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Sonic & Knuckles Collection

System(s): PC
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Sonic Team
Genre: Compilation

Sonic & Knuckles Collection is a compilation game for Microsoft Windows-based PCs released in 1997. Games included in the compilation are Sonic the Hedgehog 3, Sonic & Knuckles, Sonic 3 & Knuckles, and Blue Sphere (listed as "Special Stage Mode" in options mode). The ports have seemed to be slightly more buggy than their originals, and most of the original music is emulated in MIDI format.

Also included on the disc is "Sonic Screen Saver", which has be used to customize Windows with Sonic themes, wallpapers, icons, and music from Sonic 1, 2, 3, S&K and the Japanese version of Sonic CD. As a bonus there are also several pieces of official artwork including cartridge coverart with the logo removed. However, in Japan, Sonic & Knuckles Collection and Sonic the Screensaver were released separately, on the same day.

This game is virtually impossible to play in windowed mode on any system with a CPU faster than 350MHz without any patches, because the game does not have proper speed-limiting routines in this mode. However, the timings used by full screen mode are based on the moniter's refresh rate, so the game can be played at the correct speed at a 60Hz refresh rate on any modern system, or with patches available from the Sega website.

Differences from console version

Some of the music in the game(s), which include Carnival Night Zone, Ice Cap Zone, Launch Base Zone, the Knuckles Theme of Sonic 3 and the Sonic 3 credits music, were all replaced with original music. One possible explanation for this is that those pieces of music used sound effects not supported by the MIDI standard, and some sound cards of the time were not capable of playing the MIDI patches as well as sampled sound effects in the music. Another explanation for the replacement is that the songs were replaced due to legal reasons, because some connections could be made between similar songs by Michael Jackson, according to this. Other than that, the gameplay is identical to their Genesis counterparts.

Other things that are noticed is that the Sonic 3 & Knuckles Level Select Cheat (, , , , , , , , then holding ALT + to reset to title screen) works on Sonic 3 too in Angel Island Zone. This same code, input at Mushroom Hill in S&K, does not enable debug mode like in the original, though it does still allow characters to play stages they couldn't access otherwise from the level select. Examples of this include Tails in Doomsday Zone and Knuckles in Sky Sanctuary 1. When the level select code is performed in Sonic 3, and the second special stage option is selected (which unlike in the original accesses the blue sphere mini-game) enables the player to use Knuckles in the Sonic 3 levels, though they are incomplete and thus cannot always be beaten.

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 Some of the music in the game(s), which include Carnival Night Zone, Ice Cap Zone, Launch Base Zone, the Knuckles Theme of Sonic 3 and the Sonic 3 credits music, were all replaced with original music. One possible explanation for this is that those pieces of music used sound effects not supported by the MIDI standard, and some sound cards of the time were not capable of playing the MIDI patches as well as sampled sound effects in the music.  Another explanation for the replacement is that the songs were replaced due to legal reasons, because some connections could be made between similar songs by [[Michael Jackson]], according to [http://youtube.com/watch?v=JbVM-l2Oku4 this]. Other than that, the gameplay is identical to their [[Sega Genesis|Genesis]] counterparts.
-Other things that are noticed is that the Sonic 3 & Knuckles Level Select Cheat (left,left,left,right,right,right,up,up,up then holding ALT & R to reset to title screen works on Sonic 3 too in Angel Island Zone. This same code, input at Mushroom Hill in S&K, does not enable debug mode like in the original, though it does still allow characters to play stages they couldn't access otherwise from the level select. Examples of this include Tails in Doomsday Zone and Knuckles in Sky Sanctuary 1. When the level select code is performed in Sonic 3, and the second special stage option is selected (which unlike in the original accesses the blue sphere mini-game) enables the player to use Knuckles in the Sonic 3 levels, though they are incomplete and thus cannot always be beaten.
+Other things that are noticed is that the Sonic 3 & Knuckles Level Select Cheat ({{left}}, {{left}}, {{left}}, {{right}}, {{right}}, {{right}}, {{up}}, {{up}}, {{up}} then holding ALT + {{Right}} to reset to title screen) works on Sonic 3 too in Angel Island Zone. This same code, input at Mushroom Hill in S&K, does not enable debug mode like in the original, though it does still allow characters to play stages they couldn't access otherwise from the level select. Examples of this include Tails in Doomsday Zone and Knuckles in Sky Sanctuary 1. When the level select code is performed in Sonic 3, and the second special stage option is selected (which unlike in the original accesses the blue sphere mini-game) enables the player to use Knuckles in the Sonic 3 levels, though they are incomplete and thus cannot always be beaten.
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