This was the revolution !! The music, the mechanics , the variety... such a great game ! Is also in my top for sure !!

Put so many hours in T3, literally hundreds, even though it was offline only. Also more fighting games need Team Battle Mode, don’t understand why it’s not included anymore

Playing Tekken 3 at the local arcade blew my mind. Seeing Law and Lei showcase their martial arts during the opening made me think graphics and fighting games could never get better than that

Tekken 3 was a seismic shift for the series. Definitely got me into the series for life.

I started with Tekken, but I fell in LOVE with Tekken 3. Easily the greatest PS1 fighting game release in my opinion. I could go straight from the console to the arcade and not lose a step.

Tekken 3 still has a lot of style, and the soundtrack is top-notch; I used to take tag 1 a lot more seriously, but T3 reignited that passion.

God I love the hit sounds of this game! The game that got me INTO fighting games

Tekken 3 still feels great to play now. The step up in fluidity in movement and responsiveness in the button inputs was a massive step up over Tekken 2

The soundtrack is absolutely INSANE! What a masterpiece of a game.

I'll never forget getting a copy of this game when I was a kid after playing the demo so much. I played the absolute hell out of it. Hours spent playing Tekken Ball and Team Battle with my brother's as well as all the unlocks and Tekken Force. The graphics, soundtrack and characters all incredible. Can't imagine a game releasing with this much content now...

I have to admit even though i never stuck to 3d fighters.... Tekken 3 has been stamped into nostalgia from the ad campaigns they ran, to battling with friends in my living room, as well as good mechanics ahead of their time.

I still remember playing Tekken 3 at my cousin's house. It was my first time ever playing a PS1. Asked my father to buy me one shortly after that and the feeling of being able to play Tekken 3 for unlimited hours at my house was glorious. This is definitely the first game that comes to mind whenever PS1 is mentioned.

Actually, playing Tekken 3 at my cousin’s house was what got me into Tekken. Part of me still wishes is that we got Jin in Smash instead of Kazuya, but that could just be the Jin main in me talking. Maybe we could get both in the next Smash game (assuming that Tekken returns next time).

Tekken 2 is where it started for me. Baek was my guy... such awesome big hitting combos.

Just the music alone for Tekken 3 still freaking goes hard and holds up incredibly well. T3 truly is one of the best all time fighting games and before Smash, felt like the only fighting game EVERYONE played.

I will always have fond memories of this game. So many game modes, so many characters to unlock and so many memorable music tracks to listen to. I'm so glad this one was my introduction to this series. Definitely one of the all time greats.

Damn I forgot how catchy Tekken 3's soundtrack was. Out of all the Tekkens I my best memories are from T3 definitely one of the best fighting games ever made.

Tekken 3 was THE fighting game for me growing up. I still love everything about this game. Outside of some other Tekken games, there just isn't anything that FEELS quite like Tekken 3.

I remember seeing T3 in arcades in early 98' and just being blown away... I had NEVER seen a 3d fighting game with characters that moved like that before (Eddy Gordo in particular).

The thing that made Tekken 3 one of the all time greats was it had so much extra to it. So much great stuff in there.

TEKKEN 3 LET'S GOOO This game was everywhere as a kid; my house, friends houses, arcades, bowling alleys... I miss those times!

I loved the first two Tekken games, and knew the series was something special, especially for Playstation. When 3 came out, I was so happy that it blew up the way it did and Tekken became a popular game. And I still want Tekken Ball.

To me VF4 Evo is the greatest 3-D fighter of all time. That game is so deep and technically sound man, and the Quest mode was crazy addictive, that's probably my favorite single player mode in fighting game history. Game is a masterpiece. I do love Tekken 3 too tho, definitely my favorite Tekken game for sure.

I wish they'll brung a Tekken collection to the Nintendo switch. Tekken 3 4 and 7 was my favorite Tekken games.

I love me some Tekken🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿 I got tekken 4 on PS2 recently due to my retro/nostalgic collection(Tekken 4 was my first tekken game to play ever in my childhood)

Tekken 3's soundtrack was absolute FIRE!!! I fell in love with this game when my cousin got a PS1 with his income tax money. He bought this and NFL Gameday 98. So many good memories.

The PS1 version is actually downsized The arcade version runs at a rather high resolution, its a bit zoomed out as a result The backgrounds are in full 3D and the characters are a bit higher poly You can find that version ported to Tekken 5 on the PS2

The big thing with me of the game....the dodging I just felt it was such a big deal at the time awesome feeling dodging a move, also might be rose tinted glasses but seemed like that was never as useful in future tekken games

YES NOW WE'RE TALKING!! But to be honest i'm more nostalgic for Tekken 4, i spent many hours playing Tekken 4 with my father growing up. fond memories there, good times :)

ah so now it's listed, good

Tekken 3 was so ahead of its time.. The character selection design and soundtrack just always gets me... Brst soundtracks ever and the fact that almost all chararacters have their own music and stage

Tekken 3's soundtrack is so good. Arcade and Home Console soundtracks were just great. If I had to pick Id say this has the best music in a fighting game. The Arcade tracks had the different round transitions that unfortunately didnt work like 3rd Strike due to technical limitations but sounds amazing and the Home Console versions were amazing remixes to the original. Each of the track had a feel that fit the characters too. Tracks like Gun Jack gave us a feel that he was a reconstructed from Tekken 2, Bryan Fury gave us a feel of a walking zombie running in the shadows of the streets, Lei's theme sounds straight out of a Jackie Chan film. This games score is just immaculate Another thing that games like Tekken 3 and Tag that isnt here is just the cinematography. ESPECIALLY WITH GRABS. The camera placement and movement when you do grabs in this game be straight out a MOVIE, I loved the different angles and movement the camera. Just amazing that these games were. I love Tekken 3, I find Tag 1 the best fighting game ever. This was my childhood

This game was a movement. The music, the graphics, the extra modes on the PS1, unlocking all the characters. I've spent so much time playing this game. The arcade scene was wild. Watching and learning how to do King's multi slam combos, watching people do reversals and side throws meant something.

My older brother used to host tekken 3 tournaments with his friends at our garage and I'd just watch everyone there compete and have so much fun doing it. I've played Tekken 1 and 2 with my brother before, but Tekken 3 was the culmination of me being a serious fighting gamer. I still have a soft spot for Tekken 3 and I know a lot of gamers that think the same as well. Hell, ill be damned if there's a Tekken 3 HD version comes out for some special Namco/Tekken Anniversary type release

Tekken 2 got me into fighting games, what a follow up this was. It looked incredible when I saw it in the local bowling arcade and then the fact you had a near perfect port at home, wow.. Also Jin is the best main character upgrade ever. Them pants though 🔥

Oh my god that prelude… the soundtrack… the game play. I remember sooo much playing this game looking up secrets in the stores game magazines playing at local arcades and gaming stores… great times…

Not even as a fighting game this imo is one of the greatest games ive ever played. So many happy memories as a kid

This is one of does games that can’t be recreated or remade it just lives in this timeline of greatness as is.

Tekken 3 still oozes style and the soundtrack is god tier. I took tag 1 a lot more seriously but T3 ignited that flame.

Nostalgia hit me hard as soon the first fight started. Hearing nina's theme playing while just looking at her stage in the background...man, those were some great times. Almost makes me tear up thinking about the golden moments i had when i first brought tekken 3 on ps1. Me, my brothers and best friend just having a blast battling it out on a friday afternoon- great times. 😊😊😊

One of the best Tekken's in history, which will never see the light of day again on newer consoles just because of one annoying farting dinosaur with boxing gloves...

this game, alongside street fighter alpha, was one of the first video games i’d ever played. i spent so many hours on them. so much nostalgia 🥰

Great to see more of these videos!

Tekken 3 is the greatest your right, in fact I literally still have not only my old ps1 and original copy at my dad's, but also have the first rom of it I got back in 2008 when I was missing it and now I find myself playing it from time to time I could not even guess the monumental amount of hours I've put in over the decades but I can tell you I only play on the hardest and have mastered my favorites to the point that I forget there moves are not in Tekken 7 xD

This is indeed one of my most fighting game of all time,and it gave me so much fond memories as a kid. My most favourite is Tekken Force Mode. Even the opening of this game is awesome,with it’s amazing character models and even the graphics looks amazing in a PS1 game no less. This really changed the entire Tekken series as a whole.

I can't believe how good this game looks *26 years later* No 3D game had any business looking this good or this smooth back then. This was 2 years before Metal Gear Solid FFS.

This game started my love for fighting games. The OST and sound effects bring some inner peace to my soul.

The audio mixing, graphics and OST are God like.

I remember playing tekken 3 at the local laundry mat. The place only had 4 cabinets and every single kid was playing tekken. I'm never going to forget the experience of everyone getting hype and the close matches. Pure Childhood bliss 😊

Can we appreciate how BADASS the "Arranged" soundtrack of T3 is / was? I absolutely love the music in this game so so so so so so so so SO much, Original or Arranged. Such an amazing, addictive, and highly playable game.

The memories... this game had a magical bad-ass aura when I was a kid

Ahh the music and sfx are so nostalgic, particularly that Nina's stage music really takes me back. Also damn cool that Ogre transforms between rounds when ye knock em out the first time with a mini cutscene instead of doing a hard cut with no context.

This and Street Fighter EX2 Plus are the 3D games that got me hooked Honestly my favourite Jin is Tekken 6, unless we talking any game then Street Fighter X Tekken Jin.. he was so fun in that

it's my favorite fighting game of all time

This and Soul Blade, really cemented my love for fighting games (which started with MK1). I love Ogre so much, was so happy to see them both back in TTT2

Love to see old fighting-games like Tekken 3 again. It`s been a while. Lot of memories. Thank you Max.

That thumbnail is awesome as well as this game whoever makes maxs thumbnails or if he makes them himself either way kudos to u

I remember getting this for my 13th bday and watching that intro cut scene for the first time. Goosebumps every time. Easily one of the best cutscene intros ever. The music still slaps.

I’ve been watching every upload for the last 4 years I don’t regret but I’m moving on from it being apart from my daily routine because I’m avoiding YT as much as I can as my productivity has plummeted. I wish you the best but I think if I want to watch content on a certain game and one of your videos shows up I will watch it because your content is consistently worth it. I love Max and I adore the Doods. Thanks for everything.Have a good one see you👋🏻

Seeing all the comments on this video and the other videos from this series make me wish I was alive when these games came out. It sounds like you guys all had so much fun and it’s so cool

Thank you so much for uploading one of the best games of my childhood man! Nothing but an awesome trip down memory lane with this video 😎👊❤

I remember pre-ordering Tekken 3 from EB Games back in Colorado Springs. Was at Citadel Mall. It came with a Jin t-shirt. The black guy in the front knew exactly which game I was picking up on that US release day on April 29, 1998.

Back when fighting games were released with all its characters without having to pay for people that's locked behind a pay wall and modes that actually kept solo players entertained for hours.

Such a great game! I first played it, like, 16 years ago, when I was 11 (I played the Mortal Kombat games on SEGA Genesis before, and my knowledge of fighting games was incredibly limited), and I was really impressed by the graphics, the weirdness of some characters, and the fights themselves. I bought it half a year ago for my PS1... and the game still feels great! It even looks surprisingly good on my big TV. Quite a compliment for a PS1 game.

Tekken 3(Arcade) and Tekken Tag 1(Arcade)were my first 2 competitive fighting game experiences and never looked back after that .... so many quarters well spent

Hell yeah Max! Tekken 3 changed my whole outlook on fighting games. Still my fave Tekken to this day

I loved how Tekken 3 introduced the side throws.....when you move 90 degrees round your opponent and did a throw that was always sooo sick! Hworangs foot to the face was always awesome.

This was one of the first fighting game were I actually put in the time to ”get good” in. Loved it to bits.

i still remember spending evenings learning King's grab combos, it feels so good when you do one perfectly

It just occurred to me how, if this game got a remaster/remake, Jin's ending would be absolutely terrifying.

As a new fan to the series, thanks for showing this off! I loved to actually get to see Tekken 3 for the first time lol

I love playing 3 the first time in the arcades and one of my friends having this game on PS1 since it is the first Tekken game I played. I really hope Bandai namco does a Tekken collection soon!

God-Tier thumbnail Max :D

Thumbnail is a perfect conversion of original box art . Great job

I played this game a TON on the arcade version because my cousin played hockey growing up and they had an arcade spot in the arena, michigan is so dope sometimes haha

Thanks bro I needed that 👍

The side scrolling single player "beat em up" mode was really cool when when I first played it. This and tekken tag were everywhere.

This brought back memories. I remember bouncing between this and KI during summer breaks. Still enjoy the soundtracks and gameplay.

Tekken Tag 1, 4, both Soul Calibur 2 and 3 and VF4 were my first fighting games. my family was really into fighting games, but mostly the 3d fighters then really clicked with me. i was born after this game so i couldn't feel the nostalgia besides T5's arcade legacy mode combing thru each game back to back with Paul. the introduction of sidesteps, ground teching and general movement changes felt like a gamechanger for the entire subgenre. feeling that stiff while stuck with f/b and a jump no one used in 1 and 2 was the worst. by the time i got to 3 i felt it seriously needed it. actually being able to whiff punish a linear mid up close with a sidestep without relying on a BDC that didn't exactly exist before 3 must have felt mindblowing to do back then.

Love Tekken 3! Spent so many hours as a kid playing the arcade cabinet in the food court at my local swap mall

That thumbnail is sick af. One of my all time favorite titles too.

This is one of my all time faves back in high-school.

Bruh i used to play this at an arcade in a bowling alley, and this song would loop. I was prob a teen but i only played this, the intro made me a Hwoarang main. he looked the coolest to me. Great vid haha

This game! The hours, HOURS I tell you, that me, my best friend and his brother all sunk on this. First on the demo that came with my PS1 (you could only play Eddie and Xiaoyu in One Player, with Paul and Lei in Two Player), and then with the full game. We weren't any good at it, but we had FUN. Now the good times are gone. I'm old and sad and the tears in my eyes are not of from remembrance but full of regrets.

Tekken 3 was what made me get into the fighting game scene and made me go to tournaments to play. It is truly a masterpiece in fighting games.

Believe it or not Tekken 3 was the second Tekken game I've played. The first one was 4. I actually found this game in a closet the living room of my old apartment put it in my PS2 and I love it. I actually tried to do jin spinning kick one time🤣

Omg seeing that menu screen got me teary eyed 😭 my childhood right there!

Still one of my favourite FG. God, I had so much fun playing this with my mates back when it came out

I'm in high school right now, and Tekken 3 is one of my favorite games to play if I'm bored in class. the arcade mode is always fun to play through again!

12:30 When the Boss music kicks in with the Metal Geta Sandals

My only memories of Tekken 3 was playing the game back in the beginning of the 2000's, at my neighbor's place. It was a sudden thing, since I saw the dad play this game one day, when I went over to hang out for a bit. But after the dad allowed me to play the game, I fell in love with it and from there on is where I started to appreciate fighting games!

My first game for PSone was this, and an upgrade from Saturn. The rumble shock was fantastic and each hit was felt. That is now normal, but it was a revolution then

Tekken Force is such a fun side mode. Playing a side scrolling best em up with your favorite Tekken fghter in order to unlock the exceedingly weird Dr Boskonovich who literally fought you lying down. Love it.

The counters WERE AMAZING. They looks so great, and there a variety. I remember using Paul and countering Nina doing her forward summersault kick, and the counter animation was Paul catching her and Power bombing her. Not a normal Paul move, but it was awesome enough to remember all the years later

I will never get over that hyped intro it rocks!

Absolutely. I stood in line on release day, I got the Jin shirt and everything. That was THE game! We played this for hours. Those were the days. Glad to see the absolute props given to it.

I just played this game last night. When I am getting floored in Tekken 7 online, I always go back to this and Tekken 5.

One of my favorite aspects of Tekken as how counters and escapes are all contextual to the attack. It's not a canned animation or sequence (looking as you Street Fighter and MK). And based on your recognizing the throw, you know what buttons to press to get out. I don't think any other game does it.

My childhood. I remember my first instance was seeing the arcade machine at a Cici's Pizza, spent $3 or $4 on it for the next hour or so. That was a lot of money for a kid.

Doing king continuous grapple move back in the arcade just pure bliss back then