Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Cheats

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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).

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!