Cheats & Guides

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Cheats For Genesis

  1. Level Select (When Locked-On to Sonic & Knuckles)

    Start a game and go to Angel Island Zone Act 1. Go to one of the swings that you hang from and grab on. While Sonic is swinging, press Left, Left, Left, Right, Right, Right, Up, Up, Up. You will hear a ring if you entered the code correctly. Pause the game and press A to take you back to the title screen. Press Down twice to find the newly unlocked Sound Test menu. Enter it, where you can play all of the sounds/music in the game and warp to any level.

    Contributed by: _LordAtomic_ 

  2. HyperSprite Glitch (While locked-on to Sonic and Knuckles)

    This glitch makes your character play through all of their sprites super quickly. No reason to do this. It just looks funny.
    Step 1: first activate level select and debug mode. Go into level select and go into a level while holding A.
    Step 2: Press B to make sure you have debug mode. If not, go back and do it correctly.
    Step 3: Press A and B at the same time.
    Your character will play through all its sprites very quickly. Told you it had no point.

    Contributed by: PersonOutThere 

  3. Play as Knuckles

    When you have done the level select cheat go to the Stage Select screen and choose the special zone for playing Blue Sphere. Select Knuckles as your character and start, when you quit and go back to Stage Select and choose a stage, you'll be Knuckles without having to use the Sonic and Knuckles add on.

    Contributed by: Wario_man 

  4. Access level select using Sonic 2

    To do this, you must have a copy of Sonic the Hedgehog 2. activate sonic 2's level select (sound test: 19, 65, 9, 17)
    Now, without turning the system off, remove the cartidge, and insert the Sonic 3 Cartridge. Reset the Genesis console, keeping the A button held down at all times. On the title screen, press down untill you see sound test.
    Success! you now have an easy (but different) way to access the level select and sound test!

    If you are afrade of this damaging your games, please, don't try it. I have never had any game be damaged by this trick.

    BONUS: If you look at the level Icons, you will see the icons from sonic 2. If you look carefully, you will see the Icon for Hidden Palace Zone, a level that was "removed" from Sonic 2!

    Contributed by: KurisuX 

  5. Level Select (Original Genesis Release Only)

    When the "SEGA" screen fades, quickly press Up-up-down-down-up-up-up-up. If you have done this right, you should be able to scroll down to "Sound Test" below "Competition". The ups and downs are very difficult in the short amount of time provided, but with practice, it is pretty easy.

    Contributed by: Houston_dude 

  6. Frame by frame

    When playing a level after enabling the level select cheat, pause the game, then press the C button to advance the game by one frame.

    Contributed by: Flame060 

  7. Walk Thru Walls

    In the Icecap Zone Act 1, when you come to a wall that only Knuckles can bust through, Hold the Down button until sonic or tails looks down, and the screen pans all the way down. Then Press up and jump at the same time. The screen will start to rotate, walk in the direction of the wall and you will walk right thru it. This only works on Act 1 of The Icecap Zone.

    Contributed by: havac 

  8. 100000 Points

    Manage to beat a stage at with your time at exactly 9:59 and you'll net yourself an easy 100000 points.

    Contributed by: jugglingjoker 

  9. Sonic and Knuckles Mini-Boss Music

    Make your way to the end of Act 1 of Hydrocity Zone (Zone 2). When facing the mini-boss, keep yourself underwater until the water warning music plays. Then jump out of the water.

    The game should now be playing the mini-boss music from Sonic and Knuckles, which wasn't out at the time (the music was evidently included in Sonic 3 to make the backwards compatibility feature easier).

    Contributed by: GregHead 

  10. Infinite Lives

    Get up to Launch Base Zone. Sound any of the alarms, so that the Kamikaze birds come after you. Charge up a Super Sonic Dash in between the alarm, but do not let go of the button. The birds will continually crash into you. After about 30 seconds, you will have gained enough points to get an extra life. Continue the process for as many lives as you want.

    Contributed by: stonedwal 

  11. Slow motion mode.

    When playing any level which you have accesed using the cheat menu , pause the game and hold down B. Whilst B is held down , the game will play in slow motion mode.

    Contributed by: CalmG 

  12. Hidden Special Stage

    On the level select menu, play sounds 01, 03, 05, 07. Highlight Special Stage 2 and press A + Start.

    Contributed by: hivebrain 

  13. Turn into Super Sonic

    After entering the level select and debug code, you can use the debug to turn yourself into Super Sonic without getting all of the Chaos Emeralds. With the Debug On, go into any level and press Button B to turn yourself into a ring. Then press A to turn yourself into a monitor. Now, press button C to duplicate the monitor, and then B again to change back into Sonic. Jump on the monitor and you will become Super Sonic.

    Contributed by: _ATadeo_ 

  14. Unlock Super Sonic

    Collect all 7 chaos emeralds to unlock the ability to become Super Sonic on the save file with them all collected. To transform, have 50 rings and press A, B, or C while in mid-air after jumping.

    Unlockable
    Collect all of the chaos emeralds Super Sonic

    Contributed by: Anonymous 

  15. Sprite Show

    Enter the following code in any stage while Debug Mode is entered

    Effect Effect
    Hold B and press C Your character will show you all of his sprite animations
    Hold B and press C again Your character will stop the sprite show if it is activated

    Contributed by: Numbuh 128bit 

Walkthroughs & FAQs

Type Name File Size
Full Game Guides FAQ by MManos 102K
Full Game Guides Guide and Walkthrough by CChan 27K
Full Game Guides Guide and Walkthrough by WWalker 141K
Full Game Guides Guide and Walkthrough by Gold Mage 53K
Full Game Guides Guide and Walkthrough by xKINGKOOLx 25K
Full Game Guides Guide and Walkthrough by 1Macabre 44K
Full Game Guides Guide and Walkthrough by Raph136 89K
Full Game Guides Hints and Tips by _Falcon_ 10K
In-Depth Guides Boss Guide by NickWhiz1 43K
In-Depth Guides Competition Mode Guide by AJBSONIC 21K
In-Depth Guides Competition Mode Guide by SteC 29K
Maps and Charts Blue Chaos Emerald Map by Gold Mage 15K
Maps and Charts Gray Chaos Emerald Map by Gold Mage 14K
Maps and Charts Green Chaos Emerald Map by Gold Mage 14K
Maps and Charts Light Blue Chaos Emerald Map by Gold Mage 15K
Maps and Charts Orange Chaos Emerald Map by Gold Mage 15K
Maps and Charts Purple Chaos Emerald Map by Gold Mage 16K
Maps and Charts Red Chaos Emerald Map by Gold Mage 14K

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Cheats For Xbox 360

  1. Achievements

    Complete each achievement to get the allotted gamerscore.

    Achievement Achievement
    Collect a Chaos Emerald. Chaotic (10)
    Collect all seven Chaos Emeralds. Complete Chaos (25)
    Finish the game. Complete the Game (25)
    Complete the Icecap Zone. Fast Freeze (25)
    Get a blue gumball. Goodie Gumballs (10)
    Collect 50 rings. Halfway there... (10)
    Finish the Marble Garden Zone. Marble Finishes (15)
    Score 20,000 points. Points I (10)
    Score 40,000 points. Points II (15)
    Score 80,000 points. Points III (25)
    Finish the Hydrocity Zone. Wet and Wild (15)
    Run across water. Wet Feet (15)

    Contributed by: Guard Master 

Walkthroughs & FAQs

Type Name File Size
Full Game Guides FAQ by MManos 102K
Full Game Guides Guide and Walkthrough by 1Macabre 44K
Full Game Guides Guide and Walkthrough by Raph136 89K
Full Game Guides Guide and Walkthrough by xKINGKOOLx 25K
Full Game Guides Guide and Walkthrough by Gold Mage 53K
Full Game Guides Guide and Walkthrough by WWalker 141K
Full Game Guides Guide and Walkthrough by CChan 27K
Full Game Guides Hints and Tips by _Falcon_ 10K
In-Depth Guides Boss Guide by NickWhiz1 43K
In-Depth Guides Competition Mode Guide by AJBSONIC 21K
In-Depth Guides Competition Mode Guide by SteC 29K
Maps and Charts Blue Chaos Emerald Map by Gold Mage 15K
Maps and Charts Gray Chaos Emerald Map by Gold Mage 14K
Maps and Charts Green Chaos Emerald Map by Gold Mage 14K
Maps and Charts Light Blue Chaos Emerald Map by Gold Mage 15K
Maps and Charts Orange Chaos Emerald Map by Gold Mage 15K
Maps and Charts Purple Chaos Emerald Map by Gold Mage 16K
Maps and Charts Red Chaos Emerald Map by Gold Mage 14K