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Sonic 3 & Knuckles (Mega Drive)

Sonic 3 & Knuckles (Mega Drive)
DeveloperSega, Sonic Team, Sega Technical Institute
PublisherSega
Genre2D Platforming
ReleasedOctober, 1994
Title Screenhot
In-game Screenshot

Achievements

Authors: Totaya (39), blazethecat (14)
There are 53 achievements worth 546 (1734) points.
Complete Angel Island Zone.
3670 (1903) of 5121
(71.67%) players
Complete Hydrocity Zone.
2546 (1395) of 5121
(49.72%) players
Complete Marble Garden Zone.
1898 (1081) of 5121
(37.06%) players
Complete Carnival Night Zone.
1747 (1007) of 5121
(34.11%) players
Complete Icecap Zone.
1621 (934) of 5121
(31.65%) players
Complete Launch Base Zone.
1582 (910) of 5121
(30.89%) players
Complete Mushroom Hill Zone.
1446 (845) of 5121
(28.24%) players
Complete Flying Battery Zone.
1363 (803) of 5121
(26.62%) players
Complete Sandopolis Zone.
1285 (763) of 5121
(25.09%) players
Complete Lava Reef Zone.
1221 (729) of 5121
(23.84%) players
Beat Knuckles in the Hidden Palace Zone with Sonic and/or Tails
1238 (734) of 5121
(24.17%) players
Complete Sky Sanctuary Zone with Sonic or Tails.
1195 (713) of 5121
(23.34%) players
Complete Death Egg Zone.
1097 (645) of 5121
(21.42%) players
Complete the game with Sonic.
1076 (629) of 5121
(21.01%) players
Complete the game with Sonic, with all the Super Chaos Emeralds of the game.
824 (507) of 5121
(16.09%) players
Complete the game with Knuckles.
453 (334) of 5121
(8.85%) players
Complete the game with Knuckles, with all the Super Chaos Emeralds of the game.
403 (313) of 5121
(7.87%) players
Complete the game with Tails.
430 (345) of 5121
(8.40%) players
Complete the game with Tails, with all the Super Chaos Emeralds of the game.
400 (320) of 5121
(7.81%) players
Complete Angel Island Zone Act 1 in less than 2 minutes.
1830 (1041) of 5121
(35.74%) players
Complete Launch Base Zone Act 2 with 100 rings or more.
645 (389) of 5121
(12.60%) players
Complete Mushroom Hill Zone Act 1 in less than 3 min and with a Bubble Shield.
343 (286) of 5121
(6.70%) players
Complete Sandopolis Zone Act 2 with a Fire Shield.
344 (266) of 5121
(6.72%) players
Complete Lava Reef Zone Act 2 with Sonic or Tails and with an Electric Shield.
389 (292) of 5121
(7.60%) players
Have 100 rings or more in The Doomsday Zone.
546 (374) of 5121
(10.66%) players
Get a perfect in a Special Stage.
2768 (1500) of 5121
(54.05%) players
Get your first Chaos Emerald.
3527 (1839) of 5121
(68.87%) players
Get all the Chaos Emerald.
1467 (819) of 5121
(28.65%) players
Get all the Super Chaos Emerald.
942 (560) of 5121
(18.39%) players
Get 100 Rings.
3491 (1810) of 5121
(68.17%) players
Get 200 Rings.
1977 (1088) of 5121
(38.61%) players
Have exactly 10 lives.
1944 (1060) of 5121
(37.96%) players
Have exactly 20 lives.
1193 (674) of 5121
(23.30%) players
Time Trial - Complete Azure Lake in under 0'30''00.
572 (487) of 5121
(11.17%) players
Time Trial - Complete Balloon Park in under 0'50''00.
518 (445) of 5121
(10.12%) players
Time Trial - Complete Chrome Gadget in under 0'45''00.
489 (423) of 5121
(9.55%) players
Time Trial - Complete Desert Palace in under 0'40''00.
491 (426) of 5121
(9.59%) players
Time Trial - Complete Endless Mine in under 1'00''00.
513 (435) of 5121
(10.02%) players
Grand Prix - Complete Grand Prix in under 4'00''00.
449 (392) of 5121
(8.77%) players
Find the uppermost secret in Angel Island Act 2
699 (483) of 5121
(13.65%) players
Get the Jackpot in the Slot Machine Bonus
1115 (698) of 5121
(21.77%) players
Go above the screen in the Pinball Bonus room.
1415 (858) of 5121
(27.63%) players
Go above the screen in Mushroom Hill Zone
247 (208) of 5121
(4.82%) players
Perfect Special Stage 1 while going backwards. Don't pause.
214 (180) of 5121
(4.18%) players
Change your shield 5 times in the Gumball Bonus
892 (546) of 5121
(17.42%) players
Reach Great Eggman Robo without dying. No super or bonuses.
297 (223) of 5121
(5.80%) players
Find the ring-filled chasm in Ice Cap Zone Act 2, complete with a big ring.
1018 (630) of 5121
(19.88%) players
Complete the level with the timer at 9 minutes and 59 seconds.
318 (247) of 5121
(6.21%) players
Complete Launch Base Zone Act 1 or 2 without pressing Left
212 (186) of 5121
(4.14%) players
Collect 400 rings, and finish the level with them.
526 (324) of 5121
(10.27%) players
Get into Hydrocity Zone Act 1's hidden trapezoid of rings.
322 (270) of 5121
(6.29%) players
Complete Marble Garden Zone Act 1 without getting hurt. No super or bonus.
422 (285) of 5121
(8.24%) players
Activate Cheats. NOTE - You cannot get other achievements with cheats.
736 (467) of 5121
(14.37%) players
Recent Players:
UserWhenActivity
xsandraax2023-03-25 05:18:35Playing Sonic 3 & Knuckles
jorge22023-03-25 03:49:24Browsing the Data Select Menu
MockZee2023-03-24 20:19:54Sonic is exploring Angel Island 1 | 0 Chaos & 0 Super Emeralds | 3 Lives | 0 Continues | Score: 0000200
Justsomebody2023-03-24 16:50:44Playing Sonic 3 & Knuckles
Gman2502023-03-24 05:32:16Watching the Marble Garden 1 Demo
AtTimesChris2023-03-23 23:32:23Sonic is exploring Gumball Machine | 1 Chaos & 0 Super Emeralds | 5 Lives | 1 Continues | Score: 0056720 | Tails wants to help!
1Crimson12023-03-23 21:58:50Sonic is exploring Hydrocity 2 | 6 Chaos & 0 Super Emeralds | 7 Lives | 1 Continues | Score: 0029300 | Tails wants to help!
allyboy2023-03-23 19:24:48Sonic is exploring Carnival Night 1 | 0 Chaos & 0 Super Emeralds | 5 Lives | 1 Continues | Score: 0021240
Willybillyplayz32023-03-23 16:20:49Resting on the Title Screen
richmanifesto10902023-03-23 03:19:36Sonic is exploring Angel Island 1 | 1 Chaos & 0 Super Emeralds | 4 Lives | 1 Continues | Score: 0056600 | Tails wants to help!
Recent comments: (All 65)
BahamutVoid 21 Jul 2020 23:56
Perfect game, amazing set. Of course this gets a mastery.
Juliushuber 4 Sep 2020 20:33
Mastered! Really great set for my favorite Sonic game :) I enjoyed all the exploration achievements!
playah1 18 Dec 2020 19:24
Parts 1 & 2 of a terrific third part.
LETSPLAYmarkus 18 Jan 2021 00:26
Mastered! & Knuckles.
danilofent97 27 Jan 2021 14:19
Mastered! Thanks for the awesome set for this Masterpiece! Best Game Ever! o/
masterofeggery 23 Apr 2021 01:43
the achievements have such uninspired names, ice cap is two words, the achievements for getting the chaos emeralds use sonic 2 screenshots, and they're just called the super emeralds not super chaos emeralds. so many problems
Apostila 26 May 2021 01:46
Please make Leaderboards & Knuckles
kreuzkuemmelkonrad 6 Jun 2021 02:51
We look at this game but we love it
DerEric 16 Sep 2021 17:18
I just wish some of these archievements would allow the level select mode.
Emoon 1 Nov 2021 12:29
So we got a challenge cheevo which requires perfect'ing a special stage (going backwards), but NO usual cheevos for individually perfect'ing each of the 14 ones? :( Considering a player needs to do those stages at least 42 times to get all True ending cheevos, having more rewards for doing them would be very much welcome.
williamgeesdorf 5 Dec 2021 15:30
Mastered (platinado)! Warning: the "Do the M.J." cheevo didn't trigger for me in the Genesis Plus core. Changed to PicoDrive, it triggered just fine.
DavidYTBR2 15 Dec 2021 06:16
Mastered!
KingKong4221 25 Jan 2022 18:01
Mastered!
RobClober 30 Mar 2022 03:39
Wassup
Gemyma 3 Jul 2022 13:14
Finally beat my first Sonic game, shout out to AotM for making me get over myself!
KawaFernandes 9 Jul 2022 18:16
Mastered 3 & Knuckles! It was a REALLY NICE set... though I took 21 hours to master...
SonicRanticoot 3 Aug 2022 02:37
After starting this set many months ago, finally a master. Incredible game and a pretty good set, a lot of the non-progression ones I found actually pretty fun
RetroSprites 3 Aug 2022 23:40
Mastered, good achievements, the game is very good, although sometimes it has one or another annoying bug, it doesn't prevent you from enjoying it.
Spark5S 24 Aug 2022 18:49
Mastered.
DeliaSymbols 22 Jan 2023 03:43
Mastered my favorite Sonic game! Woohoo!~
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Achievement Distribution

High Scores

#UserMastered
155PadPixYT PadPixYT2023-03-05 18:35
154GuiRainbow GuiRainbow2023-02-20 17:41
153Kazama168 Kazama1682023-01-30 20:08
152Elisson93 Elisson932023-01-27 08:55
151DanB DanB2023-01-24 01:11
150poisongirlss poisongirlss2023-01-22 19:36
149DeliaSymbols DeliaSymbols2023-01-22 03:42
148HeladoCanadiense HeladoCanadiense2023-01-17 14:54
147Signum Signum2023-01-12 17:33
146Tiza7xd Tiza7xd2023-01-09 20:59

Leaderboards

Fastest time as Sonic (NO transformations, cheats, P2 controls)
bithope bithope01:16.83
Fastest time as Sonic (NO transformations, cheats, P2 controls)
Charquican Charquican01:41.36
Fastest time as Sonic (NO transformations, cheats, P2 controls)
Charquican Charquican03:25.56
Fastest time as Sonic (NO transformations, cheats, P2 controls)
justagamer justagamer01:08.78
Fastest time as Sonic (NO transformations, cheats, P2 controls)
Charquican Charquican02:17.66
Fastest time as Sonic (NO transformations, cheats, P2 controls)
Charquican Charquican03:46.25
Fastest time as Sonic (NO transformations, cheats, P2 controls)
Charquican Charquican01:36.25
Fastest time as Sonic (NO transformations, cheats, P2 controls)
bobolopster bobolopster03:52.48
Fastest time as Sonic (NO transformations, cheats, P2 controls)
BahamutVoid BahamutVoid06:59.63
Fastest time as Sonic (NO transformations, cheats, P2 controls)
Charquican Charquican01:01.91
Fastest time as Sonic (NO transformations, cheats, P2 controls)
Charquican Charquican03:19.20
Fastest time as Sonic (NO transformations, cheats, P2 controls)
Charquican Charquican04:45.68
Fastest time as Sonic (NO transformations, cheats, P2 controls)
Vox001 Vox00102:30.08
Fastest time as Sonic (NO transformations, cheats, P2 controls)
BahamutVoid BahamutVoid01:37.40
Fastest time as Sonic (NO transformations, cheats, P2 controls)
BahamutVoid BahamutVoid04:28.03
Fastest time as Sonic (NO transformations, cheats, P2 controls)
Charquican Charquican02:55.33
Fastest time as Sonic (NO transformations, cheats, P2 controls)
jsaura jsaura02:05.10
Fastest time as Sonic (NO transformations, cheats, P2 controls)
EduardoKnuckles EduardoKnuckles07:18.25
Fastest time as Sonic (NO transformations, cheats, P2 controls)
BahamutVoid BahamutVoid01:41.36
Fastest time as Sonic (NO transformations, cheats, P2 controls)
LETSPLAYmarkus LETSPLAYmarkus01:57.26
Fastest time as Sonic (NO transformations, cheats, P2 controls)
LETSPLAYmarkus LETSPLAYmarkus03:58.95
Fastest time as Sonic (NO transformations, cheats, P2 controls)
KawaFernandes KawaFernandes01:02.75
Fastest time as Sonic (NO transformations, cheats, P2 controls)
KawaFernandes KawaFernandes03:01.06
Fastest time as Sonic (NO transformations, cheats, P2 controls)
KawaFernandes KawaFernandes04:25.51
Fastest time as Sonic (NO transformations, cheats, P2 controls)
KawaFernandes KawaFernandes01:13.68
Fastest time as Sonic (NO transformations, cheats, P2 controls)
KawaFernandes KawaFernandes03:42.50
Fastest time as Sonic (NO transformations, cheats, P2 controls)
KawaFernandes KawaFernandes05:19.98
Fastest time as Sonic (NO transformations, cheats, P2 controls)
BahamutVoid BahamutVoid03:17.80
Fastest time as Sonic (NO transformations, cheats, P2 controls)
BahamutVoid BahamutVoid05:04.23
Fastest time as Sonic (NO transformations, cheats, P2 controls)
BahamutVoid BahamutVoid08:45.68
Fastest time as Sonic (NO transformations, cheats, P2 controls)
BahamutVoid BahamutVoid01:29.13
Fastest time as Sonic (NO transformations, cheats, P2 controls)
FlamingDoom FlamingDoom03:06.30
Fastest time as Sonic (NO transformations, cheats, P2 controls)
BahamutVoid BahamutVoid03:20.36
Fastest time as Sonic (NO transformations, cheats, P2 controls)
googoo91 googoo9104:21.10
Fastest time as Sonic (NO transformations, cheats, P2 controls)
BahamutVoid BahamutVoid09:14.51
Fastest time as Sonic (NO transformations, cheats, P2 controls)
BahamutVoid BahamutVoid01:48.21
Fastest time as Sonic [Good Ending] (NO starting emeralds, transformations, cheats, P2 controls)
BahamutVoid BahamutVoid01h42:42.46
Highest score as Sonic [Good Ending] (NO starting emeralds, transformations, cheats, P2 controls, Spin Dash exploit)
BahamutVoid BahamutVoid764390
Least deaths as Sonic [Good Ending] (NO starting emeralds, transformations, cheats, P2 controls)
BahamutVoid BahamutVoid0
Least hits taken as Sonic [Good Ending] (NO starting emeralds, transformations, cheats, P2 controls)
BahamutVoid BahamutVoid98
Least jumps as Sonic [Good Ending] (NO starting emeralds, transformations, cheats, P2 controls)
BahamutVoid BahamutVoid1592
Least Spin Dashes as Sonic [Good Ending] (NO starting emeralds, transformations, cheats, P2 controls)
BahamutVoid BahamutVoid209
Fastest time as Tails (NO transformations, cheats)
BahamutVoid BahamutVoid01h22:41.10
Highest score as Tails (NO transformations, cheats, Spin Dash exploit)
Flobeamer1922 Flobeamer19221386490
Least deaths as Tails (NO transformations, cheats)
BahamutVoid BahamutVoid0
Least hits taken as Tails (NO transformations, cheats)
FlamingDoom FlamingDoom16
Least jumps as Tails (NO transformations, cheats)
BahamutVoid BahamutVoid1113
Least Spin Dashes as Tails (NO transformations, cheats)
BahamutVoid BahamutVoid156
Fastest time as Knuckles (NO transformations, cheats)
BahamutVoid BahamutVoid01h02:52.98
Highest score as Knuckles (NO transformations, cheats, Spin Dash exploit)
BahamutVoid BahamutVoid285460
Least deaths as Knuckles (NO transformations, cheats)
BahamutVoid BahamutVoid0
Least hits taken as Knuckles (NO transformations, cheats)
BahamutVoid BahamutVoid56
Least jumps as Knuckles (NO transformations, cheats)
BahamutVoid BahamutVoid956
Least Spin Dashes as Knuckles (NO transformations, cheats)
BahamutVoid BahamutVoid127
Fastest time as Sonic (Time Attack, NO cheats)
justagamer justagamer00:01.36
Fastest time as Sonic (Time Attack, NO cheats)
justagamer justagamer00:15.90
Fastest time as Sonic (Time Attack, NO cheats)
BahamutVoid BahamutVoid00:05.63
Fastest time as Sonic (Time Attack, NO cheats)
BahamutVoid BahamutVoid00:31.84
Fastest time as Sonic (Time Attack, NO cheats)
BahamutVoid BahamutVoid00:06.68
Fastest time as Sonic (Time Attack, NO cheats)
BahamutVoid BahamutVoid00:34.21
Fastest time as Sonic (Time Attack, NO cheats)
BahamutVoid BahamutVoid00:05.83
Fastest time as Sonic (Time Attack, NO cheats)
BahamutVoid BahamutVoid00:30.34
Fastest time as Sonic (Time Attack, NO cheats)
BahamutVoid BahamutVoid00:07.60
Fastest time as Sonic (Time Attack, NO cheats)
BahamutVoid BahamutVoid00:40.18
Fastest time as Sonic (NO monitors, cheats)
BahamutVoid BahamutVoid02:43.31
Fastest time as Tails (NO transformations, cheats)
ImmuneToSarcasm ImmuneToSarcasm01:48.73
Fastest time as Knuckles (NO transformations, cheats)
CrolaRedarac CrolaRedarac00:09.75