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Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Limited Edition

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Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Limited Edition
System(s): Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
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
Sega Master System
Sonic's Edusoft | Sonic the Hedgehog (home computers) |
Sega Mega-CD
Sonic the Hedgehog |
Sega Mega-CD
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 CD |
Arcade
SegaSonic Bros. |
Sega Mega-CD
Sister Sonic |
Sega Mega Drive
Treasure Tails |
Arcade
Pre-May 1993 Sonic arcade games |
Sega Mega Drive
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Limited Edition |
Sega 32X
Sonic Sports |
Arcade
Sonic Ride |
Sega Saturn
Sonic Saturn |
Game Boy Advance
Sonic X: Chaos Emerald Chaos |
Nintendo DS
Sonic DS |
Xbox
Sonic the Hedgehog Extreme |
Game Boy Advance
Sonic Riders | Sonic the Hedgehog: Awakening |
Google Android OS
iOS
Sonic Central |
Google Android OS
iOS
Sonic Demo
Sonic X-treme incarnations
Sega 32X
Sonic Mars |
Sega Saturn
Sonic X-treme (Point Of View | Project Condor | SonicPC)