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Sonic 3 & Knuckles Battle Race

Sonic 3 & Knuckles Battle Race cover
Platforms
Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Genres
Platform, Adventure
Where to get it
Website

How it feels

A clever 2-player Sonic race hack where the furthest-ahead player controls the camera in a tense positional duel.

competitivefast-pacedmultiplayerfan-madeplatformerracing

About

Sonic 3 & Knuckles Battle Race is a competitive 2-player romhack of Sonic 3 & Knuckles. A creative use of technical limitations, the players are put into Sonic 3 & Knuckles' stages- however, the camera only follows the player who's the furthest ahead. When the camera scrolls past the other player, the former wins a point and the latter respawns. It's heavily inspired by the older Sonic 2 Battle Race, bringing polish and additions to the game formula, and putting it in Sonic 3's more complex levels. Note: this game is 2-player only, and it is unrelated to Sonic 3 & Knuckles' "competition" mode, which features exclusive levels.

Trailer

Screenshots

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