Mortal Kombat Trilogy (PlayStation)

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Description

All the characters from the first three Mortal Kombat games return for the ultimate battle. You can play as Kano, Reptile, Mileena, Kung Lao, Shang Tsung, Sindel, Sketor, Stryker, Nightwolf, Sheeva, Kitana, Scorpion, Sonya, Smoke (Cyber Ninja), Rain, Jade, Baraka, Johnny Cage, Ermac, Noob Saibot, Sub-Zero (Unmasked), Sub-Zero (Classic), Jax, Rayden, Cyrax, Liu Kang, Smoke (Human), Kabal, Goro, Kintaro, Motaro, or Shao Kahn.

This game is one-on-one martial arts fighting. The player can choose from over thirty different characters, all with their own fighting style and their own special moves. Trilogy differs from the other games in that you can play combinations of people that otherwise isn't possible, such as old Liu Kang vs. new Liu Kang, etc.

Mortal Kombat Trilogy also allows you to challenge a friend to a fight through a Windows IPX network connection.

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Alternate Titles

• "MKT" -- Common Abbreviation

Part of the Following Groups

• BPjS / BPjM indexed games
• Games made into movies
• Mortal Kombat games
• PlayStation Greatest Hits releases
• PlayStation Platinum Range releases
• Visual technique / style: Digitized sprites

User Reviews

Sorry Compilation of a Great Fighting Genre

Tyrone Eugene (7)

Critic Reviews

NowGamer	Dec 01, 1996	9.2 out of 10	92
The Video Game Critic	Sep 18, 2005	A-	91
GamePro (US)	Jan, 1997	4.5 out of 5	90
GameSpot	Dec 01, 1996	8.6 out of 10	86
Jeuxvideo.com	Sep 24, 2016	17 out of 20	85
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Dec, 1996		80
Absolute Playstation	Oct, 1996	7 out of 10	70
IGN	Dec 19, 1996	6 out of 10	60

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Trivia

German Index

On February 28, 1997, Mortal Kombat Trilogy was put on the infamous German index by the BPjS. For more information about what this means and to see a list of games sharing the same fate, take a look here: BPjS/BPjM indexed games.

Graphics

Johnny Cage is the only character that has new sprites. There was a reason. Midway fired Daniel Pesina (who did Johnny Cage & the Ninjas in MK & MK II) because he dressed up as Johnny Cage to advertise an arcade game called BloodStorm, which turned out to be a emphatic flop among fighting game fans. So Chris Alexander did the sprites instead.

Version differences

There were several differences in the amount of secret/selectable characters in the Playstation and Nintendo 64 version.

The Playstation version allowed players to choose the bosses from the series: Goro, Kintaro, Motaro and Shao Kahn. The Playstation version also gave players a male version of Chameleon, as well as older versions of existing characters (MKII Kung Lao, MKII Jax, MKI Kano, MKI Rayden).

The Nintendo 64 version only had Motaro and Shao Kahn available, but also a female version of Chameleon, named Khameleon.

Awards

• Electronic Gaming Monthly
• March 1997 (Issue 92) - Fighting Game of the Year runner-up (PlayStation / N64 versions) + N64 Game of the Year runner-up (Readers' Choice) + Fighting Game of the Year runner up (Multiplatform) (Readers' Choice)

Related Web Sites

• Wikipedia: Mortal Kombat Trilogy (Information about Mortal Kombat Trilogy at Wikipedia)