Star Tech Journal

STAR*TEcH
Journal
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Larry Munday •
CID
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PoJo's of Idaho •
April 1995
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Boise,
Idaho
AND THEN THERE WERE THREE
A Nomination for ACME's 7995 Best Of Show
PREDICTION
Do out in May, 1995 in time for
the release of the motion picture
"Mortal Kombat", will be the long
awaited follow-up, Mor-
tal Kombat 111 The third
game in this trilogy
promises to be the best
yet. With so many more
features, and with the
help of Midway's na-
tional advertising cam-
paign, this will definitely
be a cash cow.
As part of Midway's national ad
campaign, underground symbols
will be shown as a clue to help
NEW FEATURES
Features include: • Eight
new characters. • Portals
that will allow players to
travel to and from different back-
grounds for the ultimate multi-
level battlefield. • The addition of
a "run" button to make the action
faster and more intense. • Thirteen
new 3-D rendered backgrounds
and the image memory has in-
crease by 500/o for smoother ani-
maticm. • But the best feature of
all will be the six-digit encryption
code. When a code is ruptured, it
unleashes great power of dimen-
sion that will keep 25¢'s dropping .
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break the codes. But that's only
the beginning. MK3 will be avail-
able immediately in kit. ROM
updates and promotion packages
will also be available to keep the
players pumped up.
John Tobias: "This one takes place
on Earth this time. There's an-
other realm that exists called the
Outworld, and this guy
named Shao Kahn sort
of ruled there in a kind
of dying dimension and
he wants to take over
Earth."
"When we open in part
three, he was successful,
He doesn't destroy it, it's
like Armageddon. A por-
tal opens and he takes
every soul on the planet,
so Earth is now sort of a
barren place with noth-
ing on it."
"Shao Kahn is slowly beginning
to turn Earth into a world that re-
sembles the Outworld.Just as the
warriors of MK/ and II were cho-
sen, the people who are left on
Earth are the chosen warriors.
DESIGNER NOTES
I had a chance to ask the design-
ers a few questions and here is
whatJohn Tobias and Ed Boon
had to say about MK3:
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So, Shao Kahn can't take them.
He knows that there are still some
warriors spread out over the
planet, and he sends out small
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