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[MrCunningham]

They could always port the PC version; it never had the issue.

Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat II, Mortal Kombat 3, Mortal Kombat Trilogy and Mortal Kombat IV were all ported to PC. Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 did not get an original Windows release. But did get re-released on the Mortal Kombat Arcade Collection from 2011-2012.

MK1-3 are all DOS releases, which does make them a bit of a pain to configure in DOS box. Controller support is not very good. MK Trilogy and MK4 did come out at a time when Windows was much more prominent. Those DOS ports are pretty damn arcade perfect.

 

[MrCunningham]

That's how the fatalities were on the Sega CD version of the first Mortal Kombat as well. But it had the sweet, sweet arcade sounds/music.

Yup, I remember that too. Just like the fatalities in Eternal Champions for the Sega CD. The Saturn and PS1 ports also had loading too before the fatalities.

 

[DavJay]

Deadly alliance from gba but not Xbox? Insane

 

[sloppyjoe_gamer]

Deadly alliance from gba but not Xbox? Insane

I think thats a tease and MKDA on the main systems is one of the ? still to be revealed

 

[sachos]

I really hope they add MK Trilogy to this! Only thing left we need is a PS2 era collection with Shaolin Monks included now, and MK9 Remaster!!

 

[SkylineRKR]

Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat II, Mortal Kombat 3, Mortal Kombat Trilogy and Mortal Kombat IV were all ported to PC. Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 did not get an original Windows release. But did get re-released on the Mortal Kombat Arcade Collection from 2011-2012.

MK1-3 are all DOS releases, which does make them a bit of a pain to configure in DOS box. Controller support is not very good. MK Trilogy and MK4 did come out at a time when Windows was much more prominent. Those DOS ports are pretty damn arcade perfect.

Yeah i remember MK on PC. It looked like 1:1 with the arcade at the time while consoles were heavily compromised. Even the PS1. All the sounds, intros etc were there on PC and I think the sprite size was correct.

The problem I had with the 32-bit versions was ofcourse Shang Tsung. Those versions essentially render one character useless, unless you want to settle with mid battle load times. Back then the games got away with it though, but by now its a reason to ignore them. As for the 16-bit, well, they miss intros, endings, graveyard stage in MK3 etc. Back then really only the PC version of MK3 was sufficient. And I would say MK2 on 32x.

 

[MrCunningham]

Yeah i remember MK on PC. It looked like 1:1 with the arcade at the time while consoles were heavily compromised. Even the PS1. All the sounds, intros etc were there on PC and I think the sprite size was correct.

The problem I had with the 32-bit versions was of course Shang Tsung. Those versions essentially render one character useless, unless you want to settle with mid battle load times. Back then the games got away with it though, but by now its a reason to ignore them. As for the 16-bit, well, they miss intros, endings, graveyard stage in MK3 etc. Back then really only the PC version of MK3 was sufficient.

If I am not mistaken, The Playstation and Saturn versions of MK2 had issues with Shang Tsung morphs as well. Most of the CD versions have the option to disable his morphs during matches.

It is one of the common gameplay compromises that MK games had to make on early CD-ROM based consoles. The N64 Mortal Kombat Trilogy never had that issue. Neither did the 32x version.

The PC versions didn't if you installed the games to HDD? The Saturn could have solved this issue if MK supported the 1-4MB RAM extension. MK3 on the Playstation was a launch exclusive if I remember correctly. It was still on the 16bit machines, but Sony had a deal to make it exclusive at launch. It was pretty close to arcade perfect, except for the loading.

And I would say MK2 on 32x.

The 32x version is an enhanced version of the Sega Genesis game overall. The sprites are the same resolution, but higher colour than the Genesis/ MD originals. The 32X adds a high colour menu, high colour sprites and BG objects to the game. But it still relies on the Genesis for the BG layers. Uses the Sega Genesis colour palette. Which leaves some mismatched results with 15 colour BG layers and 134 colour 32X sprite layers.

The SNES does have a higher colour output in comparison to the Genesis game, the sprites are lower in horizontal resolution than then Genesis/ MD counterparts. The SNES sprites were done this way to accommodate the SNES's lower horizontal resolution output. When the framebuffer outputs to 4:3. the sprites do look comparable in size. In MK1 the SNES sprites would look extra wide. The SNES has a really good port of MK2. MK3 on the Genesis has higher resolution sprites as well in comparison to the SNES port.

 

[sloppyjoe_gamer]

Xbox App seemingly leaks the release date...

 

[ReBurn]

Xbox App seemingly leaks the release date...

I don't want to wait that long

 

[Dirk Benedict]

Mortal kombat is a fighting game genre achievement a lot better than tekken and street fighter and a lot better than smash bros and a lot better much better than soul calibur don't comment or at me you know it's true mortal kombat for life!

Fighters Destiny + Powerstone>Mortal Kombat

 

[Kacho]

August and September are so damn stacked this year.

 

[schaft0620]

It must be in the Direct this week.

 

[roosnam1980]

John Turk as Scorpion in Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 Arcade

 

[kevboard]

Mortal kombat is a fighting game genre achievement a lot better than tekken and street fighter and a lot better than smash bros and a lot better much better than soul calibur don't comment or at me you know it's true mortal kombat for life!

this is the perfect post for opposite day

 

[cireza]

If I am not mistaken, The Playstation and Saturn versions of MK2 had issues with Shang Tsung morphs as well. Most of the CD versions have the option to disable his morphs during matches.

It is one of the common gameplay compromises that MK games had to make on early CD-ROM based consoles. The N64 Mortal Kombat Trilogy never had that issue. Neither did the 32x version.

The PC versions didn't if you installed the games to HDD? The Saturn could have solved this issue if MK supported the 1-4MB RAM extension. MK3 on the Playstation was a launch exclusive if I remember correctly. It was still on the 16bit machines, but Sony had a deal to make it exclusive at launch. It was pretty close to arcade perfect, except for the loading.






The 32x version is an enhanced version of the Sega Genesis game overall. The sprites are the same resolution, but higher colour than the Genesis/ MD originals. The 32X adds a high colour menu, high colour sprites and BG objects to the game. But it still relies on the Genesis for the BG layers. Uses the Sega Genesis colour palette. Which leaves some mismatched results with 15 colour BG layers and 134 colour 32X sprite layers.

The SNES does have a higher colour output in comparison to the Genesis game, the sprites are lower in horizontal resolution than then Genesis/ MD counterparts. The SNES sprites were done this way to accommodate the SNES's lower horizontal resolution output. When the framebuffer outputs to 4:3. the sprites do look comparable in size. In MK1 the SNES sprites would look extra wide. The SNES has a really good port of MK2. MK3 on the Genesis has higher resolution sprites as well in comparison to the SNES port.

Highly doubt that you can fit all characters in the 4 MB RAM cart, so Tsung would still be an issue on Saturn. You could fit maybe 2/4, but not the whole roster.

32X port has reduced framerate compared to MD. Backgrounds could have used more colors as well, they didn't make a great effort on the MegaDrive side. A simple look at Kolibri shows that when you dedicate the entire MD to backgrounds, you can achieve great results.

SNES is extremely blurry looking because of the stretching process. MD looks like it is in HD compared to it.

My personal pick remains the MD port. It has gigantic sprites considering the ROM size.

 

[thief183]

What about mk9 on steam instead?

 

[Punished Miku]

John Turk as Scorpion in Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 Arcade

The nether region lol

 

[roosnam1980]

The nether region lol

well it does mean lower parts.

 

[Punished Miku]

well it does mean lower parts.

Scorpion truly was in hell.

 

[roosnam1980]

Scorpion truly was in hell.

nether realm studios should be renamed nether region studios for the lols

 

[thatJohann]

I wanna play this more than any upcoming game in any of the systems. This will be my most played game on the Switch 2.

 

[NeverYouMind]

Highly doubt that you can fit all characters in the 4 MB RAM cart, so Tsung would still be an issue on Saturn. You could fit maybe 2/4, but not the whole roster.

32X port has reduced framerate compared to MD. Backgrounds could have used more colors as well, they didn't make a great effort on the MegaDrive side. A simple look at Kolibri shows that when you dedicate the entire MD to backgrounds, you can achieve great results.

SNES is extremely blurry looking because of the stretching process. MD looks like it is in HD compared to it.

My personal pick remains the MD port. It has gigantic sprites considering the ROM size.

I prefer the 32x port myself due to sharp character sprites and crisp synth MD sounds but the missing sound effects pretty much make the DOS port definitive as the SNES version is muffled in sound and has blurry sprites.

P.S. I think the craziest thing they can add to this collection is Mortal Kombat: Unchained for PSP. However, they will probably add MK4 Gold, Sub-Zero Mythologies, or Special Forces.

 

[Sp3eD]

Should put umk3 for the GBA in for the lolz. One of the worst ports ever.

Edit my bad it's called Mortal Kombat Advanced. Still horrible.

 

[cireza]

I prefer the 32x port myself due to sharp character sprites and crisp synth MD sounds but the missing sound effects pretty much make the DOS port definitive as the SNES version is muffled in sound and has blurry sprites.

P.S. I think the craziest thing they can add to this collection is Mortal Kombat: Unchained for PSP. However, they will probably add MK4 Gold, Sub-Zero Mythologies, or Special Forces.

Have you checked the recent 3D0 port ? It's unbelievable.

Should put umk3 for the GBA in for the lolz. One of the worst ports ever.

Edit my bad it's called Mortal Kombat Advanced. Still horrible.

UMK3 was on DS.

 

[NeverYouMind]

Should put umk3 for the GBA in for the lolz. One of the worst ports ever.

Edit my bad it's called Mortal Kombat Advanced. Still horrible.

It is in the collection together with the shitty 3D GBA ports and crappy Gameboy Color ports.

Have you checked the recent 3D0 port ? It's unbelievable.

There is a 3D0 port?

edit:

It looks like the 3D0 fan port is higher definition and plays better than the arcade release.

 

[cireza]

There is a 3D0 port?

Fan-made. Absolutely insane. Check it out.

 

[Kacho]

Should put umk3 for the GBA in for the lolz. One of the worst ports ever.

Edit my bad it's called Mortal Kombat Advanced. Still horrible.

 

[SkylineRKR]

I had the EGM issue that reviewed it. They gave it a 0. I think their first ever.

 

[Mr Hyde]

They better include MK Trilogy (the best one) and MK Mythologies: Sub-Zero (for the lolz)

 

[spookyfish]

I'm just ready for an arcade-perfect Mortal Kombat 4. (Although I like the Dreamcast's GOLD roster better, with the added characters ...).

And include that crappy WarGods game as an easter egg, since it runs on Zeus hardware, too.