For Your Viewing Pleasure, Chickenman's Top Ten Video Games (Part 10)

Today's game comes close to my heart, being one of the earliest that I owned and providing the fondest of memories. But first, here is a recap of the other games on my Top Ten:

The Sims (PC)

Star Wars: Battlefront (PS2)

Hitman: Blood Money (PS2)

Everything or Nothing (PS2)

Rise to Honor (PS2)

Batman: Arkham Asylum (XBox360)

TimeSplitters 2 (PS2)

Splinter Cell (PS2, XBox360)

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 (PS2)

This is not really one game, but two. One of the cool things about the mysterious looking Sonic & Knuckles cartridge was that the top opened up and could be combined with Sonic 2 or Sonic 3, making Knuckles a playable character in either. What's more, it combined the stories of Sonic 3 and Sonic & Knuckles, making Sonic 3 & Knuckles, which is today's game. But really, what is there to say? I will say that one hasn't really played Sonic until they've played this (seems like I've been saying similar things the past couple of days). It makes me think of a gentleman that I know who home schools his children. He happens to have a hacked Xbox which contains just about every single NES game. Though probably not officially a part of the curriculum, he has his kids master the classics before moving on to newer games (his explanation for this is his cousin who can play Halo just fine but cannot play the original Super Mario Bros. to save his life). So it is with Sonic. One must start at the beginning to get an appreciation of the character (Sonic Generations realizes this; look for a review coming soon). Again, I will say this is a must-have for Genesis owners and platformer fans, as well as those of the Blue Blur.