Sonic & Knuckles (Angel Island Revisited) - Sonic Full Playthrough 2/2
1Sonic & Knuckles was released in 1994, a few months after Sonic the Hedgehog 3, and in my opinion; stands tall and bright, as easily: The single greatest game in the Sonic franchise. This is the one, where if you only pick one Sonic game to play; make it Sonic 3 & Knuckles, because it's easily the most influential, and enjoyable experience of the Genesis Era Sonic games.
Sadly, like Sonic 2, Sonic & Knuckles had a majorly troubled development. And the result was the game being split into 2 games; Sonic the Hedgehog 3, and Sonic & Knuckles; however, Sega had a creative way to get around this decision; which was building Sonic & Knuckles more like a Game Genie, and having it respond to certain games in a special way to fully flesh out the game.
Despite needing 2 full retail releases to experience the full game; even back in the day, Sonic 3 & Knuckles was well worth the experience. Everything added in this game; the new Special Stages, new Shields, new Bonus rounds, new characters; Everything added to the world. In addition to this, the new Zones are probably the best of the series. Easily the most well built level design, probably the only issue with Sonic 3 & Knuckles; is compared to the previous games, the difficulty has been scaled way back. If you can get the 7 Chaos Emeralds at a decent rate, the rest of the game becomes trivial; but I suppose a bonus that truly rewards skillful play is a good thing.
This is being played via Angel Island Revisited, a widescreen PC mod that also makes some additional quality of life changes; such as adjusting the graphics in certain areas to be more on point with the storyline, adding in the option for beta and custom music, fixing bugs and glitches, restoring cut content from the original games, and so much more. This is, in my opinion, the definitive way to play Sonic 3 & Knuckles, given there has been no official re-release that truly remasters it to this day.
0:00 Mushroom Hill Zone Act 1
0:22 Super Special Stage 1
2:47 Mushroom Hill Zone Act 1
3:32 Super Special Stage 2
5:07 Mushroom Hill Zone Act 1
6:18 Mushroom Hill Zone Act 2
7:59 Super Special Stage 3
9:45 Mushroom Hill Zone Act 2
11:09 Flying Battery Act 1
14:06 Super Special Stage 4
15:24 Flying Battery Act 1
16:46 Flying Battery Act 2
21:42 Sandopolis Zone Act 1
25:16 Bonus Stage: Slot Machine
26:12 Sandopolis Zone Act 1
27:15 Sandopolis Zone Act 2
33:19 Lava Reef Zone Act 1
35:01 Super Special Stage 5
37:00 Lava Reef Zone Act 1
37:17 Super Special Stage 6
39:59 Lava Reef Zone Act 1
44:15 Lava Reef Zone Act 2
45:14 Super Special Stage 7
47:18 Lava Reef Zone Act 2
50:44 Lava Reef Zone Act 3
53:12 Hidden Palace Zone
55:01 Sky Sanctuary Zone
59:15 Death Egg Zone Act 1
1:02:59 Death Egg Zone Act 2
1:09:16 Death Egg Zone Act 3: Great Robotnik Robo
1:11:38 The Doomsday Zone
1:13:50 Ending/Credits
All the gameplay showcased was recorded via the use of Angel Island Revisited, a Widescreen PC conversion of Sonic 3 & Knuckles made by Eukaryot3K. This can easily be found via a Google Search.
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