Sonic the Hedgehog 3/Reception

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Critical reception

Ratings

Publication awards
ASM Hit
Platinum
Ultimate
It's a Man!ac
Gold
Gold Game
"Buy this game" Award
Mega Blast
Mega Game
Play Time Star
Get It!
Gold
Bostin'!
Recomendado
Classic
Score Publication Date Region Version
90 1700 igr dlya Sega 2001-xx-xx RURussia RU [1] [details]
94 Ação Games 1994-03-01 BRBrazil BR [2] [details]
92 Aktueller Software Markt 1994-04-05 DEGermany DE [3] [details]
80 Beep! MegaDrive 1994-05-07 JPJapan JP NTSC-J [4] [details]
92 Console Mania 1994-0x-xx ITItaly IT PAL [5] [details]
80 Cool Gamer 2002-10-13 RURussia RU [6] [details]
94 Computer & Video Games 1994-02-15 UKUnited Kingdom UK [7] [details]
95 Electronic Gaming Monthly 1994-xx-xx USUnited States of America US NTSC-U [8] [details]
80 Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 1999-xx-xx RURussia RU [9] [details]
90 Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 2 2000-xx-xx RURussia RU [10] [details]
92 GameFan 1994-xx-xx USUnited States of America US NTSC-U [11] [details]
92 Game Players 1994-0x-xx USUnited States of America US NTSC-U [12] [details]
95 GamePro 1994-xx-xx USUnited States of America US NTSC-U [13] [details]
87 Gamers 1994-03-04 DEGermany DE [14] [details]
87 GamesMaster 1994-02-17 UKUnited Kingdom UK PAL [15] [details]
90 GamesMaster 1994-02-15 UKUnited Kingdom UK [16] [details]
89 Game Informer 1994-0x-xx USUnited States of America US NTSC-U [17] [details]
90 Hyper 1994-xx-xx AUAustralia AU [18] [details]
90 Joker 1994-xx-xx SISlovenia SI [19] [details]
94 Joypad 199x-xx-xx FRFrance FR PAL [20] [details]
85 MAN!AC 1994-03-09 DEGermany DE PAL [21] [details]
90 Mega 1994-02-17 UKUnited Kingdom UK PAL [22] [details]
93 Mega Action 1994-02-24 UKUnited Kingdom UK PAL [23] [details]
83 Megablast 1994-03-30 DEGermany DE PAL [24] [details]
97 Mega Force 1994-0x-xx FRFrance FR [25] [details]
85 Mega Fun 1994-02-23 DEGermany DE PAL [26] [details]
94 Mega Machines 1994-02-03 UKUnited Kingdom UK PAL [27] [details]
92 Mega Power 1994-02-17 UKUnited Kingdom UK PAL [28] [details]
93 MegaTech 1994-02-20 UKUnited Kingdom UK PAL [29] [details]
95 Micromanía (segunda época) 1994-xx-xx ESSpain ES [30] [details]
94 Mean Machines Sega 1994-01-28 UKUnited Kingdom UK PAL [31] [details]
93 Megazone 1994-02-23 AUAustralia AU [32] [details]
98 Player One 1994-0x-xx FRFrance FR [33] [details]
86 Playjoy 1995-11-xx YUYugoslavia YU [34] [details]
89 Play Time 1994-03-09 DEGermany DE PAL [35] [details]
90 Power Up! 1994-02-19 UKUnited Kingdom UK [36] [details]
93 Power Unlimited 1994-02-23 NLNetherlands NL [37] [details]
80 Score 1994-06-01 CZCzechia CZ [38] [details]
93 Sega Magazin 1994-02-16 DEGermany DE PAL [39] [details]
95 Sega Magazine 1994-01-10 UKUnited Kingdom UK [40] [details]
90 Sega Power 1994-02-03 UKUnited Kingdom UK PAL [41] [details]
87 Sega Pro 1994-02-24 UKUnited Kingdom UK PAL [42] [details]
93 Sega Zone 1994-02-24 UKUnited Kingdom UK PAL [43] [details]
92 Sega Force 1994-03-29 SESweden SE [44] [details]
72 Sega Mega Drive Review 1995-04-03 RURussia RU [45] [details]
90 Sonic Mag: B.D. & Jeux-Video! 1994-05-16 FRFrance FR PAL [46] [details]
95 The Official Sonic the Hedgehog Yearbook (1994) 1994-xx-xx UKUnited Kingdom UK PAL [47] [details]
90 Supergames 1994-xx-xx ARArgentina AR [48] [details]
90 The Zone 1994-05-21 AUAustralia AU [49] [details]
97 Todo Sega 1994-0x-xx ESSpain ES [50] [details]
85 Tricks 1995-xx-xx RURussia RU [51] [details]
86 Tricks 16 bit 1998-03-20 RURussia RU [52] [details]
83 Video Games 1994-02-23 DEGermany DE [53] [details]
90 VideoGames 1994-0x-xx USUnited States of America US NTSC-U [54] [details]

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Region Version № reviews Average Lowest Highest Range Views
World All 54 90 72 98 26 Very positive
World NTSC-J 1 80 80 80 0 Positive
World NTSC-U 6 92 89 95 6 Very positive
World PAL 19 90 83 95 12 Very positive
Japan JP All 1 80 80 80 0 Positive
Japan JP NTSC-J 1 80 80 80 0 Positive
United States of America US All 6 92 89 95 6 Very positive
United States of America US NTSC-U 6 92 89 95 6 Very positive
United Kingdom UK All 15 92 87 95 8 Very positive
United Kingdom UK PAL 11 92 87 95 8 Very positive
France FR All 4 95 90 98 8 Very positive
France FR PAL 2 92 90 94 4 Very positive
Germany DE All 8 87 83 93 10 Very positive
Germany DE PAL 5 87 83 93 10 Very positive
Spain ES All 2 96 95 97 2 Very positive
Italy IT All 1 92 92 92 0 Very positive
Italy IT PAL 1 92 92 92 0 Very positive
Argentina AR All 1 90 90 90 0 Very positive
Australia AU All 3 91 90 93 4 Very positive
Brazil BR All 1 94 94 94 0 Very positive
Czechia CZ All 1 80 80 80 0 Positive
Netherlands NL All 1 93 93 93 0 Very positive
Russia RU All 7 83 72 90 18 Very positive
Sweden SE All 1 92 92 92 0 Very positive
Slovenia SI All 1 90 90 90 0 Very positive
YU_1992 YU All 1 86 86 86 0 Very positive

Sales





Date Japan North America Europe Asia Worldwide

Software charts

References

  1. 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 217
  2. Ação Games, "Março 1994" (BR; 1994-03-01), page 20
  3. Aktueller Software Markt, "Mai 1994" (DE; 1994-04-05), page 14
  4. Beep! MegaDrive, "June 1994" (JP; 1994-05-07), page 19
  5. Console Mania, "Marzo 1994" (IT; 1994-0x-xx), page 92
  6. Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 196
  7. Computer & Video Games, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-15), page 34
  8. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "March 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 30
  9. Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 360
  10. Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 2, "" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 209
  11. GameFan, "Volume 2, Issue 4: March 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 14
  12. Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 3 March 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 54
  13. GamePro, "March 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 44
  14. Gamers, "März/April 1994" (DE; 1994-03-04), page 22
  15. GamesMaster, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-17), page 32
  16. GamesMaster (UK) "Series 3, episode 24" (1994-02-15, 24:00) (+0:00)
  17. Game Informer, "March/April 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 14
  18. Hyper, "March 1994" (AU; 1994-xx-xx), page 26
  19. Joker, "Julij/Avgust 1994" (SI; 1994-xx-xx), page 24
  20. Joypad, "Février 1994" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 68
  21. MAN!AC, "04/94" (DE; 1994-03-09), page 36
  22. Mega, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-17), page 28
  23. Mega Action, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-24), page 14
  24. Megablast, "2/94" (DE; 1994-03-30), page 30
  25. Mega Force, "Février 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 104
  26. Mega Fun, "03/94" (DE; 1994-02-23), page 102
  27. Mega Machines, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-03), page 46
  28. Mega Power, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-17), page 32
  29. MegaTech, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-20), page 76
  30. Micromanía (segunda época), "Marzo 1994" (ES; 1994-xx-xx), page 62
  31. Mean Machines Sega, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-01-28), page 44
  32. Megazone, "March 1994" (AU; 1994-02-23), page 46
  33. Player One, "Février 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 59
  34. Playjoy, "Novembar 1995" (YU; 1995-11-xx), page 35
  35. Play Time, "4/94" (DE; 1994-03-09), page 150
  36. Power Up!, "Saturday, February 19, 1994" (UK; 1994-02-19), page 1
  37. Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 2, Nummer 3, Maart 1994" (NL; 1994-02-23), page 32
  38. Score, "Červen 1994" (CZ; 1994-06-01), page 56
  39. Sega Magazin, "März 1994" (DE; 1994-02-16), page 14
  40. Sega Magazine, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-10), page 88
  41. Sega Power, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-03), page 28
  42. Sega Pro, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-02-24), page 40
  43. Sega Zone, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-24), page 34
  44. Sega Force, "3/94" (SE; 1994-03-29), page 6
  45. Sega Mega Drive Review, "1" (RU; 1995-04-03), page 141
  46. Sonic Mag: B.D. & Jeux-Video!, "Juin 1994" (FR; 1994-05-16), page 30
  47. The Official Sonic the Hedgehog Yearbook (1994), "" (UK; 1994-xx-xx), page 32
  48. Supergames, "Ano I, Numero I" (AR; 1994-xx-xx), page 8
  49. The Zone (AU)The Zone (AU) "Season 1, episode 4" (1994-05-21, ) (+0:00)
  50. Todo Sega, "Marzo 1994" (ES; 1994-0x-xx), page 40
  51. Tricks, "2/95" (RU; 1995-xx-xx), page 16
  52. Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 24
  53. Video Games, "3/94" (DE; 1994-02-23), page 76
  54. VideoGames, "April 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 62


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