Mortal Kombat 3 (SNES)

Mortal Kombat 3
Developer: Sculptured Software Publisher: Williams Entertainment Platform: SNES Released in US: October 13, 1995 Released in EU: November 1995 This game has a hidden developer message. This game has hidden development-related text. This game has a hidden sound test. This game has a prerelease article

A pretty good port of the arcade game. Definitely more stable than the next port.

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Prerelease Info

Sound Test

Press A, Y, B, X on the main menu.

Unused/Hidden Text

Build Text

A build string is stored at 0x00F77A in the US version and 0x00F78B in the European version. To see it, hold L + R when the game starts.

U.S.	SNES VERSION: WED=AUG=02==11:32 AM
Europe	SNES VERSION: FRI=AUG=11==11:51 AM

Slow/Fast

The words "SLOW" and "FAST" are stored with the rest of the option menu text at 0x02FB3C. These aren't used anywhere. There's a timer option in the Genesis port that uses these, but it's not present in this version.

Sound Driver Message

Present at 0x0E8075:

SNDDRVR
MK3  HI MOM

Leftover Code

Present at 0x0E987D:

ret
SetNextEffectPan
            mov NextExStereoMod,

Other Strings

MK3 ARCADE KODE

No idea what this means.

NINTENDO POWER EXCLUSIVE
SHADOW FIGHTING ENABLED
ALL BACKGROUND BLAST
ALL PROJECTILES BOUNCE BACK

These strings appear in the list of Kombat Kodes, so maybe some more KKs were planned for the SNES version.

According to an issue of Nintendo Power, the Nintendo Power Exclusive code would have stopped the timer and have both fighters take minimal damage, with the intent being like a sort of "Practice Mode".

THE VORTEX

This is apparently the name of the hidden stage (where you fight Smoke); it never appears in the game.

(Abraxas: Original TCRF research)