Sonic & Knuckles/Magazine articles
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1994-xx-xx | Electronic Gaming Monthly (US), "June 1994" | "Press Start: Sonic 4 for Genesis Coming This Fall!" Having probed Sega in inteviews at Winter CES 1994, EGM is told to look at old Sonic level select screens for hints of an upcoming Sonic game. Cue wild speculation and reprinted mockups of Sonic 2's Dust Hill Zone and Hidden Palace Zone. | |||||||||||||
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1994-06-30 | Mean Machines Sega (UK), "August 1994" | "Sonic vs Knuckles" Short paragraph about the upcoming game, scheduled for an October release. The article erroneously calls it "Sonic vs Knuckles", despite the logo with the correct title being shown. | |||||||||||||
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1994-07-15 | Sega Magazine (UK), "August 1994" | ||||||||||||||
| "Next Wave: Sonic & Knuckles" | ||||||||||||||||
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1994-08-17 | Sega Magazin (DE), "September 1994" | "Newsbox: Sonic Kehrt Zurück!" | |||||||||||||
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1994-xx-xx | Electronic Gaming Monthly (US), "September 1994" | "Sonic & Knuckles" | |||||||||||||
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1994-09-15 | Computer & Video Games (UK), "October 1994" | "Work in Progress: Sonic & Knuckles" Three-page preview of the game. Screenshots from the first three zones are shown. Knuckles' gliding and climbing abilities are mentioned, as well as backwards-compatibility with previous games (although the lock-on cart is not described). | |||||||||||||
| "Mega Drive Preview: Sonic & Knuckles" From the German edition of GamePro. | ||||||||||||||||
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1994-09-21 | Sega Magazin (DE), "Oktober 1994" | "Newsbox: 3 Neue Sonic-Spiele!" | |||||||||||||
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1994-08-xx | Mean Machines Sega (UK), "October 1994" | "Cover Story: Sonic & Knuckles" Five-page preview of the game, covering topics such as the new playable Knuckles and his unique abilities, backward-compatiblity with Sonic 3 and other games, and the game's first three zones. The abandoned Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Limited Edition is also mentioned, as well as "Sonic Chaos 2" and a 32X port of SegaSonic the Hedgehog. | |||||||||||||
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1994-xx-xx | SuperGamePower (BR), "Outubro 1994" | "Pré-Estréia: Sonic & Knuckles" | |||||||||||||
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1994-xx-xx | Sega Visions (US), "October/November 1994" | "Sega Game Feature: Genesis - Sonic & Knuckles" | |||||||||||||
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1994-0x-xx | VideoGames (US), "September 1994" | "Previews: Sonic & Knuckles" | |||||||||||||
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1994-xx-xx | Game Players (US), "Vol. 7 No. 10 October 1994" | "Genesis: Preview - Sonic and Knuckles" | |||||||||||||
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1994-xx-xx | GamePro (US), "October 1994" | "Cover Feature: Sonic + Knuckles = Twice as Much Fun" | |||||||||||||
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1994-xx-xx | Micromanía (segunda época) (ES), "Octubre 1994" | "Sonic & Knuckles"
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1994-10-15 | Computer & Video Games (UK), "November 1994" | "Review: Sonic & Knuckles" Two-page review of the game. The writers describe it as fun with original ideas, and good value for money. The backwards compatibility is also praised.
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1994-09-30 | Mean Machines Sega (UK), "November 1994" | "Megadrive Review: Sonic & Knuckles" Three-page review of the game, describing it as a "redecorated version" of Sonic 3. The article also mentions the new bonus stages, the puzzle sections in Sandopolis Zone, and the more complicated multi-sprite bosses. The writers overall impression is positive, but they criticise the lack of improvement over Sonic 3 and linear levels.
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| "Mega Drive Test: Sonic & Knuckles" From the German edition of GamePro. | ||||||||||||||||
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1994-11-04 | Gamers (DE), "November 1994" | "Mega Drive Test: Sonic & Knuckles"
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1994-10-12 | Sega Magazin (DE), "November 1994" | "Review: Sonic & Knuckles"
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1994-1x-xx | Joypad (FR), "Novembre 1994" | "Megadrive: Sonic & Knuckles"
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1994-xx-xx | GamePro (US), "November 1994" | "ProReview: Genesis - Sonic & Knuckles"
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1994-1x-xx | EGM² (US), "November 1994" | "Special Feature: Sonic & Knuckles" An ill-informed two page spread in EGM² claims the game is compatible with the original Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball. Spinball is of course no more compatible than most Mega Drive games, displaying one of the 134,217,728 levels of Blue Sphere. | |||||||||||||
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1994-xx-xx | CD Consoles (FR), "Novembre 1994" | "Les Critiques: Sonic & Knuckles"
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1994-xx-xx | Electronic Gaming Monthly (US), "November 1994" | "Press Start: Sega set to Give Nintendo a Knuckle Sandwich" As a promotional stunt for the game, Knuckles went missing. And then he was found. EGM gives us the details. | |||||||||||||
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1994-xx-xx | Electronic Gaming Monthly (US), "November 1994" | "Special Feature! Sonic & Knuckles" | |||||||||||||
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1994-11-23 | Video Games (DE), "12/94" | "Reviews: Sonic & Knuckles"
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1994-1x-xx | Micro Kid's Multimédia (FR), "Décembre 1994" | "Tests: Mega Drive - Sonic & Knuckles"
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1994-xx-xx | Sega Visions (US), "December/January 1994/1995" | "Sega Game Feature: Genesis - Sonic & Knuckles" | |||||||||||||
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1994-12-08 | Next Generation (US), "Premiere Issue 1995" | "Finals - Sonic & Knuckles"
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1994-11-30 | Mean Machines Sega (UK), "January 1995" | "Megadrive Tips: Sonic & Knuckles" Short article explaining the Blue Spheres mini-game and how to access it by plugging in a Sonic the Hedgehog cart. Passwords for the first 11 stages are listed. | |||||||||||||
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199x-xx-xx | VideoGames (US), "January 1995" | "Tips & Tricks: Sonic & Knuckles" More coverage on how to start Blue Sphere. | |||||||||||||
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1995-01-30 | Mean Machines Sega (UK), "March 1995" | "Megadrive Tips: Sonic and Knuckles" Short paragraph listing a few Action Replay codes, which the writer has only printed because there are no regular cheat codes. A level select code would later be discovered, however. | |||||||||||||
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1995-02-28 | Mean Machines Sega (UK), "April 1995" | "The Complete Sonic Tips Guide" Short article explaining the Blue Spheres mini-game, and several Action Replay codes, all of which are repeated from previous issues. Part of a retrospective of codes on Mega Drive Sonic games. | |||||||||||||
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1994-xx-xx | Sega Megazone (AU), "October 1994" |
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1994-10-15 | Sega Magazine (UK), "November 1994" | Sega Magazine writer Tom Guise challenges readers to find the elusive "Rankles", Knuckles' green otter sidekick with outsize sparkly ankles in Sonic & Knuckles. Winners would receive £1 million, were it not for the fact the character was a work of fiction. The real contest was to photograph (or "accurately describe") the ending to Sonic 3 & Knuckles for a chance to win a Sega Multi-Mega.
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1994-10-08 | Beep! MegaDrive (JP), "November 1994" | ||||||||||||||
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1994-11-08 | Beep! MegaDrive (JP), "December 1994" | ||||||||||||||
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1994-xx-xx | Wiz (IL), "6/94" | ||||||||||||||
| 1994-xx-xx | Freak (IL), "11/94" | |||||||||||||||
| 1994-xx-xx | Joypad (HU), "2/1994" | |||||||||||||||
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1994-xx-xx | Wiz (IL), "12/94" | ||||||||||||||
| 1995-xx-xx | Joypad (HU), "1/1995" | |||||||||||||||
| 1995-xx-xx | Joypad (HU), "1/1995" | Tips | ||||||||||||||
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1995-xx-xx | 576 KByte (HU), "Március 1995" | ||||||||||||||
| 1997-xx-xx | Kiber Zona (LT), "Rugsejis 1997" | |||||||||||||||
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1996-xx-xx | Svet Kompjutera (YU), "Maj 1996" | ||||||||||||||
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1994-xx-xx | Megazin (SI), "Letnik 2, Številka 16, December 1994" |
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1994-12-01 | Score (CZ), "Prosinec 1994" | ||||||||||||||
| 1995-10-01 | LeveL (CZ), "Říjen 1995" | |||||||||||||||
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1995-xx-xx | Magazina Igrushek (RU), "4/1995" | ||||||||||||||
| 1996-xx-xx | Top Secret (PL), "Marzec 1996" | Tips | ||||||||||||||
| 1996-07-01 | Velikiy Drakon (RU), "xxxx xxxx" | Tips | ||||||||||||||
| 1996-08-15 | Velikiy Drakon (RU), "xxxx xxxx" | Tips | ||||||||||||||
| 1996-12-01 | Velikiy Drakon (RU), "xxxx xxxx" | |||||||||||||||
| 1998-02-03 | Velikiy Drakon (RU), "xxxx xxxx" | |||||||||||||||
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1996-12-16 | ABC (CZ), "Ročník 41, 9" | ||||||||||||||
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1995-xx-xx | AS Magazin-Video Igrice (YU), "Jul-Avgust 1995" | "Tips" | |||||||||||||
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2001-10-25 | Computer & Video Games (UK), "November 2001" | "100 Best Games Ever: Sonic & Knuckles" Short paragraph placing the game as the 64th best ever. | |||||||||||||
