Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Limited Edition
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Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Limited Edition |
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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. 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.
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 found and info can be found here and here.
Unreleased Sonic the Hedgehog games |
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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) |