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. Zone title cards restored to Sonic 3's style.

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

When using Debug mode,create a lot of boxes for a ring total glitch.You should see letters in the ring total

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