Tag: Lock-On Technology & Blue Sphere

Due to a combination of time constants to meet a release deadline for McDonald’s tie-in toys and cartridge size restrictions, Sonic Team came up with the clever work around of releasing Sonic 3 as two separate games, of which the later release, Sonic & Knuckles featured a cartridge slot on top where if you inserted your copy of Sonic 3 in it, you’d be able to play the full experience that was originally intended. However if you decided to insert any other game into the cartridge slot, you’d be able to play a unique exclusive Blue Sphere stage. There are a total of 128,016,000 unique Blue Sphere stages that you can hypothetically encounter, so every cartridge will give you something new!

• Featured in:
• Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker | 08/90
• Sonic & Knuckles | 10/94

• Game in Art’s Blue Sphere Code:
• 0805 5317 4708