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Art Assistant: [[Osamu Ohashi]]<br>
 
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Music Composers: Brad Buxer, Bobby Brooks, Darryl Ross, Geoff Grace, Doug Grigsby III, Scirocco, [[Howard Drossin]]<br>
SEGA Sound Team: [[Tokuhiko Uwabo|Bo]], [[Sachio Ogawa]], [[Yoshiaki Kashima|Milpo]], [[Masaru Setsumaru]], [[Tatsuyuki Maeda]], [[Tomonori Sawada]], [[Masayuki Nagao]], [[Jun Senoue]]<br>
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SEGA Sound Team: [[Tokuhiko Uwabo|Bo]], [[Sachio Ogawa]], [[Yoshiaki Kashima|Milpo]], [[Masaru Setsumaru]], [[Tatsuyuki Maeda]], [[Tomonori Sawada]], [[Masayuki Nagao]], [[Jun Senoue]], [[Michael Jackson]] (uncredited)<br>
 
Sound Coordinator: [[sega:Hisaki Nimiya|Hisaki Nimiya]]<br>
 
Sound Coordinator: [[sega:Hisaki Nimiya|Hisaki Nimiya]]<br>
 
Executive Management: [[Shoichiro Irimajiri|Shouichirou Irimajiri]], [[Tom Kalinske]], [[Paul Rioux]]<br>
 
Executive Management: [[Shoichiro Irimajiri|Shouichirou Irimajiri]], [[Tom Kalinske]], [[Paul Rioux]]<br>

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Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Sega
Developer:

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Sonic 3 & Knuckles is a game that results when Sonic 3 is locked-on to Sonic & Knuckles via Lock-On Technology. It acts as one large combined game and all the levels from Sonic 3 and Sonic & Knuckles become available. In Sonic Classic Collection, for unknown reasons, the game was renamed to Knuckles in Sonic 3.

There are several noticeable differences when playing the games combined. Knuckles is playable in the Sonic 3 levels and Tails becomes available in the Sonic & Knuckles levels. Also, all of the levels from both games are accessible, starting from Sonic 3. Once these levels are completed the Death Egg falls off screen intact instead of being destroyed, and then the play continues straight to the levels of Sonic & Knuckles. The final boss of Sonic 3 is also omitted for Sonic and Tails.

After collecting all the Chaos Emeralds of Sonic 3 a new quest becomes available when entering the first special Stage in Mushroom Hill Zone which allows you to collect seven new Emeralds called "Super Emeralds". When these Emeralds are collected, Hidden Palace Zone will become available, and Sonic can transform into Hyper Sonic and Knuckles can transform into Hyper Knuckles. Tails has no Hyper form, but the Super Emeralds are needed for him to transform into Super Tails, as the Chaos Emeralds alone have no effect on him. There are also several other notable differences when playing these two combined games.

  • Game progress can be saved in Sonic & Knuckles by using Sonic 3's save feature (there are now 8 save slots instead of 6).
  • Save slots now display information about continues and lives remaining. It also shows the amount of Emeralds collected.
  • The music used in Sonic & Knuckles is used in the combined game. Thus, the songs that were different between Sonic 3 and Sonic & Knuckles (which include the title screen, 1-up, and invincibility sounds, as well as the mid-level boss music, Knuckles' theme and end credits theme) play the Sonic & Knuckles version.
  • Passing a star post makes all 3 Bonus Stages from both games available, including the slot machine stage (20-34 rings required), magnetic orbs stage (35–49 rings required), and the gumball machine (50–65 rings required).
  • Knuckles' levels are different from Sonic's and Tails' in most cases, with new areas and bosses.
  • There are slight differences in object placement in some of the Sonic 3 Zones (Launch Base especially). Sonic and Tails skips the final boss of Launch Base, while Knuckles still has to do it (although he skips the first true boss of Launch Base).
  • Sonic & Knuckles levels are the same, with one exception: the Mushroom Hill Zone is slightly extended at the beginning, has one supplementary Giant Ring (or, in Knuckles' case, two) , and gets an intro to tie the level to Sonic 3's Launch Base Zone (Sonic is airlifted in by Tails, Knuckles falls down after having jumped from an exploding platform).

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Production Credits

Executive Producer: Hayao Nakayama
Project Managers: Hisashi Suzuki, Shinobu Toyoda, Masaharu Yoshii
Producer: Yuji Naka
Director: Hirokazu Yasuhara
Lead Game Designer: Hirokazu Yasuhara
Senior Game Designers: Hisayoshi Yoshida, Takashi Iizuka
Lead Programmer: Yuji Naka
Senior Programmers: Takahiro Hamano, Masanobu Yamamoto
Character Designer: Takashi Thomas Yuda
C.G. Artist: Kunitake Aoki
Enemy Artist: Satoshi Yokokawa
Scene Artists: Kunitake Aoki, Chie Yoshida, Tsuneko Aoki, Shigeru Okada, Takashi Thomas Yuda, Satoshi Yokokawa
Art Assistant: Osamu Ohashi
Music Composers: Brad Buxer, Bobby Brooks, Darryl Ross, Geoff Grace, Doug Grigsby III, Scirocco, Howard Drossin
SEGA Sound Team: Bo, Sachio Ogawa, Milpo, Masaru Setsumaru, Tatsuyuki Maeda, Tomonori Sawada, Masayuki Nagao, Jun Senoue, Michael Jackson (uncredited)
Sound Coordinator: Hisaki Nimiya
Executive Management: Shouichirou Irimajiri, Tom Kalinske, Paul Rioux
Product Manager: Pamela Kelly
Executive Coordinator: Mamoru Shigeta, Tomio Takami, Diane A. Fornasier, Roger Hector, Takaharu Utsunomiya
Testers: Jason Kuo, Rick Greer, Mike Williams
Sound Special Thanks: Mayumi Nina Sakazaki (MRM), Cube Corp., Opus Corp., Masanori Nakayama (Studio Who)
Special Thanks: Jina Ishiwatari, Emi Kawamura, Deborah McCracken, Taku Makino
Presented by: Sega

Sound Test

Here is a list of the music featured in Sonic 3 & Knuckles, as it is located in the sound test, which can be accessed by entering the zone select code.

Resources

Hacking Guides

Cartridge Image

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Sonic the Hedgehog games for the following systems
Sega Mega Drive

Sega Mega-CD
Sega 32X
 1991  Sonic the Hedgehog | Sonic Eraser     1992  Sonic the Hedgehog 2     1993  Sonic the Hedgehog CD | Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine | Sonic Spinball     1994  Sonic the Hedgehog 3 | Sonic & Knuckles     1995  Chaotix | Sonic Classics     1996  Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island    
Steam
 2010  Sonic the Hedgehog | Sonic Spinball | Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine | Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island | Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing     2011  Sonic the Hedgehog 2 | Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles | Sonic Adventure | Sonic Generations     2012  Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode I | Sonic the Hedgehog CD | Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode II | Sonic Adventure 2     2013  Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed     2015  Sonic Lost World     2017  Sonic Mania | Sonic Forces     2019  Team Sonic Racing     2022  Sonic Origins | Sonic Frontiers     2023  Sonic Colours: Ultimate | The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog | Sonic Superstars     2024  Sonic X Shadow Generations