Shao Kahn has won. The Earthrealm is no more. In order to revive his Queen Sindel, the emperor Shao Kahn used the Outworld Tournament from Mortal Kombat 2 as a diversion while his Shadow Priests revive his fallen Queen on Earth. Once enacted, the dimensional bridge between the two realms connects, allowing Kahn's extermination squads to invade and destroy Earth, and enslave the population's souls.

A small team of Raiden's "Chosen Warriors" survives the attack: Mortal Kombat champion Liu Kang and his ally Kung Lao, Special Forces agents Sonya Blade and Jax, the shaman Nightwolf, the riot cop Stryker, the nomadic Kabal, and former Lin Kuei warrior Sub-Zero, who has gone rogue from his clan. Facing the warriors are the mercenary Kano, cyber-ninjas Smoke, Sektor and Cyrax, Sheeva, a female Shokan, the sorcerer Shang Tsung, and Queen Sindel herself.

Mortal Kombat 3 brings new elements to the 2D fighting series: multi-level playfields, "Dial-A-Combo" attacks, a "Run" button to speed up the battles, and "Vs." codes, which unlock new powers and abilities once both players enter a code sequence in pre-match-up screens. Also included are more stage fatalities and finishing moves as each warrior attempts to go one-on-one with the Centaurian enforcer Motaro, and Shao Kahn himself.

Mortal Kombat 3 is the last traditional one-on-one fighting game game in the series to feature motion-captured digitized graphics for its kombatants, and introduces online network play to the PC version.

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Alternate Titles

"真人快打3" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)
"MK 3" -- Abbrevated title

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Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Mortal Kombat III	PlayStation
	Mortal Kombat III	Genesis	$1.29
	Mortal Kombat 3	SNES	$1.50
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User Reviews

Another worthy installment of the Mortal Kombat franchise	SNES	Stsung (52)
Hey kids!! Want to see how to screw up Mortal Kombat??	DOS	Zovni (9429)
A helluva lot better than its prequel.	DOS	Tomer Gabel (4418)
How did this game get so huge?	DOS	Roedie (5234)
Mortal Kombat 3 Genesis	Genesis	Joey Perkins (4)

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The Press Says

Electric Playground	Genesis	Oct 31, 1995	9 out of 10	90
Joypad	Game Boy	Feb, 1996	81 out of 100	81
High Score	DOS	Feb, 1996	4 out of 5	80
GamePro (US)	PlayStation	Dec, 1995	4 out of 5	80
All Game Guide	PlayStation	1998		80
GamePro (US)	Game Boy	Mar, 1996	3.5 out of 5	70
The Video Game Critic	Genesis	Oct 31, 2009	B-	67
VicioJuegos.com	Game Boy	Nov 08, 2004	38 out of 100	38
Digital Press - Classic Video Games	SEGA Master System	Dec 09, 2005	3 out of 10	30
The Video Game Critic	SNES	Jun 04, 2000	D	25

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Trivia

The Windows 95 PC version released in September, 1996 was different from the 1995 DOS version in that it had "eight all-new characters, two new boss monsters and exclusive new encryption 'kodes' which enable players to alter control settings and intensify game play". It was in fact a port of the Playstation version. A $10.00 rebate was offered inside the retail box for those who had previously purchased the DOS version.

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