Poll of the Day > After 25 years, I finally mastered Sonic 3 & Knuckles!

(+) Yeah! (+)

All Super Emeralds, No Deaths, single session

I did mess up few times on the special stages, must have failed like 6 times

well, there is an abundance of giant rings for a reason.

I've done that many times... but no deaths? that's kinda impressive given how while the base game isn't that hard, it's very easy to get instant-squished in a number of areas.

I've done a little retrospective the past 2 months or so, just running through every path, till I felt confident enough to run it proper

Marble Garden and Sandopolis are the most dangerous, and Mushroom Hill and beyond... every level gets to the point where you are kinda cruising cuz you passed all the hardest stuff. Death Egg is tricky until you reach the Portal Path thingy

I messed up once getting the normal emeralds, but messed up like 5 times in a row on the super emeralds. Didnt get them until Sandopolis

20 years ago I could do the Special Stages

Dont ask me now >.<

Sandopolis no death sounds terrifying

For the most part Sandopolis has sand blocks or some sort of obstacle keeping you from speeding into a early death. Cant say the same for the rest of the game tho. Most instakill crushers telegraph via sound or already blocking you beforehand, but Lava Reef Act 2 is bad about it tbh

I could definitely play through Sonic & Knuckles without dying just because Ive played the absolute hell out of that game lmao.

The only special stage I really have a problem with is the seventh one (or fourteenth if its for the Super Emeralds), but even then its not thaaat bad for me.