Sonic & Knuckles/Magazine articles
From Sonic Retro
The following is a list of magazine articles for Sonic & Knuckles.
| File | Date | Source | Title and comments |
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"Sonic vs Knuckles" Short paragraph about the upcoming game, scheduled for an October release. The article erroneously calls it "Sonic vs Knuckles", despite the logo with the correct title being shown. | ||
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"Cover Story: Sonic & Knuckles" Five-page preview of the game, covering topics such as the new playable Knuckles and his unique abilities, backward-compatiblity with Sonic 3 and other games, and the game's first three zones. The abandoned Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Limited Edition is also mentioned, as well as "Sonic Chaos 2" and a 32X port of SegaSonic the Hedgehog. |
Contents
Full-length Articles
- Review - Sonic & Knuckles (Sega Magazine, 1994)
- Showcase - Sonic & Knuckles (Sega Magazine, October 1994)
- Sonic 3 & Knuckles - Behind the Scenes (GamesTM issue 60)
Beep!
Special Report
A quick look at the first two zones of Sonic & Knuckles in the December 1994 issue of Beep!
Next Generation
Evolutionary
This is a clip from the October 1994 issue of Next Generation magazine. It's a short review that gives it 4 stars.
Sega Magazine
News
This clip mentions that Sonic & Knuckles was a 18 Meg cartridge, which wasn't true in the final release. It also gives a Pro Action Replay cheat code to activate Knuckles.
Smoking - Who Needs It?
This clip describes Sega jumping on the No Smoking bandwagon and using it's characters to promote it.
Unknown magazines
Sega of America Coming On Strong
This is just a short clip describing the game being backward compatible with previous Sonic games. It also questions whether backward compatibility would allow players to traverse the scrapped Sonic 2 levels.
In Sales
This small clip shows sales for Sonic & Knuckles trailer Donkey Kong Country.
New Sonic Game Exclusively Revealed
This clip from SEGA magazine reveals Sonic & Knuckles for the first time (in that magazine at least). For some reason it refers to the game as Sonic Versus Knuckles.
