Sonic 3 Complete

Sonic 3 Complete
Version: 091230
Last release: December 25th, 2009
System: Sega Mega Drive
Original game: Sonic 3 & Knuckles
Credits: Tiddles

Sonic 3 Complete is a hack by Tiddles which replaces several music tracks in Sonic 3 & Knuckles. It was inspired by a similar music hack by Hayate. In addition to the music changes, there are also bugfixes and other features.

Changes between 019224 and 091230

• Stage music should now return to the correct speed after transforming, or collecting or losing speed shoes, during 1up music.
• Fixes to handling of music speed for Tails only.
• Clarified change list:
  • Big Arm makes two sweeps instead of four like in Sonic 3, but still can't hit when super.
  • Transformation can be invoked by holding and pressing , rather than having to mash both.

New bugfixes

• Collecting extra lives will not increase the counter past 99.
• Fixed possible Marble Garden 2 boss corruption after killing a Spiker with hyper dash.

Hack Additions (019224 Version)

Sonic 3-ification

• Tracks for title screen, invincibility, Knuckles' theme, miniboss, 1UP, Sonic 3 ending, and data select are the Sonic 3 versions.
• Various music cues are flipped around to work with this:
  • Marble Garden 2 boss for Knuckles plays the standard zone boss theme.
  • Flying Battery 2 sub-boss plays the Sonic & Knuckles miniboss theme.
  • Hidden Palace plays Sonic 3 miniboss for Knuckles fight, Sonic & Knuckles miniboss for Emerald theft.
  • Sonic 3 credits plays during the ending before the main credits begin (replacing Sky Sanctuary)
  • The Blue Sphere difficulty screen now plays the Gumball Bonus music.
• Music no longer fades out before the Got Through screen
• Act music no longer resumes after the Got Through screen before a zone transition.
• Credits music has been replaced with the Sonic 3C 0517 version.
• Sonic/Tails have their final Launch Base 2 boss restored, with its Sonic 3 behaviour.
  • Knuckles' version is unaffected.
• Flying Battery shows up with its unused Sonic 3 icon in Data Select.
• All references to "& Knuckles" removed, title screen positioning realigned to original setup.

Bugfixes

• Tails no longer has extra tails in the Launch Base Zone 2 ending cutscene. (Sonic 3 & Knuckles regression)
• The egg prison at the end of Hydrocity is now correctly centred for Sonic and Tails. (Sonic 3 & Knuckles regression)
• The correct music will resume after a drown timer while fighting the Hydrocity bosses.
• The boss music gives way to the act music at the end of Sandopolis 1 and Lava Reef 2.
• The correct music will always resume when coming back from a special stage or bonus stage (Angel Island Zone 1, IceCap Zone 1).
• Workaround added to Mushroom Hill 2 and Sandopolis 2 bosses to prevent Knuckles from sometimes seeing Eggman.
• Knuckles now fights EggRobo in Flying Battery 2.
• You will no longer lose barriers if hit from the blue spinning platforms in Marble Garden.
• SONIC text is no longer backwards when the Tornado flies left during the ending.
• Sonic's exit from Lava Reef to Hidden Palace is now blue rather than red.
• The music tempo glitch at the beginning of Doomsday has been removed.

Features/Misc.

• Super/Hyper must be invoked by pressing + for a double jump (Megamix style).
  • This allows Tails/Knuckles to play without powering up after having all emeralds.
  • Sonic can now transform even if he has a barrier.
  • Added ability to return to normal with a + double jump.
• While in super or hyper form, sped-up level music plays instead of invincibility music.
• Speed shoes monitors now have no effect when collected in super or hyper form.
• The existing Sonic 3 & Knuckles cheats work, plus:
  • + on 1 Player on the Sonic 3 title screen takes you to Sonic & Knuckles, with all the same changes, including music.
    • Restrictions on zone and character selection from the level select in Sonic & Knuckles are removed if debug is enabled.
  • + on the Sonic & Knuckles title screen takes you to back to Sonic 3.
  • + on 1 Player on the Sonic 3 or Sonic & Knuckles title screen takes you to Blue Sphere
    • Tails has been added as a playable character in Blue Sphere.
  • on Sonic 3/Sonic & Knuckles title screen menu switches region graphics (Tails/Miles, TM signs)
  • on Sonic 3/Sonic & Knuckles title screen menu enables level select.
  • 01 03 05 07 on sound test enables debug
  • 02 04 05 06 on sound test gives all Chaos Emeralds
    • This will not reset the status of anything done with Hidden Palace Zone/Super Emeralds
  • 12 14 15 16 on sound test gives all super emeralds
• "DEATHEGG" and "THE DOOMSDAY" changed to the more sensible "DEATH EGG" and "DOOMSDAY" in level select.
• Level Select now has the Data Select background, replacing the Sonic 2 SONIC/MILES pattern.
• Sound effect F3 will now speed up music as if speed shoes were active when used in the level select.
  • F4 returns to normal speed, as does starting another track.

Downloads

Download Sonic 3 Complete File: Sonic3C 091230.7z (1.88 MB) (info) Current version: 091230

Additional Downloads

The following is patches included with the 091230 version. Their effects can be found in the 091230 readme.

Download Sonic 3 Complete File: Sonic3C 091230 ips.7z (8 kB) (info) Current version: 091230

Prior versions

• Sonic 3 Complete v091224 ^(info) (1.88 MB) (1.88MB, released 12/25/2009)

External Links

• Release Thread