Submitted by: Knuckles Prower

This is from the Cheats section of the 5th of August issue of Sonic The Comic. It includes a zoomed in image of Sonic running down the Ice caps.

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Submitted by: SonicCD [aka Jan]

Here is a Sonic 3 preview by German magazine 'SEGA Magazin' in their Feburary '94 Issue. It includes a lot of early images of Sonic 3, usually including Sonic 2 sprites. It even mentions that there will be a Part II of Sonic 3 [which ended up being Sonic & Knuckles], so maybe it was intended to be 2 games earlier in production?

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Submitted by: SonicCD [aka Jan], Psychobob

This is an interview with European band 'Right Said Fred'. RSF's song 'Wonderman' was used for a Sonic 3 commercial in Europe, and then released as a single:

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Submitted by: Matt the Yak

MEGA Magazine did a preview of Sonic 3 back in Feburary of '94, based on a near final build.

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Submitted by: UnitedKronos

GameMaster Issue 14 had a nice preview of a 90% complete build of Sonic 3, nothing particularly interesting screenshot wise.

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Submitted by: Knuckles Prower

In the December 25th 1993 Issue of Sonic The Comic there was a preview of Sonic 3. This article includes a lot of early screen grabs, all of them with Sonic 2 sprites!

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Submitted by: Hebeallrusty

SEGA Power Magazine had this 2 page preview of Sonic 3 back in Feb '94. Despite the 2 pages, it really doesn't say a hell of a lot. Sounds like a lot of game journalism back then.

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Submitted by: Hebeallrusty

SEGA Magazine had a HUGE Showcase in their second issue back in Feburary '94. 8 pages dedicated to the game, detailing shields and levels. They also reviewd the game in the same issue [further below].

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Submitted by: Hebeallrusty

Later in the issue, they reviewed the game, giving it 95%.

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Submitted by: Hebeallrusty

A Month after the preview, Sonic 3 was reviewed by SEGA Power Magazine. Giving it a total of 90%.

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Submitted by: Rlan

Hyper Magazine in March '94 had a review for Sonic 3 using a very odd format for it's screenshots. They went' through a lot of different styles during this period.

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Submitted by: Rlan

This 6 page review was from Mean Machines SEGA's March 1993 issue, which gives the game 94%

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Submitted by: Psychobob

An issue of the UKs Official SEGA Magazine had this little Tips and Trick bit with some information about the Sonic Surfboard sprite.

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Submitted by: SonicCD [aka Jan]

Here is a small advertisement for Sonic 3 from the German SEGA Magazin.

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Submitted by: Psychobob

This is the first revision of a Sonic 3 advertisement in the UK, just saying 'soon'.

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Submitted by: Psychobob

Heres the second version, now stating the date of release of the game.

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Submitted by: Rlan

This was a quick and cheap advert by 'ARGOS' video game chain saying that Sonic 3 is now avaliable.

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Submitted by: Rlan

This 2 page advertisement was used in the Sonic Archie comics. It also shows a Live Savers helper to get SEGA rebates.

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Submitted by: Rlan

Acme Merchendise made some nice Sonic 3 shirts back during it's release, which has the European Box art styled Sonic and the American box art Robotnik

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Submitted by: Psychobob

This little information leaflet was within Sonic 3 in Japan.

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Submitted by: Sonicteam, Rlan

This is the digital manual of Sonic 3 from Sonic Jam, all avaliable as TIF files on the disc, they've been turned into gif forms here.

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Submitted by: Sonicteam, Rlan

This is the digital manual of Sonic 3 US from Sonic Jam, all avaliable as TIF files on the disc, they've been turned into gif forms here.

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