This article pertains to the beta elements of Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles .
Unused objects
All of these unused objects that have been present in Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and Sonic & Knuckles are still found in the game's files.
Artwork
Name
Description
Button
A button with unknown purpose. It can be placed in Carnival Night Zone via Debug Mode but does nothing when pressed.
Breakable block
This block glows and is breakable by jumping on it. It can be placed in IceCap Zone via Debug Mode.
Lift
A platform that is not used in any level. Its graphics match Launch Base Zone . It has no movement of its own.
Unused audio
Music
These songs can be heard in the Sound Test .
Clip
Sound ID
Description
$26
The credits theme for Sonic the Hedgehog 3 . It was replaced with the Sonic & Knuckles credits theme instead.
$32
A short "Game Clear" jingle from Sonic the Hedgehog 3 , which is not heard with the lock-on technology. A longer version of this jingle can be heard at the end of the credits medley.
Sound effects
Sounds from Sonic the Hedgehog 3 still exist in this game.
Clip
Sound ID
Description
$3A
A shield sound leftover from Sonic the Hedgehog 2 .
$40
An electric zap. This sound would later be used for the Thunder Shield in Sonic Generations and Sonic Lost World .
$5A
Sounds like something revving up. It would later be used in Sonic 3D Blast .
$6B
Sounds like a higher-pitched version of the sound heard when hitting an R, Up or Down block in the Special Stage from the original Sonic the Hedgehog .
$6D
Sounds like a door closing.
$71
Duplicate of $3A.
$7D
Sounds like mild rattling.
$84
Sounds like something charging up. It only seems to be referenced in some Zone with a high level ID which is composed of garbage data.
$85
This would have been used in cooperation with $84.
$8D
A very quiet sound.
$8E
Another electric rev-up sound.
$99
A small "tick" sound.
$A1
A low-humming sound. This sound effect is used by the Stardust Speedway Zone Act 1 boss in Sonic Mania .
$A5
Sounds like something rising or powering up.
$A6
A dashing noise.
$B5
The sound effect of the breakable diamonds in the Special Stage from the original Sonic the Hedgehog .
$BC
$C5
$D1
A very faint sound that may sound like static.
$D6
Some sort of rumbling/electric sound.
$D8
Sounds like a screeching warning siren. It was used in the November 3rd, 1993 prototype when Robotnik appeared behind the trees at the end of Angel Island Zone Act 2.
$DD-$DF
Sounds of duplicates for $DB when running across water in Hydrocity Zone.
External links
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Characters
Sonic (Super Sonic , Hyper Sonic ) | Tails (Super Tails ) | Knuckles (Super Knuckles , Hyper Knuckles ) | Dr. Robotnik | Mecha Sonic (Mecha Sonic's Super State ) | Animals (Flicky (Flicky's Super State ), Pocky , Pecky , Cucky , Ricky , Rocky )
Badniks
Batbot | Blaster | Blastoid (Carnival Night Zone) | Blastoid (Hydrocity Zone) | Bloominator | Bubbles | Bugernaut | Butterdroid | Catakiller, Jr. | Chainspike | Clamer | Cluckoid | Corkey | Dragonfly | EggRobo | Fireworm | Flybot767 | Hyudoro | Iwamodoki | Jawz | Madmole | Mantis | Mega Chopper | Monkey Dude | Mushmeanie | Orbinaut | Penguinator | Pointdexter | RhinoBot | Ribot | Rock'n | Sandworm | Skorp | Snale Blaster | Spikebonker | Spiker | Star Pointer | Technosqueek | Toxomister | Turbo Spiker
Zones
Sonic 3
Angel Island Zone | Hydrocity Zone | Marble Garden Zone | Carnival Night Zone | IceCap Zone | Launch Base Zone | Special Stages | Bonus Stages
Sonic & Knuckles
Mushroom Hill Zone | Flying Battery Zone | Sandopolis Zone | Lava Reef Zone | Hidden Palace Zone | Sky Sanctuary Zone | Death Egg Zone | The Doomsday Zone | Special Stages | Bonus Stages
Competition
Azure Lake Zone | Balloon Park Zone | Chrome Gadget Zone | Desert Palace Zone | Endless Mine Zone
Bosses
Sub-bosses
Doctor Robotnik's Flame Craft | Doctor Robotnik's Whirlpool Machine | Tunnelbot | Self D-Struct Machine | Iceball | Swing'm Spikez | Hei Hou | Gapsule | Barrier Eggman | Guardian | Heat Arms | Egg Mobile-H | Flying Eggman | Red Eye | Death Ball
Zone bosses
Doctor Robotnik's Flame Craft | Doctor Robotnik's Waterspout and Depth Charge Machine | Doctor Robotnik's Jet Drill Pod | Doctor Robotnik's Energy Ship | Doctor Robotnik's Freeze-O-Matic | Ball Shooter | Beam Rocket | Big Arm | Jet Mobile | Hang Mobile | Egg Golem | Hot Mobile | Knuckles | Mecha Sonic | Mecha Sonic's Super State | Great Eggman Robo | Final Weapon
Moves/Techniques
Bound Jump | Crouch | Double Jump | Fireball Spin Dash | Glide | Gliding Knuckles Attack | Hyper Flash | Insta-Shield | Propeller Flying | Spin Jump | Spin Dash | Spin Attack | Wall Climb
Items
Air Bubble | Balloon | Banana | Bomb | Booster | Bumper | Bumper wall | Cannon | Capsule | Change | Chaos Emerald | Cloud | Continue | Fan | Jump Stand | Monitor (Water Shield , Flame Shield , Invincibility , Lightning Shield , Super Ring , Super Shoes , Extra Life , S , Eggman ) | Movable box | Mushroom | Pulley | Ring | Signpost | Self-Propelled Bomb | Slow-Down Shoes | Snowboard | Sphere | Spikes | Spring | Spinning Top | Star Post (Star Circle ) | Super Emerald | Switch | Transport | Vine | Zip Line
Other
Angel Island | Barrel | Blue Knuckles | Conveyor Belt | Corkscrew loop | Crusher | Death Egg | Debug Mode | Fireball Cannon | Flipper | Flywheel | Freeze | Giant spear | Goal | Gravity Control Switch | Gumball | High-speed elevator | High-speed warp tube | Icicle | Iron ball | Jewel Radar | Perfect Bonus | Platform-raising Wheel | Pole Elevator | Relief | Reverse | Ring Shooter | Rock Drill | Seesaw | Shuttle loop | Slot machine | Snowblower | Sonic & Knuckles • Sonic the Hedgehog 3 | Strange Relief | Time Attack | Tornado | Warp Point | Winding Tunnel | Wonderman