Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Sonic the Hedgehog 3" in English language version.

refsWebsite

Global rank English rank

18web.archive.org

1^st place

10ign.com

53^rd place

44^th place

5archive.org

6^th place

4nintendolife.com

1,120^th place

655^th place

4youtube.com

9^th place

13^th place

3gameinformer.com

499^th place

347^th place

3emulationzone.org

low place

3retrocdn.net

3,952^nd place

2,104^th place

3gamesradar.com

376^th place

257^th place

3metacritic.com

37^th place

3sega.com

low place

9,899^th place

2toucharcade.com

4,019^th place

2,473^rd place

2sega-16.com

low place

9,756^th place

2gamespy.com

1,256^th place

817^th place

2kotaku.com

401^st place

271^st place

2vg247.com

1,057^th place

782^nd place

2polygon.com

180^th place

133^rd place

2the-magicbox.com

9,775^th place

6,850^th place

1palgn.com.au

low place

7,945^th place

1hardcoregamer.com

2,764^th place

1,644^th place

1pocketgamer.co.uk

8,154^th place

5,144^th place

1sonicretro.org

low place

1shmuplations.com

9,973^rd place

5,471^st place

1digitalspy.com

164^th place

116^th place

1gamesasylum.com

low place

1abc4.com

low place

1huffingtonpost.com

109^th place

87^th place

1independent.co.uk

36^th place

33^rd place

1billboard.com

19^th place

18^th place

1ghostarchive.org

32^nd place

21^st place

1phoenixnewtimes.com

2,840^th place

1,614^th place

1videogameschronicle.com

2,335^th place

1,377^th place

1venturebeat.com

616^th place

430^th place

1sega.jp

4,127^th place

5,095^th place

1newspapers.com

55^th place

36^th place

1officialcharts.com

76^th place

69^th place

1arstechnica.com

388^th place

265^th place

1gamerevolution.com

1,767^th place

1,087^th place

1xbox.com

2,695^th place

1,914^th place

1steampowered.com

1,340^th place

1,460^th place

1tumblr.com

784^th place

604^th place

1twitter.com

23^rd place

32^nd place

1theverge.com

114^th place

90^th place

1wikipedia.org

low place

1worldcat.org

5^th place

1outofprintarchive.com

low place

1ew.com

35^th place

31^st place

1gamespot.com

125^th place

104^th place

1gamerankings.com

820^th place

662^nd place

1eurogamer.net

288^th place

218^th place

1usgamer.net

2,202^nd place

1,338^th place

1avclub.com

136^th place

93^rd place

abc4.com

Nguyen, Michelle (July 1, 2021). "How Sonic & Knuckles came to be and the journey of creating it". KTVX. Good Things Utah. Retrieved June 7, 2022.

archive.org

"The Computer and Video Games Christmas Buyers Guide". Computer and Video Games. No. 170 (January 1996). United Kingdom: EMAP. December 10, 1995. pp. 8–9.
"Review Crew: Sonic 3". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 56. Ziff Davis. March 1994. p. 30.
The Unknown Gamer (March 1994). "ProReview: Sonic the Hedgehog 3". GamePro. No. 56. IDG. pp. 42–44.
"Game Index". MegaTech. No. 42 (June 1995). May 31, 1995. pp. 30–1.
"Mega Drive Top 50". Mega. No. 26. Maverick Magazines. November 1994. pp. 74–5.

arstechnica.com

Caron, Frank (February 27, 2008). "Massive Sega ROM leak reveals secrets of older games". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on December 2, 2012. Retrieved June 15, 2017.

avclub.com

Lee, Patrick. "Bark beats bite: 7 video game boss themes better than the actual boss fights". The A.V. Club. Retrieved January 6, 2015.

billboard.com

Herman, Tamar. "Jun Senoue on Creating Music for 'Team Sonic Racing' and the Future of Video Gaming Music". Billboard. Retrieved November 21, 2019.

digitalspy.com

Langshaw, Mark (February 8, 2014). "Sonic the Hedgehog 3 retrospective: Sega mascot's finest outing". Digital Spy. Retrieved January 22, 2015.

emulationzone.org

sost.emulationzone.org

"Roger Hector: Director of STI Interviews". EmulationZone. October 2005. Retrieved January 22, 2015. Once Naka & Yasuhara agreed on a general design approach, they drew up a schedule and started working
Humphreys, Andrew (March 1994). "Review: Sonic 3". Hyper. pp. 26–29.
"Sonic 3: Megadrive Review". Sega Power. Future plc. March 1994. pp. 28–30.

eurogamer.net

Whitehead, Dan (June 17, 2009). "SEGA Vintage Collection". Eurogamer. Retrieved January 2, 2015.

ew.com

Strauss, Bob (February 11, 1994). "Sonic CD; Sonic Chaos; Sonic Spinball; Sonic 3 reviews". Entertainment Weekly. No. 209. Meredith Corporation. Archived from the original on October 21, 2017. Retrieved December 13, 2018.

gameinformer.com

Shea, Brian (October 10, 2016). "How Sonic 3 Became Two Separate Games". Game Informer.
Stewart, Marcus (June 23, 2022). "Yuji Naka Seemingly Confirms Michael Jackson's Involvement With Sonic 3's Soundtrack". Game Informer. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
Shea, Brian (March 23, 2023). "Sonic Origins Plus Adds Amy As Playable Character, Game Gear Games, And More This June". Game Informer. Archived from the original on March 23, 2023. Retrieved July 9, 2023.

gamerankings.com

"Sonic the Hedgehog 3 for Genesis". GameRankings. Archived from the original on December 9, 2019. Retrieved February 7, 2012.

gamerevolution.com

"Sonic Jam Review". Game Revolution. Retrieved January 19, 2015.

gamesasylum.com

Gander, Matt (February 14, 2020). "Twenty-five years ago, to this very month, Sonic 'Happy Meal' toys were available in the UK". Games Asylum. Retrieved March 4, 2021.

gamespot.com

Provo, Frank (September 12, 2007). "Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Review". GameSpot. Retrieved December 31, 2014.

gamespy.com

xbox.gamespy.com

"Sega's Yuji Naka Talks!". GameSpy. Retrieved December 31, 2014.
Theobald, Phil (January 27, 2006). "Sega Talks Sonic Riders Part Two". GameSpy. IGN. Retrieved February 26, 2018.

gamesradar.com

Thorpe, Nick (January 13, 2024). "30 years later, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is still a stone-cold classic: 'We wanted to make the third game more epic than Sonic 2'". Retro Gamer. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
"Sonic & Knuckles Collection". GamesRadar. June 23, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
GamesRadar Staff (August 14, 2014). "Best Sega Genesis/Mega Drive games of all time". GamesRadar. Retrieved January 5, 2015.

ghostarchive.org

"Episode 39: Sonic 3: Michael Jackson". GameTrailers. October 4, 2013. Archived from the original on December 11, 2021. Retrieved January 22, 2015.

hardcoregamer.com

Khan, Jahanzeb (April 2014). "20 Years Ago: Sonic 3 & Knuckles". Hardcore Gamer. Retrieved January 4, 2015.

huffingtonpost.com

testkitchen.huffingtonpost.com

Van Luling, Todd (January 25, 2016). "The Michael Jackson Video Game Conspiracy". The Huffington Post. Retrieved December 21, 2023.

ign.com

Purslow, Matt (November 19, 2019). "Sonic 3 Prototype With Lost Content Discovered". IGN. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
"Sonic Jam – Saturn". IGN. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
Mirabella, Fran (November 2, 2002). "Sonic Mega Collection". IGN. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
Goldstein, Hilary (November 3, 2004). "Sonic Mega Collection Plus". IGN. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
Miller, Greg (February 12, 2009). "Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection". IGN. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
Harris, Craig (March 5, 2010). "Sonic Classic Collection Review". IGN. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
Brudvig, Erik (June 11, 2007). "Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Review". IGN. Archived from the original on June 15, 2009. Retrieved March 29, 2023.

wii.ign.com

Thomas, Lucas M. (September 11, 2007). "Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Review". IGN. Archived from the original on September 15, 2007. Retrieved December 31, 2014.
"Wii Virtual Console – Sonic 3 release". IGN. Archived from the original on September 13, 2007. Retrieved January 22, 2015.

uk.ign.com

"Sonic Jam – Saturn overview". IGN. Retrieved January 19, 2015.

independent.co.uk

McMahon, James (May 12, 2019). "Michael Jackson probably wrote the music for Sonic the Hedgehog – so why is his name nowhere to be seen?". The Independent. Retrieved December 21, 2023.

kotaku.com

Ashcraft, Brian (February 22, 2018). "More Fuel For The Michael Jackson Sonic 3 Conspiracy Theory". Kotaku. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
Narcisse, Evan (August 7, 2013). "These Are the Guys Who Make Sonic's Life Hell in His Comic Book Series". Kotaku. Retrieved January 6, 2015.

metacritic.com

"Sonic & Garfield Pack". Metacritic. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
"Sonic the Hedgehog 3 for Xbox 360 Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
"Sonic Generations for 3DS". Metacritic. Retrieved January 6, 2015.

newspapers.com

"Games war goes supra-Sonic". The Observer. March 6, 1994. p. 96. Retrieved December 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

nintendolife.com

Newton, James. "Sonic 3 & Knuckles lock-on". Nintendo Life. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
Hagues, Alana (June 9, 2022). "Brad Buxer Reconfirms Michael Jackson's Involvement With Sonic 3's Soundtrack". Nintendo Life. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
Hagues, Alana (June 9, 2022). "Brad Buxer Reconfirms Michael Jackson's Involvement With Sonic 3's Soundtrack". Nintendo Life. Retrieved December 21, 2023.
McFerran, Damien (September 6, 2007). "Sonic the Hedgehog 3". Nintendo Life. Retrieved January 2, 2015.

officialcharts.com

"1991 charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 6, 2015.

outofprintarchive.com

"Sonic 3: Golden Boy Is Back!". Mean Machines Sega. No. 17. EMAP. March 1994. pp. 44–49.

palgn.com.au

Ghiggino (June 28, 2009). "XBLA: Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Review". PALGN. Archived from the original on October 11, 2011. Retrieved January 3, 2015.

phoenixnewtimes.com

Moore, Dan (December 11, 2013). "A Michael Jackson-Sonic the Hedgehog Conspiracy Runs Through Arizona". Phoenix New Times. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

pocketgamer.co.uk

Russell, Danny (October 20, 2014). "Coders behind official Sonic the Hedgehog remasters release Sonic 3 & Knuckles proof-of-concept". Pocket Gamer. Retrieved January 22, 2015.

polygon.com

Grant, Christopher (April 14, 2018). "Sega Genesis Mini (aka Mega Drive Mini) announced". Polygon. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
Good, Owen S. (March 30, 2019). "Sega Genesis Mini releases in September with 40 games, including Sonic the Hedgehog (update)". Polygon. Retrieved March 31, 2019.

retrocdn.net

"ソニックチーム物語". Sega Magazine (in Japanese). No. 3. SoftBank Creative. January 1997. pp. 9–13. (Translation by Shmuplations. Archived 2019-12-17 at the Wayback Machine).
"Review: Sonic the Hedgehog 3" (PDF). Computer and Video Games (148). Future plc: 34–36. March 1994. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 10, 2017.
"EGM Hot Top Tens" (PDF). Electronic Gaming Monthly. April 1994. p. 52. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 7, 2018.

sega-16.com

Horowitz, Ken (June 11, 2007). "Developer's Den: Sega Technical Institute". Sega-16. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
Horowitz, Ken (May 19, 2009). "Sega Legends: Michael Jackson & Sonic 3". Sega-16. Retrieved March 17, 2018.

sega.com

"Sonic's Creator - Yuji Naka". Sega. Archived from the original on June 5, 1997. Retrieved February 26, 2018.

www2.sega.com

"Sonic Central interview: Yuji Naka on Sonic's Past, Present, Future". Sega.com. Archived from the original on May 26, 2010. Retrieved July 7, 2008.

blogs.sega.com

RubyEclipse (May 11, 2009). "SEGA Announces 7 new titles for XBLA!". Sega Blog. Archived from the original on May 20, 2009. Retrieved May 30, 2009.

sega.jp

sonic.sega.jp

"メガドライブ". Sega. Retrieved January 11, 2019.^{[permanent dead link]}

shmuplations.com

"ソニックチーム物語". Sega Magazine (in Japanese). No. 3. SoftBank Creative. January 1997. pp. 9–13. (Translation by Shmuplations. Archived 2019-12-17 at the Wayback Machine).

sonicretro.org

info.sonicretro.org

"Sonic 3 & Knuckles - Behind the Scenes". GamesTM (60): 140–144. August 2007.

steampowered.com

store.steampowered.com

"Sonic 3 and Knuckles on Steam". store.steampowered.com. Retrieved August 7, 2016.

the-magicbox.com

"US Platinum Videogame Chart". The Magic Box. December 27, 2007. Retrieved August 3, 2008.
"US Platinum Videogame Chart". The Magic Box. Retrieved December 31, 2014.

theverge.com

Parrish, Ash (April 20, 2022). "Sonic Origins launches in June with remasters of four classic games". The Verge. Archived from the original on April 22, 2022. Retrieved April 20, 2022.

toucharcade.com

Nelson, Jared (May 27, 2013). "A Guide to 'Sonic The Hedgehog' Version 2.0's Hidden Level-select, Debug Mode, and Many More Secrets". Touch Arcade. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
Nelson, Jared (October 19, 2014). "Hey Sega! This 'Sonic 3 & Knuckles' iOS Port Needs to Happen". TouchArcade. Retrieved November 9, 2019.

tumblr.com

hcstealth.tumblr.com

Thomley, Simon (February 9, 2015). "Regarding Sonic 3". Tumblr. Retrieved April 30, 2020.

twitter.com

Thomley, Simon [@HCStealth] (April 20, 2022). "Though Sega is creating Sonic Origins internally, I'm grateful that they chose us to build the S3&K that they're integrating into the collection. We worked extremely hard in that time and are very proud of what were able to deliver to Sega. We hope you'll enjoy the final product!" (Tweet). Retrieved April 20, 2022 – via Twitter.

usgamer.net

Parish, Jeremy (October 29, 2013). "The 10 Best Genesis/Mega Drive and Top 5 Sega CD Games". Eurogamer. Retrieved January 5, 2014.

venturebeat.com

Minotti, Mike (July 25, 2022). "The RetroBeat: Sonic & Knuckles turned a problem into success 25 years ago". VentureBeat. Archived from the original on May 21, 2020.

vg247.com

Alex, Donaldson (March 20, 2019). "I believe in Google's Stadia vision of the future, but the gaming preservationist in me is worried". GameRevolution. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
Donaldson, Alex (April 10, 2019). "Sonic 3 A.I.R. is the quality remaster that Sega probably won't release itself". GameRevolution. Retrieved April 10, 2019.

videogameschronicle.com

Scullion, Chris (June 9, 2022). "Sonic 3 & Knuckles won't have its original soundtrack in Sonic Origins". Video Games Chronicle. Retrieved June 9, 2022.

web.archive.org

Thomas, Lucas M. (September 11, 2007). "Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Review". IGN. Archived from the original on September 15, 2007. Retrieved December 31, 2014.
Ghiggino (June 28, 2009). "XBLA: Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Review". PALGN. Archived from the original on October 11, 2011. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
"ソニックチーム物語". Sega Magazine (in Japanese). No. 3. SoftBank Creative. January 1997. pp. 9–13. (Translation by Shmuplations. Archived 2019-12-17 at the Wayback Machine).
Sonic the Hedgehog GameTap Retrospective Pt. 4/4. Archived from the original on July 25, 2015.
"Sonic's Creator - Yuji Naka". Sega. Archived from the original on June 5, 1997. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
"Sonic Central interview: Yuji Naka on Sonic's Past, Present, Future". Sega.com. Archived from the original on May 26, 2010. Retrieved July 7, 2008.
Minotti, Mike (July 25, 2022). "The RetroBeat: Sonic & Knuckles turned a problem into success 25 years ago". VentureBeat. Archived from the original on May 21, 2020.
Caron, Frank (February 27, 2008). "Massive Sega ROM leak reveals secrets of older games". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on December 2, 2012. Retrieved June 15, 2017.
"Wii Virtual Console – Sonic 3 release". IGN. Archived from the original on September 13, 2007. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
RubyEclipse (May 11, 2009). "SEGA Announces 7 new titles for XBLA!". Sega Blog. Archived from the original on May 20, 2009. Retrieved May 30, 2009.
Parrish, Ash (April 20, 2022). "Sonic Origins launches in June with remasters of four classic games". The Verge. Archived from the original on April 22, 2022. Retrieved April 20, 2022.
Shea, Brian (March 23, 2023). "Sonic Origins Plus Adds Amy As Playable Character, Game Gear Games, And More This June". Game Informer. Archived from the original on March 23, 2023. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
"Review: Sonic the Hedgehog 3" (PDF). Computer and Video Games (148). Future plc: 34–36. March 1994. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 10, 2017.
Strauss, Bob (February 11, 1994). "Sonic CD; Sonic Chaos; Sonic Spinball; Sonic 3 reviews". Entertainment Weekly. No. 209. Meredith Corporation. Archived from the original on October 21, 2017. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
"EGM Hot Top Tens" (PDF). Electronic Gaming Monthly. April 1994. p. 52. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 7, 2018.
Sonic the Hedgehog GameTap Retrospective Pt. 4/4 (YouTube). GameTap. Event occurs at 1:39. Archived from the original on July 25, 2015.
"Sonic the Hedgehog 3 for Genesis". GameRankings. Archived from the original on December 9, 2019. Retrieved February 7, 2012.
Brudvig, Erik (June 11, 2007). "Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Review". IGN. Archived from the original on June 15, 2009. Retrieved March 29, 2023.

wikipedia.org

fr.wikipedia.org

Lionel Vilner (March 1994). "Sonic 3 J'en ai rêvé...". Génération 4 (in French). No. 64. pp. 88–90. ISSN 1624-1088.

worldcat.org

Lionel Vilner (March 1994). "Sonic 3 J'en ai rêvé...". Génération 4 (in French). No. 64. pp. 88–90. ISSN 1624-1088.

xbox.com

marketplace.xbox.com

Sega; Backbone Entertainment (June 10, 2009). "Sonic The Hedgehog 3". Xbox Marketplace. Microsoft. Retrieved March 22, 2018.

youtube.com

Sonic the Hedgehog GameTap Retrospective Pt. 4/4. Archived from the original on July 25, 2015.
"Episode 39: Sonic 3: Michael Jackson". GameTrailers. October 4, 2013. Archived from the original on December 11, 2021. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 - "Hedgehog Day" Teaser (YouTube). SegaScream. February 2, 2020.
Sonic the Hedgehog GameTap Retrospective Pt. 4/4 (YouTube). GameTap. Event occurs at 1:39. Archived from the original on July 25, 2015.