Mortal Kombat 3/Hidden content

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Mega Drive version

Random select

Highlight Shang Tsung (or Liu Kang if you're the second player) and press + START . This will make the game pick a character for you at random.

Unlock Smoke

At the MK3 logo in the introduction sequence, press . The announcer will say "Smoke" and the background will go red, signalling the code has worked.

Killer codes

On the main menu, press . This will allow the player to choose which finishing moves the computer will use, whether Smoke or the bosses are on or off, and allow the player to play the Galaga-esque mini-game.

Cheats option

On the main menu, press to access a "cheats" option. This screen offers a sound test, the ability to adjust the starting number of continues/credits, and see all the (normal) character biographies.

Secrets option

On the main menu, press .

Endurance mode

Press +++ START  on the main menu.

8 lives in hidden game

During the introduction of the hidden game, press and hold +++. If entered correctly, you will hear a firing sound. There is no equivalent code for three-button controllers.

Kombat Kodes

Mortal Kombat 3 introduced to the series the concept of "Kombat Kodes". As a two-player versus match is about to begin, six boxes showing icons at the bottom of the screen can be manipulated by both players. The first three boxes are cycled through by tapping player one's , and buttons, respectively, and the second three by the second player.

There are 10 digits, usually referred to in-guides as 0-9 (e.g. to get the third icon, tap the button twice):

Icon
"Number"	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9

Code	Effect
9 4 4 9 4 4	Single button fatalities
0 2 1 0 2 1	Auto health recover
9 8 9 8 9 8	Auto tourney
9 2 9 6 4 6	Bad luck with TNT
0 2 0 0 2 0	Disable blocking
6 8 8 4 2 2	Dark kombat
9 9 9 9 9 5	Disable kombos
0 9 1 2 9 3	Disable sweeps
0 0 6 0 4 0	Endurance match
9 5 5 9 5 5	Extend fatality time
6 9 9 6 9 9	Fast uppercut recover
1 2 2 3 3 3	View game credits
9 8 7 1 2 3	Hide energy bars
1 9 1 1 9 1	Hyper fighting
3 9 0 3 9 0	Inflict half damage
4 9 9 4 9 9	Invisibility
4 3 2 2 3 4	More energy, no time limit
9 1 1 9 1 1	No abuse
9 8 7 0 1 3	No energy bars
5 5 5 5 5 6	No special moves
0 3 3 0 0 0	Player one has half power
7 0 7 0 0 0	Player one has quarter power
0 0 0 0 3 3	Player two has half power
0 0 0 7 0 7	Player two has quarter power
6 4 2 4 6 8	Play Galaga-esque mini-game
9 8 7 6 5 5	Play slots
3 0 3 6 0 6	Play Pong
4 6 0 4 6 0	Opponent is selected at random
0 1 1 9 7 1	Fighters regenerate health
3 2 1 7 8 9	Super run jumps
1 0 0 1 0 0	Disable throws
4 9 4 4 9 4	Reduce timer
6 6 7 2 5 5	Turn off timer
4 6 6 4 6 6	Unlimited run
9 6 9 1 4 1	Winner fights Motaro
7 6 9 3 4 2	Winner fights Noob Saibot
0 3 3 5 6 4	Winner fights Shao Kahn
2 0 5 2 0 5	Winner fights Smoke

Unfinished bios

An unfinished bio for Smoke exists in the game. No text was written for the character, however, with Kano's appearing instead. The string - MOTARO - also exists within the ROM.

Smoke's bio can be seen in the demo sequence by using the Action Replay code FF0217:0E. Attempting to load Motaro's bio causes the game to crash as there is no versus image.