If you wait on the Game Over screen without pressing start, the game eventually enters the "Continue" screen. However, the transition is seamless. The music remains sad. The timer counts down from 10. If you fail to continue, the screen fades to black to the sound of a distant explosion—True Ogre laughing in the background. True despair.

The game over experience in 90s titles like Tekken 3 was designed around . Unlike modern games that guide players with "glowing arrows," Tekken 3 forced players to analyze their mistakes during the countdown.