Mortal Kombat 3 adapts the Midway hit to Master System despite 8 bit constraints with its reduced roster and iconic fatalities. The conversion impresses for the console, keeping the gore spirit and special moves. Pleasant for franchise fans, ambitious for the format.
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Fighting2 players16+
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Late Acclaim adaptation of Midway's ultra-violent fighting game, published by Acclaim in 1996 in Brazil. Fifteen series fighters including Cyrax, Sektor and Kabal, bloody fatalities, ranked arcade mode, two-player versus and a Mega Drive port reworked for the Master System by TecToy.
Complete: box, manual and disc/cart very clean. Lightly handled.
Q1 damagedQ6 completeQ10 new
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A late Brazilian adaptation of Mortal Kombat 3 on the Master System, published by Acclaim in 1996 and never distributed outside Brazil. Its desirability is strong: porting Midway's ultra-violent fighting game to an end-of-life 8-bit console was a feat, and the Brazilian exclusivity makes it a much-coveted piece. Collectors seek it for its technical audacity and the scarcity of a strictly local release.
A questionable morality
Under the guise of the most serious martial-arts tournament going, the title saves its real reward for the moment the opponent staggers: a polished execution, triggered by a precise input. You repeat it like a compulsory figure, pleased with the clean move, pretending not to notice that the highlight of the show remains the methodical finishing-off of a beaten foe.
