Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Cheats & Tips

Codes for Sonic the Hedgehog 3

• All 7 Chaos Emeralds and Super Sonic

  To get all 7 Chaos Emeralds without having to complete their Special Stages, first enter the Level Select and Sound Test codes. Go to the Sound Test and play the following tunes in order: 02, 04, 05, 06. You will hear an emerald sound if the code is enter

• Control Tails in a 1-Player Game

  Start a 1-player game with Sonic and Tails as the characters. With controller 2, you can take control of Tails while also using Sonic.

• Hidden Special Stage

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

• 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 continually crash into you. After about 30 seconds, you have gain

• Level Select (When Locked-On to Sonic and 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 ga

• 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 y

• Level Select

  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."

• Sonic and Knuckles Mini-Boss Music

  Get 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

• 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 starts to rotate. Walk

• Frame by Frame

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

• Slow Motion Mode

  When playing any level that you have accessed using the Cheat menu, pause the game and hold B. While B is held down, the game plays in Slow Motion mode.

• Hold B and press C

  Your character shows all of his sprite animations

• Hold B and press C again

  Your character stops the sprite show if it is activated