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There’s nothing like a good old virtual pounding from time to time. That's why we are more than happy to welcome two exceptional fighting games, Mortal Kombat 4 and The friends of Ringo Ishikawa, on our DRM-free ring.

Mortal Kombat 4
It was the year 1997 and all game magazines were booming - Mortal Kombat goes 3D! The series created by Ed Boon and John Tobias already had cult status, but everybody was curious if it would survive such a revolution. Abandoning the traditional digitalized 2D graphics known from the previous Mortal Kombat games indeed seemed risky. Eventually, it took Tobias and Boon three years of hard work to create Mortal Kombat 4.

The final result was warmly welcomed by the fans, who liked the turn into the more dark, bloody direction of the Mortal Kombat franchise. For example, creators focused on the brutal Fatality endings to the fight, excluding humoresque elements like Friendship or Babality. Popular characters, like Johnny Cage, Raiden, and Goro, returned after some time of absence, while new fighters - Quan Chi, Shinnok or Tanya - quickly garnered many fans.

Just like its predecessors, Mortal Kombat 4 remains extremely fun to play even after many years since its release. Thanks to GOG.COM you can enjoy this game and its sheer dynamic playability once again.

The friends of Ringo Ishikawa
Remember that magic sound made by the coin inserted into the old arcade machine? Among many cult arcade games, side-scrolling fighting titles were very prominent. The friends of Ringo Ishikawa from yeo is such a game, yet combined with an open world and an engaging coming-of-age story. The main character of this title, a high school gang leader Ringo Ishikawa, has but one goal - to live through his last autumn before graduation.

With best friends by his side, he travels through the city and school grounds engaging in a brutal fight from time to time. As its creator describes it, The friends of Ringo Ishikawa is an existential open world beat ‘em up game with some school sim elements. It gives you quite a lot of freedom in exploring the town which undergoes the day-night cycle and has a lot of NPCs.

Apart from the game's story, elements like the hand-to-hand combat or mini-games (e.g. ping-pong and video-poker) will keep you immersed in The friends of Ringo Ishikawa for long!

As you can see, with two mentioned above releases we are not pulling any punches. It’s up to you to choose your favorite contestant or sidekick and pulverize all enemies standing in your way into smoking dust!
Post edited March 11, 2020 by emter_pl
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wolfsite: Does this version of Mortal Kombat 4 include the additions that were in MK Gold? (6 additional fighters and additional stages) or is it just a straight port of MK4?
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victorchopin: Straight port, 1998 pc release.

MK Gold is a Dreamcast exclusive. Too bad ;(
MK Gold has not a good reputation. Personally I prefer MK4 for PC

I only miss one thing: In the original PC version of MK4, when the game started, there was the option menu displaying a picture of Scorpian in the living forest and you could hear the laugh of the announcer. That's not in the GOG version. Other than that, the GOG version is flawless (Flawless Victory).
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Experiment513: Maybe GOG could look into this? :-P
This was an epic way to start the game, seeing Scorpian in the living forest and hearing this laugh. I'm quite sad that GOG omitted this.
Post edited March 11, 2020 by Cifer84
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Fonzer: Integrated graphics cards are not supported for mk4
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WinterSnowfall: I'm playing it right now on an Intel HD Graphics 630 chip without issues. It's using nGlide anyway, so it should be compatible even with a toaster (as long as the toaster supports DirectX 9).
Yes it works i just tested it.
Do wonder how do i get more continues?
Good work on the Mortal Kombat 4 re-release! It was a really fun game to play back in the day, even though the graphics on the heroes, weapons/ objects and scenery took a dive due to the transition to early 3D. The faster, more responsive gameplay made up for it in spades.

I'll have to look into the other title as well.
I saw the MK logo and was hoping it was Mortal Kombat Trilogy...

It looks like it's definitely had a downgrade from the arcade from the screenshots, Is the port at least stable and smooth?
Just because a game which has been localised into many languages but not into German is a rare thing, can somebody confirm that "The Friends of Ringo Ishikawa" is not offering German subs as well?

Edit: Nevermind the dev replied himself
https://steamcommunity.com/app/846110/discussions/0/1652171126115485826/

He was "fed up" with localisations (even though it was offered to him for free) so I guess I am fed up as well and will put this on the "never think about it again" list.
Post edited March 11, 2020 by MarkoH01
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ReynardFox: I saw the MK logo and was hoping it was Mortal Kombat Trilogy...

It looks like it's definitely had a downgrade from the arcade from the screenshots, Is the port at least stable and smooth?
Been playing it in Linux and feels pretty stable and as smooth as I remember the game from back in the day, only issue I have is that the game defaults to the analog stick on my controller instead of the control pad.
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Cifer84: I hope that GOG releases "MK Trilogy" next, then all the classic MK games are complete :-)
Yeah, me too. To be honest, graphics wise MK4 didn't age that well. Doesn't matter if the 3D graphics are upscaled in the version released on GOG... The 2D version still looks/aged much better.

So yeah, bring MK Trilogy next. Please. Thank you!
But I am very happy, that MK4 is finally here. Thank you both GOG and WB!

Oh, here is a solid video about the game:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9yyS9LgPxw
Post edited March 11, 2020 by op_2020
Add one more more wish for Mortal Kombat Trilogy release on GOG :-)
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Fonzer: Do wonder how do i get more continues?
Press F2 -> Gameplay -> Continues

Adjust as needed.
Post edited March 11, 2020 by WinterSnowfall
What a nice surprise GOG! I remember playing the Playstation version of MK4 when I was a kid... time to relive these good times! XD
Now, bring Mortal Kombat Trilogy next, please! :D
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ReynardFox: I saw the MK logo and was hoping it was Mortal Kombat Trilogy...

It looks like it's definitely had a downgrade from the arcade from the screenshots, Is the port at least stable and smooth?
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wolfsite: Been playing it in Linux and feels pretty stable and as smooth as I remember the game from back in the day, only issue I have is that the game defaults to the analog stick on my controller instead of the control pad.
Is there any way to change the analog setup to the d-pad setup? I play other fighting games on d-pad, so it would be easier to input special moves... :)
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Fonzer: Do wonder how do i get more continues?
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WinterSnowfall: Press F2 -> Gameplay -> Continues

Adjust as needed.
Thanks was this maybe in the manual since i didn't read it yet.
That Goro is similar to previous mk games and i really haven't find a better way of defeating him yet than just jump and kick, i wasted all my continues.
Great releases, glad to see Mortal Kombat 4 here! Hope for more WB releases in the near future!
How does MK counting goes?
One, two, three, nine?
I have to wait a little bit.
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WinterSnowfall: Press F2 -> Gameplay -> Continues

Adjust as needed.
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Fonzer: Thanks was this maybe in the manual since i didn't read it yet.
That Goro is similar to previous mk games and i really haven't find a better way of defeating him yet than just jump and kick, i wasted all my continues.
Yeah, Goro was brutal, I used up half my continues on him. I ended up spamming Liu Kang's flying kick to knock him to the ground, then backing off before he got up, taking advantage of the fact that as Goro gets back on his feet, there's no invincibility frames so you can keep him from ever getting an attack in. Then I did the same for Shinnok. They turned out to be the only flawless victories that I got. =\