Sonic 3 and Sonic & Knuckles came out first on the Mega Drive (Genesis) quite some time ago and now here they are all on one disc. You can play Sonic 3,Sonic & Knuckles or my favourite Sonic 3 & Knuckles. (Story)This game sets you off straight of after Sonic 2 where Sonic and Tails are in there plain with all Chaos Emeralds untill they come across Knuckles (a new character) who steal's the Chaos Emeralds from Sonic and runs off. Sonic and Tails are on Angel Isand the home of Knuckles and also the crash site of Dr Robotniks Death Egg (which was thought to have been destroyed in Sonic 2). Dr Robotnik has tricked Knuckles into thinking that Sonic has come to steal the master Emerald for but realy it is he who wants the Emerald to power his Death Egg. So now you have to watch out for Dr Robotnik and Knuckles. There are 6 levels with 2 act's on each one and you fight Dr Robotnik on every 2nd act. But now you have to fight a boss on every 1st act. These bosses are easy than the ones with Dr Robotnik because they are just a strong Badnik. As usal you also have to go through the levels getting the Chaos Emeralds which is a different way of getting them on this game. Insted of going into a Star post you have to find a giant ring. The special stages are different as well in stead of collecting rings you must walk into all these blue ball's but onece you touch them they turn into red balls and if you touch one of the you lose. There are Star posts on this game which you can go into onece you have a certen amount of rings. When in side you play a little mini game where you collect rings and other items like a sheild e.g. fire,bubble,normal and electric. Thats just Sonic the Hedgehog 3 even without Sonic & Knuckles so we are talking quite allot of gameplay here. (Graphics)Graphics are the same as they was on the Mega Drive (Genesis) but is that a problem they still look great for their day. (Sound)Music is brilliant it could not be any better. Some of the best Sonic songs on a Sonic game. They do seem to be jazzed up a bit on the PC version. (How it plays)You won't have a problem being alble to control Sonic,Tails or Knuckles. You may find it a bit triky to do some of the Special stages mind you. (Value)Well it's 3 games on one disc how much better do you want it. This game will last you ages. (Overall) Two brilliant games even if they are over 10 years old. This is a game you must get and see for yourself what great classic games these are and for the price you can get it now it is hardly going to break the bank.
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