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|image       = [[Image:Sonic & Knuckles.jpg|300px]]
|image     = [[Image:Sonic & Knuckles.jpg|300px]]
|developer   = Sonic Team, Sega Technical Institute
|developer = Sonic Team, Sega Technical Institute
|publisher   = Sega
|publisher = Sega
|series       = ''Sonic the Hedgehog''
|series   = Sonic the Hedgehog
|genre        = Platform
|released = '''Sega Mega Drive/Genesis'''<br/>{{vgrelease|NA=October 17, 1994}}{{vgrelease|JP=October 18, 1994|EU=October 19, 1994|AUS=November 1994}}'''Virtual Console'''<br/>{{vgrelease|JP=October 27, 2009|EU=February 12, 2010|NA|February 15, 2010}}
|released     = '''Sega Mega Drive/Genesis'''<br/>{{vgrelease|NA=October 17, 1994}}{{vgrelease|JP=October 18, 1994|EU=October 19, 1994|AUS=November 1994}}'''Virtual Console'''<br/>{{vgrelease|JP=October 27, 2009|EU=February 12, 2010|NA=February 15, 2010}}
|genre    = Platform
|modes       = Single-player
|modes     = Single-player
|platforms    = [[Sega Genesis|Mega Drive/Genesis]], [[Virtual Console]]
|input     = GameCube Controller, Classic Controller
|input       = GameCube Controller, Classic Controller
|forumlink = https://forums.dolphin-emu.org/Thread-virtual-conole-sonic-knuckles
|forumlink   = http://forums.dolphin-emu.org/Thread-virtual-console-sonic-knuckles
}}
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'''''Sonic & Knuckles''''' is a 1994 platform video game in the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' series, developed by Sonic Team and the Sega Technical Institute for the [[Sega Genesis]]. In addition to being a standalone game, through a system dubbed "lock-on technology," Sonic & Knuckles acts as an expansion pack to both [[Sonic the Hedgehog 2]] and [[Sonic the Hedgehog 3]], the latter with which it was developed in tandem. The [[Virtual Console]] release of the game emulates this function: it will detect if the player has the other games in the [[Wii]]'s memory, and provide the user with a menu to select which combination of games they wish to play.
'''''Sonic & Knuckles''''' is a 1994 platform video game in the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' series, developed by Sonic Team and the Sega Technical Institute for the [[Sega Genesis]]. In addition to being a standalone game, through a system dubbed "lock-on technology," Sonic & Knuckles acts as an expansion pack to both [[Sonic the Hedgehog 2]] and [[Sonic the Hedgehog 3]], the latter with which it was developed in tandem. The [[Virtual Console]] release of the game emulates this function: it will detect if the player has the other games in the [[Wii]]'s memory, and provide the user with a menu to select which combination of games they wish to play.


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== Problems ==
== Problems ==
=== Audio and Video Distortion ===
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=== Slowdown in Special Stages ===
During the "Collect the Blue Spheres" Special Stages, the game will lag when a lot of spheres are on screen.  This is a fault of Dolphin's emulated CPU not matching up perfectly with the Wiis.  Changing the "emulated CPU Clock" to ~140% will fix the slowdown.


This title and Earthworm Jim 2 are unique (maybe others). They suffer from a video and audio sync problem. The issue can be partially corrected, but leaves you with another problem.
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Settings: enable Idle Skipping, Framelimit: 60(US/NA), DSP LLE recompiler, EFB Copies to ram+cache, Texture Accuracy: Safe, EFB: Virtual, disable OpenMP Texture Decoder, enable Progressive Scan.
 
The audio will now be somewhat correctly synced and title runs at nearly proper speed. however, the video is now stretched 100% out of the left bounds of the screen (opposite of what happens with SNES secret of mana, chrono trigger and ff2/3 with EFB Copies to Texture).


== Configuration ==
== Configuration ==
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== Version Compatibility ==
== Version Compatibility ==
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{{VersionCompatibilityVersion|5472|****|Introduction screens stutter and flicker.}}
{{VersionCompatibilityVersion|4.0-7088|****|Fixed video output}}
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{{testing/entry|revision=3.0-843|OS=Windows 7 x64|CPU=Intel Core i7-2600k @ 3.6GHz|GPU=Intel HD 3000|result=The game runs. but no picture. FPS: 120 VPS: 60 Speed: 100%|tester=23732}}
{{testing/entry|revision=3.0-843|OS=Windows 7|CPU=Intel Core i7-2600K @ 3.6GHz|GPU=Intel HD 3000|result=The game runs. but no picture. FPS: 120VPS: 60 Speed: 100%|tester=23732}}
 
{{testing/entry|revision=4.0.2|OS=Windows 7|CPU=AMD FX 4130 @ 3.8GHz|GPU=AMD Radeon HD 6670|result=picture is visible but it flickers|tester=skittyz321}}
{{testing/entry|revision=4.0.2|OS=Windows 7 x64|CPU=AMD FX 4130 @ 3.8GHz|GPU=AMD Radeon HD 6670|result=picture is visible but it flickers|tester=skittyz321}}
{{testing/entry|revision=4.0-9196|OS=Windows 10|CPU=Intel Core i5-3570K @ 3.8GHz|GPU=NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760|result=Runs well, but like other versions of the game the special stages lag at default CPU clock.|tester=JMC47}}
 
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== Gameplay Videos ==
== Gameplay Videos ==
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{{Navigation/Sonic}}
{{Navigation/Sonic}}