Sonic 3 A.I.R.

Sonic 3 A.I.R. (Angel Island Revisited) is a fan-made remaster of Sonic 3 & Knuckles by Eukaryot. It is built on a custom engine that reimplements the original Mega Drive game with widescreen support, smooth 60fps gameplay, enhanced visuals, quality-of-life features and mod support. It requires the original Sonic 3 & Knuckles ROM to run. This system scrapes metadata for the “ports” group(s) and loads the sonic3-air set from the currently selected theme, if available. Grouped with the “ports” group of systems.

Quick reference

  • Emulator: Sonic 3 A.I.R.
  • Folder: roms/sonic3-air/
  • Accepted ROM formats: .s3air

BIOS

No Sonic 3 A.I.R. emulator in Batocera needs a BIOS file to run.

ROMs

You need the original Sonic 3 & Knuckles ROM file. The file must be named exactly Sonic_Knuckles_wSonic3.bin and placed in /userdata/roms/sonic3-air/. Then create an empty file called Sonic 3 - Angel Island Revisited.s3air in the same directory.

The ROM file name must match exactly: Sonic_Knuckles_wSonic3.bin. Other names will not be recognized by the engine.

Directory structure

/userdata/roms/sonic3-air/
               ├── Sonic_Knuckles_wSonic3.bin
               └── Sonic 3 - Angel Island Revisited.s3air

Saves

Save location saves/sonic3-air/

Emulators

Sonic 3 A.I.R.

Standardized features available: sonic3-air.videomode, sonic3-air.padtokeyboard, sonic3-air.bezel, sonic3-air.bezel_stretch, sonic3-air.hud, sonic3-air.hud_corner, sonic3-air.bezel.tattoo, sonic3-air.bezel.tattoo_corner, sonic3-air.bezel.tattoo_file, sonic3-air.bezel.resize_tattoo

Controls

Sonic 3 A.I.R. has built-in gamepad support via SDL. The controls follow the standard Sonic layout:

Gamepad button Action
D-pad / Left analog stick Move
A (South) Jump
B (East) Jump
X (West) Jump
START Pause

Additional controls and button remapping can be configured in the in-game settings menu.

Troubleshooting

My game does not launch

  • Make sure the ROM file is named exactly Sonic_Knuckles_wSonic3.bin.
  • Verify that the ROM is a valid Sonic 3 & Knuckles combined ROM (not Sonic 3 alone or Sonic & Knuckles alone).
  • The .s3air launch file must exist in /userdata/roms/sonic3-air/.

Further troubleshooting

For further troubleshooting, refer to the generic support pages.

  • systems/sonic3-air.txt
  • Last modified: 5 weeks ago
  • by wizzard