Guess what? My page has the honour of being the first one on the net to post a genuine picture of Knuckles in Sonic 1. This picture is taken from a review of Sonic & Knuckles in the October 1994 issue of an Australian Magazine called Sega Megazone. The part circled is the interesting bit. Email Me! if you have anything to add!

I don't know what Sega were thinking, but if they removed the feature from Sonic and Knuckles to play as Knuckles in Sonic 1 then they are complete idiots!! Maybe the Australian version has this ability but I've only played the American and Jap versions. Oh well, too bad. There is also a rumour that this feature was taken out because the game crashed when Knuckles tried to glide onto the conveyor belts in Scrap Brain Zone.

Yes, it's true. This picture above of Knuckles in Spring Yard Zone is a complete and utter HOAX! It was sent to me by Michael Stearns as an example of how easy it is to create fake screenshots. Actually, Michael Stearns created this pic using PaintShop Pro and Genecyst (a Mega Drive emulator). Either he is a Sonic Genius or these screenshots are real.