Mortal Kombat 3

Mortal Kombat 3 is a video game in the action genre developed by Midway Manufacturing Company and published by Williams Entertainment, Inc. originally released in 1995. It is currently playable on DOS.

Shao Kahn has won. Earth Realm no longer exists. To revive his Queen Sindel, Emperor Shao Kahn used Mortal Kombat 2's Outworld Tournament as a distraction 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 souls of the populace.

A small team of Raiden's 'Chosen Warriors' survive the attack: Mortal Kombat champion Liu Kang and his ally Kung Lao, Special Forces agents Sonya Blade and Jax, shaman Nightwolf, riot cop Stryker, nomad Kabal and former Lin Kuei warrior Sub-Zero, who has become estranged from his clan. Confronting the warriors are the mercenary Kano, the cyber-ninjas Smoke, Sektor and Cyrax, Sheeva, a Shokan woman, 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 battles and 'Vs. ' codes, which unlock new powers and abilities once both players enter a sequence of codes on the pre-fight screens. Also included are more stage kills and finishing moves for each warrior to attempt to go head-to-head with Motaro, the Centaur Enforcer, and Shao Kahn himself.

Mortal Kombat 3 is the latest traditional one-on-one fighting game in the series to feature digitized graphics with motion capture for its combatants, and introduces network play in the PC version.

Mortal Kombat 3 is available at a reduced price on the following websites and is no longer abandonware.