Mortal Kombat Trilogy

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Mortal Kombat Trilogy

Publisher: Midway Home Entertainment (US), GT Interactive Software (EU, BR)

Developer(s) of original games: Midway Games

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	Code
US	1997-08-08^[1]	T-9704H
EU	1998-04-11^[2]	T-25414H-50
DE	1998-04-11	T-25414H-50
ES	1997-12-04^[3]	T-25414H-50
PT	199x	STJGT0671
UK	1998-04-11^[2]	T-25414H-50
PL	1998
BR	199x	191356

Non-Sega versions
Game.com IBM PC Nintendo 64 PlayStation Windows PC

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Mortal Kombat Trilogy is a Sega Saturn fighting game compilation developed by Point of View, featuring the first three entries in Midway Games' popular Mortal Kombat series of arcade fighters. First published in the United States by Midway Home Entertainment in August 1997, the game was later published in Europe and Brazil by GT Interactive Software in April 1998.

Only three weeks after the release of the Sega Saturn version, developer Point of View ported the game to Windows PCs.

Gameplay

Fighters

Mortal Kombat Trilogy essentially adds any fighters from Mortal Kombat and Mortal Kombat II which were missing in the previous release, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 (including the boss characters, which are available to play from the start). Until the release of Mortal Kombat: Armageddon in 2006, this was the largest roster of fighters ever seen in a Mortal Kombat game.

While the graphics for the returning fighters are partially updated (save for Johnny Cage who has an entirely new actor play the character), the bulk of their assets come from the older games, so don't quite mix as well visually as the Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 additions.

By pressing START when hovering over Kano, Raiden, Jax or Kung Lao, "classic" versions of the characters can be selected^[4]. This means Kano and Raiden have similar sprites and moves to the original Mortal Kombat, while Jax and Kung Lao have theirs from Mortal Kombat II.

	Johnny Cage

	Noob Saibot

	Baraka

	Cyrax (LK-4D4)

	Sonya (Blade)

	Rayden

	Rain

	Shang Tsung

	Kitana

	Kano

	Scorpion

	Sub-Zero

	(Human) Smoke

	Reptile

	Jax (Major Jackson Briggs)

	Mileena

	Sektor (LK-9T9)

	Liu Kang

	Jade

	Sheeva

	Kung Lao

	(Cyborg) Smoke

	Nightwolf

	Sindel

	Ermac

	Sub-Zero (classic)

	(Kurtis) Styker

	Kabal

	Goro

	Shao Khan

	Kintaro

	Motaro

	Chameleon

History

The Sega Saturn port, handled by Point of View is a direct port of the PlayStation version, released a full year later. It is said to be slightly inferior as it lacks many of the transparency effects and several voice samples. It is still considered to be a better version than its Nintendo 64 counterpart, however, which due to cartridge restraints had to axe several important features.

Mortal Kombat Trilogy saw many positive reviews though has been criticised for its many glitches and extreme difficulty.

Release in Germany

Like the previous games, Mortal Kombat Trilogy was banned. Most games in the series were unbanned in 2005 except this one.

Magazine articles

Main article: Mortal Kombat Trilogy/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

GameFan (US)

NTSC-U

71

^[6]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

85

^[7]

GamesMaster (UK)

PAL

86

^[5]

Saturn Power (UK)

PAL

81

^[8]

Sega Saturn Magazine (UK)

PAL

88

^[9]

	82
Based on 5 reviews

Mortal Kombat Trilogy

Saturn, US
Cover
Manual

Saturn, EU
Cover

Saturn, PT
Cover

Saturn, BR
Cover
Manual

Technical information

Main article: Mortal Kombat Trilogy/Technical information.

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

515,454,912

1997-07-01

CD-ROM (US)

T-9704H V1.000

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

515,480,784

1997-08-18

CD-ROM (EU)

T-25414H-50 V1.000

References

Mortal Kombat Trilogy
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Mortal Kombat games for Sega systems
	Mortal Kombat (1993) \| Mortal Kombat II (No results?) \| Mortal Kombat 3 (1995) \| Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 (1996)
	Mortal Kombat (1993) \| Mortal Kombat II (1994) \| Mortal Kombat 3 (1996)
	Mortal Kombat (1994)
	Mortal Kombat II (No results?)
	Mortal Kombat II (No results?) \| Mortal Kombat 3 (unreleased) \| Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 (1996) \| Mortal Kombat Trilogy (1997)
	Mortal Kombat Gold (1999)
Unlicensed Mortal Kombat games for Sega systems
Mortal Kombat 5 (1999)

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[:File:CVG_UK_185.pdf_p49-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Computer & Video Games, "April 1997" (UK; 1997-03-12), page 49

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F19980120171032.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fcentromail.es:80.2Fnuevo.2Fconsolas.2Fsat.asp-3] ttp://centromail.es:80/nuevo/consolas/sat.asp (Wayback Machine: 1998-01-20 17:10)

[:File:Mktrilogy_sat_us_manual.pdf_p8-4] File:Mktrilogy sat us manual.pdf, page 8

[:File:GamesMaster_UK_064.pdf_p74-5] 5.0 ^5.1 GamesMaster, "January 1998" (UK; 1997-12-19), page 74

[:File:GameFan_US_0508.pdf_p20-6] GameFan, "Volume 5, Issue 8: August 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 20

[:File:GamePro_US_108.pdf_p98-7] GamePro, "September 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 98

[:File:SaturnPower_UK_08.pdf_p80-8] Saturn Power, "Christmas 1997" (UK; 1997-11-10), page 80

[:File:SSM_UK_26.pdf_p68-9] Sega Saturn Magazine, "December 1997" (UK; 1997-11-12), page 68

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Contents

Gameplay

Fighters

History

Release in Germany

Magazine articles

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References