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Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Console icon Mega Drive

Game icon

Developer

Sega, Sonic Team, Sega Technical Institute

Publisher

Sega

Genre

2D Platforming

Released

February 2, 1994

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In-game screenshot
Title screenshot Ingame screenshot

Achievements

Authors: Scott (21), Totaya (5), GamerPupUK (2), Dissection (1)
There are 29 achievements worth 310 (736) points.

  • Complete Hydrocity Zone Act 1 in less than 1 minute with the Victory Pose.

    361 (309) of 5,166 – 6.99%

    5.98% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    6.99% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Fire Base

    (10) (34)

    Complete Launch Base Zone Act 1 with 130 rings or more and with Fire Shield.

    391 (328) of 5,166 – 7.57%

    6.35% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    7.57% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Complete Angel Island Zone Act 1 in less than 1 minute.

    444 (375) of 5,166 – 8.59%

    7.26% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    8.59% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Icy

    (10) (31)

    Complete Icecap Zone Act 2 with 130 rings or more and with Electric Shield.

    477 (365) of 5,166 – 9.23%

    7.07% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    9.23% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • As Tails, Defeat Dr. Robotnik at Launch Base Zone

    487 (406) of 5,166 – 9.43%

    7.86% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    9.43% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Complete Angel Island Zone Act 1 without collecting any rings [Reset game if you collect a ring]

    498 (411) of 5,166 – 9.64%

    7.96% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    9.64% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Grand Prix - Complete Grand Prix in under 4'00''00

    543 (473) of 5,166 – 10.51%

    9.16% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    10.51% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Time Trial - Complete Desert Palace in under 0'40''00

    548 (481) of 5,166 – 10.61%

    9.31% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    10.61% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Time Trial - Complete Chrome Gadget in under 0'45''00

    549 (479) of 5,166 – 10.63%

    9.27% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    10.63% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Time Trial - Complete Balloon Park in under 0'50''00

    601 (521) of 5,166 – 11.63%

    10.09% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    11.63% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Time Trial - Complete Azure Lake in under 0'30''00

    609 (526) of 5,166 – 11.79%

    10.18% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    11.79% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Time Trial - Complete Endless Mine in under 1'00''00

    617 (513) of 5,166 – 11.94%

    9.93% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    11.94% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Ring Carnival

    (10) (26)

    Complete Carnival Night Zone Act 1 with 100 rings or more.

    659 (460) of 5,166 – 12.76%

    8.90% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    12.76% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Complete the game with Sonic, with all the Chaos Emeralds of the game

    762 (548) of 5,166 – 14.75%

    10.61% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    14.75% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Super Sonic

    (25) (53)

    Collect All 7 Chaos Emeralds

    964 (609) of 5,166 – 18.66%

    11.79% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    18.66% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • As Sonic, Defeat Dr. Robotnik at Launch Base Zone

    1,000 (649) of 5,166 – 19.36%

    12.56% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    19.36% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Reach Launch Base Zone

    1,132 (716) of 5,166 – 21.91%

    13.86% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    21.91% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Snowtastic

    (10) (18)

    Reach Icecap Zone

    1,186 (752) of 5,166 – 22.96%

    14.56% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    22.96% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Risk Taker

    (5) (9)

    Catch your breath at the last possible second in Hydrocity Zone.

    1,190 (697) of 5,166 – 23.04%

    13.49% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    23.04% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Hoarder

    (10) (19)

    Collect over 200 Rings

    1,229 (711) of 5,166 – 23.79%

    13.76% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    23.79% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Car-ni-val!

    (10) (17)

    Reach Carnival Night Zone

    1,440 (853) of 5,166 – 27.87%

    16.51% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    27.87% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Collect an extra life from the Gumball Machine Bonus Stage

    1,632 (960) of 5,166 – 31.59%

    18.58% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    31.59% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Witness an Attack on Angel Island Zone Within The First Minute

    1,801 (1,045) of 5,166 – 34.86%

    20.23% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    34.86% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Collect all rings in a special stage

    1,839 (1,146) of 5,166 – 35.60%

    22.18% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    35.60% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Reach Marble Garden Zone

    1,948 (1,081) of 5,166 – 37.71%

    20.93% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    37.71% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Jewelery

    (5) (6)

    Collect over 100 Rings

    2,678 (1,362) of 5,166 – 51.84%

    26.36% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    51.84% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Chaotic

    (5) (6)

    Find your first Chaos Emerald

    2,957 (1,531) of 5,166 – 57.24%

    29.64% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    57.24% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Aquaphobia

    (5) (5)

    Reach Hydrocity Zone

    3,282 (1,635) of 5,166 – 63.53%

    31.65% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    63.53% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Smashing!

    (5) (5)

    Smash 5 Item Boxes in any act

    3,381 (1,676) of 5,166 – 65.45%

    32.44% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    65.45% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
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Recent comments

(See all 51)

Rapid 7 Dec 2021 15:21
Mastered!
KingKong4221 21 Jan 2022 20:56
Mastered!
Bonesaw 8 Mar 2022 22:51
Hey that's not the official title screen
Numberman 1 May 2022 20:13
Mastered, what a great set for a great game.
justagamer 23 Jun 2022 04:30
Mastered!
RetroSprites 15 Jul 2022 06:29
Mastered, nice set really complete and entertaining, i had never played the time trial.
Spark5S 6 Aug 2022 23:51
Mastered.
Ernesto 21 Aug 2022 11:40
A question not about games. My global score, of all the games I have mastered, has been reduced by half, has that happened to you more?
WanderingHeiho 21 Aug 2022 14:23
That's happened to everyone, read here for more information. https://retroachievements.org/viewtopic.php?t=13893
ElectricAngel 8 Sep 2022 02:30
Mastered! Wasn't too hard considering I rarely play this one.
mnluan 9 Oct 2022 22:37
\o/ Mastered \o/
yoyozito 6 Dec 2022 22:32
Mastered!!!
soniccz10 15 Jan 2023 05:13
Dominado! #RespeitaAtropa :,)
DeliaSymbols 18 Jan 2023 21:04
Mastered!~ It was quite satisfying!
Emoon 31 Jan 2023 21:21
Mastered (#65). Nice and simple set, some interesting challenges. Managed to 100% in just around 5 hours.
VenHur 11 Feb 2023 01:36
Mastered! Sonic 3! What a classic!

Pretty great set with some good challenges too.
Badbillfly 30 May 2023 09:09
Mastered! Here)
natedavwise13 7 Jul 2023 01:40
Mastered! One of my favorite official Sonic games. I like it a good deal better than S&K (though that one isn’t necessarily bad, just needlessly frustrating at times.)

This set was a great challenge without being excessively difficult (for the most part, at least; I had to follow Markus’ livestream to beat ‘Water Is Not A Problem’. That achievement was definitely the hardest on the set, and was close to excessive in difficulty, but still somewhat do-able.)

Really well-done set for a great game.
JoltsyIsNotHere 21 Jul 2023 13:43
Mastered! Only S&K left and then I'm gonna try to master S3&K.

Quite nice to finally master it, although the Competition cheevos were a bit of a pain.
Danonerjmega 2 Dec 2023 16:05
master! Very challenging set and I loved playing it, I've always played Sonic 3 and Knuckless so I was quite surprised by the difference in the level design and the difficulty.