GAME MOD
Arcade Mode
1 Player. Choose your character from 18 warriors, and fight against CPU opponents.
Defeat seven other fighters to win the game.
You can continue after losing.
Press the START button for Player 2 to join in.
Versus Mode
2 Players. Choose characters and a stage and adjust handicaps before every match.
You must connect two controllers to the PlayStation® in order to choose this mode.
Training Mode
Practice your moves. Choose your character and an opponent character.
Select the Training menu from the pause menu to change training options.
Original Mode
Edit the name and color of a chosen character. Increase your character's status by defeating CPU warriors.
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Edit - Customize the character's name, color and type and check his or her status.
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1P Battle - Match your character against CPU fighters. At the end of the match, your character will gain experience points. Depending on how well you fought, your character's attacking power, maximum number of impact damage gauges and Special Stock gauges may increase.
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VS Battle - Go head to head with a friend's edit character. (You must connect two controllers in order to choose this mode.)
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Load - Load an edit character from a Memory Card.
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Save - Save edit character data to a Memory Card.
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Quit - Return to the title screen.
Collection
Browse through a gallery of portraits of the DARKSTALKERS3 characters.
OPTIONS
Choose Option Mode from the Mode Select screen. Use the Option Menu to adjust various game settings.
Press the DIRECTIONAL buttons/✔ to choose items, and press / to adjust the settings.
Options
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Difficulty - Increase the skill level by adding stars.
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Time Limit - Set Time Limit ON or OFF for each round.
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Damage Gauge - Adjust the number of impact damage gauges from one to four.
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Turbo Speed - Adjust the game speed.
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Key Config - Reassign the button controls for punches (all strengths), kicks (all strengths), and Dark Force 1 and Dark Force 2 special moves. You can also change the button settings by pressing the SELECT button while paused.
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Short Cut - Toggle ON or OFF. ON shortens loading time by simplifying some game screens.
OPTION MODE
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Vibration - Toggle Vibration ON or OFF. Analog Controller (DUAL SHOCK) only.
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Sound Mode - Choose STEREO or MONAURAL sound.
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BGM Volume - Adjust BGM volume levels.
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S.E. Volume - Adjust S.E. volume levels.
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Screen Adjust - Adjust screen position.
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Memory card - Save current settings, and load previously saved game data, including settings and high score ranking. Make sure there are enough free blocks on your Memory card before commencing play.
HOW TO PLAY
MODE SELECT
1. Choose a game mode.
2. Choose a character.
3. Choose a game setting:
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Normal - No special settings.
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Turbo - Accelerated game speed.
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Auto - Your character has automatic blocking.
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Auto & Turbo - Accelerated game speed plus automatic blocking.
4. Choose a Dark Force type:
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DF Change - Use characters from the original arcade version of DARKSTALKERS 3 plus original PlayStation® version characters Donovan, Pyron and Huitzil. Dark Force takes one Special Stock gauge. Air chain combo is always available without consuming any Special Stock gauge.
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DF Power - Use characters from the games Vampire Savior, Vampire Savior 2 and Vampire Hunter 2. Dark Force takes two Special Stock gauges. Air chain combo is available only during Dark Force. Also, you can give unrecoverable damage to opponents, and certain EX moves become more powerful during Dark Force.
About Auto Mode
When you select the Auto setting, your character will automatically block opponents' attacks.
On the downside, you take slight damage even when you block a normal attack, and your maximum number of Special Stock gauges is limited to three.
IMPACT DAMAGE GAUGE
When you take damage, the impact damage gauge builds up. Damage shown by the white bar is recoverable; damage shown by the red bar is not.
Even if you fill up an opponent's impact damage gauge, the match will continue until one of you loses all Bat Marks.
Any character losing one Bat Mark will return with full vitality in the impact damage gauge, as long as he or she has Bat Marks left. The winning character does not recover vitality.
When you take damage, your vitality will recover by degrees as long as you don't take more damage. Basically, vitality lost by combo attacks returns more quickly, and vitality lost by single attacks returns more slowly. Damage from Dark Force attacks cannot be repaired.
If you don't take damage for a while, the white part recovers, gradually returning to green.
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White Bar - Recoverable Damage
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Red Bar - Non-Recoverable Damage
SPECIAL STOCK GAUGE
The Special Stock gauge builds up as you attack. When the gauge is full, you gain one Special Stock attack. You can store multiple gauges until you use them.
Having Special Stock gauges allows you to perform Dark Force, ES (Especial) and EX (Extra Special) attacks.
Attacks
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Dark Force - Each character has a unique
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