Sonic the Hedgehog 3 - Hidden Boss Music

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 was originally supposed to include all of the released game's content as well as the content of Sonic & Knuckles, but due to hardware limitations, the game was split into two. Aspects of S&K remained in Sonic 3, however, and it's possible for an astute gamer to find them. One good place to look is in the level select screen (press Up, Up, Down, Down, Up, Up, Up very quickly as Sonic flies after the SEGA screen), where levels that wouldn't show up until Sonic & Knuckles can be chosen (though nothing will happen.)

Another good place to look is in the boss battle at the end of Hydrocity Act 1. If you stay underwater long enough to make the "You're Drowning!" music begin and then jump out of the water, thanks to a programming mistake, the boss battle music will change to S&K's boss battle music.

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• sonic
• sonic3
• hedgehog
• bossbattle
• music
• genesis

[petovic1]

thats not hidden

[Tickenest]

@petovic1 It is when you have to take some unlikely actions to make it happen.

[NewYorkS4U]

This doesn't work (obviously) when you combine the game with the "Sonic & Knuckles" cartridge.

[Tickenest]

@NewYorkS4U Right, but no need for it to do so.

[omgitsaaron]

I remember that glitch n_n. Hey uploader, have you ever found any re-released or modded versions of S&K3? Every time the genesis games are re-released on a different system they alway have S3 & S&K, but never friggin S&K3! >:(

[Tickenest]

@omgitsaaron I was unaware that they don't typically release the combined version. Never bought the games after the Genesis generation personally, sorry.

[abraveastronaut]

This also works in act 2 (and is actually a little easier there).

[tistifli]

@0906smw hey why did you make that comment and i'm playing sonic classic collection

[Chuukun1]

oh I never knew why the music changed on this boss, now I do, u learn something new every day

[MrPibePlay]

i make a s3yk version whith remastering sounds

[Krueger22]

@omgitsaaron I think most ports will let you combine the two if you buy both games. The 360 ports do at least. PSN doesn't have either games and I haven't tried it on the Wii yet.

[0906smw]

@omgitsaaron Sonic Classic Collection has..

Sonic 1

Sonic 2

Sonic 3

Sonic and Knuckles

Sonic 2 and Knuckles

Sonic 3 and Knuckles

Also, you can unlock S3&K on some genesis collection games.

[bombermanwinner]

@omgitsaaron also on ds, sonic classic collection