Sonic 3 and Knuckles..... (though for the review I'll call it Sonic 3 complete) where do I begin. Oh yeah, the soundtrack! The sound track is SUPERB! There isn't 1 piece I don't like in this game! It's not as good as Sonic CD Japanese, but it's still pretty dang good! The replay value is great! Like in Metroid, you'll find things and new paths during your playthroughs! This game offers quite a lot of stuff! You can play the game as Sonic & Tails, Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles! Thanks to this game we can play as Knuckles in the Sonic 3 alone levels and Tails in the Sonic & Knuckles levels. The game lastly offers a fair difficulty, getting harder the further you get! I will end off the review by saying this; as of now (and probably for a while assuming I don't get a better liking for other games, such as Sonic 2) this is my favorite video game of all time! The content, the music, everything is just perfect! So that does it! Take care and God bless!

This is one of my favorite Sonic games... As you said, everything on it is awesome.

Soundtrack, Graphics, Replay... Pretty complete game.

Thanks for the reply man! I couldn't agree more with ya!

The game was pretty good. The plugin for Knuckles to be in an already great game is quite the good decision. I really like the game.

Let me tell you, I tried buying this game on Steam through the Sega Master Drive and Genesis collection, but it had this horrendous lag to it. I could play the game alright, but it had about a quarter of a second lag between running, stopping, and jumping. The Blue Spheres minigame was completely broken, unable to corner properly and pretty much forcing me into reds. What was really strange is that even on my Gamecube version from Sonic Genesis Collections, the lag was present on my wireless controller, even though I don't remember it being there before. Speaking of controllers, the package did not allow controller support, so I couldn't use my Madcatz controller without the aid of a third party support system.

Fortunately, I found this site, and I must say, this copy works like a charm. I still kind of feel like there is the slightest lag in controller input on Blue Spheres, but it's hardly game breaking, especially with the support of save states. Why is it that I can't buy a good copy of the game for my machine, but I can stream the game off a website no problem?

The only complaint I do have is that I got to Mushroom Hill Zone, the opening level of Sonic and Knuckles, and I turned off the game. I thought the game autosaved like it did on my original copy on the Genesis, but I came back to find no file, though my save state at the beginning of Ice Cap Zone was still present. Is this a bug, or am I doing something wrong?

I just loved Sonic 3 & Knuckles, it is my favorite game, but I can't beat the Death Egg zone without Super/Hyper Sonic or the debug code. (Left x3, Right x3, Up x3 on Mushroom Hill zone pullies after activating Lecel select code, same exact input as debug.)

ForteDS : If your Mushroom Hill file went to Ice Cap zone, either a glitch or a problem with your copy of the game or something.

No, you don't quite understand the issue. The game didn't save at Ice Cap Zone, then I got to Mushroom Hill Zone and it never updated for Launch Base or Mushroom Hill; The game never saved to begin with. The only save I do have is a save state I manually took at the beginning of Ice Cap Zone, and if I open the game's menu, all the available files claim a New Game.