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3 in 1 game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: July 25, 2008
Author: Amazon User

i'm sure by now you know the sonic 3 splitup thing which i din't like. but maby this isn't too bad. i see some benifets in the sonic 3 & knuckles split. #1, sonic and knckles has a blue sphere mini game buildt in. #2, if sonic 3 and knuckles were 1 game, they may have used the sonic 3 theme and knuckles theme insted of the sonic and kuckles theme and knuckles theme which are way better, but it's not that big of deal. #3, you can play as knuckles in sonic 2 wich is enjoyable. #4, you for the first time ever see super tails if you connect sonic 3 to it. the only bad thing i can say really is if you have sonic 3 & kuckles connected to a game genie, it as tall as a building. and i can't imagine how tall it would be if you have a 32x on your genesis with sonic 3 and knuckles and a game genie in the slot. sonic and knuckles also for some reason has no save slots if sonic 3 isn't hooked up. but other than that, it's a great game. do not hesitate to buy it

Sonic's Finest Hour

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 17, 2008
Author: Amazon User

While nowhere near as good as Sonic 2,Sonic and Knuckles is better than it's predecessor.The plot is basically Sonic 3 continued,with Sonic and Knuckles looking for the lost Chaos Emeralds.However,Dr.Eggman is looking for them too,so he can use their power to fly the Death Egg.The graphics are noticably better,and playing as Knuckles is fun beyond belief.The music is awesome,with some tunes that you are glad stick in your head.Overall,this was definetly the last good Sonic Genesis game.This was Sonic in his last 2D triumph.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW YA

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: October 20, 2007
Author: Amazon User

BEST 2D Sonic game on Genesis

+ if you have "Sonic 2" and or "Sonic 3" you gut a bones game

The second half of Sonic 3

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 04, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This was my first Sonic game in 1995 and I fell in love with it. This game feature Knuckles and won the hearts of millons. I only have one complant though. Where is Tails???! I love that guy. Without him Sonic is like Batman with out Robin or the Tick without Arthur . Anyway this is a great game.

Game Doesn't Work!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 15
Date: October 04, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Tried everything imaginable, Game does not work and will not work! All other games I bought of Sonic from others worked, This 1 did not!

4.5 stars - Sonic 3, Part 2: Special lock on-cart edition!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 10 / 11
Date: October 01, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Sonic & Knuckles(1994). The fourth Sonic game on the Genesis (or 2nd half of the third, if you prefer to call it that).

Once upon a time, Sega became a worthy 16-bit contender in the early 90s thanks to the release of a fast-paced adventure starring everyone's favorite blue hedgehog, Sonic. Then the series really took off in 1992 with the release and success of its sequel. The Sega CD harbored Sonic CD, a worthy cult classic, though for some reason it became forgotten over time. This brings us to "Hedgehog Day" of 1994, when Sonic 3 was unleashed on the public. Originally, the game was slated to be one massive adventure, but in order to meet deadlines, Sega decided to cut it in half, give the fans the first part of the game early on, and save the rest of it for a later date in the year. In the meantime, Sega also thought about incorporating a special "lock-on" feature to this second half of the 3rd Sonic game which allowed one to stick Sonic 2 and 3 on top of it, and it would change the game to a certain degree. Of course, lock on technology was nothing new (*cough* Game Genie *cough*), but this was the first time that it was incorporated for a specific purpose, more of which I'll get into soon.

So this time, Sonic must traverse the rest of Angel Island after bringing down the Death Egg (again) onto a volcano and stop Dr. Robotnik once and for all. However, Tails is gone for this round in place of being able to play as Knuckles the Echidna for the first time. He taunted and tricked you all throughout Sonic 3, but now you can rip through the stages as him, or get your revenge on him at last with Sonic. Either way, S&K holds up as its own giant adventure, with the same size of levels, graphics engine, powerups, and other features as the previous game. I've covered the basics of the game in my Sonic 3 review, so I'll just go into the new stuff here:

PROS
-LOCKING ONTO THE OLDER GAMES GIVES THEM A NEW FRESH REPLAYABILITY. Stick it onto Sonic 2, and now you're traversing the Casino Nights, Hill Tops, and Wing Fortresses of old as Knuckles given the advantage of his new abilities. However, stick it onto Sonic 3 and you'll get the massive adventure that Sega wanted to release all along - in other words THE BIGGEST AND BEST SONIC GAME EVER CONCEIVED. Play as all three of the furballs going through both games and collecting 14(!) chaos emeralds to become... HYPER SONIC! On top of that, stick it onto Sonic 1 or any other Genesis game and you'll now have access to unlimited random Special Stages styled from Sonic 3.
-KNUCKLES IS A NICE ALTERNATIVE TO PLAY AS FROM THE OTHERS. He doesn't fly like Tails or jump as high as Sonic, but his glide, climbing, and smashy fists enable him to reach places that the others can't get to. Plus, a lot of the areas of certain zones that you traverse are completely different from Sonic's.
-COOL NEW BONUS STAGES. There are two of them now, and are far easier to access as well. One is an energy sphere magnetic place where you have to reach the top, and the other is a combination of Casino Night Zone from Sonic 2 and the Special Stages of Sonic 1.
-EXCELLENT MUSIC HERE! I'd forgotten how awesome S&K's music actually is, and is overall a step up from Sonic 3's. None are bad here and they seem closer to Sonic 2's soundtrack, especially the Flying Battery, Sky Sanctuary, and Death Egg themes.
-THE ZONES ARE VARIED FROM PREVIOUS GAMES. Yes, there is another volcano zone, but now you can explore new areas like the massive tombs of Sandopolis, the flying ruins of Sky Sanctuary, and the inner sanctums of the giant Death Egg ship. Plus now you get to take out the giant Flying Battery ship which attacked you near the beginning of Sonic 3. Strangely, this seems to be the only Sonic game without a water zone, which renders the Bubble shield useless, but oh well. In contrast, you will find more use out of the fire shield though.
-PERHAPS THE BEST FINAL BOSSES OF ANY SONIC GAME. There are a bunch of them to take out near the end, and when you collect all the chaos emeralds, you can go through a special Doomsday Zone as Super Sonic. Plus, Knuckles has more difficult versions and some original bosses of his own to fight, so it never gets boring.

CONS
-Since this is technically the other half of Sonic 3, THERE ISN'T A WHOLE LOT OF NEW STUFF FOR SONIC'S ADVENTURE. Pretty much Sonic has all the same attacks, animations, and powerups as in Sonic 3, and now with Tails gone, his reaching abilities are hindered. His absence is fixed, however, by locking it onto Sonic 3.
-THE SAVE FEATURE FROM SONIC 3 IS SORELY MISSED. With as massive as the levels are, being able to save after Sandopolis Zone Act 2 would be nice, but again, this problem is remedied after locking it onto Sonic 3.
-NO CHANGE OF SPECIAL STAGES HERE. Basically, these new ones are simply styled after the Sonic 3 SS's.

Don't let the 4 stars deter you at all. S&K is certainly one of the most memorable Sonic games of all, and if you liked Sonic 3, then I see no reason for you NOT to like this one. As a whole, Sonic 3 & Knuckles deserves its full 5 stars, so whether you want to find their original carts, or just play them on PC or the new Sonic Mega Collection, find them any way you can because these are some of the best 2D games that defined an age of gaming. GOTTA JUICE!

One of the best Sonic games ever....

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 10, 2005
Author: Amazon User

In my opinion, this is one of the best Sonic games ever released. It makes up for what I believe Sonic 3 lacks. Sonic and Knuckles is actually a continuation of Sonic 3's story, and features the notorious Knuckles the Echidna as one of the main characters. You can either play Sonic or Knuckles in this game, Knuckles having a little less playing time (with fewer levels and all) and slight variations in the game (for different points of view). Let me go about my opinionated statistics:

Levels: Huge and often challenging. They're very detailed and are all extremely original (although some parts of certain levels remind me of old Sonic games, like certain things in Flying Battery Zone remind me of Metropolis Zone in Sonic 2).
Grade: 10/10
Best Level: Flying Battery Zone (2nd level), and Death Egg Zone (7th level, Sonic only)

Graphics: Beautiful, clear, and colorful. Very similar to Sonic 3.
Grade: 10/10

Bonus/Emerald Rounds: The Bonus rounds are new, one containing spheres where you spin around and try to catch rings/more lives/shields, and a slot round where you can gain/lose rings from a slot machine that you spin around it (think Casino Night Zone in Sonic 2). I like the sphere round a lot but I don't care for the slot round because you can lose rings. Also, in Sonic and Knuckles, you don't have to have 50 rings to enter a round like you do in Sonic 3. The Emerald rounds have different versions, but generally they're the same as Sonic 3 (get the blue spheres, if you touch a red sphere you're out, etc. etc.)
Grade: 9/10

Characters: Sonic and Knuckles are both interesting characters to play, although I admit I do miss Tails a lot.
Grade: 8.5/10

Music: The music I believe is one of the best parts of Sonic and Knuckles. The music is VERY catchy and I love it. The Flying Battery Zone theme, Lava Reef Zone theme, and the Death Egg Zone theme are the best in my opinion, but I believe every level theme has it's charms.
Grade: 10/10

Bosses: Some can be challenging, but I found that some of them actually are a little too easy. One thing I like though is that there's a boss after most of the zones, and not one just after every level (which is similar to Sonic 3).
Grade 8/10

The only thing Sonic and Knuckles really lacks is special features, basically having no verses mode or options menu. You cannot save games either like you can in Sonic 3. The only real special feature that Sonic and Knuckles has is it's connectability. Sonic and Knuckles in itself is a separate game, but it can also be connected to Sonic 2 or Sonic 3 for alternative games.

If you connect it to Sonic 2, it becomes Sonic 2 and Knuckles, and it's basically Knuckles playing through all the Sonic 2 levels. This might not seem very new to most people, but with Knuckle's climbing and gliding abilities, you can often explore parts of the levels in Sonic 2 that you were never able to do before.

However, when you connect the game to Sonic 3, you get possibly one of the greatest Sonic gaming experiences ever. If you play Sonic 3 and Knuckles, you are able to play through all the Sonic 3 and Sonic and Knuckles levels with Sonic, Knuckles, or Tails. You get all the extra features of Sonic 3 (verses mode, saving abilities, etc.) With exception to the Sonic 3 level themes, all the sounds throughout the game are Sonic and Knuckles based, and you have access to all three bonus rounds (the gumball round from Sonic 3 and the sphere and slot rounds from Sonic and Knuckles), and obviously, twice as many emeralds to get. If you obtain all the emeralds, you can become either Hyper Sonic or Hyper Knuckles, which is also pretty cool. Even Tails has a Super mode! Basically, for all Sonic 3 and Sonic and Knuckles lacks as separate games, Sonic 3 and Knuckles makes up for it with unbelieveable gaming fun! It is the epitome of Sonic gaming and is the model for all Sonic games.

It's unfortunate that Sonic and Knuckles is so rare now, but I HIGHLY recommend it for anyone who's into Sonic gaming. Get one now before it's too late!

Overall game review: 10/10

The best game in the world...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 01, 2005
Author: Amazon User

After seeing knuckles in the 3rd game, it is great to be able to play as him and take him though the zones. I loved beeing able to play him in the first and 3rd game too thanks to the lock on technology. I would give this game 5 stars, and tell you to buy it now!

S&K-The great Sonic Game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 30, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I remember getting this for genesis and popping it in-this game that uses leftovers from Sonic 3.The graphics were good,the Level Design chalenging,and Lock-On patch for Sonic 2&3 a great idea.TO me,this is the last great Sonic game before Sonic turned into a 5 year olds game.

Sonic and Knuckles

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: November 28, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is one of the best Sonic games ever made. No kidding. Especially since the new ones suck.
Erm...ahem. Anyways.
Gameplay in this is wonderful--as smooth and sweet as the other Genesis Sonic games. The new powerups took some getting used to--I didn't realize that you could do things with them until a while after I began playing. The graphics are lovely--although the sprites of Knuckles, while thorough, leave a little to be desired. Sonic's story is very well put together, but Knuckles' is a bit short. Overall, however, this is a wonderful game.
Also, this is (I believe) the only Genesis cartridge that can link to others--it can hook up to Sonic 2 and Sonic 3 so that you can play those games as Knux.
If you have a Genesis, I would recommend that you buy this game as soon as possible.

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