En Hive Gaming hay una gran comunidad, muchos de las personas que consumen y crean contenido son muy jóvenes, otros en cambio no somos tan jóvenes y quizás pudimos disfrutar de grandes clásicos de la industria de los videojuegos en nuestra infancia, así es el caso de Mortal Kombat III para arcade y también para la consola Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES).

Recuerdos de Mi Infancia

Volver a jugar este videojuego sin dudas causó mucha nostalgia, me transportó a una época en donde al llegar de la escuela me dedicaba a jugar videojuegos en mi consola o en los locales donde las alquilaban, era un niño que apenas le dejaban salir de casa con sus amigos, pero era momentos apasionantes frente a las pantallas. Uno de las consolas que en mi infancia causó sensación fue la SNES por sus juegos muy realistas para la época y Mortal Kombat III estaba en la cúspide de los videojuegos de lucha más deseados.

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Mortal Kombat III era el típico juego en que los padres pensaban una y otra vez para comprárselo a sus hijos, la sangre y la violencia no era muy permitida en aquellos días que se trasmitiera mediante videojuegos, sobre todo, siendo niños tan pequeños. Mis padres me hicieron elegir entre Mortal Kombat III y Killer Instinct, ambos juegos bastante violentos y sangrientos para la época. Me decidí por Killer Instinct para tenerlo en mi consola, pero cuando salía a jugar videojuegos fuera de casa seguramente iba a jugar Mortal Kombat III.

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Para aquellos días era un juego revolucionario para el género de lucha, sus gráficos y ese realismo impresionante en sus movimientos, la sangre que se esparcía con los golpes y por supuesto, sus fatalities que cautivaban a todo el que jugara a este videojuego, desde mi perspectiva una verdadera joya, lo sentía en aquellos años y luego de más de 20 años después y viendo lo que significó ese juego, sigue siendo uno de los grandes clásicos de la industria.

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Pareciera que es un juego muy simple y que su mecánica de lucha por ser una versión bastante longeva es muy limitada, sin embargo, sorprende toda la habilidad que se necesita para realizar buenos combates, esquivar, saltar, golpear en el momento exacto, los especiales y todas esas características se reúnen en un juego que amerita habilidad para completarlo.

Luego de 20 Años Vuelvo a Jugarlo

Nunca tuve este juego en mi colección personal de videojuegos, pero si pude jugarlo varias veces, aunque no tanto como Killer Instinct. Gracias a un emulador instalado en nuestra consola Wii pudimos obtener varios videojuegos de esta consola, entre ellos el Mortal Kombat III. Cuando decidí jugarlo pensé, “bueno me gustaba jugar mucho esto, debe ser fácil adaptarme nuevamente al videojuego”.

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La Realidad

Es evidente tener los recuerdos de este videojuego con los mandos de la SNES y que ahora cambien por los mandos del WII (muy diferentes), es un problema, aun si le sumamos que tenia más de dos décadas sin jugarlo así que no me acordaba de como realizar los especiales y mucho menos los fatalities, apenas podía lanzar golpes y patadas.

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Estaba junto a mi hermano y queriendo demostrar mi habilidad como Gamer de antaño decidí jugarlo de una vez y muy decidido voy a la sección Master. No puedo describir la paliza que la computadora me otorgó en las primeras batallas, me di cuenta que la adaptación tomaría quizás algunas batallas más de las que en un principio esperaba.

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Jugar Mortal Kombat 3 Con Controles de Wii

No quiero culpar a los controles de esas primeras palizas que me propiciaron, sin embargo, es algo complicado jugar este videojuego con los controles de Wii, los cuales ofrecen poder jugarlo de dos maneras, con el control vertical con el Nunchuk o el accesorio de la palanca para controlar los personajes y botón A y B para los principales golpes y patadas, por otro lado, sin el Nunchuk se puede jugar con el control en horizontal y utilizando la cruceta para el desplazamiento y los botones 1 y 2 para golpes y patadas. Al momento de intentar los movimientos especiales es donde en un principio se me complicaba, luego pude ir mejorando a pesar de que seguía perdiendo.

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El Videojuego

Es inevitable pensar en que para aquellos años veía este videojuego como la cúspide de la tecnología visual, para esos días un videojuego con tanto realismo y violencia que muchos padres evitaban que sus hijos jugaran esto, ahora bien, veo los gráficos de hoy y me sorprendo de la evolución de la tecnología en la industria de los videojuegos, hoy por hoy la de mayor crecimiento en cuanto a crecimiento. No sabemos lo que nos depara el futuro, quizás realidad virtual donde debamos realizar los movimientos de luchas nosotros mismos.

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Un Clásico de los Videojuegos de Lucha

Creo que este es uno de esos videojuegos que les abrieron la puerta a muchos grandes juegos del género de lucha, teniendo en cuenta que la segunda versión no fue tan buena ni exitosa como esta, afianzando la franquicia a sus jugadores y entregando un videojuego inolvidable para los que tuvimos la oportunidad de jugarlo en aquella época.

Me siento muy feliz de volverlo a jugar y recordar cuando de niño jugaba con mis amigos, un momento fantástico que me ha regalado este videojuego en mi edad adulta.

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Como siempre, es un verdadero honor escribir para esta comunidad, si alguien ha tenido la dicha de jugar este videojuego me lo puede hacer saber en los comentarios, quizás algunos lo han jugado en emulador, pero otros como yo, lo jugamos en los años 90´s (espero no ser el único en esta comunidad, me sentiré algo viejo). Espero les haya parecido interesante este corto post pero que es hecho con mucho cariño para toda la comunidad.

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Mortal Kombat III

[English Version]

The name Mortal Kombat is recognized around the world mainly for its video games, video games that have formed a very important part in this industry in the fighting genre. For decades this Mortal Kombat has captivated players with excellent battles, in my case, as a gamer for a long time I played several versions of this successful franchise, the game I want to share with you today is one of those that captivated a generation in the 90's and after more than 20 years I return to play it and share my experience in Hive Gaming.

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In Hive Gaming there is a great community, many of the people who consume and create content are very young, others of us are not so young and perhaps we could enjoy great classics of the video game industry in our childhood, such is the case of Mortal Kombat III for arcade and also for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES).

Memories of My Childhood

Playing this video game again undoubtedly caused a lot of nostalgia, it transported me to a time where when I came home from school I used to play video games on my console or in the stores where they rented them, I was a kid who was barely allowed to leave the house with his friends, but it was exciting moments in front of the screens. One of the consoles that caused a sensation in my childhood was the SNES for its very realistic games for the time and Mortal Kombat III was at the top of the most desired fighting video games.

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Mortal Kombat III was the typical game that parents thought over and over again to buy for their children, blood and violence was not very allowed in those days to be transmitted through video games, especially being such young children. My parents made me choose between Mortal Kombat III and Killer Instinct, both quite violent and bloody games for the time. I decided on Killer Instinct to have it on my console, but when I went out to play video games outside the house I would probably play Mortal Kombat III.

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For those days it was a revolutionary game for the fighting genre, its graphics and that impressive realism in their movements, the blood that spread with the blows and of course, their fatalities that captivated everyone who played this video game, from my perspective a real gem, I felt it in those years and after more than 20 years later and seeing what that game meant, it is still one of the great classics of the industry.

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It would seem that it is a very simple game and that its fighting mechanics are very limited because it is a very long version, however, it surprises all the skill that is needed to perform good fights, dodging, jumping, hitting at the right time, specials and all these features come together in a game that requires skill to complete it.

After 20 Years I Play It Again

I never had this game in my personal video game collection, but I was able to play it several times, although not as much as Killer Instinct. Thanks to an emulator installed in our Wii console we were able to get several video games from this console, among them Mortal Kombat III. When I decided to play it I thought, "well I liked playing this a lot, it should be easy to adapt to the game again".

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The Reality

It is evident to have the memories of this video game with the SNES controllers and that now they change for the WII controllers (very different), it is a problem, even if we add that I had more than two decades without playing it so I did not remember how to perform the specials and much less the fatalities, I could barely throw punches and kicks.

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I was with my brother and wanting to demonstrate my ability as a gamer of yesteryear I decided to play it once and decided to go to the Master section. I can't describe the beating that the computer gave me in the first battles, I realized that the adaptation would take perhaps a few more battles than I initially expected.

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Playing Mortal Kombat 3 With Wii Controls

I do not want to blame the controls for those first beatings that propitiated me, however, it is somewhat complicated to play this video game with the Wii controls, which offer to play it in two ways, with the vertical control with the Nunchuk or the lever accessory to control the characters and button A and B for the main punches and kicks, on the other hand, without the Nunchuk you can play with the control horizontally and using the crosshead for scrolling and buttons 1 and 2 for punches and kicks. At the time of trying the special moves is where at first it was complicated for me, then I was able to improve even though I was still losing.

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The Video Game

It is inevitable to think that for those years I saw this video game as the pinnacle of visual technology, for those days a video game with so much realism and violence that many parents prevented their children from playing this, now, I see the graphics of today and I am surprised by the evolution of technology in the video game industry, today the fastest growing in terms of growth. We do not know what the future holds, perhaps virtual reality where we must perform the movements of fights ourselves.

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A Classic of Fighting Video Games

I think this is one of those video games that opened the door to many great games of the fighting genre, taking into account that the second version was not as good or successful as this one, strengthening the franchise to its players and delivering an unforgettable video game for those who had the opportunity to play it at that time.

I am very happy to play it again and remember when I played it as a kid with my friends, a fantastic moment that this videogame has given me in my adulthood.

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As always, it is a real honor to write for this community, if anyone has had the joy of playing this game you can let me know in the comments, maybe some have played it in emulator, but others like me, we played it in the 90's (I hope I'm not the only one in this community, I will feel something old). I hope you found interesting this short post but it is made with much affection for the whole community.

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Thank you for your reading, until next time

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