Feels kinda weird rating this so high, but like, there's nothing objectively wrong with it. It works great, even on modern operating systems (using the correct patches, of course) and it's got no missing content, licensed tracks aside. Speaking of, the music is obviously this version's downside. You get the choice between MIDI or FM Synth, and on modern hardware neither sounds great, but with the correct components from the era you could get fairly close to Genesis sound, but, as previously mentioned, the infamous MJ tracks have all been taken out and replaced for the prototype tracks. Personally, I like these just fine, although I still prefer the final tracks. Is there a reason to play this in the modern day? Not really, curiosity aside. If you own a modern PC, you have a million different ways to play this game that are gonna be infinitely better, so this moreso stands as an interesting relic of a bygone time, when porting a Genesis game was considered a good option.

Not the best way to play these games, but for the time and the platform, this was a pretty solid way to play the games. Sonic 3, Sonic & Knuckles, and Sonic 3 & Knuckles were all included in the package as standalone titles, so you could play however you wanted to. Obviously, the midi soundtrack was not the best, but was a compromise for being on the PC in the first place. This collection also included a pretty robust screensaver application and editor that allowed you to put music to the screensaver, which was fun, as there were a lot of images to choose from! That said, there are obviously better collections now, but this one still has a place in my middle school heart.