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The best Sonic the Hedgehog game, ever!!
To me, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is by far the best game in the series. It improves in every aspect form the previous titles.

Sonic and the gang are back in an all-new adventure! When Doctor Robotnik returns once again with another evil plan, it will take even more effort from the duo of Sonic and Tails as Robotnik has more tricks up his sleeve than ever, including a tricky ally known as Knuckles the Echidna, who pursues Sonic in his travels on a never ending quest to stop the blue hedgehog from succeeding!

Sonic 3 is, in my eyes, the ultimate 2D Sonic experience. It has a great soundtrack. Great enemies, and colorful worlds. The soundtrack is excellent, from the aquatic jazz of HydroCity to someone shouting “go go go!” at you in the Launch Base to the peaceful wintery music of IceCap. The final boss music is the best, it starts out sounding menacing and doomsdayish, then speeds up, then has a very positive “you can do it!” sounding finish.

There are also different types of shields, the best one being the lightning shield, which makes collecting rings much easier.
There are only 2 negatives to this game: it’s a bit too easy and short, and it has a ridiculous number of underwater areas. EVERY single level except Marble Garden has an underwater area, and even that level has slime pits you can sink into. I mean, come on, who ever heard of an underwater carnival? Fortunately, both of these problems can be solved by locking the game on to Sonic & Knuckles, which is essentially the 2nd half of the game. S&K has no underwater areas and is a bit more challenging. If you buy S3, I recommend buying S&K and locking the two on in order to enjoy the TRUE Sonic 3 experience. While locking Sonic 3 with S&K, you can unlock hyper sonic, hyper knuckles, and a super tails…yes! now tails will transform when gaining all the chaos emeralds.

A neat feature i really like about this game, is the option to save your game, if you beat a level and decide to take a break, you can turn off the console, come back and start off in the last stage you where in.The new Special Stages are stellar, each in their own unique way, specifically the sphere-collecting Chaos Emerald levels that will ASSURE your reflexes a good workout.You also have the chance to play as tails, sonic & Tails, Sonic alone. YOU CAN MAKE TAILS FLY NOW! This is something I’m sure many fans complained about with Sonic 2, so now as the second controllable character, you actually have something to do. Plus, you can swim and lift Sonic up to otherwise unreachable areas out of his grasp. Pretty cool.The game also offers BONUS STAGES that reward you a nice change from the seriousness of the SS’s in that you don’t have to win them, just collect powerups, etc.

sonic 3 also has 2 player mode. but, its a bit dissapointing, Just run laps in very short zones. No playing through actual in-game levels or special stages like the ones in Sonic 2.

Sonic 3 is a true masterpiece, If you want a more intense gaming experience, buy Sonic 3 and Sonic and Knuckles together and play Sonic 3 and Knuckles. Sonic 3 and Knuckles is quite possibly the best Sonic game ever.

Graphics:

+ The stages and characters have smooth animation and bright colors.
+The frame rate is always stable, the game will keep up with sonic’s speed no matter what.

Sound:

+ The soundtrack fits each level and boss fight.
+Sound effects are clear and perfect
- No voices.

Game Play:

+ Choose from Sonic and Tails, play alone with jsut on character or both.
+ Easy to pick up and play, all you need is to blink your eyes less to keep up with all the action.
+ Cool new special stages and bonus rounds.
+ Save game feature
+/- supports 2 player split screen, but its not that amazing as the Single Player

Replay Value:

+Each zone is big and each round contains a mini boss
+ Plenty of hidden areas
+ Use the lock on technology with Snic and Knuckles, and expand your gaming needs
+/- even thought the levels are huge, the game is short in zones.
-Doesent offer much challenge, its an easy game.

The syndicate, that was thought destroyed by Axel, Blaze, Skate and Max has returned again with a vengence. After an intense bombing campaign, the city is in panic and the chief of police has been kidnapped. Even more sinister is the fact that the Syndicate plans to replace top ranking officials, with robots. Blaze’s friend Dr Zan uncovers this and she assembles the team once again in the hope of finding out the truth and put an end to this madness once and for all.

Gameplay:
A side scrolling beat ‘em up game, move up, down, left and right as you travel along. Attacking is done with your fists and any weapons that you pick up from crates or enemies. Special attacks can also be done which are more powerful but drain your health.

Features:

     
Speedball’s back! After a hundred years of absence, the most violent sport ever devised by man has bounced back – and this time it’s twice as deadly!
Like the original speedball, the game’s authorities have left all of the rules and referees out, which generally ensures that plenty of entertaining, physical violence is the order of the day. No matter how violent a game may be, there’s got to be an objective. In Speedball 2 it’s scoring points, and the most usual form of this pursuit comes from scoring goals in the opposition’s ‘net’. But ass you’ll read later on, there are quite a few more tally-toting techniques to discover.
In addition to the smash, grab ‘n’ score antics of the actual game, Speedball 2 also puts you in the role of team manager. This means that you supervise each players training programme, as well as keeping an eye on the transfer market for any Lineker-esque goal scoring star players. Training and new players are paid for with the prize money you receive from each game played.
You start with your team, Brutal Deluxe, languishing at the bottom of Speedball Division Two. Using you skills and judgement, it’s your job as player manager to get to the top of Division One – and stay there!

Speedball 2 is a 16 bits classic. (Amiga, megadrive, pc..), is a superb future sports simulation that combines extremely fast and addictive gameplay with plenty of violence. It’s one of those games that’s very easy to pick up and play, but has the potential to let experts learn some amazing tricks and tactics. Like all sports games, the two-player mode provides the most fun , but that’s not to say that single-play action is dull, Not at all – the computer opponents pack a hefty punch and the management section adds a whole new angle to the game. With its excellent graphics and superb gameplay, Speedball 2 is a long lasting and thoroughly enjoyable sports simulation that should definitely be checked out.