What would the 90s arcade scene have looked like without Mortal Kombat? — Wait, scratch that.

What would our popular culture look like were it not once guided by the gentle hand of Mortal Kombat? Movies, television shows, comic books, card games, novels, evening newscasts denouncing the evils of pulling spines out of little sculptured warriors - the Mortal Kombat games, for better or worse, defined how our country looked at video games. And with Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, this generation's final MK, 62 characters reunite for one last bloody hurrah.

Mortal Kombat: Armageddon isn't just a game. Why, it's the end of an American era.

Pay your respects with our Mortal Kombat: Armageddon guide, complete with:

• BASICS // The do's and don'ts on your quest for total supremacy of all realms of Mortal Kombat. Includes a look at the new features of Armageddon, including Kustom Fatalities and a revamped Krypt.
• KOMBATANTS // Sub-Zero or Scorpion? Ashrah or Meat? Strategies and combos for every character in the game to end your dilemma.
• KONQUEST // Just what is going on in this game? Konquest Mode answers your questions, while our Konquest section reveals the location of all 60 relics.
• MOTOR KOMBAT // Every racer reviewed, though we make no judgments on how eco-friendly each kart is.

Konquest Mode Unlockables

10 items = Meat

20 tiles = + $20,000 (Koins)

30 tiles = Daegon

40 tiles = Pyramid of Arus (stage)

50 tiles = Blaze

60 tiles = Taven (Complete Konquest Mode)

If you missed some items, you can resume your profile and play Konquest Mode again to get the items you missed. You do have to go through the entire mode again to keep the item(s) though ( - Jeff Haynes)

Submitted by fizzletime
Correction by mikev_40

UMK 3 Arcade Extras

Old stuff for the UMK3 emulation on your MKA disc:

Hold LP, BL, LK, RN, and joystick DOWN + LEFT (P1, DOWN + RIGHT for P2) will change Robot Smoke into Human Smoke.

Press the HP, LP, BLOCK, LK, HK keys on the following controllers the listed number of strikes to unlock the hidden kombatants in UMK3 (Arcade). You can only do this on the game over screen (not the pre-match VS screen). Note that you can hold UP on your joystick and press the difference between ten and the listed number (i.e., if you need to press something 8 times, you can hold UP and press that key twice instead).

Mileena
P1: 2 - 2 - 2 - 6 - 4
P2: 2 - 2 - 2 - 6 - 4

Ermac
P1: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 4
P2: 4 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1

Classic Sub-Zero
P1: 8 - 1 - 8 - 3 - 5
P2: 8 - 1 - 8 - 3 - 5

Press the LP, BLOCK, LK, keys on the following controllers the listed number of strikes on the pre-match VS screen for various effects (UMK3). Note that you can hold UP on your joystick and press the difference between ten and the listed number (i.e., if you need to press something 8 times, you can hold UP and press that key twice instead).

Throwing Disabled
P1: 1 - 0 - 0
P2: 1 - 0 - 0

No Blocking
P1: 0 - 2 - 0
P2: 0 - 2 - 0

No Power Bar
P1: 9 - 8 - 7
P2: 1 - 2 - 3

Psycho Kombat
P1: 9 - 8 - 5
P2: 1 - 2 - 5

Infinite Run/Combo time
P1: 4 - 6 - 6
P2: 4 - 6 - 6

Random Kombat 1
P1: 4 - 6 - 0
P2: 4 - 6 - 0

Random Kombat 2
P1: 4 - 4 - 4
P2: 4 - 4 - 4

Dark Kombat
P1: 6 - 8 - 8
P2: 4 - 2 - 2

P1 Low Life
P1: 7 - 0 - 7
P2: 0 - 0 - 0

P1 Half Life
P1: 0 - 3 - 3
P2: 0 - 0 - 0

P2 Low Life
P1: 0 - 0 - 0
P2: 7 - 0 - 7

P2 Half Life
P1: 0 - 0 - 0
P2: 0 - 3 - 3

Galaga Before Match
P1: 6 - 4 - 2
P2: 4 - 6 - 8

No Sound Kombat
P1: 3 - 0 - 0
P2: 3 - 0 - 0

Fast Uppercut
P1: 7 - 8 - 8
P2: 3 - 2 - 2

Explosive Kombat (2V2)
P1: 2 - 2 - 7
P2: 2 - 2 - 7

Explosive Kombat, No Throws (2V2)
P1: 0 - 2 - 2
P2: 2 - 2 - 0

Winner Of R1 Fights Motaro
P1: 9 - 6 - 9
P2: 1 - 4 - 1

Winner Of R1 Fights Shao Khan
P1: 0 - 3 - 3
P2: 5 - 6 - 4

Winner Of R1 Fights Smoke
P1: 2 - 0 - 5
P2: 2 - 0 - 5

Winner Of R1 Fights Noob Saibot
P1: 7 - 6 - 9
P2: 3 - 4 - 2

Stage Select: Subway
P1: 8 - 8 - 0
P2: 0 - 8 - 8

Stage Select: Street
P1: 0 - 7 - 9
P2: 0 - 3 - 5

Stage Select: Rooftop
P1: 3 - 4 - 3
P2: 3 - 4 - 3

Stage Select: Khan's Tower (Bank Rooftop?)
P1: 8 - 8 - 0
P2: 2 - 2 - 0

Stage Select: Bridge
P1: 0 - 7 - 7
P2: 0 - 2 - 2

Stage Select: Soul Chamber
P1: 1 - 2 - 3
P2: 9 - 0 - 1

Stage Select: Bell Tower
P1: 0 - 9 - 1
P2: 1 - 9 - 0

Stage Select: Kombat Temple
P1: 6 - 0 - 0
P2: 0 - 4 - 0

Stage Select: Graveyard
P1: 6 - 6 - 6
P2: 3 - 3 - 3

Stage Select: Pit 3
P1: 8 - 2 - 0
P2: 0 - 2 - 8

Stage Select: Noob's Lair
P1: 0 - 5 - 0
P2: 0 - 5 - 0

Stage Select: Scorpion's Hell (Netherrealm)
P1: 6 - 6 - 6
P2: 4 - 4 - 4

Stage Select: Jade's Desert
P1: 3 - 3 - 0
P2: 0 - 3 - 3

Stage Select: River Kombat
P1: 0 - 0 - 2
P2: 0 - 0 - 3

Stage Select: Khan's Kave
P1: 0 - 0 - 4
P2: 7 - 0 - 0

Unlockable: Everything

Collect 60 relics in konquest mode.

Unlockable: Ashrah's Alternate Costume

You must beat the Ice Beast you encounter in Arctika and open the chest that appears.

Hint - 11 Hit Fatality

1. UP, UP, TRI


2. FWD, FWD, TRI


3. FWD, FWD, SQU


4. DN, DN, SQU


5. BK, BK, SQU


6. BK, BK, SQU


7. DN, BK, SQU


8. FWD, FWD, SQU


9. FWD, FWD, SQU


10. UP, UP, SQU


11. UP, UP, SQU


12. UP, UP, CIR

Krypt Kodes

up, up, down, up, L1, X Armageddon Promo Movie
X, Square, left, triangle, square, X Armory Music
right, L1, R2, down, up, L1 Cyrax Fatality Blooper Video
Up, Square, Square, Circle, Circle, Up Meat Unlocked
Up, Up, Down, Up, L2, X Promo Movie
Triangle, Left, Left, X, Down, Circle Pyramid Artwork
Circle, L1, Up, Square, Circle, Down Red Dawn Arena
L1, Triangle, L2, L2, R1, Square Unlock Blaze concept art
Circle, R2, Triangle, Down, Circle, Left Unlock Concept art for unused trap in Konquest
R1, L1, Triangle, Down, Down, Square Unlock Daegon
L2, Right, X, R2, Up, Up Unlock Drahmin's Second Costume
Up, X, R2, Down, L2, X Unlock Early Taven concept art
R2, Circle, Square, X, Circle, Triangle Unlock Falling Cliffs Arena
Up, Square, R1, L2, Circle, L1 Unlock Firewall Arena concept art
Down, R2, R1, L1, Circle, L2 Unlock Frost's Second Costume
R2, Triangle, R1, Up, X, X Unlock General Reiko's map room arena
L2, Left, Circle, X, R2, Right Unlock Lin Kuei Palace Tune
R2, Right, Up, R1, Triangle, Up Unlock Mileena's car design concept art
Triangle, Up, R2, L1, R1, R2 Unlock Motor Gameplay Movie
R1, Left, Left, Down, L1, Square Unlock Nethership Interior Arena
R1, L1, Square, X, R2, Up Unlock Pryamis of Argus Arena
Down, Left, R2, L2, Up, L1 Unlock Pyramid of Argus Tune
R2, L1, Left, X, Up, R1 Unlock Sektor's 2 handed pulse blade concept art
L1, Left, Up, Circle, Up, L2 Unlock Shang Tsung's Second Costume
Up, Circle, L1, R1, R1, X Unlock Tekunin Warship Tune
Triangle, square, left, L1, left, circle Unlocks Blaze
L1, Left, Up, Circle, R2, L1 Unlocks Ed Boon Concept Art
Down, L1, Up, L1, L1, Foward Unlocks Nitara's Second Costume.
Left, Left, Circle, Up, Triangle, L2 Unlocks Shinnok's Spire
L2, left, R1, Up, Circle, Down Unlocks Taven

Submitted by jwb7

Hint - 12 Hit Fatality

1. FWD, FWD, SQU

2. DN, DN, SQU

3. DN, DN, SQU

4. DN, BCK, SQU

5. UP, DN, UP, SQU

6. BCK, BCK, SQU

7. FWD, FWD, SQU

8. DN, DN, SQU

9. UP, UP, SQU

10. FWD, FWD, TRI

11. DN, DN, TRI

12. FWD, FWD, CIR

Alternate
1. FWD, FWD, SQU

2. FWD, BCK, SQU

3. DN, DN, SQU

4. DN, DN, SQU

5. UP, UP, SQU

6. BCK, BCK, SQU

7. BCK, BCK, SQU

8. UP, DN, UP, SQU

9. FWD, FWD, SQU

10. FWD, FWD, TRI

11. FWD, FWD, CIR

Alternate
1. FWD, FWD, SQU

2. DN, DN, SQU

3. DN, FWD, SQU

4. FWD, FWD, SQU

5. DN, DN, SQU

6. BCK, BCK, TRI

7. DN, DN, SQU

8. UP, UP, SQU

9. BCK, BCK, SQU

10. BCK, BCK, SQU

11. UP, DN, UP, SQU

12. FWD, FWD, CIR

Submitted by daanhamstra