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Use Level Select to access The Doomsday Zone in Sonic the Hedgehog 3 as Tails or Knuckles, though their sprites will appear unusual.

Use Level Select to access The Doomsday Zone in Sonic the Hedgehog 3 as Tails or Knuckles, though their sprites will appear unusual.

Use Level Select to access The Doomsday Zone in Sonic the Hedgehog 3 as Tails or Knuckles, though their sprites will appear unusual.

Use Level Select to access The Doomsday Zone in Sonic the Hedgehog 3 as Tails or Knuckles, though their sprites will appear unusual.

Use Level Select to access The Doomsday Zone in Sonic the Hedgehog 3 as Tails or Knuckles, though their sprites will appear unusual.

Sonic the Hedgehog 3

Access Sonic's The Doomsday Zone

Learn how to access The Doomsday Zone in Sonic the Hedgehog 3 using Level Select as Tails or Knuckles. Discover the special ending.

By teroqim·Originally published: April 1994·Updated Apr 2025·10 min read·Multi-source verified

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Walkthrough

1
Access the Level Select menu.
2
Choose The Doomsday Zone.
3
Play the level. Note that the character sprites will appear strange.
4
If you have collected all the Chaos Emeralds (or Super Emeralds, depending on your version) via Level Select, you will witness a unique ending after defeating the Final Boss.
5
As Knuckles, you will see yourself take the Master Emerald down and land on Sonic's airplane, which is colored black and white.
6
In this extra scene, Sonic and Knuckles depart the Floating Island in the airplane, observed by another Knuckles.

Tips

Collecting all Chaos/Super Emeralds is necessary to see the special ending.
The Master Emerald is present on both the Floating Island and the airplane during the special ending sequence.

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