Sonic & Knuckles 0608

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One of the last of the prototype builds of Sonic & Knuckles, being dated about a week from completion.

General#

The bugged Sonic & Knuckles fade-in is still present.
The level select can not be accessed unless Sonic 3 is locked-on, which also uses the original Sonic 3 level select code (though here, it can be inputted at anytime, meaning it's much easier).
Pressing A with Debug Mode still functions like how it did in Sonic 3, taking you to the level select instead of the title screen.
Title cards still say "SONIC 3".
When playing on a Japanese system, Tails' life counter still doesn't change his name to "Miles", even though the results tallies change.
Power-up monitors can still appear behind signposts when finishing Act 1 of any zone.
If you enter a giant ring with a shield, the shield will stay there when the character disappears.
Sonic's/Tails' ending has a bugged fade-in.

(Source: Sonic Retro, Original TCRF Research)

Act 1 will now play the proper music when exiting from a Bonus Stage after the stage has been set on fire, though the oversight still occurs when exiting from a Special Stage, just like in the final.

The Screw Mobile's twister in Act 2 still glitches out Super/Hyper forms like it did in Sonic 3.

The Act 1 miniboss crash glitch achieved by beating the boss with player 2 offscreen can still be achieved; in the final this was fixed by forcing the camera to scroll to where Act 2's layout loads.

Tails no longer has issues with the snowboard at the beginning of Act 1 overwriting his graphics.

The satellite at the end of Act 2 can take hits while it is playing its "destroyed" animation. These extra hits are considered hits on the boss itself.

Knuckles' boulder in Act 2 still doesn't cancel your Super/Hyper form.
During the Act 2 boss, the boss theme restarts when the actual boss fight takes place.
After beating the Act 2 boss, the lava doesn't cooldown until the results have finished; in addition, the normal level theme doesn't play.

Beating Knuckles will continue his song until the cutscene plays, while in the final beating Knuckles will replay the Hidden Palace Zone theme, then play the miniboss theme.
If you have all the Chaos Emeralds, the game will think you have none when you enter via a giant ring. As a result, they won't be converted into Super Emeralds.

Sonic and Tails can still enter Act 2 and Knuckles can still enter Act 1. Both instances have the same results as the previous prototype.

Defeating the Act 2 miniboss will not cancel your Super/Hyper form.
If the final boss is defeated while firing its laser, the laser will stay on-screen while it explodes.
Beating the final boss as Knuckles will still play a glitched version of Sonic's ending. Knuckles with be in place of Sonic, and Sonic himself will be in place of Tails. Both have a messed up color palette applied to them. From prototype 0610 onward, the game will reset back to the SEGA screen.

Blue Spheres has been worked on slightly since the previous build:

Locking on Sonic 1 still brings the faded screen and there isn't any button inputs to unlock it, though this can be changed by using Pro Action Replay (PAR) code FFFFA1:0001.
Enabling Blue Spheres does not make the characters colored.
It isn't possible to select a stage at this point through normal means. However, if you enter a Special Stage, use the Pro Action Replay (PAR) code FFF600:3000 and disable it after the Blue Spheres minigame results screen appears, you can actually select a stage, showing that it just hadn't been implemented at this point. Stages are also listed with 10 digits instead of 12.