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| Level Skip when Linked to Sonic the Hedgehog | 100% | |
| How to: Play any special stage. collect all the rings and you will be able to skip 10 levels. | ||
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| Easy Emeralds when Linked to Sonic 2 | 100% | |
| How to: Enter the LEVEL SELECT code shown below. Go to "special stage" and get an emerald. You will go to Emerald Hill Zone. Pause the game, and press A. Enter the level select again and return to the special stage. Repeat this process until you have all the emeralds. | ||
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| Debug Mode when Linked to Sonic 3 | 100% | |
| Description: First go to Angel Island Zone and, while on a vine, press Left, Left, Left, Right, Right, Right, Up, Up, Up. If it has been entered correctly, you will here a chime. Then press Start then A. At the Title Screen, scroll down to Sound Test and press Start. At the Sound Test screen, go to Mushroom Hill Zone and press Start. While on a ratchet machine, enter the same code you entered in Angel Island. You should here a chime. Again, press Start then A. At the Tiltle Screen again scroll down to Sound Test. At the Sound Test Screen select a zone while holding A. Hold until the name dissapears. You can check if you are in Debug Mode by pressing B. Your score should turn into hexadecimal characters. The controls are these: With Debug Mode on: A- change sprite B- disable Debug Mode C- add sprite With Debug Mode off: reverse gravity enable Debug Mode jump | ||
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| Debug Mode when Linked to Sonic 2 | 100% | |
| Description: Go to the level select screen and play tunes 1,9,9,4,1,0,1,8 (the date when the game was made.) Choose any level, then hold A and press Start to activate Debug mode. To use it, see the instructions in Sonic the Hedgehog. | ||
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| Level select not Linked | 100% | |
| Description: Start Mushroom Hill as Sonic. Run to the right until you come to the first Pull-Up machine. (It's just after the box with the power sneakers and the Madmole.) Hang from it and press LEFT, left left, right right right, up up up. You should hear a ring sound. Pause the game and press A to reset to the title screen. Now hold A and press start for level select. | ||
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| Play at Night when Linked to Sonic 2 or Sonic 3 | 100% | |
| How to: For Sonic 2: Activate level select (19, 65, 9, 17) and hold C and press Start. For Sonic 3: Activate level select (Up, Up, Down, Down, Up, Up, Up, Up) and hold C and press Start. | ||
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| Bonus Rounds | 100% | |
| Description: To play the bonus rounds at any time, insert any game into your Sonic & Knuckles cartridge. When the "No Way" message appears, hold A + B + C and press Start. If you do this with the original Sonic game you can play the levels in order and will be given a password to save your progress. *** In case you are wondering, I've left out the passwords deliberately. There are over 32,000 bonus rounds in Sonic & Knuckles. I can't possibly list them all on the page, nor is there much point to doing so since the levels are nearly identical. Thank you. | ||
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| Level Select when Linked to Sonic 2 | 100% | |
| How to: From the title screen, press Up, Up, Up, Down, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right. You should hear a ring. Next, press A + Start to enter the Stage Select screen. This code will remain in effect until you turn off the Genesis. | ||
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| Extra Points | 100% | |
| How to: When the end of act marker comes down, jump and hit it for 100 points. Repeat this to get more points. | ||
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| Level Select when Linked to Sonic 3 | 100% | |
| How to: First off, do the regular Sonic & Knuckles Level Select. Once that is done, hold UP + A, then put Sonic 3 in and reset the game. When you get to the Sonic 3 & Knuckles menu you will find that Sound Test is there. | ||
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| Hyper Sonic, Hyper Knuckles or Super Tails | 98% | |
| Description: Connect your Sonic & Knuckles cartridge to Sonic 3. Activate the level select and debug. When you enter debug mode, create a monitor. It will have an "S" on it. Jump on it to get 50 rings and become Hyper Sonic, Hyper Knuckles, or Super Tails! | ||
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| Level Select | 98% | |
| Description: Start Mushroom Hill as Sonic. Run to the right until you come to the first Pull-Up machine. (It's just after the box with the power sneakers and the Madmole.) Hang from it and press left left left, right right right, up up up. You should hear a ring sound. Pause the game and press A to reset to the title screen. Now hold A and press start for level select. | ||
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The blue hedgehog and the red echidna were sworn adversaries in Sonic 3, but in the platform adventure Sonic & Knuckles, Knuckles realizes that he's been just a pawn in the schemes of Dr. Eggman (aka Dr. Robotnik). Knuckles, the former adversary, now supports Sonic to chase the common enemy, and each must use their strengths to acquire the priceless Master Emerald and save Angel Island. 
