Sonic X-Treme was a cancelled Sonic the Hedgehog game for the Sega Saturn. It was planned to be released around Christmas 1996. When the deadline was missed, the game was cancelled in 1997.
Concept art of Gazebo.
Concept art of Tiara.
If it had been released, it would be the first fully three-dimensional Sonic game and the first original Sonic title for the Saturn.
It would have also marked the debut of Tiara Boobowski and Gazebo, characters for the game only. Other than Tiara and Gazebo, the three main characters would have been playable: Sonic, Tails and Knuckles.
In 2006, nearly ten years after the game´s supposed release, an anonymous collector bought an early test engine of the game for 2,500 dollars at an auction.
Snapshot of the test engine.
- Zones:
- Jade Gully
- Crystal Frost
- Red Sands
- Blue Ocean
- Metal Blade
- Galaxy Fortress
Planned bosses would have been Nack the Weasel and Metal Sonic, the latter being the final boss.
Jade Gully Zone.
Metal Sonic in the final boss battle.
A Sonic X-treme 1996 E3 Promo