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Cheat Codes

These are cheat codes for Sonic & Knuckles Collection which can be accessed by inputting button sequences or by various other methods.

Button Cheats

  • Zone Select: While in Mushroom Hill Zone or Angel Island Zone (in either Sonic the Hedgehog 3 or Sonic 3 & Knuckles), jump on to one of the hanging platforms, then press Left Left Left Right Right Right Up Up Up then hold ALT + Right to return to the title screen. After being taken back to the title screen press Down twice and select the Sound Test option.
  • Play in any level as any character: In Sonic 3 & Knuckles, start the game with the any character. Grab onto the vines in Angel Island Zone and enter the Level Select code and return to the title screen. At the title screen press arrow key Up and you will be taken to a level select using the character you chose. Some levels can't be chosen with your character. Go to Mushroom Hill Zone Act 1. Grab onto a pully and re-enter the Level Select code. Now go back to the level select screen any level will be playable using the character that was chosen. Even the ones the characters normally aren't allowed in.
  • Take a screen capture: To take a picture of the gamescreen press "F9" at any time. Then go into the Sega folder in the C Drive. From there locate the S3k folder and the image will be labeled Cap with numbers following it. This only works while debug is enabled.

Hacking-based Cheats

By creating a file in the folder C:\Windows (where C is the main partition for Windows) named S3K.ini, additional cheats can be enabled with hacking the file, similar to the special debugger option in the Sonic CD INI file. Type the following into the file:

[Debug]
MukaiDropFrame=0
DebugMode=1
EnableFrameDrop=1
ShowFrameCount=0
EnableFrameCapture=1
UseModeX=1
NoSoundEffect=0
CDCheckEnable=0
SonicGameMode=0

Notes: The first option enables proper framerate on more advanced systems in the windowed modes, the second enables debug mode (the only currently known way to do so), the second to last stops the CD check which allows the game to be played without having the CD in the drive, and the last option sets the game loaded when the main executable is opened (default is Sonic 3 & Knuckles but can be set to Sonic 3 or Sonic & Knuckles by putting a 1 or 2). Note also that generally a "1" means the option is enabled and a "0" means that it is disabled.

Once the debug is enabled pressing Esc will initiate the place object mode. From there the numberpad will perform the debug options.

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