Mortal Kombat Gold

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Mortal Kombat Gold

System(s): Sega Dreamcast

Publisher: Midway Home Entertainment

Developer: Midway Games

Eurocom Entertainment Software

Peripherals supported: Jump Pack

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1999-09-09^[1]^[2]		T-9701N
DE	1999-10-29		T-9701D-51
ES	1999-10-29	8,490Ptas8,490^[7]	T-9701D-61
FR	1999-10-29		T-9701D-51
PT	1999-10-29		DCJMIO1740
UK	1999-10-29^[3]^[4]	£39.9939.99^[5]^[6]	T-9701D-61
DE/FR/NL	1999-10-29		T-9701D-51
ES/UK/IT	1999-10-29		T-9701D-61
AU	1999-11-30^[8]	$94.9594.95^[9]
BR	xxxx		197186

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Mortal Kombat Gold is a Sega Dreamcast exclusive update to Mortal Kombat 4, released in 1999. The game was a Dreamcast launch title in North America and Europe.

Story

Thousands of years before the setting of the first game, Shinnok, one of the Elder Gods who control the six realms in the Mortal Kombat universe, attempted to become the conqueror of them all. The thunder god Raiden fought and defeated Shinnok in a war that spanned hundreds of years, sending him to the Netherrealm, where he would be trapped forever. Now, Shinnok has managed to escape from the Netherrealm with help from the sorcerer Quan Chi, and seeks vengeance against the Elder Gods who banished him. In his plan, he first conquers the realm of Edenia, with the aid of a traitor, Tanya, while he prepares to attack the Elder Gods. In order to stop Shinnok's menace, Raiden requests help from the Earthrealm warriors who saved the realms from Emperor Shao Kahn in previous titles.

Gameplay

Gold is essentially the same as Mortal Kombat 4, but adds Kitana, Mileena, Cyrax, Kung Lao, Baraka and Sektor from previous Mortal Kombat games. It also includes three new stages: The Living Forest, The Church, and The Soul Chamber. It also has a new weapon select system.

The player gets a low and high punch, low and high kick, and a block and run button. New to the series is a sidestep move which can be used to avoid projectiles. Also new to the series is a bonebreaker move which can be used up close and is activated by pressing Low Kick. There are interactive objects in some stages such as throwing stones. Combinations of buttons can be used to perform special moves.

Each character is given a weapon which can be wielded with a button combination. If the weapon is dropped it can be used by the other player. By using more button combinations at the end of the round the player can use any of two finishing moves and in certain stages a stage fatality.

Fighters

	Cyrax

	Mileena

	Kitana

	Kung Lao

	Baraka

	Sonya Blade

	Jax

	Liu Kang

	Johnny Cage

	Sub-zero

	Reiko

	Jarek

	Rayden

	Tanya

	Scorpion

	Kai

	Reptile

	Shinnok

	Fujin

	Quan-Chi

	Goro

	Sektor

	Noob-Saibot

	Meat

History

Release

The game was criticised upon release for its sub-par graphics. Rather than play to the Dreamcast's strengths, the game was said to look more like the Nintendo 64 port of Mortal Kombat 4.

Like several of Midway's Dreamcast games, the game was re-released with a "Hot! New!" label in North America, fixing many of the game's bugs (including VMU support, allowing the player to save). As well as the label the game can be identified with its red-tinted disc.

Belokk

Another character named Belokk was shown in early screenshots from Game Informer but was cut from the final game.^[10] According to Ed Boon, Belokk was cut due to time constraints.^[11]

Magazine articles

Main article: Mortal Kombat Gold/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

BR print advert

Print advert in Next Level (AR) #6: "Julio 1999" (1999-xx-xx)

Print advert in Official Dreamcast Magazine (US) #1: "September 1999" (1999-08-24)

Print advert in Official Dreamcast Magazine (US) #2: "November 1999" (1999-10-05)

Print advert in Hyper (AU) #75: "January 2000" (1999-12-01)

Print advert in Dreamcast Magazine (IT) #1: "xxxxxx" (xxxx-xx-xx)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Ação Games (BR)

90

^[12]

Arcade (UK)

PAL

25

^[13]

Consoles + (FR)

PAL

35

^[14]

DC-UK (UK)

PAL

50

^[15]

Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel (FR)

PAL

40

^[16]

Dreamcast Magazine (UK)

PAL

77

^[5]

Dreamzone (FR)

45

^[17]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

45

^[18]

Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast (RU)

91

^[19]

GameFan (US)

NTSC-U

78

^[20]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

88

^[21]

GamesMaster (UK)

39

^[22]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

69

^[23]

Man!ak (PL)

58

^[24]

Neo Plus (PL)

60

^[25]

Next Generation (US)

NTSC-U

25

^[26]

Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK)

50

^[6]

Player One (FR)

75

^[27]

Revista Oficial Dreamcast (ES)

PAL

40

^[7]

	57
Based on 19 reviews

Mortal Kombat Gold

Dreamcast, US
Cover
Disc Manual Inlay

Dreamcast, US (Hot! New!)

Disc

Dreamcast, UK/ES/IT
Cover
Disc Manual

Dreamcast, DE/FR/NL
Cover
Disc

Dreamcast, PT
Cover
Disc

Dreamcast, AU
Cover
Disc Manual

Dreamcast, BR
Cover
Disc

Technical information

Main article: Mortal Kombat Gold/Technical information.

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

?

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

GD-ROM (US)

?

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

GD-ROM (US)

?

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

GD-ROM (EU)

?

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

1999-08-28

GD-R

Page

External links

Sega of America webpage: Dreamcast

References

↑ Press release: 1999-09-02: Sega Dreamcast Launch Titles and Peripherals
↑ http://www.sega.com:80/sega/catalog/SegaProduct.jhtml?PRODID=243 (Wayback Machine: 2001-12-06 19:10)
↑ http://www.chipsworld.co.uk/DetProd.asp?ProductCode=1187 (Wayback Machine: 2002-09-17 14:23)
↑ https://groups.google.com/g/uk.games.video.dreamcast/c/x1G_lWU6GLc/m/gfKmBOkejE4J
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 3" (UK; 1999-11-25), page 54
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 Official Dreamcast Magazine, "November 1999" (UK; 1999-09-30), page 96
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 Revista Oficial Dreamcast, "Enero 2000" (ES; 1999-12-20), page 43
↑ http://www.futuregamez.net:80/outnow/dc.html (Wayback Machine: 2001-07-31 23:17)
↑ Hyper, "December 1999" (AU; 1999-xx-xx), page 62
↑ http://www.gamespot.com/articles/mortal-kombat-gold-interview/1100-2450709/ (Wayback Machine: 2014-02-19 18:50)
↑ http://www.mortalkombatonline.com/content/kom/transcripts/EdBoon_08-25-1999.html (Wayback Machine: 2004-02-18 19:45)
↑ Ação Games, "Novembro 1999" (BR; 1999-xx-xx), page 30
↑ Arcade, "December 1999" (UK; 1999-11-01), page 101
↑ Consoles +, "Novembre 1999" (FR; 1999-1x-xx), page 170
↑ DC-UK, "December 1999" (UK; 1999-11-22), page 38
↑ Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel, "Décembre 1999/Janvier 2000" (FR; 1999-12-xx), page 102
↑ Dreamzone, "Decembre 1999" (FR; 1999-11-16), page 118
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 1999" (US; 1999-09-07), page 220
↑ Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 135
↑ GameFan, "Volume 7, Issue 10: October 1999" (US; 1999-xx-xx), page 20
↑ GamePro, "October 1999" (US; 1999-xx-xx), page 138
↑ GamesMaster, "Christmas 1999" (UK; 1999-11-29), page 71
↑ Game Informer, "October 1999" (US; 1999-xx-xx), page 69
↑ Man!ak, "Grudzień 1999" (PL; 1999-xx-xx), page 75
↑ Neo Plus, "Grudzień 1999" (PL; 1999-xx-xx), page 30
↑ Next Generation, "October 1999" (US; 1999-09-21), page 108
↑ Player One, "Novembre 1999" (FR; 1999-xx-xx), page 100

Mortal Kombat Gold

Books: Prima's Official Strategy Guide: Mortal Kombat Gold (1999)

Prototypes: 1999-08-28

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)

[Press_release:_1999-09-02:_Sega_Dreamcast_Launch_Titles_and_Peripherals-1] Press release: 1999-09-02: Sega Dreamcast Launch Titles and Peripherals

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20011206191011.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.sega.com:80.2Fsega.2Fcatalog.2FSegaProduct.jhtml.3FPRODID.3D243-2] ttp://www.sega.com:80/sega/catalog/SegaProduct.jhtml?PRODID=243 (Wayback Machine: 2001-12-06 19:10)

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20020917142326.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.chipsworld.co.uk.2FDetProd.asp.3FProductCode.3D1187-3] ttp://www.chipsworld.co.uk/DetProd.asp?ProductCode=1187 (Wayback Machine: 2002-09-17 14:23)

[https:.2F.2Fgroups.google.com.2Fg.2Fuk.games.video.dreamcast.2Fc.2Fx1G_lWU6GLc.2Fm.2FgfKmBOkejE4J-4] ttps://groups.google.com/g/uk.games.video.dreamcast/c/x1G_lWU6GLc/m/gfKmBOkejE4J

[:File:Dreamcast_Magazine_.E2.84.9603.pdf_p54-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 3" (UK; 1999-11-25), page 54

[:File:ODM_UK_01.pdf_p96-6] 6.0 ^6.1 Official Dreamcast Magazine, "November 1999" (UK; 1999-09-30), page 96

[:File:ROD_ES_01.pdf_p43-7] 7.0 ^7.1 Revista Oficial Dreamcast, "Enero 2000" (ES; 1999-12-20), page 43

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20010731231717.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.futuregamez.net:80.2Foutnow.2Fdc.html-8] ttp://www.futuregamez.net:80/outnow/dc.html (Wayback Machine: 2001-07-31 23:17)

[:File:Hyper_AU_074.pdf_p62-9] Hyper, "December 1999" (AU; 1999-xx-xx), page 62

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20140219185018.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.gamespot.com.2Farticles.2Fmortal-kombat-gold-interview.2F1100-2450709.2F-10] ttp://www.gamespot.com/articles/mortal-kombat-gold-interview/1100-2450709/ (Wayback Machine: 2014-02-19 18:50)

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20040218194532.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.mortalkombatonline.com.2Fcontent.2Fkom.2Ftranscripts.2FEdBoon_08-25-1999.html-11] ttp://www.mortalkombatonline.com/content/kom/transcripts/EdBoon_08-25-1999.html (Wayback Machine: 2004-02-18 19:45)

[:File:AcaoGames_BR_145.pdf_p30-12] Ação Games, "Novembro 1999" (BR; 1999-xx-xx), page 30

[:File:Arcade_UK_13.pdf_p101-13] Arcade, "December 1999" (UK; 1999-11-01), page 101

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_094.pdf_p170-14] Consoles +, "Novembre 1999" (FR; 1999-1x-xx), page 170

[:File:DCUK_04.pdf_p38-15] DC-UK, "December 1999" (UK; 1999-11-22), page 38

[:File:DLMO_FR_02.pdf_p102-16] Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel, "Décembre 1999/Janvier 2000" (FR; 1999-12-xx), page 102

[:File:Dreamzone_7_1999_Scan.pdf_p118-17] Dreamzone, "Decembre 1999" (FR; 1999-11-16), page 118

[:File:EGM_US_123.pdf_p220-18] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 1999" (US; 1999-09-07), page 220

[19] Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 135

[:File:GameFan_US_0710.pdf_p20-20] GameFan, "Volume 7, Issue 10: October 1999" (US; 1999-xx-xx), page 20

[:File:GamePro_US_133.pdf_p138-21] GamePro, "October 1999" (US; 1999-xx-xx), page 138

[:File:GamesMaster_UK_089.pdf_p71-22] GamesMaster, "Christmas 1999" (UK; 1999-11-29), page 71

[:File:GameInformer_US_078.pdf_p69-23] Game Informer, "October 1999" (US; 1999-xx-xx), page 69

[24] Man!ak, "Grudzień 1999" (PL; 1999-xx-xx), page 75

[25] Neo Plus, "Grudzień 1999" (PL; 1999-xx-xx), page 30

[:File:NextGeneration_US_58.pdf_p108-26] Next Generation, "October 1999" (US; 1999-09-21), page 108

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_102.pdf_p100-27] Player One, "Novembre 1999" (FR; 1999-xx-xx), page 100

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Mortal Kombat Gold

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Contents

Story

Gameplay

Fighters

History

Release

Belokk

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

External links

References