You guys can download this on the Virtual Console for the Nintendo Wii now.

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Meh, for those of us who have a Wii, we can get all the Sonic games by buying the Sonic Mega Collection from the gamecube. It has all the Sonic games (even the Knuckles in 2 and 3) plus Sonic Spinball, Flicky, Ristar, Blue Sphere and Mean Bean machine for $20. Each Sonic game on the VC costs $8.

Yep, that is a lot of people's sentiment. I do get them on the 360 though cause I don't own them on anything else and like trying to get the achievements. It adds in more game time and I can show people my skillz.

Most people here have the original game. Or at least I hope so... I know I do.

I have all the original games on the Genesis, except for Mean Bean Machine. Still, the Wii gives you a way to cheat a bit since it will save the game when you quit.

I have Mean bean Machine, but I don't have Spinball anymore.

What a shame :/

Sonic 3 fails. Sonic 3 and Knuckles, on the other hand, kicks ass. Can you play the two combined games on the virtual console? I'm not sure I ever saw a rom for an emulator of the combined cartridges.

I thought the roms for that game can as standalone. I don't think there's a way to somehow combine the games, but I'm sure there's been Sonic 3 + Knuckles roms made.

The smart thing to do is when someone buys S&K and Sonic Three, they get the Knuckles in Sonic 3 for free. They should also do the same thing for Sonic 2.