# Sonic 3 & Knuckles — Recompiled: native PC build

> This recompiles Sonic 3 & Knuckles, and also offers separate Sonic 3 and Sonic & Knuckles builds, with segagenesisrecomp. Release v0.7.3 provides Windows x64 ZIPs and Linux x86_64 AppImages. Sonic3KRecomp is the combined game. The launcher asks for the matching ROM. High refresh rate options in v0.7.0 are 120, 144, or the display rate, while gameplay and music keep their normal speed.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/mstan/Sonic3AndKnucklesRecomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/mstan/Sonic3AndKnucklesRecomp/blob/917e2f4e084cf187d81dc29fd29483b7aaae479c/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/sonic3k-recomp/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/sonic3k-recomp/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/sonic3k-recomp/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- A Windows ZIP or a Linux AppImage from Releases, and the matching Sonic ROM.
- License: PolyForm Noncommercial for this project's code. Third-party notices accompany the downloads.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/mstan/Sonic3AndKnucklesRecomp/blob/917e2f4e084cf187d81dc29fd29483b7aaae479c/README.md>

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