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Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Limited Edition

System(s): Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Sonic Team
Genre: 2D Platform

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Limited Edition was a compilation of Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and Sonic & Knuckles combined for Sega Mega Drive/Genesis. This would be similar to what you get when locking the games together, however it would of been in a single cartridge and it is unknown whether it would of had a port allowing the "Lock-On Technology" that Sonic and Knuckles had. If that port were not included then playing Knuckles in Sonic 2 or Blue Sphere with this cartridge would not of been possible. This essentially would of been Sonic 3 & Knuckles but in a single cartridge and probably with a cheaper price.

Two prototypes of this game were released by drx on February 23, 2008. The earliest can be found here and the later build can be found here.

Unreleased Sonic the Hedgehog games
Sonic's Edusoft \| Sonic the Hedgehog (home computers) \| Sonic the Hedgehog \| Sonic the Hedgehog 2 CD \| SegaSonic Bros. \| Sister Sonic \| Treasure Tails \| Pre-May 1993 Sonic arcade games \| Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Limited Edition \| Sonic Sports \| Sonic Ride \| Sonic Saturn \| Sonic X: Chaos Emerald Chaos \| Sonic DS \| Sonic the Hedgehog Extreme \| Sonic Riders \| Sonic the Hedgehog: Awakening \| Sonic Central \| Sonic Demo
Sonic X-treme incarnations
Sonic Mars \| Sonic X-treme (Point Of View \| Project Condor \| SonicPC)

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-'''''Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Limited Edition''''' was a compilation of ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 3]]'' and ''[[Sonic & Knuckles]]'' combined for [[Sega Genesis|Sega Mega Drive/Genesis]]. This would be similar to what you get when locking the games together, however it would be in a single cartridge and would not allow you to lock the game onto any others, so playing ''[[Knuckles in Sonic 2]]'' or ''[[Blue Sphere]]'' would not be possible.
-''Sonic the Hedgehog 3'' was originally envisioned to be a large game but was split into the two smaller games ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 3]]'' and ''[[Sonic & Knuckles]]''. This was due to time constraints and Sega's desire to have a new Sonic game released by Christmas of that year. ''Sonic 3'' was the game chosen to be released first and ''Sonic & Knuckles'' was released the following year.
+'''''Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Limited Edition''''' was a compilation of ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 3]]'' and ''[[Sonic & Knuckles]]'' combined for [[Sega Genesis|Sega Mega Drive/Genesis]]. This would be similar to what you get when locking the games together, however it would of been in a single cartridge and it is unknown whether it would of had a port allowing the "[[Lock-On Technology]]" that Sonic and Knuckles had. If that port were not included then playing ''[[Knuckles in Sonic 2]]'' or ''[[Blue Sphere]]'' with this cartridge would not of been possible. This essentially would of been ''[[Sonic 3 & Knuckles]]'' but in a single cartridge and probably with a cheaper price.
-Initially it was planned to also release the games as a combined game, similar to ''[[Sonic 3 & Knuckles]]''. The cartridge would have been expensive due to the cost of memory. This concept was abandoned in favour of the "[[Lock-On Technology]]" of ''[[Sonic & Knuckles]]''. Two prototypes of the combined game were released by [[drx]] on February 23, 2008 and the earliest can  be found [[Sonic the Hedgehog 3C Prototype 0408|here]] and the later build can be found [[Sonic the Hedgehog 3C Prototype 0517|here]].
+Two prototypes of this game were released by [[drx]] on February 23, 2008. The earliest can  be found [[Sonic the Hedgehog 3C Prototype 0408|here]] and the later build can be found [[Sonic the Hedgehog 3C Prototype 0517|here]].
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