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I'm thoroughly enjoying this hack and like the addition of emerald powers. I've completed it with Knuckles a few times now and am extra appreciative of the increased jump height emerald power for him. I've yet, however, been unable to beat the game with Sonic, and here's the only BIG, potentially game-breaking problem I have with this hack:

If you manage to grab all 7 Super Emeralds with Sonic by the time you have to fight Knuckles, I've found that you're actually unable to continue the game further during the bit where Robotnik steals the Master Emerald - in the vanilla game, as we all know, Knuckles is supposed to jump on top of Robotnik's ship in an attempt to save the emerald...but in this hack, due the increased jump height seemingly affecting Knuckles too, he actually JUMPS OFF THE STAGE instead of on top of the ship, leaving Sonic (and Tails) there with an immortal Robotnik. Doesn't matter how many times you hit him, he's immortal, and because the ground doesn't crumble beneath you (like it's supposed to) you're literally stuck there, unable to finish the last 3 zones with Sonic (Sky Sanctuary, Death Egg and Doomsday).

Hopefully the developer of this hack addresses this issue, because it really is a great hack.

This is an interesting sort of light 'easy mode' for Sonic 3 that I can't help but compare to Sonic Superstars' Emerald Powers. While not as robust as those from the recent game, this is an interesting way to add mechanical benefits to collecting the Emeralds beyond just Super at 7 and Hyper at 14.

I also tested this on my customized rom from the official website [https://www.s3complete.org/customiser/] up to 3 Emeralds, and it appears that everything is working fine in 1.0. One note, I'm not sure if this is *because* I used a customized version of the hack instead of the base hack, but the first Emerald's shield upgrade does work, but I never saw the actual shield sprite on Sonic. If this is as intended, then I didn't notice any immediate glitches or issues. I can't guarantee this, as I don't have the know-how to back it up, but I don't expect this hack to have conflicts with customized S3C versions.

Otherwise, I would honestly recommend this to newcomers of Sonic 3&K - or classic Sonic on the whole - as it offers benefits that might make the original game slightly easier. Thumbs up!