BETTER EVERY TIME! Mortal Kombat 3 for the Sega Genesis!

[@WilliamG489]

Beautiful system, and game

[@FinalStage4L]

Takes me back to renting this at blockbuster then finally buying my own copy get home from school and hide my homework and play mk3 till bedtime

[@NoSleeptilNovember]

The good ol day's, video cassette rentals & cartridges 😂

[@jonbourgoin182]

Yoo I just posted a similar comment. My mom actually dismissed me from school early so I was guaranteed to have a copy to rent on the day Blockbuster received theirs! Respect

[@michaelcalderon6693]

Same brotha

[@frankbeans5921]

Life was so much easier back then.

[@axe2grind244]

Dear god you typed for me lol. That was a typical day for me as well

[@BrunoLucena-nt8tz]

Next year, it will be 30 years since I first played Mortal Kombat 3. The Sega Genesis version was the first one I got. The leap in quality of this Sculptured Software version is enormous, compared to all those made by Probe for the Sega Genesis. Congratulations on the channel and hugs from Brazil!

[@SLAPJACKS83]

I always thought it was cool how the bell tolls three times when the MK3 logo displays when you start the game. No other port does this, not even the arcade. Nice touch I think.

[@aztecwhistle9122]

They must've put that in to catch. Well done

[@tylerhill40]

Outstanding!

[@mrnicktoyou]

I see Probe didn't get their hands on this conversion which is why it looks and plays so good.

[@Scorpion24]

Sadly this is facts, this is also why I believe they sabotaged mk2 for Saturn

[@jonbourgoin182]

My mom actually dismissed me from school early the day Blockbuster received their copies for Genesis so I was able to rent it! It's the little things that parents do for their kids...

[@kmlumd44]

Yeah now you're a minumum wage earner though.

[@notyetskeletal4809]

​@@kmlumd44hahaa. I don't even have a jobby.

[@BushyStallion]

And you still remember that… that’s what I love about these games, I still have a lot of good memories associated with them back in the 90’s it’s always cool to revisit those good memories.. thanks for the comment Jon 👊🏼

[@89lutz]

@@kmlumd44 jealous because you spent your youth analyzing and interpreting snooze fest 20th century literature, and doing math formulas that had no real world value

[@TheEldorado1991]

@@kmlumd44 your childhood sucked just admit it bro

[@christopherniceley8848]

This was my favorite Mortal Kombat!!! Thanks for posting this and bringing back so many memories!!!

[@jadedave-c5n]

These videos make me realize I was the lone Sega kid in my neighborhood of friends. Everyone had Super NES but the Genesis was my jam! Dreamcast is legendary. RIP

[@thegrandpencil4374]

I think if we're being honest here, MK1 was Genesis, but MK2 and 3 were SNES.

[@BlueKudu-33]

Sheeva’s 7-hit combo was so great! Hp, Hp, Lp, Hk, Hk, Lk, back Hk 😎. Man I LOVED MK3 on the MD2. It was so responsive and addictive. The 6-button pad was just perfect for this and UMK3. Also I wasn’t aware of that Kabal exploit, nice! Awesome video 👍🏻

[@deniduckwall]

Had a crush on this Sonya as a kid xD

[@BushyStallion]

We all did lol 👊🏼

[@williemoncada3049]

Me too lol

[@fhcc3924]

​@@BushyStallionNah some of us had crushes on real people

[@nickfanzo]

Finish her! 😂

[@frankbeans5921]

Mortal Kombat the movie 🔥😍

[@OhioGuy216]

I remember my dad buying me the game on the Genesis. The only stipulation was my mom couldn’t find out that I got it lol. Needless to say, 10/11 year old me would sneak down to the basement late at night when my parents were sleeping to play. 😂

[@KoolKeithProductions]

lol Same. MK2 was the first game I ever got for my genesis, and I loved it. Of course when I played the snes version at a friend's house, l couldn't even LOOK at the Sega version again 😡 lol Despite that I still told my dad I wanted mk3, but l wasn't expecting much after how mk2 turned out. Boy was I wrong. I nearly cried when I saw how close to the arcade this version actually was 😊

[@BlueKudu-33]

Haha yeah except I did it the other way round and got up early in the morning before my parents for my MK 1/2/3 fix. When I had the lounge TV all to myself 😆

[@BushyStallion]

Wow lol it sounds like a bunch of us had to sneak around to play these games! I was in the same boat for MK2 but my Dad ended up liking it and after finding that out it was smooth sailing from then on when it came to Mortal Kombat lol thanks for the comment 👊🏼

[@NOXX1985]

I still had the original mega drive with the headphone jack. Mortal Kombat games in the middle of the night while my parents were asleep was prime using headphones from my Sony Walkman. The headphone jack on my mega drive was the ultimate reason to not get the smaller mid gen refresh Genesis. Got most of all my gaming done in the middle of the night especially MK 😅👌🏽👌🏽💯

[@Nick-ii9pg]

You just thought they were sleeping it was much deeper than that.

[@RIOT_IROAM]

Man this brings bak alot of memories, all the boys cramped up in my garage room jamming this dusk till dawn❤ awesome video ❤

[@meowplow]

Vanilla MK3 on Sega, or in general, holds a special place in my heart. MK2 is still the best but ❤ some vanilla MK3 content. Thanks Darryl

[@BushyStallion]

I hear that.. I think if I was introduced to MK3 like I was MK2 I would’ve liked it more back in the day. I only saw Vanilla MK3 a couple times in the arcade, and before I knew it 6 months later UMK3 was out, and at the time I wasn’t much of a fan of that version so I dismissed the 3’s for the most part and kept going back to Vanilla. But I’m really enjoying it more so now, and find myself wanting to play it more! Thanks for the comment Meow 😸

[@hocuspocusfocus6229]

Always a pleasure seeing a Sheeva's playthrough.

[@mortalballdc]

Mortal Kombat used to play better on the Genesis compared to the SNES, the audio was better on the SNES but the animation and frame rate was better on the Genesis. My favorite stage was the clock tower, I always used to do the stage fatality.

[@snkfan]

I've always wanted to see MK3 32X port

[@Oni64]

It should of happened. It would have been close to the Dos version I think minus the arcade music but genesis music, less colors, and less sound effects.

[@starlightsocute]

Oh man take bring back memories I remember playing this for Sega Genesis and I play it when I was little mortal Kombat for Sega Genesis long time ago Darryl you rock like always 😄😄

[@tonyp9313]

I love this version a lot. It's a lot better than the arcade because the controls are a lot better. You can pull off finishers in this one really easily.

[@davidkolman]

Nostalgic video! I love MK3 by sega genesis it was one of my first video games along with sonic 2 in 1994! you play very well.

[@BushyStallion]

Excellent game to love! Thank you my friend I appreciate it! 👊🏼

[@АндрейПреснов-ф9т]

Да, моё детство прошло за этой игрой

[@OhWow-zi2wi]

A day without a Mugen is a beautiful day 🥲 The music on the Genesis version is so goofy but charming in its own way.

[@jonbourgoin182]

We got a purist over here

[@shadowopsairman1583]

Gens/KAGE

[@Metal-Josh]

I own this version for a very long time. I’m thinking since 97 something like that. And I agree that the graphics are really good and the gameplay is fine, it took me a very long time to get used to the dial combos. Mortal Kombat 2 is still my favourite one

[@Bends95]

I remember watching my older brother’s playing this alongside the first Mortal Kombat on the Sega Genesis,I also remember when they input the cheat codes to unlock Motoro and Shao Kahn as playable characters!

[@damin9913]

People just don't know how great mortal kombat 3 is its the greatest game on genesis

[@deadstreet1675]

Now that took me back... just magic!

[@BushyStallion]

Gotta love the nostalgia 👊🏼 thanks for the comment!

[@dhewgamingz]

I couldn't believe scorpion wasn't in it bro I lost my mind and then came Ultimate MK3 saved my life 😂

[@TheIronLung420]

always loved the finishers lol!! great memories!

[@BigGritter210]

This brings back memories of my childhood man

[@VinceMediaTV]

I had that version of MK3 on the genesis. Never knew about those codes to get the bosses and smoke 😮

[@gregatrongaming]

I got the SNES version when it came out, but I think I like this version more now.

[@zzzzxxxxxz6017]

Love this game but when ultimate MK3 came out this version never got played again

[@emcg.9655]

I got this on boxing day not long after release. I was so pleased..

[@MrAhuraMazda]

God, this is soo much better than MK1 or MK2 ports. I wish Sculptured and Williams did the original two for Genesis instead of Probe.

[@andrecastro1980]

Probe team was so lazy that they managed to ruin even the Saturn and Playstation MKII ports.

[@thegrandpencil4374]

What? MK1 for Genesis was THE version. Its controls were great.

[@DigitalPhreak765]

Good old days when graphics weren't the only thing for video games 😮😮😮😮

[@taylorbrown2609]

Awesome video as always!

[@BushyStallion]

Thank you! 👊🏼

[@jayt1077]

I remember one of the biggest differences between the Genesis and SNES versions of this game was that Shao Kahn was much harder on the SNES than he was on the Genesis.

[@endoffate5475]

When this came out at the arcade, it was something else.. Ill always remember that.

[@MatthewCox-fd3cf]

This game is awesome.

[@ResidentXombie]

This looks and sounds surprisingly good. Wish this much effort went into making MK2 on Genesis.

[@wyldelf2685]

Amen to that brother 🏆👍

[@BushyStallion]

I hear that. Thanks to modern tech the fan made version of MK2 Unlimited is the best version to play as far as I’m concerned. Thanks for the comment 👊🏼

[@visixiavisixia8029]

Arcade

[@clarenceboddicker6679]

If you look at MK1 or MK2 on Genesis, then look at MK3 on Genesis. It's clear that by that time, the developers had figured out how to push the 16 bit Sega console to its limits and squeeze as much out of it as possible. The number of frames of animation, the number on-screen colours, the number of different sound effects are all are much improved for this port.

[@andrecastro1980]

They changed the studio. MK and MKII ports were developed by Probe and MK3 and Ultimate was Sculptured Software. Probe team was so lazy that they managed to ruin even the Saturn and Playstation MKII ports.

[@Impaled_Onion-thatsmine]

Okay but the computer is seriously not very well developed compared to mk1, you could turn off all the violence and not even trying

[@gamingwithmama4059]

I remember the first time I played this version of mk3 was on the Sega Channel. It was available early on there in the test drive section. You could only pick 4 characters though, Sonya, Kano, Kung Lao and Sindel. Great videos.

[@BushyStallion]

That’s interesting! I totally forgot about the Sega Channel. Thanks for the comment my friend 👊🏼

[@seekingsolutions7078]

I would always choose shiva back in the day because it was the closest thing that I could be to play as Goro, if that makes sense. However, I was disappointed with her because I wished they were more creative on how she could use all 4 of her arms just like Goro did.

[@Gametester110-qf8vs]

Genesis brings the Arcade experience home!

[@gnomechomsky2524]

I had this game on genesis but this was also when PS1 came out… I remember being SO jealous of my friend who had PS1 and this game, it looked much better on PS1 than genesis. It was almost identical to the arcade graphics, whereas genesis was noticeably inferior

[@bredmaster]

The 16 bit generation really benefited from greater development tools and larger cart sizes as time went on. Western games in particular seemed to finally improve by 95. Sega really didnt need a Sega CD or 32X - they just needed to keep pumping out MD games until the Saturn could stand on its own.

[@NRVdiver]

As a kid I was a Genesis owner while all of my friends had a Super Nintendo. I was always so jealous of the speech samples in their MK games which my Genesis versions were missing. To me this one always felt like the one where "they" got it right! Obviously the sound quality was inferior to the SNES, but I was so excited that they were just there in the Genesis version finally😅! Very special version to me!!! Also the version I played the most with my buddy, Andrew, before he moved away :/

[@PikangsFutaba]

Is funny how MK3 on Sega Genesis has the option to enable the bosses (either Motaro or Khan in UMK3) but you only can use them on 1v1 vs mode, and if you decide to let the continue timer ran out of the loser while the winner has a boss, the game just straight up pretend you're on single player and gives you a Game Over, the Galaga Mini-game in Sega Genesis modifies the rules, the 1st one is that you have either 3 to 7 shared lives instead of 3 lives per-player (for the extra lives you need to hold some buttons before the mini-game starts, if you hear the sfx of a proyectile WITHOUT firing the proyectile means the code worked... sometimes... yeah, there's a chance that EVEN if you activate the code, it won't give you the extra lives), also like in the arcade once you lose the last live you get kicked out, unique to Sega Genesis is that you can play up to 3 waves (or rounds) of enemies and you find unique enemy sprites here and there, and you can see the results screen by holding the proyectile button once you destroy the last enemy or lose the last live, showing you the enemies destroyed, accuracy and that stuff, also... MK3 Sega Genesis (including Ultimate) has a 2nd mini-game that was taken (and slighty modified) from MK2 arcade, and if you want to play it you need a 2nd controller because it's exclusive to the vs mode Kombat Kodes (tiny edit here: in one hack of UMK3 to add the vanilla arcade pictures and a few of the UMK3 that got added on 32-bit Trilogy, they added a treasure that allows you to play this mini-game without the kombat kode, along with one particular "reward?" that straight up skips the credits with a unique Game Over message with the Babality fanfare), funny enough, the in-game message when a round starts says that the game will give you a teaser of the upcoming MK4 game (make sure you don't end the round if you are actually fighting), only to "troll" you with the modified version of the Pong mini-game.

[@heinrich3582]

Genesis version is the best, the songs, more scenarios, 6 button control, gameplay

[@BostonLowrider]

Man Playing this version of mortal Kombat 3 for Sega Genesis back in the day me and my friend Chris used play this game alot I used to call motaro baby motaro cuz motaro is so small in this game 😅

[@markheys9393]

Brings back memories thanks

[@thebeatlesandoasis05]

Thanks Man. This is Jordan Vail by the way :)

[@BushyStallion]

No problem Jordan 👊🏼

[@Kevin_40]

MK3 in 1995 was very cool. combo system into MK was sick. great characters and stages. MK4 is when MK went to shit.

[@Suppression345]

Please play Mortal Kombat 4-any platform you own it on!

[@StephenAdrianVenter-om2qg]

brings back my childhood

[@AlejandroGonzalez-fx6gn]

this version has a lot of arcade feeling; great sound and great animation

[@petepan9696]

Take me back to this era again. I wish we had time machines.

[@BushyStallion]

Agreed! I miss the “good old days” and just saying that makes me realize I’m old lol thanks for the comment 👊🏼

[@epicbasedman]

Thanks for the 4:3 aspect ratio Now I can watch you on a CRT

[@BushyStallion]

No problem 👊🏼

[@Oni64]

I remember me as a kid and my older brother would rent this version all the time back when it came out. I still remember the ad board for the game at the video store and the cute young asian lady working there. Eventually we bought the SNES version after my grades were good as a reward lol

[@Vincent_N89]

My older cousin had MK II, which I didn't own... but MK3 was the first MK I owned as a kid on the Megadrive/Genesis 🎮

[@lunarvvolf9606]

MK3 I played on the SNES and Genesis I preferred the SNES version because I liked the controller more with the shoulder bumpers, had better sound and looked a little better than the genesis port. Still they both played really well.

[@rockhurstalum09]

Your videos are the best man!

[@The_Kiosk]

I bought 1-3 from FuncoLand, then got UMK3 from a store when it released. Eventually someone stole my copy of 3. To make UMK3, I felt the developers removed some frames of animation as well as lowered resolution on all sprites from MK3 to be able to fit everything they were able to. The screen shake was out of control in UMK3, partly to hide the choppier animation.

[@AUnidadeDaNatureza]

Best Game of Franquise

[@darkone292]

Hope you finish Mythologies before the end of the year!

[@behnaz59]

Sound and voices of this version were god

[@discostu333]

Genesis / Mega Drive kept on giving right until the end.

[@ralphkotwica6184]

Ultimate mortal kombat 3 is by far superior

[@notyetskeletal4809]

Wow. Great playthough. The bell tower stage fatality looks different but I wonder why.

[@MLK4044]

Awesome as always. This takes me way back, I loved playing this on my Genesis. Can I suggest a playthrough on UMK3 Ultimate Cup Edition? It's an awesome hack rom, similar to UMK3+ but with stages from MK1 and 2 (thus being the closest thing to an Arcade version of MK Trilogy we'll ever have)

[@BushyStallion]

It’s all about the memories sometimes.. I’ll have to look for that version of UMK3 but I don’t see why not, thanks for the suggestion and comment 👊🏼

[@cesarborja1064]

Ah, memories. There was no internet, so you had to check out gaming magazines for moves. Or explore.

[@BushyStallion]

Great memories that I will hold on to for the rest of my life! Thanks for the comment 👊🏼

[@bohdanpacura9590]

You going to do Mortal kombat 4 for ps1

[@DerekMoore82]

Do you have any old school MK art, instruction manuals, comics, or old video game mags (Gamepro, EGM) that have MK reviews inside that you could show in a video?

[@proZach380]

7:55 - wouldn't that just knock Jax back down into the bank?

[@controllerbrain]

Looks fantastic. What did the newer games lose?

[@StillTheVoid]

Darryl Tsung: "I don't know why I am fascinated by playing Mortal Kombat 3 lately." It's the numerical design of 3 for me. 😁

[@BushyStallion]

Hey sometimes it’s the simplest things right? Lol thanks for the comment 👊🏼

[@Joesbigbro78]

One button fatality code was clutch

[@Vetal83]

I love mega drive version and i will always take it over that snes version mainly since snes difficulty is unbalanced at all,but sega version was always my favorite.

[@ao123578]

Can you play Mortal Kombat 4 (any version) as Noob Saibot? but select his other 2 costume/outfit.

[@bgasman]

Hey Darryl, how do I do Sheeva's special and finishing moves?

[@TyroneSmith-my2bl]

I have the Sega 3 and this game so I will be playing this later on tonight. 😎

[@hy2473]

Love the genesis version, its smoother than SNES imo.

[@bifftannen1598]

3DO MK2 homebrew almost complete. 32X MK3 next perhaps? It would be really cool to see

[@BushyStallion]

3DO still has a few months to go till it’s complete, I’ll drop that video at noon today 👊🏼 32X MK3 would be interesting to see, not sure if it’ll ever happen though. Thanks for the comment! 👊🏼

[@Slateboard]

Parents bought this for me. Then when the cartridge started having blue screen crashes, father took me to two different Funcolands to get a replacement.

[@MrE23rising]

Hello! Are there any MK 1 Remix? If so it would be cool to see gameplay of your favorite. Enjoying your content very much !

[@TokyoBloodWolf]

If at all possible, could you play through MKGold on Dreamcast as Sektor. And if that is possible, fire a homing missile before doing his flamethrower fatality. It’s hilarious.

[@pointedspider]

On the Genesis version, either night wolf or Kabal and perform Animality in round 2 without mercy

[@freeman92500]

I have the ps one version but i dont know if its better than the saturn version

[@sternfan75]

I never understood why the SNES and Gen versions removed some of the blood spray effects from punches and combos.

[@SLAPJACKS83]

Slowdown with too many pixels/sprites on the screen.

[@URBANKINGPIN]

Like if you think Classic MK games are better than the new Mk games

[@stupendous1068]

Beatles and Oasis 05. Surely that's one of the best user names.

[@thebeatlesandoasis05]

Thanks man. Think I made this back in high school back in late 2000’s. Worst part is I prefer Blur over Oasis now lol

[@MrMISTANOODLES]

I was a bit bummed back then that the characters were smaller on the sega than on the other systems

[@primalgames101]

I trades 3 Mega drive games to a friend well after I brain washed him to trade it to me 😂 and played it till my fingers got blisters. This version is rooted deep into my life to this day.

[@atomD21]

MK3 is one I just never could get into. I've played it a fair amount, but it just never clicked like MK2 did.

[@enigmazach]

My request is the next installment of your MK Mythologies series!

[@kosteg555]

Все 90е играли в такое. Игра которая продавала МегаДрайв 😂 До сих пор люблю ее. В новые не хочется переигрывать с годами, а в нее хочется 👍

[@davidtran9444]

How does this game comepare to the Nintendo version in closeness to the arcade? After streamlining my collection to games I'll actually play, i have a complete copy of this game in the trade pile.

[@BushyStallion]

The Nintendo version of MK3 is fantastic…. BUT the AI is complete garbage on it unfortunately. After one match the computer goes psycho regardless of the difficulty setting and because of that I’d have to say the better version is the Genesis. I may have to do another comparison video on the CRT as using an HD TV to play these does make a difference when it comes to latency issues. Thanks for the comment 👊🏼

[@davidtran9444]

@@BushyStallion thanks for replying. i'd moved on from the 16 bit consoles by 95. i thought mk2 on the snes was the best version so i expected the same to be true of mk3. you've got another subscriber.

[@Glostik1981]

Ultimate MK Trilogy. ✔️ it out

[@lewissmith6086]

I love mk. You really love mk. Thank you. Do one on the game Tobias did on Xbox that I think inspired x-ray moves way later. Please. I'm subscribed

[@CasinoCEO]

If compare to sne version, which one is better version? I only owned sne version.

[@dtjrealmc]

when you mastered sheeva, kabal, cyrex, dont even test me

[@jonraymondchua2388]

Can get enough of MK content. I remember that the first time I played any version of MK 3 was on the GAMEBOY... maybe you can do a video of it in the future... I also played a lot of MK Trilogy of PS 1 and MK 2 on Gameboy