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Latest revision as of 21:47, 17 November 2024

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  • Sega Mega Drive
    NTSC-U/PAL
  • Sega Mega Drive
    NTSC-J
  • Xbox 360

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Sonic & Knuckles
System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Virtual Console, Xbox 360, RealOne Arcade
Publisher:
Sega Mega Drive
Sega Enterprises, Ltd.
Wii Virtual Console
Xbox 360
Sega Corporation
Developer:
Distributor:
Sega Mega Drive
Ecofilmes (PT)
Sega Mega Drive
SF Interactive Media (SE rental)
Sega Mega Drive
Zegetron (GR)
Sega Mega Drive
Sega-Ozisoft (AU)
Sega Mega Drive
Tec Toy (BR)
Sega Mega Drive
Samsung (KR)
Sega Mega Drive
HiCom (KR) (re-release)
Sound driver: SMPS Z80 (modified; Sonic & Knuckles)
Genre: Action[1][2]

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
JP
¥7,8007,800 G-4124
Sega Mega Drive
US
1563
Videogame Rating Council: GA
Sega Mega Drive
US
(Sega Channel)
SUBsub
Videogame Rating Council: GA
Sega Mega Drive
EU
1563-50
ELSPA: 3+ OK
Sega Mega Drive
FR
Sega Mega Drive
PT
MDJ1653
Sega Mega Drive
UK
£38.9938.99 1563
ELSPA: 3+ OK
Sega Mega Drive
LT
Sega Mega Drive
SE
(Rental)
Sega Mega Drive
GR
Sega Mega Drive
CZ
Sega Mega Drive
AU
OFLC: G
Sega Mega Drive
AU
(Platinum)
FSON09SMC
Sega Mega Drive
BR
047090
Tectoy: Todas as Idades
Sega Mega Drive
KR
GM94021JG
Sega Mega Drive
AS
RealOne Arcade
US
Xbox 360
JP
CERO: A
Xbox 360
JP
(Otameshiban)
FREEfree
CERO: A
Xbox 360
US
400MSP400[10]
ESRB: Everyone
Xbox 360
US
(Trial Game)
FREEfree
ESRB: Everyone
Xbox 360
EU
PEGI: 3+
Xbox 360
EU
(Trial Game)
FREEfree
PEGI: 3+
Xbox 360
DE
USK: 6
Xbox 360
DE
(Trial Game)
FREEfree
USK: 6
Xbox 360
UK
PEGI: 3+
Xbox 360
UK
(Trial Game)
FREEfree
PEGI: 3+
Xbox 360
AU
OFLC: General (G)
Xbox 360
AU
(Trial Game)
FREEfree
OFLC: General (G)
Xbox 360
KR
GRB: All
Xbox 360
KR
(Pyeong-gapan Game)
FREEfree
GRB: All
Wii Virtual Console
JP
600pts600[17]
CERO: A
Wii Virtual Console
US
800pts800[19]
ESRB: Everyone
Wii Virtual Console
EU
800pts800[18]
PEGI: 3+
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Production credits

Main article: Sonic & Knuckles/Production credits.

Magazine articles

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
{{{{{icon}}}|L}} Division by zero.
Based on
0 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
70
[21]
Ação Games (BR)
100
[22]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
80
[23]
CD Consoles (FR)
48
[24]
Cool Gamer (RU)
70
[25]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
91
[26]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
93
[27]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 2 (RU)
90
[28]
Freak (IL)
93
[29]
GameFan (US) NTSC-U
91
[30]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
95
[31]
Game Players (US)
95
[32]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
100
[33]
GamePro (DE) PAL
87
[34]
Gamer (GR)
99
[35]
Gamers (DE)
87
[36]
GamesMaster (UK) PAL
90
[37]
Games World: The Magazine (UK) PAL
83
[38]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
81
[39]
Hyper (AU) PAL
78
[40]
Joypad (FR) PAL
81
[41]
Joypad (HU)
90
[42]
Kiber Zona (LT)
70
[43]
LeveL (CZ)
75
[44]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
82
[45]
Mega (UK) PAL
92
[46]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
85
[47]
Mega Power (UK) PAL
92
[48]
MegaTech (UK) PAL
90
[49]
Megazin (SI)
89
[50]
Micro Kid's Multimédia (FR)
100
[51]
Micromanía (segunda época) (ES)
90
[52]
Magazina Igrushek (RU)
100
[53]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
85
[54]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
75
[55]
Player One (FR)
95
[56]
Play Time (DE) PAL
87
[57]
Power Up! (UK)
86
[58]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
82
[59]
Score (CZ)
85
[60]
Sega Magazin (DE)
89
[61]
Sega Magazine (UK)
92
[62]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
90
[63]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
90
[64]
Sega Force (SE)
92
[65]
Svet Kompjutera (YU)
84
[66]
Sega Mega Drive Review (RU)
80
[67]
Sega Megazone (AU)
85
[68]
Sonic the Comic (UK) PAL
91
[69]
Sonic the Comic (UK) PAL
87
[70]
Todo Sega (ES)
91
[71]
Tricks (RU)
81
[72]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
89
[73]
Video Games (DE)
80
[74]
VideoGames (US)
90
[75]
Sega Mega Drive
87
Based on
55 reviews

Sonic & Knuckles

Main article: Sonic & Knuckles/Magazine articles.

Technical information

Main article: Sonic & Knuckles/Technical information.

References

  1. File:Sk-box-jap.jpg
  2. 2.0 2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-20 09:51)
  3. File:SonicTimes US 1994-10.pdf
  4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MERwuwZK9YM (Ghostarchive)
  5. File:DailyMirror UK 1994-10-18 08.jpg
  6. File:DailyMirror UK 1994-10-18 19.jpg
  7. http://games.real.com/allgames.php?mode=spnav (Wayback Machine: 2004-08-02 23:32)
  8. 8.0 8.1 Xbox LIVE Marketplace (ja-JP; ソニック-ナックルズ/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802584109c4) (Wayback Machine: 2015-12-07 19:47)
  9. 9.0 9.1 Xbox LIVE Marketplace (en-US; Sonic-Knuckles/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802584109c4) (Wayback Machine: 2010-10-26 10:45)
  10. Xbox.com (en-US; s/sonicknucklesxbla) (Wayback Machine: 2009-09-11 04:09)
  11. 11.0 11.1 Xbox LIVE Marketplace (en-GB; Sonic-Knuckles/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802584109c4) (Wayback Machine: 2010-10-26 02:12)
  12. 12.0 12.1 Xbox LIVE Marketplace (en-AU; Sonic-Knuckles/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802584109c4) (Wayback Machine: 2017-03-17 09:17)
  13. 13.0 13.1 Xbox LIVE Marketplace (fr-FR; Sonic-Knuckles/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802584109c4) (Wayback Machine: 2010-10-26 14:12)
  14. 14.0 14.1 Xbox LIVE Marketplace (de-DE; Sonic-Knuckles/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802584109c4) (Wayback Machine: 2011-02-10 05:34)
  15. 15.0 15.1 Xbox LIVE Marketplace (ko-kr; Sonic-Knuckles/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802584109c4) (Wayback Machine: 2018-07-02 23:19)
  16. https://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/vc/software/11.html (Wayback Machine: 2018-03-06 22:05)
  17. http://vc.sega.jp:80/vc_sandk (Wayback Machine: 2009-10-26 19:13)
  18. 18.0 18.1 18.2 http://www.nintendolife.com:80/games/megadrive/sonic_and_knuckles (Wayback Machine: 2017-09-09 22:24)
  19. http://www.nintendo.com:80/games/detail/DhOwxazTYsF7_bTv4yHsNViwHFjp2d7g (Wayback Machine: 2013-02-16 06:43)
  20. https://www.nintendo.fr/Jeux/Console-virtuelle-Wii-/Sonic-Knuckles--279151.html (archive.today)
  21. 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 214
  22. Ação Games, "Outubro 1994" (BR; 1994-10-16), page 22
  23. Beep! MegaDrive, "December 1994" (JP; 1994-11-08), page 23
  24. CD Consoles, "Novembre 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 130
  25. Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 198
  26. Computer & Video Games, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-15), page 68
  27. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 36
  28. Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 2, "" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 211
  29. Freak, "11/94" (IL; 1994-xx-xx), page 1
  30. GameFan, "Volume 2, Issue 11: November 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 32
  31. Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 11 November 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 112
  32. Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 12 December 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 52
  33. GamePro, "November 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 74
  34. GamePro, "November 1994" (DE; 1994-10-28), page 38
  35. Gamer, "Fevrouários 1995" (GR; 1995-xx-xx), page 1
  36. Gamers, "November 1994" (DE; 1994-11-04), page 34
  37. GamesMaster, "October 1994" (UK; 1994-09-22), page 36
  38. Games World: The Magazine, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-xx), page 14
  39. Game Informer, "November 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 12
  40. Hyper, "October 1994" (AU; 1994-xx-xx), page 42
  41. Joypad, "Novembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 114
  42. Joypad, "1/1995" (HU; 1995-xx-xx), page 16
  43. Kiber Zona, "Rugsejis 1997" (LT; 1997-xx-xx), page 5
  44. LeveL, "Říjen 1995" (CZ; 1995-10-01), page 1
  45. MAN!AC, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-09), page 52
  46. Mega, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-27), page 4
  47. Mega Fun, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-23), page 106
  48. Mega Power, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-20), page 28
  49. MegaTech, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-10-27), page 4
  50. Megazin, "Letnik 2, Številka 16, December 1994" (SI; 1994-xx-xx), page 31
  51. Micro Kid's Multimédia, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 38
  52. Micromanía (segunda época), "Octubre 1994" (ES; 1994-xx-xx), page 87
  53. Magazina Igrushek, "4/1995" (RU; 1995-xx-xx), page 69
  54. Mean Machines Sega, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-09-30), page 70
  55. Next Generation, "Premiere Issue 1995" (US; 1994-12-08), page 107
  56. Player One, "Novembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 98
  57. Play Time, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-09), page 104
  58. Power Up!, "Saturday, October 22, 1994" (UK; 1994-10-22), page 1
  59. Saturn Fan, "1995 January" (JP; 1994-12-xx), page 63
  60. Score, "Prosinec 1994" (CZ; 1994-12-01), page 34
  61. Sega Magazin, "November 1994" (DE; 1994-10-12), page 72
  62. Sega Magazine, "October 1994" (UK; 1994-09-15), page 80
  63. Sega Power, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-09-29), page 34
  64. Sega Pro, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-06), page 46
  65. Sega Force, "7-8/94" (SE; 1994-10-19), page 8
  66. Svet Kompjutera, "Maj 1996" (YU; 1996-xx-xx), page 84
  67. Sega Mega Drive Review, "2" (RU; 1996-01-03), page 129
  68. Sega Megazone, "October 1994" (AU; 1994-xx-xx), page 34
  69. Sonic the Comic, "20th January 1995" (UK; 1995-01-07), page 10
  70. Sonic the Comic, "2 August 1996" (UK; 1996-07-24), page 11
  71. Todo Sega, "Noviembre 1994" (ES; 1994-1x-xx), page 72
  72. Tricks, "4/95" (RU; 1995-xx-xx), page 30
  73. Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 24
  74. Video Games, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-23), page 36
  75. VideoGames, "November 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 76


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