This is not a bug – the game requires you to have collected all 7 Super Emeralds in the Hidden Palace Zone after getting the Chaos Emeralds. If you loaded a save from a non-locked-on game, progression resets.
Finding Your "Sonic_Knuckles_wSonic3.bin": The Key to Sonic 3 A.I.R. If you’ve ever tried to set up Sonic 3 A.I.R. (Angel Island Revisited)
In the emulation world, a is created by software merging the two separate .bin files (S3 and S&K) into one combined .bin file. That merged binary is often unofficially named something like Sonic3AndKnuckles.bin .
…this 4MB binary holds three decades of playability.
This is not a bug – the game requires you to have collected all 7 Super Emeralds in the Hidden Palace Zone after getting the Chaos Emeralds. If you loaded a save from a non-locked-on game, progression resets.
Finding Your "Sonic_Knuckles_wSonic3.bin": The Key to Sonic 3 A.I.R. If you’ve ever tried to set up Sonic 3 A.I.R. (Angel Island Revisited)
In the emulation world, a is created by software merging the two separate .bin files (S3 and S&K) into one combined .bin file. That merged binary is often unofficially named something like Sonic3AndKnuckles.bin .
…this 4MB binary holds three decades of playability.