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Mortal Kombat 3 Cheat Codes
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There are 20 cheat codes for Mortal Kombat 3. Each code below lists the exact button combination or console command, what it does, and whether using it disables achievements.
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20*Nintendo Power Exclusive
Timer is turned off and health is drastically increased for both characters.
On the versus screen before a fight, the six symbols are set three by player 1 and three by player 2. Each digit stands for one symbol: 0 dragon, 1 MK, 2 yin-yang, 3 the number three, 4 question mark, 5 lightning bolt, 6 Goro, 7 Raiden, 8 Shao Kahn, 9 skull.
Blocking Disabled
Players cannot block.
On the versus screen before a fight, the six symbols are set three by player 1 and three by player 2. Each digit stands for one symbol: 0 dragon, 1 MK, 2 yin-yang, 3 the number three, 4 question mark, 5 lightning bolt, 6 Goro, 7 Raiden, 8 Shao Kahn, 9 skull.
Dark Kombat
Screen is blacked out.
On the versus screen before a fight, the six symbols are set three by player 1 and three by player 2. Each digit stands for one symbol: 0 dragon, 1 MK, 2 yin-yang, 3 the number three, 4 question mark, 5 lightning bolt, 6 Goro, 7 Raiden, 8 Shao Kahn, 9 skull.
Galaga
The victor of the round will play a version of the Midway/Namco game, Galaga.
On the versus screen before a fight, the six symbols are set three by player 1 and three by player 2. Each digit stands for one symbol: 0 dragon, 1 MK, 2 yin-yang, 3 the number three, 4 question mark, 5 lightning bolt, 6 Goro, 7 Raiden, 8 Shao Kahn, 9 skull.
Heavy damage for both players
Both players take twice the damage.
On the versus screen before a fight, the six symbols are set three by player 1 and three by player 2. Each digit stands for one symbol: 0 dragon, 1 MK, 2 yin-yang, 3 the number three, 4 question mark, 5 lightning bolt, 6 Goro, 7 Raiden, 8 Shao Kahn, 9 skull.
No Power Bars
Health bars are not displayed.
On the versus screen before a fight, the six symbols are set three by player 1 and three by player 2. Each digit stands for one symbol: 0 dragon, 1 MK, 2 yin-yang, 3 the number three, 4 question mark, 5 lightning bolt, 6 Goro, 7 Raiden, 8 Shao Kahn, 9 skull.
Player 1 Half Energy
Player 1 is handicapped, starting out with 50% life.
On the versus screen before a fight, the six symbols are set three by player 1 and three by player 2. Each digit stands for one symbol: 0 dragon, 1 MK, 2 yin-yang, 3 the number three, 4 question mark, 5 lightning bolt, 6 Goro, 7 Raiden, 8 Shao Kahn, 9 skull.
Player 1 Quarter Energy
Player 1 is handicapped, starting out with 25% life.
On the versus screen before a fight, the six symbols are set three by player 1 and three by player 2. Each digit stands for one symbol: 0 dragon, 1 MK, 2 yin-yang, 3 the number three, 4 question mark, 5 lightning bolt, 6 Goro, 7 Raiden, 8 Shao Kahn, 9 skull.
Player 2 Half Energy
Player 2 is handicapped, starting out with 50% life.
On the versus screen before a fight, the six symbols are set three by player 1 and three by player 2. Each digit stands for one symbol: 0 dragon, 1 MK, 2 yin-yang, 3 the number three, 4 question mark, 5 lightning bolt, 6 Goro, 7 Raiden, 8 Shao Kahn, 9 skull.
Player 2 Quarter
Player 2 is handicapped, starting out with 25% life.
On the versus screen before a fight, the six symbols are set three by player 1 and three by player 2. Each digit stands for one symbol: 0 dragon, 1 MK, 2 yin-yang, 3 the number three, 4 question mark, 5 lightning bolt, 6 Goro, 7 Raiden, 8 Shao Kahn, 9 skull.
Psycho Kombat
Game randomly blacks out, characters change randomly and powerbars flicker in and out of sight.
On the versus screen before a fight, the six symbols are set three by player 1 and three by player 2. Each digit stands for one symbol: 0 dragon, 1 MK, 2 yin-yang, 3 the number three, 4 question mark, 5 lightning bolt, 6 Goro, 7 Raiden, 8 Shao Kahn, 9 skull.
Randper Kombat
Players randomly morph into other characters at indeterminate intervals.
On the versus screen before a fight, the six symbols are set three by player 1 and three by player 2. Each digit stands for one symbol: 0 dragon, 1 MK, 2 yin-yang, 3 the number three, 4 question mark, 5 lightning bolt, 6 Goro, 7 Raiden, 8 Shao Kahn, 9 skull.
Sweeping Disabled
Sweep kicks are disabled.
On the versus screen before a fight, the six symbols are set three by player 1 and three by player 2. Each digit stands for one symbol: 0 dragon, 1 MK, 2 yin-yang, 3 the number three, 4 question mark, 5 lightning bolt, 6 Goro, 7 Raiden, 8 Shao Kahn, 9 skull.
Throwing Disabled
Players cannot throw each other.
On the versus screen before a fight, the six symbols are set three by player 1 and three by player 2. Each digit stands for one symbol: 0 dragon, 1 MK, 2 yin-yang, 3 the number three, 4 question mark, 5 lightning bolt, 6 Goro, 7 Raiden, 8 Shao Kahn, 9 skull.
Timer disabled
Infinite time enabled.
On the versus screen before a fight, the six symbols are set three by player 1 and three by player 2. Each digit stands for one symbol: 0 dragon, 1 MK, 2 yin-yang, 3 the number three, 4 question mark, 5 lightning bolt, 6 Goro, 7 Raiden, 8 Shao Kahn, 9 skull.
Unlimited Run
Run Gauge never depletes, allowing indefinite running.
On the versus screen before a fight, the six symbols are set three by player 1 and three by player 2. Each digit stands for one symbol: 0 dragon, 1 MK, 2 yin-yang, 3 the number three, 4 question mark, 5 lightning bolt, 6 Goro, 7 Raiden, 8 Shao Kahn, 9 skull.
Winner fights Motaro
Victor of the round will fight the sub-boss Motaro.
On the versus screen before a fight, the six symbols are set three by player 1 and three by player 2. Each digit stands for one symbol: 0 dragon, 1 MK, 2 yin-yang, 3 the number three, 4 question mark, 5 lightning bolt, 6 Goro, 7 Raiden, 8 Shao Kahn, 9 skull.
Winner fights Noob Saibot
Victor of the round will fight the secret fighter, Noob Saibot.
On the versus screen before a fight, the six symbols are set three by player 1 and three by player 2. Each digit stands for one symbol: 0 dragon, 1 MK, 2 yin-yang, 3 the number three, 4 question mark, 5 lightning bolt, 6 Goro, 7 Raiden, 8 Shao Kahn, 9 skull.
Winner fights Shao Kahn
Victor of the round will fight the final boss, Shao Kahn.
On the versus screen before a fight, the six symbols are set three by player 1 and three by player 2. Each digit stands for one symbol: 0 dragon, 1 MK, 2 yin-yang, 3 the number three, 4 question mark, 5 lightning bolt, 6 Goro, 7 Raiden, 8 Shao Kahn, 9 skull.
Winner fights Smoke
Victor of the round will face the secret, unlockable fighter, Smoke.
On the versus screen before a fight, the six symbols are set three by player 1 and three by player 2. Each digit stands for one symbol: 0 dragon, 1 MK, 2 yin-yang, 3 the number three, 4 question mark, 5 lightning bolt, 6 Goro, 7 Raiden, 8 Shao Kahn, 9 skull.
Emulator cheat codes
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Action Replay · SNES · USA version · 31 codes
Deformed Fighters On Versus Screen
Press A On Main Menu For Sound Test
Press Up On Main Menu For Kool Stuff Menu
Kooler Stuff Menu
Scott's Menu
Player 2/CPU Unaffected By Foot Sweeps
Kombatants That Miss An Attack Are Frozen In Mid-Attack Briefly
Some Attacks Have No Effect
Player 2 Takes All Damage
Player 1 Takes All Damage
Player 1 Takes No Damage
Your Opponent Will Die After One Hit
Player 2 Takes No Damage
Defeated Kombatants Disappear
Attempt A Special Move Immediately And Your Player Will Fall Down
Fight Beneath The Screen
Some Fighters' Throws Are Altered
Special Moves Done On Right-Hand Side Cause Strange Horizontal Warp
Kitana And Mileena Are Deformed
Stealth Select Disabled
Kabal Is Deformed
Player 1 And Player 2 Are Facing The Wrong Way
Fighters Act Stupid
Crazy Things Happen
Quick Attacks P1 & P2
Hyper Mode P1 & P2
Can Do Fatalities In Any Round/1-Button Fatalities
Both Players Can Walk Through Each Other
1-Button Specials
P1 Free Movement
P2 Free Movement
Source: Mortal Kombat 3 (USA, Europe) (Action Replay).cht in libretro-database, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 and shared here under the same licence.
RetroArch code · SNES · USA version · 123 codes
P1 Can't Be Hit
P2 Can't Be Hit
Quick Attacks P1 & P2
Hyper Mode P1 & P2
Player 1 Modifier
P1 Body Display Modifier
P1 Shadow Display Modifier
P2 Body Display Modifier
P2 Shadow Display Modifier
Unlock Kool Stuff
Unlock Kooler Stuff
Unlock Scott's Stuff
Unlock Sound Test
Replace Smoke On Character Select Screen With Motaro
Replace Smoke On Character Select Screen With Shao Kahn
Fight Before Announcer Says "Fight!"
Can Do Fatalities In Any Round/1-Button Fatalities
Infinite Continues
Pause Enable 2
Disable Jumping Attacks
Players Start On Opposite Sides
Five Round Draw
Fight At The Top Of The Screen
Fight In Middle/Top Of Screen
Stuck Together At The Very Far Left
Characters Grey/Black In Foreground
Multiple Effects
Strange Attack Range
Only Throws Do Damage
Start Off On The Far Right Of The Screen
Noob Saibot Type Effect
Shang Tsung Has VERY Quick Morphs
Sheeva's Scream Sometimes Repels Opponents
Psycho Kombat #2
Psycho Kombat #2
Psycho Kombat #3
Hippie Fighting
Hippie Fighting #2
Characters Are At The Bottom Of The Screen
Characters Are At The Bottom Of The Screen 2
Weird #1
Weird #2
Weird #3
Raining Blood
Fatal Effects
Glitches
Top Left Of Character Is Glitched
Top Left Of Character Is Glitched #2
Checker Board Characters
Middle Of Screen Is Weird
Player Select - P2 Glitched In Fight
Flashing Characters/Objects
Weird Effects
Freeze/Glitch
Press A on main menu for Sound Test
Press Up on main menu for Kool Stuff Menu
Press Select on main menu for Kooler Stuff Menu
Press X on main menu for Scott's Menu
Player 2 takes all damage
Player 1 takes all damage
Player 1 takes no damage
Player 2 takes no damage
Always fight Kano
Always fight Sonya
Always fight Jax
Always fight Nightwolf
Always fight Sub-Zero
Always fight Stryker
Always fight Sindel
Always fight Sektor
Always fight Cyrax
Always fight Kung Lao
Always fight Kabal
Always fight Sheeva
Always fight Shang Tsung
Always fight Liu Kang
Always fight Smoke
Always fight Motaro
Always fight Shao Kahn
Always fight Noob-Saibot
Kombat Kode Modifier
Stage Music Modifier
Kombat Zone Modifier
Both Players Can Walk Through Each Other
1-Button Specials
Screen Brightness Modifier
P1 Free Movement
P2 Free Movement
Infinite Energy
Invincibility
Smoke Intro Walk Out Character Modifier
Character Profile Modifier
Hit Anywhere P1
Always Fight Kano
Always Fight Sonya
Always Fight Jax
Always Fight Nightwolf
Always Fight Sub-Zero
Always Fight Stryker
Always Fight Sindel
Always Fight Sektor
Always Fight Cyrax
Always Fight Kung Lao
Always Fight Kabal
Always Fight Sheeva
Always Fight Shang Tsung
Always Fight Liu Kang
Always Fight Smoke
Always Fight Motaro
Always Fight Shao Kahn
Always Fight Noob-Saibot
Weird #1
Max Fatality Time
Enable Pause
One Button Fatalities
Enable Smoke
Enable Motaro
Enable Shao Kahn
Health Recovery
30 Kredits
Unlimited Run
Skip Intro Screens
Skip VS Screen
Source: Mortal Kombat 3 (USA).cht in libretro-database, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 and shared here under the same licence.
Action Replay · Genesis / Mega Drive · USA version · 13 codes
Infinite Energy P1
Infinite Energy P2
No Energy P1
No Energy P2
Infinite Run P1
Infinite Run P2
No Run P1
No Run P2
Cheat Option Menus Enabled
Infinite Time
Infinite Kredits
P1 Free Movement
P2 Free Movement
Source: Mortal Kombat 3 (USA, Europe) (Action Replay).cht in libretro-database, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 and shared here under the same licence.
RetroArch code · Genesis / Mega Drive · USA version · 91 codes
P1 Color Modifier [In-Game]
P2 Color Modifier [In-Game]
From the main menu, press A or B or C twice to bring up each of the three secret menus.
Player 1 takes all damage
Player 2 takes all damage
Both players take no damage
The first fight for player 1 is against Kano
The first fight for player 1 is against Sonya
The first fight for player 1 is against Jax
The first fight for player 1 is against Nightwolf
The first fight for player 1 is against Sub-Zero
The first fight for player 1 is against Stryker
The first fight for player 1 is against Sindel
The first fight for player 1 is against Sektor
The first fight for player 1 is against Cyrax
The first fight for player 1 is against Kung Lao
The first fight for player 1 is against Kabal
The first fight for player 1 is against Sheeva
The first fight for player 1 is against Shang Tsung
The first fight for player 1 is against Liu Kang
The first fight for player 1 is against Smoke
The first fight for player 1 is against Motaro
The first fight for player 1 is against Noob-Saibot
All fights after 1st are against Kano
All fights after 1st are against Sonya
All fights after 1st are against Jax
All fights after 1st are against Nightwolf
All fights after 1st are against Sub-Zero
All fights after 1st are against Stryker
All fights after 1st are against Sindel
All fights after 1st are against Sektor
All fights after 1st are against Cyrax
All fights after 1st are against Kung Lao
All fights after 1st are against Kabal
All fights after 1st are against Sheeva
All fights after 1st are against Shang Tsung
All fights after 1st are against Liu Kang
All fights after 1st are against Smoke
All fights after 1st are against Motaro
All fights after 1st are against Noob-Saibot
Infinite Energy P1
Hit Anywhere Both Players
All Fights After 1st Are Against Kano
All Fights After 1st Are Against Sonya
All Fights After 1st Are Against Jax
All Fights After 1st Are Against Nightwolf
All Fights After 1st Are Against Sub-Zero
All Fights After 1st Are Against Stryker
All Fights After 1st Are Against Sindel
All Fights After 1st Are Against Sektor
All Fights After 1st Are Against Cyrax
All Fights After 1st Are Against Kung Lao
All Fights After 1st Are Against Kabal
All Fights After 1st Are Against Sheeva
All Fights After 1st Are Against Shang Tsung
All Fights After 1st Are Against Liu Kang
All Fights After 1st Are Against Smoke
All Fights After 1st Are Against Motaro
All Fights After 1st Are Against Noob-Saibot
Infinite Energy P1
Infinite Energy P2
No Energy P1
No Energy P2
Infinite Run P1
Infinite Run P2
No Run P1
No Run P2
Cheat Option Menus Enabled
Infinite Time
Infinite Kredits
Win Number Modifier P1
Win Number Modifier P2
Character Modifier P1
Character Modifier P2
Background Modifier
P1 Color Modifier (In-Game)
P2 Color Modifier (In-Game)
P1 Free Movement
P2 Free Movement
Infinite Energy P1
Infinite Energy P2
Skip Intro Screen
Skip VS Screen
Play Galaga mini-game. See notes.
Play Pong MK4 mini-game. See notes.
Enabled Smoke In Table
Enabled Motaro And Shao Kahn In Table
All 3 secret cheat menus are automatically enabled at the main menu. See notes.
kombat kode Modifier
kombat kode Modifier 2
P1 Play as Noob Saibot
Source: Mortal Kombat 3 (USA).cht in libretro-database, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 and shared here under the same licence.
Game Buster · PlayStation · World version · 5 codes
P1 Infinite health
P1 Infinite Combo energy
P2 No health
P2 Infinite health
Two dragon symbols
Source: Mortal Kombat 3 (World) (Game Buster).cht in libretro-database, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 and shared here under the same licence.
GameShark · PlayStation · World version · 29 codes
P1 Infinite Energy
P1 "Fake" Infinite Energy
P1 No Energy
P1 One Hit Death
P1 75% Health
P1 50% Health
P1 25% Health
P1 200% (Double) Energy
P1 Unlimited Run
P1 Can't Run
P2 Infinite Energy
P2 One Hit Death
P2 75% Health
P2 50% Health
P2 25% Health
P2 200% (Double) Health
P2 Unlimited Run
P2 Can't Run
Infinite Time
Some Background Objects Move Off the Screen
Computer Always Does A Finishing Move If It Beats You
P1 Only Needs to Win 1 Round
P2 Only Needs to Win 1 Round
Players Are Randomly Invisible
? is Available
Close In Kombat (Players Can Run Thru Each Other)
P1 Does Half Damage
P2 Does Half Damage
CPU Always Does a Finishing Move if it Beats You
Source: Mortal Kombat 3 (World) (GameShark).cht in libretro-database, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 and shared here under the same licence.
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