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Sonic the Hedgehog 3

Saved progress and lock-on cartridge combination with Sonic & Knuckles formed one continuous campaign.

Released 1994 Developer Sonic Team Publisher Sega Platform Genesis Genre Platformer Era The 3D rupture

Mechanics it built on

Ideas Sonic the Hedgehog 3 inherited rather than invented — each traceable back through the ontology to a root.

Continuous Scrolling Playfield 1980Checkpoint Respawn 1984Momentum-Based Platform Control 1985Battery-Backed Save File 1986

The Sonic the Hedgehog series in this dataset

1991
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Sonic the Hedgehog 3 this page
1998

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