Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is an LCD game created by Tiger Electronics in 1994. It was available in the Tiger's second generation casing and also as a Pocket Arcade version. The game features a standard direction pad and 3 buttons, "Tails", "pick", and "spin". Both consoles also contain four function buttons to turn off the system, toggle sound effects, pause the game, and turn on the console and start the game. The standard version requires two AA batteries to operate. The background of the game is a rendering of the Blue Sphere, with the floor of Hydrocity Zone. When the game starts, the Sonic the Hedgehog 3 title screen theme is heard. The level theme is the Angel Island Zone theme.