Sega's in-house Sega Sound Team was flown to a Los Angeles, California hotel with their computers and equipment to produce the soundtrack with Jackson, a process which consisted of working with the artist to create demo tracks with professional instruments during the day, and then translating that music to FM synthesis for playback on the Mega Drive during the night. Accordingly, a number of the company's upper management, including Sega of America president Tom Kalinske, recall that Jackson signed no official contracts for his work on Sonic the Hedgehog 3. Jackson astoundingly charged no cost for his work on the project, refusing Hisashi Suzuki's offers of reimbursement and only requesting that Sega instead donate the money to charity. As Jackson was both an avid video gamer and a fan of Sonic the Hedgehog, Sega accepted immediately. Jackson had a history with Sega (most notably producing Michael Jackson's Moonwalker early in the Mega Drive's lifespan) and had visited Sega's offices in Japan some months prior. However, sometime in 1993 - relatively late in the development process - the company was reportedly approached by pop sensation Michael Jackson and his personal sound team with an offer to compose the game's soundtrack.

Initially, the game's soundtrack was composed by Sega's in-house composers. In the case of Special Stages, it's impossible to get every ring in any Special Stage The closest the player can get is in Special Stage 1, but even then, there's one ring floating in the air that's impossible to reach, and the Blue Spheres bonus stages don't have a results screen.Michael Jackson assigned the project's management duties to long-time friend and collaborator Brad Buxer.

Flying Battery Zone Used Full The prongs of the Big Squeeze mini-boss are supposed to light up when it's charging - there are four frames of animation for it in the sprite sheet. The actual blending in-game looks better, obviously.

In Sonic Mania, getting all of the rings in an act Easiest to do in Sonic and Tails' Mirage Saloon Act 1 will not give this bonus The devs probably figured that the acts in the game were far too large to get everything in a reasonable amount of time or, in some cases, impossible, so they decided to eliminate the bonus and replace with Cool Bonus. Graphics for the wood chippers and wall shuriken shooters from Act 2 are also present within Act 1's assets. Because none of the zones' names include these letters, J, K, Q, V, X and Z all go unused.

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