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One of the reasons I picked up a Sega Saturn, was to get an arcade true port of Ultimate MK3. I wasn't disappointed! Ultimate MK3 on the Saturn delivers in virtually all aspects, and is a great home port true to the original. In fact, it is the only one. Although Ultimate MK3 was ported to the Super Nintendo and the Genesis, they are very different games and are actually watered down versions of MK Trilogy, rather than a faithful port of this title. Not to mention the 16-bit consoles don't have the graphic horsepower to deliver like the Saturn does. In my opinion, this game is what Mortal Kombat 3 should have been. More fighters, more secrets, more stages, more finishing moves, it really has it all! Raiden is missing from this one, but it is related to the story line, as Raiden was not in the original MK3 either. UMK3 on the Saturn delivers fast paced, arcade quality action with every move and finisher you'd expect. With all of the greatness that is this port there are some shortcomings, leading to my one star deduction. Firstly, there doesn't appear to be a way to save your menu settings. 9 of 10 fighting games on the Saturn allow you to save your scores and menu settings, but this feature appears to be absent from this port. Its not a huge issue, but is just a minor annoyance causing you to make your selections over and over again each time you reboot the console. That aside, the main issue is the load times. They are fairly frequent, long and somewhat annoying. The worst part is when you're going to do a fatality, the game has to pause and load right in the middle of it! It really affects the flow of the fatality and I've had guests over who thought the game froze and was in error. I feel like Midway could have avoided this by allowing this game to make use of the 1MB or 4MB RAM expansion carts for the Saturn. Unfortunately, this game doesn't utilize those. Another reason Midway should have made use of the RAM expansion would be to bump up the resolution. While the graphics are quite acceptable, the resolution is pretty low and we've all seen the Saturn do better. Even with the load times, lack of option save and sub-par resolution, this game is a solid port with all of the goodies from the arcade version. If you want to play Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 at home, this really is the only way to go!Read full review
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I will not go on like others who explain this game better than i can. What i will go on about is how much of the game you can unlock using action replay plus on the Sega Saturn. I just use it for unlocking most of the fighters and to get subzero looking like the classic guy we know to love. Its a must have in a Saturn collection.
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Great version of Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3. Love scorpions new fatality. Great game to collect for your Saturn
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This is the best game of mortal combat I have played
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Great game. Aged very well. Loads of fun
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
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