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Game entry

Tekken 3

1997 · Fighting, Arcade · Arcade · Namco

Tekken 3 is ranked no. 191 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,800 and 76% of duels won.

World rank

no. 191

ELO score

1,800

Wins

76%

Duels played

271

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About Tekken 3

Tekken 3 is the third installment in the Tekken series. It maintains the same core fighting system as its predecessors but brings many improvements, such as significantly more detailed graphics and animations, fifteen new characters added to the game's roster, more modern music and faster gameplay.

The community says

still holds up so well, the roster alone makes it worth defending at this rank

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,800 ELO points over the last 123 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

In the same genre

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Around this spot

The games Tekken 3 sits between in the world ranking.

  1. 188 Bully 1,802
  2. 189 The Last of Us 1,801
  3. 190 Super Mario Odyssey 1,801
  4. 191 Tekken 3 1,800
  5. 192 Mafia 1,799
  6. 193 Quake II 1,799
  7. 194 Undertale 1,798

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  1. Rogue_Powlowski

    still holds up so well, the roster alone makes it worth defending at this rank

  2. gdicki

    Compared to what else dominated arcades back then (and I mean the whole genre, not just fighters), this one aged remarkably well

  3. RetroSamurai

    ¿Alguien más se acuerda de las colas que se hacían en la recreativa solo para jugar una partida rápida? Yo aún no sé cómo aguantábamos tanto tiempo de pie

    Moral2003

    Replying to Pixel_Espinosa

    Yo tambien hacia esas colas de niño, se me quedó grabado para siempre

    QuestRex2

    J'ai l'impression que ces files d'attente disent surtout que les salles étaient rares, pas forcément que le jeu était exceptionnel, mais je me trompe peut-être.

    Pixel_Espinosa

    Yo hacía cola con mis amigos del barrio, se me pasaban las horas volando

    CosmoFox2

    Replying to Pixel_Espinosa

    Standing in line for hours says more about arcades than about this game's ranking, no? What made those waits worth it exactly?

  4. LuckyByte9

    Me acuerdo de ir con mis primos a la sala recreativa cada fin de semana solo para pelear con este juego, hacíamos turnos y el que perdía pagaba la siguiente ficha, entre risas y peleas tontas se nos iba la tarde entera ahí metidos

    RogueRider2008

    Ces souvenirs d'arcade sont sympas, mais est-ce que ça doit vraiment peser dans le classement actuel du jeu ?

  5. SilentRunner

    ¿De verdad merece estar tan arriba, o es puro cariño del recuerdo lo que lo sostiene ahí?

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