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Mortal Kombat 3

Code: Play as Smoke

At the MK3 logo during attract mode, press A, B, B, A, Down, A, B, B, A, Down, Up, Up. The screen turns red and Shao Kahn says “Smoke.” Smoke becomes selectable on the Select Your Fighter screen.

Code: Endurance Mode

At the main menu with Start Game highlighted, hold A, B, and C, then press Start. Endurance mode begins. With a Sega Team Player, up to four players can join. Press Start to register. Players 1 and 3 form team 1; players 2 and 4 form team 2. The left two columns are for team 1; the right two columns are for team 2.

Press Up or Down to move team positions. Press Left or Right to cycle characters, then press A to lock. Press B to lock a random character. Hold Up and press Start to fill remaining positions with random characters (you do not need to use all eight). The number in the upper left of a locked position shows which player controls it.

Once all characters are locked, press Start to finalize. The endurance match starts once all players finalize. Opposing teams may have different numbers of characters. After the match, you return to the main menu.

Code: Enable “Cheats” Menu

At the main menu, press A, C, Up, B, Up, B, A, Down. A Cheats option appears. Selecting it opens a menu with:

SOUND TEST

Press Left or Right to cycle numbers. Press A to play the corresponding sound or music.

CONTINUES

Press Left or Right to decrease or increase starting credits by ten.

BIO SCREEN

Press Left or Right to cycle characters. Press Start to view that character’s bio.

Code: Enable “Killer Codes” Menu

At the main menu, press C, Right, A, Left, A, Up, C, Right, A, Left, A, Up. A Killer Codes option appears. Selecting it opens a menu with:

QUICK END

Choose OFF, FATALITIES-1, FATALITIES-2, ANIMALITIES, BABALITIES, or FRIENDSHIPS. Any choice except OFF grants shortened finishing move inputs:

                 FAT-1               FAT-2             ANI            BAB       FRI           
Cyrax        RN (close)          HP (any)          Down (close)   HP (any) Up (any)      
Jax          BL (close)          LK (half screen) [LP]* (close) LK (any) LK (any)      
Kabal        BL (sweep)          HK (close)        [HP]* (close) BL (any) Up (any)      
Kano         HK (sweep)          [LP]* (close)     [HP]* (close) LK (any) HK (any)      
Kung Lao     Down (any)          HP (close)**      BL (close)     HP (any) LK (any)      
Liu Kang     LK (any)            BL+RN (close)     Up (close)     HK (any) RN+Down (any)
Nightwolf    BL (close)          HP (half screen) Down (close)   LP (any) Down (far)    
Sektor       BL (sweep)          BL (half screen) Up (close)     HK (any) Down (far)    
Shang Tsung [LP]* (close)       [LP]* (close)     [HP]* (sweep) LK (any) Down (any)    
Sheeva       LP (close)          [HK]* (close)     BL (close)     HK (any) HP (any)      
Sindel       BL+RN (close)       BL (sweep)        HP (close)     Up (any) Up (any)      
Sonya        RN (half screen)    BL+RN+Down (far) [LP]* (close) LK (any) RN+Down (any)
Stryker      LK (full screen)    BL (close)        BL (sweep)     HP (any) LP (any)      
Sub-Zero     RN (sweep)          RN (close)        Up (close)     HK (any) Up (any)      
Smoke        Down (full screen) BL+RN+Up (sweep) BL (far)       HK (any) HK (far)      

* Release the button in the [brackets] after holding it for one second.

** Kung Lao’s fatality 2 animation malfunctions at point‑blank range.

*** Kabal’s animality has no mercy or round requirement. (The same is true in normal gameplay.)

Note: Animalities, babalities, and friendships still require their normal conditions:

SMOKE

Smoke becomes selectable on the Select Your Fighter screen.

BOSSES

Motaro and Shao Kahn become selectable on the Select Your Fighter screen. You cannot select bosses in one‑player mode. In two‑player mode, if one player highlights a boss, the other cannot highlight a boss.

PLAY HIDDEN GAME

Press Start while this entry is highlighted to enter a difficult two‑player Galaga‑style minigame. Both players share three lives.

Code: Enable “Secrets” Menu

At the main menu, press B, A, Down, Left, A, Down, C, Right, Up, Down. A Secrets option appears. Selecting it opens a menu with:

TIMER

Set the timer speed for two‑player matches, or turn it off. (The one‑player Choose Your Destiny screen resets the option to NORMAL.)

WIN SCREEN

Choose a character and press Start to see their ending.

KOMBAT ZONE

Choose the starting Kombat Zone for one‑player and two‑player matches.

Code: Random Select

At the Select Your Fighter screen, with Shang Tsung highlighted (player 1) or Liu Kang highlighted (player 2), hold Up and press Start.

Code: 8 Lives in Galaga‑style Minigame

During the transition to the Rellim Ohcanep screen, if player 1 uses a six‑button controller, that player can hold X, A, Z, and C to increase lives to eight.

Codes: Kombat Kodes

Enter these codes on the versus screen before a two‑player match. The three digits on the left tell player 1 how many times to press A, B, and C (respectively); the right digits are for player 2.

Name                                           Code       Description                                                                                                                                                                       
“Bad Luck with TNT”                            929‑646 No effect. (Just displays the message.)                                                                                                                                           
“Hold Flippers During Casino Run”              987-666 No effect. (Just displays the message.)                                                                                                                                           
“No Fear - Eb Button, Skydive, Max Countdown” 282-282 No effect. (Just displays the message.)                                                                                                                                           
“There is no Knowledge That is Not Power”      123-926 No effect. (Just displays the message.)                                                                                                                                           
[View Credits]                                 122-333 Displays the credits.                                                                                                                                                             
Blocking Disabled                              020-020 Blocking has no effect.                                                                                                                                                           
Combos Disabled                                999-995 Canned combo strings are disabled.                                                                                                                                                
Dark Kombat                                    688-422 Matches are fought in darkness, except for split seconds when hits land.                                                                                                          
Endurance Mode: Score to Settle                006-040 8v8 endurance match. Your characters fight in round one. Later rounds are random. Time Overs are disabled.                                                                       
Extended Fatality Time                         955-955 The time you have to execute a finishing move is greatly increased.                                                                                                               
Fast Uppercut Recovery Enabled                 688-688 Landed uppercuts have greatly reduced recovery for the attacker.                                                                                                                  
Healing                                        011-971 Both players’ health gradually increases.                                                                                                                                         
No Abuse                                       911-911 Each round winner’s most-used button is disabled for the next round. In the final round, the same applies during Finish Him time, affecting finishers.                          
No Cheese                                      082-771 Combines the effects of Throwing Disabled and Sweeping Disabled.                                                                                                              
No Patience                                    494-494 The timer is greatly increased in speed.                                                                                                                                          
No Powerbars                                   987-123 Health meters, run meters, and win counters are not displayed.                                                                                                                    
Player 1 Half Power                            033-000 Player 1 starts rounds with 50% health.                                                                                                                                           
Player 1 Quarter Power                         707-000 Player 1 starts rounds with 25% health.                                                                                                                                           
Player 2 Half Power                            000-033 Player 2 starts rounds with 50% health.                                                                                                                                           
Player 2 Quarter Power                         000-707 Player 2 starts rounds with 25% health.                                                                                                                                           
Preview Next Generation Fighting Game          303-606 After a few seconds, the match ends and both players enter a Pong-style minigame. The first player to score 10 points wins.                                                       
Psycho Kombat                                  985-125 Combines the effects of Randper Kombat, Dark Kombat, Unlimited Run, and Blocking Disabled.                                                                                
Randper Kombat                                 460-460 Characters change at random.                                                                                                                                                      
Sweeping Disabled                              091-293 b plus LK does nothing.                                                                                                                                                           
Throwing Disabled                              100-100 Neither player can throw.                                                                                                                                                         
Timer Disabled                                 667-xxx The timer does not tick down. (Works regardless of player 2’s inputs.)                                                                                                            
Unlimited Run                                  466-466 Run meters never deplete.                                                                                                                                                         
Winner of this Round Battles Motaro            969-141 The winner of the first round fights CPU Motaro for one round.                                                                                                                    
Winner of this Round Battles Noob Saibot       769-342 The winner of the first round fights CPU Noob Saibot for one round.                                                                                                               
Winner of this Round Battles Shao Kahn         033-564 The winner of the first round fights CPU Shao Kahn for one round.                                                                                                                 
Winner of this Round Battles Smoke             205-205 The winner of the first round fights CPU Smoke for one round.                                                                                                                     
You Are Entering the Land of Rellim            642-468 Both players are taken to a difficult two-player Galaga-style minigame with three shared lives.                                                                                   

Secret: Play Galaga‑style Minigame

Play consecutive two‑player matches until Battle 100 appears. The versus screen then transitions to a difficult Galaga‑style minigame. Both players share three lives.

Secret: Play Pong‑style Minigame

Play consecutive two‑player matches until Battle 200 appears. The versus screen then transitions to a Pong‑style minigame. The first player to score 10 points wins.


Verified using ROM with CRC32 of dd638af6 with US console region.