For those of you who can remember as far back as 1994, and were lucky enough to own a SEGA Mega Drive/Genesis console, the name of the classic platformer, Sonic & Knuckles, might just send you into a daydream of nostalgia.

You can awake from your slumber, however, as it’s been announced that Sonic & Knuckles, the only game to feature a blue hedgehog and red echidna on a retail box, will be making an appearance on Xbox LIVE Arcade (XBLA) next Wednesday, or September 9th to be clear.

Not only that, but if you already own Sonic the Hedgehog 1, 2 and 3 on XBLA, you’ll be able to access special bonus content in each of those games if you decide to part with your precious MS Points and buy Sonic & Knuckles. What kind of bonus content? Look below to find out:

• Sonic the Hedgehog: Unlocks the game “Blue Sphere,” the bonus/Chaos Emerald level from Sonic the Hedgehog 3.

• Sonic the Hedgehog 2: Lets you play as Knuckles, complete with the ability to get to previously inaccessible areas of the game, and new power-ups added for playing as Knuckles.

• Sonic the Hedgehog 3: Play as Knuckles in Sonic 3, and also changes the flow of the game and connects it directly to Sonic & Knuckles, so that you can play the two seamlessly!

This is the same content that was featured all those years ago if you ‘stacked’ all of your Sonic games on top of the Sonic & Knuckles cartridge! Excellent!

Look out for Sonic & Knuckles next week!