Sonic Advance 3/Hidden content

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Adjust colour settings

Pressing on the title screen will rotate between palettes tailored for the Game Boy Advance, Game Boy Advance SP and the Nintendo GameCube's Game Boy Player. This feature is mentioned in manualsMedia:SonicAdvance3 GBA US manual.pdfMedia:SonicAdvance3 GBA UK manual.pdf, but is not explained.

Curiously, despite having a backlit screen, the Game Boy Advance SP option uses the lightest palette.

Special Stage mode

Complete all 7 Special Stages, then, on the main menu, highlight "Main Game" and press .

Highlighting "Options" and pressing will display the code on-screen for reference.

SRAM failsafe

If the game fails to detect an SRAM chip (usually if the chip is not present or is faulty), all content will be unlocked. This is also the case for the other Sonic Advance games.

Unused content

Art

Art	Offset	Description
	0	A level select preview graphic for Altar Emerald. This Zone cannot be accessed via the Sonic Factory, Time Attack and VS Race, so this graphic goes unused.
	0	An indicator for an Act 4 for the title cards, suggesting that each Zone was originally going to have four Acts.
	00D9AAA0	Various small numbers, located right before the character select graphics.

Audio

Music

Audio	ID	Description
	17	Named "(Intact Music 1)" in the sound test. This track follows the tracks used for the hubs and Altar Emerald.
	47	Named "(Intact Music 2)" in the sound test. An extended version of the Final Clear jingle heard after beating the final boss.

Sound effects

Audio	ID	Description
	108	Voice clips of Knuckles in English and Japanese that would have been used for Trick Actions. Both go unused as he cannot use Trick Actions in this game.

Level chunks

Zone Maps and Mini-games

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Build dates

Located at ROM addresses 00E7E700 (US), 00E758D4 (JP) and 00E7EA90 (EU):

US	Wed Apr 14 20:24:28 2004
JP	Sun Apr 18 21:26:47 2004
EU	Sun Apr 18 21:37:53 2004

Cheat device codes

Codebreaker

Official codes, US version

Code	Effect	Reference
0000E830 000A + 100B9B14 0007	Enable Code (Must Be On).
3300160A 0068 + 3300175A 0068 + 330018AA 0068 + 330019FA 0068	Transparency.
A30015DC 0000 + 8300161C 000F	Always Have Speed Shoes.
8300094C 03E7	Infinite Rings.
33000954 0009	Infinite Lives.
8300094E 0200	Infinite/Low Time.
D0000020 0004 + 330015C7 0003	Hold Select To Pass Through Certain Objects.
730015DE 0200 + 830015C6 0001 + 730015DE 0100 + 830015C6 0000	Press For Reverse Gravity/Press For Normal Gravity.
330015CC 00??	Button Power Modifier (00: Normal Slide, 1F: Hammer, 29: Power Slide).
330015CD 00??	Jump Power Modifier (00: Normal, 0F: Boost Jump).
330015E8 00??	1st Character Modifier (00: Sonic, 01: Cream, 02: Tails, 03: Knuckles, 04: Amy).
33001734 00??	2nd Character Modifier (00: Sonic, 01: Cream, 02: Tails, 03: Knuckles, 04: Amy).
33001708 00D5 + 730018D4 000A + 830018D4 00D5	Tails Never Gets Tired When Flying.
33001704 00D5	Cream Never Gets Tired When Flying.
33000540 001F	Enable All Characters.
83000558 7F09	All Levels Open.
83000562 FFFF	Have All Chaos Emeralds.
43000552 0909 + 00000004 0002	Have All 9 Keys.
83004120 000B	Unlock Special Stage Mode.
43004866 0000 + 00000007 08EC	Always Get A Chaos Emerald.
43000544 03FF + 00000007 0002	Have All Choas Found.
83000562 047F	Have All Chaos Emeralds.
D0000020 0001 + 830015DA FB00	Mega Jump.