#Sonic 3 and knuckles rom levels full#
#Sonic 3 and knuckles rom levels series#

While it's heading for you, it'll collide with the mech and explode, causing a hit. In order to attack the boss, you have to guide the missiles into the cockpit by flying close to it. These ones don't move incredibly fast, but they home in on you, and again, will explode and knock you backwards when hit. Go near the lower right hand side of the pod and it will release three missiles at a time.

Colliding with one of these produces the same effect as the missiles in the first phase, so avoid them as best you can. The pod is armed with three circular gun turrets in its centre that are constantly locked on to your position and regularly spout small projectiles heading your way at a fairly fast rate. All the asteroids and rings are gone, and Super Sonic catches up with the doctor's mech, which is looking far smaller, as it sits in the cockpit of a large blue escape pod. I usually end this phase with around 90-100 rings, which is plenty, but the more you have, the more time you'll be able to spend beating Eggman in the second phase of The Doomsday.ДЄfter a minute of play, the second phase begins. If you dodge them so that you stay in between the pairs, you'll be rewarded with groups of three rings between each pair, so it's well worth attempting to go through.

#Sonic 3 and knuckles rom levels series#

At about the 30 second mark, a series of parallel pairs of them will appear, leading upwards, and then down, to create a kind of winding tunnel of missiles. Smack into one of these, and you'll be sent spinning backwards for a couple of seconds, reduced to minimum maneuverability. What you really want to look out for though are the less common, but faster and more deadly missiles being fired at you by the doctor, just ahead. They vary in size and speed, but the big ones are the most dangerous. You'll also want to dodge quite a few asteroids heading your way too, which will break and slow you down a little if you collide with them. They'll mostly appear in groups of three or six (though there are larger groups occasionally hidden at the top and bottom of the area), and they come and go pretty quick, so my advice is to try and keep to the left side of the screen, so that you have maximum time to get into position. The trick is to grab as many extra rings as you can, land your hits quickly and make use of that forward dash.ДЇor the first phase, Eggman is no where in sight because you're still catching up to him, so this is an exercise in ring collecting. In the last ten rings, the music tempo will increase, to make you aware of your predicament. You begin with 50, and can collect a load more during the first and third phases of the boss, but if you let your count hit zero, you'll return to regular flavoured Sonic and he'll fall and die immediately, returning you to the start. Super is invincible, except for the fact that, as always, your rings deplete at a rate of one per second. You can also press A, B or C to dash forward, or in the direction that you're holding on the D-pad. Areas above and below you can be explored beyond the vertical height of the screen, but you can't go very far before you hit a limit and can't go higher or lower. You control the airborne Super Sonic using the up, down, left and right buttons to move him across the screen, as he proceeds rightward, with objects flying toward him. So although Knuckles' levels are a tad harder, his overall game is cut short by quite a bit.ДЇirst of all, let me run through the rules. If he collects all seven Chaos Emeralds along the way, there is also one last, epic boss battle to encounter that can only be played as Super Sonic, thus kick starting an extremely common trend in later Sonic titles.

#Sonic 3 and knuckles rom levels full#

Only Sonic has access to the last, full two act level in which he boards the Death Egg once again. The single act of Sky Sanctuary Zone throws a series of boss battles at Sonic amidst a vertically progressing level, whereas for Knuckles this acts only as the stage for his final battle. Hidden Palace Zone for Sonic is used purely as a scene in which the plot of the game takes a dramatic turn, and for Knuckles it's bizarrely no more than a very short walk indeed. The fifth and sixth zones however feature only one act apiece, in which the rule book is thrown out entirely. Knuckles meanwhile usually tackles an Eggrobo badnik, taking Eggman's place. The first act boss will usually be a large robotic henchman of Eggman's, while Sonic will battle Doctor Eggman himself at the end of the second act. Like all of those in Sonic 3, the first four are divided into two large acts, each with a boss at the end of them. Technically there are seven levels to explore, though unlike most titles in the series, their lengths and contents can vary dramatically as the latter half of the game begins to introduce more story-focused scenes into the levels than ever before.