Sonic & Knuckles/Reception

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Critical reception

Ratings

Publication awards
CVG Hit
Platinum
Ultimate
Gold Game
Play Time Star
Get It!
Yo!
Classic
Score Publication Date Region Version
70 1700 igr dlya Sega 2001-xx-xx RURussia RU [1] [details]
100 Ação Games 1994-10-16 BRBrazil BR [2] [details]
80 Beep! MegaDrive 1994-11-08 JPJapan JP NTSC-J [3] [details]
48 CD Consoles 1994-xx-xx FRFrance FR [4] [details]
70 Cool Gamer 2002-10-13 RURussia RU [5] [details]
91 Computer & Video Games 1994-10-15 UKUnited Kingdom UK [6] [details]
93 Electronic Gaming Monthly 1994-xx-xx USUnited States of America US NTSC-U [7] [details]
90 Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 2 2000-xx-xx RURussia RU [8] [details]
93 Freak 1994-xx-xx ILIsrael IL [9] [details]
91 GameFan 1994-xx-xx USUnited States of America US NTSC-U [10] [details]
95 Game Players 1994-1x-xx USUnited States of America US [11] [details]
95 Game Players 1994-1x-xx USUnited States of America US NTSC-U [12] [details]
100 GamePro 1994-xx-xx USUnited States of America US NTSC-U [13] [details]
87 GamePro 1994-10-28 DEGermany DE PAL [14] [details]
99 Gamer 1995-xx-xx GRGreece GR [15] [details]
87 Gamers 1994-11-04 DEGermany DE [16] [details]
90 GamesMaster 1994-09-22 UKUnited Kingdom UK PAL [17] [details]
83 Games World: The Magazine 1994-11-xx UKUnited Kingdom UK PAL [18] [details]
81 Game Informer 1994-1x-xx USUnited States of America US NTSC-U [19] [details]
78 Hyper 1994-xx-xx AUAustralia AU PAL [20] [details]
81 Joypad 1994-1x-xx FRFrance FR PAL [21] [details]
90 Joypad 1995-xx-xx HUHungary HU [22] [details]
70 Kiber Zona 1997-xx-xx LTLithuania LT [23] [details]
75 LeveL 1995-10-01 CZCzechia CZ [24] [details]
82 MAN!AC 1994-11-09 DEGermany DE PAL [25] [details]
92 Mega 1994-10-27 UKUnited Kingdom UK PAL [26] [details]
85 Mega Fun 1994-11-23 DEGermany DE PAL [27] [details]
92 Mega Power 1994-10-20 UKUnited Kingdom UK PAL [28] [details]
90 MegaTech 1994-10-27 UKUnited Kingdom UK PAL [29] [details]
89 Megazin 1994-xx-xx SISlovenia SI [30] [details]
100 Micro Kid's Multimédia 1994-1x-xx FRFrance FR [31] [details]
90 Micromanía (segunda época) 1994-xx-xx ESSpain ES [32] [details]
100 Magazina Igrushek 1995-xx-xx RURussia RU [33] [details]
85 Mean Machines Sega 1994-09-30 UKUnited Kingdom UK PAL [34] [details]
75 Next Generation 1994-12-08 USUnited States of America US NTSC-U [35] [details]
95 Player One 1994-1x-xx FRFrance FR [36] [details]
87 Play Time 1994-11-09 DEGermany DE PAL [37] [details]
86 Power Up! 1994-10-22 UKUnited Kingdom UK [38] [details]
82 Saturn Fan 1994-12-xx JPJapan JP NTSC-J [39] [details]
85 Score 1994-12-01 CZCzechia CZ [40] [details]
89 Sega Magazin 1994-10-12 DEGermany DE [41] [details]
92 Sega Magazine 1994-09-15 UKUnited Kingdom UK [42] [details]
90 Sega Power 1994-09-29 UKUnited Kingdom UK PAL [43] [details]
90 Sega Pro 1994-10-06 UKUnited Kingdom UK PAL [44] [details]
92 Sega Force 1994-10-19 SESweden SE [45] [details]
84 Svet Kompjutera 1996-xx-xx YUYugoslavia YU [46] [details]
80 Sega Mega Drive Review 1996-01-03 RURussia RU [47] [details]
85 Sega Megazone 1994-xx-xx AUAustralia AU [48] [details]
91 Sonic the Comic 1995-01-07 UKUnited Kingdom UK PAL [49] [details]
87 Sonic the Comic 1996-07-24 UKUnited Kingdom UK PAL [50] [details]
91 Todo Sega 1994-1x-xx ESSpain ES [51] [details]
81 Tricks 1995-xx-xx RURussia RU [52] [details]
89 Tricks 16 bit 1998-03-20 RURussia RU [53] [details]
80 Video Games 1994-11-23 DEGermany DE [54] [details]
90 VideoGames 1994-1x-xx USUnited States of America US [55] [details]

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Region Version № reviews Average Lowest Highest Range Views
World All 55 87 48 100 52 Mixed
World NTSC-J 2 81 80 82 2 Very positive
World NTSC-U 6 89 75 100 25 Very positive
World PAL 16 87 78 92 14 Very positive
Japan JP All 2 81 80 82 2 Very positive
Japan JP NTSC-J 2 81 80 82 2 Very positive
United States of America US All 8 90 75 100 25 Very positive
United States of America US NTSC-U 6 89 75 100 25 Very positive
United Kingdom UK All 13 89 83 92 9 Very positive
United Kingdom UK PAL 10 89 83 92 9 Very positive
France FR All 4 81 48 100 52 Mixed
France FR PAL 1 81 81 81 0 Very positive
Germany DE All 7 85 80 89 9 Very positive
Germany DE PAL 4 85 82 87 5 Very positive
Spain ES All 2 91 90 91 1 Very positive
Australia AU All 2 82 78 85 7 Very positive
Australia AU PAL 1 78 78 78 0 Positive
Brazil BR All 1 100 100 100 0 Very positive
Czechia CZ All 2 80 75 85 10 Positive
Greece GR All 1 99 99 99 0 Very positive
Hungary HU All 1 90 90 90 0 Very positive
Israel IL All 1 93 93 93 0 Very positive
Lithuania LT All 1 70 70 70 0 Positive
Russia RU All 7 83 70 100 30 Very positive
Sweden SE All 1 92 92 92 0 Very positive
Slovenia SI All 1 89 89 89 0 Very positive
YU_1992 YU All 1 84 84 84 0 Very positive

Sales





Date Japan North America Europe Asia Worldwide

Software charts

References

  1. 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 214
  2. Ação Games, "Outubro 1994" (BR; 1994-10-16), page 22
  3. Beep! MegaDrive, "December 1994" (JP; 1994-11-08), page 23
  4. CD Consoles, "Novembre 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 130
  5. Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 198
  6. Computer & Video Games, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-15), page 68
  7. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 36
  8. Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 2, "" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 211
  9. Freak, "11/94" (IL; 1994-xx-xx), page 1
  10. GameFan, "Volume 2, Issue 11: November 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 32
  11. Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 12 December 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 52
  12. Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 11 November 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 112
  13. GamePro, "November 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 74
  14. GamePro, "November 1994" (DE; 1994-10-28), page 38
  15. Gamer, "Fevrouários 1995" (GR; 1995-xx-xx), page 1
  16. Gamers, "November 1994" (DE; 1994-11-04), page 34
  17. GamesMaster, "October 1994" (UK; 1994-09-22), page 36
  18. Games World: The Magazine, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-xx), page 14
  19. Game Informer, "November 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 12
  20. Hyper, "October 1994" (AU; 1994-xx-xx), page 42
  21. Joypad, "Novembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 114
  22. Joypad, "1/1995" (HU; 1995-xx-xx), page 16
  23. Kiber Zona, "Rugsejis 1997" (LT; 1997-xx-xx), page 5
  24. LeveL, "Říjen 1995" (CZ; 1995-10-01), page 1
  25. MAN!AC, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-09), page 52
  26. Mega, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-27), page 4
  27. Mega Fun, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-23), page 106
  28. Mega Power, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-20), page 28
  29. MegaTech, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-10-27), page 4
  30. Megazin, "Letnik 2, Številka 16, December 1994" (SI; 1994-xx-xx), page 31
  31. Micro Kid's Multimédia, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 38
  32. Micromanía (segunda época), "Octubre 1994" (ES; 1994-xx-xx), page 87
  33. Magazina Igrushek, "4/1995" (RU; 1995-xx-xx), page 69
  34. Mean Machines Sega, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-09-30), page 70
  35. Next Generation, "Premiere Issue 1995" (US; 1994-12-08), page 107
  36. Player One, "Novembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 98
  37. Play Time, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-09), page 104
  38. Power Up!, "Saturday, October 22, 1994" (UK; 1994-10-22), page 1
  39. Saturn Fan, "1995 January" (JP; 1994-12-xx), page 63
  40. Score, "Prosinec 1994" (CZ; 1994-12-01), page 34
  41. Sega Magazin, "November 1994" (DE; 1994-10-12), page 72
  42. Sega Magazine, "October 1994" (UK; 1994-09-15), page 80
  43. Sega Power, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-09-29), page 34
  44. Sega Pro, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-06), page 46
  45. Sega Force, "7-8/94" (SE; 1994-10-19), page 8
  46. Svet Kompjutera, "Maj 1996" (YU; 1996-xx-xx), page 84
  47. Sega Mega Drive Review, "2" (RU; 1996-01-03), page 129
  48. Sega Megazone, "October 1994" (AU; 1994-xx-xx), page 34
  49. Sonic the Comic, "20th January 1995" (UK; 1995-01-07), page 10
  50. Sonic the Comic, "2 August 1996" (UK; 1996-07-24), page 11
  51. Todo Sega, "Noviembre 1994" (ES; 1994-1x-xx), page 72
  52. Tricks, "4/95" (RU; 1995-xx-xx), page 30
  53. Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 24
  54. Video Games, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-23), page 36
  55. VideoGames, "November 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 76


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