Mortal Kombat Gold (Dreamcast)

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Description

The first and only Mortal Kombat title to make onto the Dreamcast console, Mortal Kombat Gold offered players a carbon-copy of the arcade edition of Mortal Kombat 4, along with additional features and characters never before included in the arcade game.

Using the exact same engine found in Mortal Kombat 4, the game performs flawlessly on the Dreamcast platform, while also running at a higher resolution than its arcade counterpart.

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Part of the Following Groups

• Launch title: Dreamcast (North America)
• Mortal Kombat games

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Critic Reviews

GameFan Magazine	Oct, 1999	233 out of 300	78
Video Games	Oct, 1999	3 out of 4	75
Adrenaline Vault, The (AVault)	Oct 23, 1999		70
IGN	Sep 08, 1999	6.3 out of 10	63
GameSpot	Sep 03, 1999	5 out of 10	50
The Video Game Critic	Jun 04, 2003	C	50
Gaming Age	Oct 05, 1999	C-	42
Digital Press - Classic Video Games	May 07, 2005	4 out of 10	40
Consoles Plus	Nov, 1999	35 out of 100	35
CoreMagazine.com	1999	D	25

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Trivia

Releases

Mortal Kombat Gold was released twice. Four games released by Midway back when they first started making Dreamcast games had several errors, which were fixed in subsequent pressings. The cover of a fixed version says "Hot! New!", the disc is slightly different, and the UPC may also be different.

The other games that were released as Hot! New! versions were Hydro Thunder, Ready 2 Rumble Boxing, and NFL Blitz 2000.

Characters

Originally, an exclusive new character called Belokk was slated for Mortal Kombat Gold, but he was cut from the final release of the game. Belokk was created by Eurocom and, according to Ed Boon, was removed from the game due to the developers not having enough time to finish him. Nevertheless, Eurocom accidentally sent information about the game with the character in it to Game Informer. As a result, six screenshots of him were revealed to the public in a preview.

Related Web Sites

• Mortal Kombat Gold at Midway (Publishers game page)