession contains the tracks for Jon's approval before being implemented in 3D Blast.
+During the development of ''Sonic 3D Blast'', Jun Senoue composed the soundtrack in a similar fashion to Masato Nakamura's ''Sonic 1'' and ''2'' demo tracks MIDI devices to compose the music. The tape in Jon's possession contains the tracks for Jon's approval before being implemented in ''Sonic 3D Blast''.
+==Availability==
+On October 22th, 2019, the first 5 tracks from the demo were posted by Jon Burton, founder Of Traveller's Tales and TT Games, for archival purposes. On February 12th, 2020, the last track was uploaded and thus rendered the cassette demo as found.
 ==Contents==
 The cassette tape contains many pieces of music. These tracks are:
+{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
-*Opening Theme Short Ver.
+|-
-*Opening Theme Long Ver. (May have been a skip option for the cutscene)
+! style="background-color:lightblue" | Song Title
-*Power Up (Invincibility theme)
+! style="background-color:lightblue" | Status
-*Green Alley Zone Act 1 (Likely an early name for Green Grove Zone)
+! style="background-color:lightblue" | Notes
-*Casino Night Zone Act 1 (Possibly a casino themed level that was planned but cut)
+|-
-*Boss Theme Major Key and Minor Key (Likely A boss for each act with minor for the first act and major for the next boss)
+|Opening Theme Short Ver.||[https://youtu.be/F1z3z_-p6yg<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
-*Special Stage
+|-
-*Special Stage (Tails)-(A version of the special stage if you give 50 rings to Tails)
+|Opening Theme Long Ver.||[https://youtu.be/F1z3z_-p6yg<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||May have been a skip option for the cutscene.
-*Special Stage (Knuckles) another version of the Special Stage music that was cut and repurposed for Sonic Adventure For Twinkle Park
+|-
+|Power Up||[https://youtu.be/F1z3z_-p6yg<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||Invincibility theme.
-==Availability==
+|-
-As of October 15th, 2019 the first 3 tracks from the demo were posted by Jon Burton, founder Of Traveller's Tales and TT Games for archival purposes. The rest of the tape is yet to be seen.
+|Green Alley Zone Act 1||[https://youtu.be/zFEyvRzyXk0<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||Likely an early name for Green Grove Zone.
+|-
+|Casino Night Zone Act 1||[https://youtu.be/pa1lMpBep9k<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||An early name for Spring Stadium Zone.
+|-
+|Boss Theme Major Key and Minor Key||[https://youtu.be/tx6E6G3efTA<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||Two very similar sounding tracks that were later reused as a boss theme for ''Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I''.
+|-
+|Special Stage||[https://youtu.be/uqgsE4lQmug<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||Later reused as a theme for Act 1 of Panic Puppet.
+|-
+|Special Stage (Tails)||[https://youtu.be/-7CsXo_yG04<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||A version of the special stage if the player gives 50 rings to Tails.
+|-
+|Special Stage (Knuckles)||[https://youtu.be/WW25LsLmOTs<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||Another version of the Special Stage music that was cut and repurposed for ''Sonic Adventure'' for Twinkle Park.
+|}
+==See Also==
+*[[Shadow the Hedgehog (lost build of unreleased Teen rated version of platformer; 2005)]]
+*[[Sister Sonic (lost build of cancelled "Sonic the Hedgehog" localization of "Popful Mail" Sega CD side-scrolling platformer; 1993)]]
+*[[Sonic Adventure New Year's DLC (found "Sonic the Hedgehog" holiday-themed DLC; 1998)]]
+*[[Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (found iOS game; 2010)]]
+*[[Sonic DS (lost Nintendo DS tech demo; 2004)]]
+*[[Sonic Generations (lost game demo; 2010)]]
+*[[Sonic Jr. (lost build of unreleased Sega Pico game; existence unconfirmed; 1994)]]
+*[[Sonic Saturn (lost build of cancelled Sega Saturn prototype of platformer; mid-1990s)]]
+*[[Sonic Sports (lost build of cancelled Sega 32X sports game; 1995)]]
+*[[Sonic Synergy (lost original build of "Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric" Wii U action-adventure game; 2007-2013)]]
+*[[Sonic the Hedgehog "2006" (lost complete build of Xbox 360/PlayStation 3 platformer; 2006)]]
+*[[Sonic the Hedgehog (lost build of cancelled Amiga port of Sega Genesis platformer; 1992)]]
+*[[Sonic The Hedgehog (lost build of cancelled Sega CD port of Sega Genesis platformer; 1992)]]
+*[[Sonic the Hedgehog (lost Tokyo Toy Show prototype build of Sega Genesis/Mega Drive platformer; 1990)]]
+*[[Sonic the Hedgehog (lost Winter Consumer Electronics Show 1991 demo build of Sega Genesis/Mega Drive platformer; 1991)]]
+*[[Sonic The Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles (lost build of cancelled iOS port of Sega Genesis platformers; 2014)]]
+*[[Sonic The Hedgehog: Awakening (lost build of cancelled "Sonic the Hedgehog" game; existence unconfirmed; late 2000s)]]
+*[[Sonic X-Treme (found build of unreleased Sega Saturn video game; 1996)]]
+*[[Sonic-16 (lost build of unreleased Sega Genesis/Mega Drive game based on "Sonic the Hedgehog" animated TV series; 1993)]]
 ==References==
-*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhSLWiphcsA YouTube video from Gamehut explaining why he can't play the cassette tape.] Retrieved 17 Jun '18
+*[https://youtu.be/MhSLWiphcsA YouTube video from Gamehut explaining why he can't play the cassette tape.] Retrieved 17 Jun '18
-*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r969JgB78MY The update video from a SXSW Q&A that talks about the cassette tape.] Retrieved 17 Jun '18
+*[https://youtu.be/r969JgB78MY The update video from an SXSW Q&A that talks about the cassette tape.] Retrieved 17 Jun '18
-*[https://www.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1z3z_-p6yg The first three songs posted by GameHut for preservation purposes.] Retrieved 16 Oct '19
-[[Category:Lost audio]]
+[[Category:Found media]]
-[[Category:Lost music]]