This version gives you all of the levels, all of the emeralds and all of the action. To enter the special stages, the player needs to find the giant rings that are hidden in the regular zones. Sonic the hedgehog 3 is a 1994 platform game developed and published by sega. After doctor robotniks spaceship, the death egg, crashlands on a mysterious floating island, sonic and tails attempt to retrieve the chaos emeralds to stop it from relaunching. It is part of the sonic the hedgehog series and the sequel to sonic the hedgehog 3 1994. For higherres maps with amazing detailed analysis, i recommend zone 0. One is a rotating slot machine stage that plays like the dizzying bonus round of the original sonic game, and the other has sonic whizzing around glowing globes. When this prototype was obtained by drx, the file was labeled 3c, indicating this was an unreleased version of sonic 3. Sonic the hedgehog 3 1994 sega mega drive genesis primary platformer. The layout for both acts are similar to the one used for the final version, but end up looking different. Sonic mania bonus stages in sonic 3 and knuckles special stages.
Press down for a chaos emerald works great for sonic 3 because they are saved as you get them ntbtcb50. A comic about 16bit sonic the hedgehog games, one act at a time. No adventure at all and you can play as sonic or knuckles. If the player has not collected a single chaos emerald by mushroom hill zone and goes to hidden palace zone via the first giant ring, the player must exit the. Sonics been makin the sega scene in a big way in the last couple of months.
The instruments used in the songs for this zone are slightly different. This is the music thats played during the credits when you. The pc and genesis versions of the game are identical except for their music. Control is like the 2 player mode for sonic 3 not for tails 1aptcbh0. Sonic 3 introduces knuckles the echidna, the island. Sonic is one of those character who doesnt need to be presented.
It doesnt matter how long it is since you played it the last time because you will always remember it. If you have all 7 chaos emeralds, you will be able to play 7 more blue sphere stages to collect the super emeralds. This mod has custom loop points for some of the tracks, but with the current mod manager, some of them dont have the custom looping. Note that in mushroom hill zone, you will see knuckles exit a secret room near the beginning of the stage. This feature was implemented so the game could be experienced as intended. Special stages are recurring bonus areas found in the sonic the hedgehog series, which are typically accessed by fulfilling a certain condition in the games main acts. Customise the game, and download a version to your liking. Sonic the hedgehog 3 nov 3, 1993 prototype hidden palace. Angel island hydrocity marble garden carnival night ice cap launch base mushroom hill flying battery sandopolis lava reef hidden palace sky sanctuary death egg doomsday. Blue spheres special stage sonic 3 and knuckles sheet. Gaining access to a special stage usually involves either finding or reaching a particular location after having collection a certain number of rings, though some games necessitate finding a small amount of a certain type of. Knuckles, knuckles and knuckles are carbon copies of knuckles, knuckles and knuckles.
This is the fusion of sonic and knuckles with sonic the hedgehog sonic 1. Probably the two best songs in the entire game of sonic 3. Sonic the hedgehog 3 1994 sega mega drivegenesis primary platformer. Sonic the hedgehog 4 episode iiis special stage, blue sphere, much similar to sonic 3 s blue sphere stages. Knuckles boss for knuckles and knuckles, but not currently for knuckles. When the player enters their first special stage in mushroom hill zone, they. Sonic the hedgehog 3 sega mega drive genesis vgm sonic the hedgehog 2 sega mega drive genesis vgm. This is the game that sonic 3 was always meant to be. This is the music thats used when you enter the special stage in sonic the hedgehog 3. The story follows the player characters, sonic the hedgehog and knuckles the echidna, in their quests to save angel island. A not enough rings comic strip about the special stage. Sonic 3 for the genesis is the eagerly awaited next installment in segas saga of the feisty hedgehog and his archnemesis, dr. The following level maps were all created from roms of the game concerned by stealth for the nowdefunct website ssrg as they are no longer easily available elsewhere online i felt it. Knuckles were originally to be released as one game,4 but due to time and financial constraints, it was later split into two separate games.
Due to the late development date, its obvious this isnt sonic 3 before it was split into two games. In sonic classic collection, for unknown reasons, the. Here, the player must collect blue spheres and avoid red spheres on a checkerboardcovered, spherical planet. These special stages with the exception of the one. Sonic tries to prevent doctor robotnik from relaunching his orbital weapon, the death egg, while knuckles. A modern remix of one of my favorite tunes from sonic 3. Launch base act 2 will come in two or three different versions because the current sheet is untenable in its current form. Instead of a plot or actually putting knuckles in the sonic 1 game, they created a collection of the special stages from the sonic and knuckles game. This took the longest to process, as its the longest of my 4 special stages compilations, so i uploaded it last. Print and download in pdf or midi blue sphere special stage. Multiplayer returns in sonic 4 episode iii, with multiplayer coop as sonic and tails, or new versus mode, where you can choose to race across act i of hieroglyphic island, neon egg capital, rainbow rush, or sky monarchy, or compete for. This is the music thats used when you enter the special. Jul 06, 2012 so with that in mind, well just refer to it as one game. It is part of the sonic the hedgehog series and follows sonic the hedgehog 2 1992.