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Posted April 11, 2020
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Doesn't work with controllers and is bugged bad. Don't buy it.
Posted April 11, 2020
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DaveFromJapan: Doesn't work with controllers and is bugged bad. Don't buy it.
Are you talking about

Mortal Kombat 1
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Mortal Kombat 2
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Mortal Kombat 3
or
Mortal Kombat 4
Posted April 11, 2020
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DaveFromJapan: Doesn't work with controllers and is bugged bad. Don't buy it.
Do you mean the first MK game?

It is the MS-DOS version, which never supported any controllers. You were supposed to play it with a keyboard I think. It is a DOSBox game, I guess you can map modern gamepads to its keyboard commands though using DOSBox' own controller mapping, hence getting controller support. Press Ctrl-F1 while in the game, and see here for more details:

https://www.dosbox.com/wiki/Mapper

What other bugs are there? If they are ones that existed already in the original MS-DOS version, it isn't really an issue.

If you were expecting GOG to provide the original emulated arcade versions of these games, you are mistaken. They are the PC (MS-DOS or Windows) versions, with the limitations that those versions had back in the day.

I tried the GOG version shortly on my Windows 10 laptop, and didn't see anything odd with it. Seemed ok, as I'd expect it to run.
Post edited April 11, 2020 by timppu
Posted April 11, 2020
Man, these are games that need a modern remaster. All 4 of them.
Posted April 11, 2020
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Falci: Man, these are games that need a modern remaster. All 4 of them.
I can't really think of a way a modern remaster of Mortal Kombat 1, 2 or 3 wouldn't be much worse than the originals.
If it is just mechanics you feel need a remaster, then just play one of the latest games in the series.
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DaveFromJapan: Doesn't work with controllers and is bugged bad. Don't buy it.
thanks for the heads-up. which ones? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortal_Kombat#Video_games
Posted April 11, 2020
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Falci: Man, these are games that need a modern remaster. All 4 of them.
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babark: I can't really think of a way a modern remaster of Mortal Kombat 1, 2 or 3 wouldn't be much worse than the originals.
If it is just mechanics you feel need a remaster, then just play one of the latest games in the series.
Plus since it uses Live actors to play the character roles it also matters the condition the original source video is in, if it still exists. The Command & Conquer remasters ran into that issue were the original footage was lost so they could only work from compressed copies reducing the quality of the final result.
Posted April 11, 2020
Getting around in MK is annoying, i know there's a text file you have to read that tells you to use the F functions to start single, two player or access options. And it's in the options you could activate the controllers.

I think it's fairly apparent, PC ports are not their thing.

I think i had gotten controllers to work on a 360 controller, but it felt wonky.

I'd rather emulate via a SNES/Genesis emulator and use those.
Post edited April 11, 2020 by rtcvb32
Posted April 11, 2020
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babark: I can't really think of a way a modern remaster of Mortal Kombat 1, 2 or 3 wouldn't be much worse than the originals.
If it is just mechanics you feel need a remaster, then just play one of the latest games in the series.
Honestly, though it may be a controversial opinion to have, they don't need a remaster. They already got a reboot in the form of MK9. The only thing we don't have is WB/Netherrealm giving two poops about releasing a version of it without DRM.
Posted April 11, 2020
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Falci: Man, these are games that need a modern remaster. All 4 of them.
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babark: I can't really think of a way a modern remaster of Mortal Kombat 1, 2 or 3 wouldn't be much worse than the originals.
If it is just mechanics you feel need a remaster, then just play one of the latest games in the series.
Oh, but I know it.

I have the latest 3 games in the series and, to me, they're the only really great games in the series. These classic ones were good for their time, but aged terribly. And, frankly, these last three have all been about "Hey, remember this from the original classic games? Here's it in glorious high resolution!"

I know they'd probably go for the lazy port in a bundle of the games, like they've done before, but if they could just add a bit of effort, it could make for a great and definitive way to play the originals.

If they went for the full blown remake with modern graphics, I think it would be awesome, but... probably an inferior version of the newer games in the series.

And, as TheMonkofDestiny said, MK9 IS a remake of MK Trilogy (with an art style that aged horribly) and is way better than the originals. Technically, MKX is a remake/reboot of 4 as well.
Posted April 11, 2020
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timppu: Do you mean the first MK game?

It is the MS-DOS version, which never supported any controllers. You were supposed to play it with a keyboard I think. It is a DOSBox game, I guess you can map modern gamepads to its keyboard commands though using DOSBox' own controller mapping, hence getting controller support. Press Ctrl-F1 while in the game, and see here for more details:
Ah, the memories. I used to play 1st MK quite a bit with friends and at some point, we noticed you god efficiently block the bother player completely bu filling up the keypress buffer by pressing down all your control buttons.

There really was something special in playing MK huddled to the same keyboard, other using the numpad keys, the other QAZ configuration.
Posted April 11, 2020
It doesn't need a controller. Works perfectly fine with a keyboard.
Posted April 11, 2020
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TheMonkofDestiny: Honestly, though it may be a controversial opinion to have, they don't need a remaster. They already got a reboot in the form of MK9. The only thing we don't have is WB/Netherrealm giving two poops about releasing a version of it without DRM.
They play nothing alike though.
And we won't be seeing MK9 here any time soon, if ever, and not because of DRM. This game recently got into legal problems and got taken down from Steam. Which is a shame because I was sure that we would see it here eventually otherwise.
Posted April 11, 2020
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Paradoks: They play nothing alike though.
Was there some rule that said reboots needed to? Of course they don't.

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Paradoks: And we won't be seeing MK9 here any time soon, if ever, and not because of DRM. This game recently got into legal problems and got taken down from Steam. Which is a shame because I was sure that we would see it here eventually otherwise.
I'm aware of the issues, that also doesn't mean they'll just let it be the end of it either and, I won't say when because I'm not an optimist by nature, if they work things out it'll go right back to the reality of them not giving a damn about a non-DRM release.

The forecast in Hell is wild though. One day it's an approximation of a million sweltering nerd armpits, the next it's frozen over and games like Dishonored are here on GOG's storefront so as Jim Morrison once said to Wayne Campbell, "keep the faith, my friend".
Posted April 12, 2020
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TheMonkofDestiny: Was there some rule that said reboots needed to? Of course they don't.
Reboots - no, remakes should. And I really wouldn't mind having both.

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TheMonkofDestiny: I'm aware of the issues, that also doesn't mean they'll just let it be the end of it either and, I won't say when because I'm not an optimist by nature, if they work things out it'll go right back to the reality of them not giving a damn about a non-DRM release.

The forecast in Hell is wild though. One day it's an approximation of a million sweltering nerd armpits, the next it's frozen over and games like Dishonored are here on GOG's storefront so as Jim Morrison once said to Wayne Campbell, "keep the faith, my friend".
Mortal Kombat wasn't particularly heavily DRMed before MK11 (or Injustice 2 if we are talking about NRS games in general). As I said in another thread - I expect Injustice 1 to show up here eventually, even if that may take a few years.
Post edited April 12, 2020 by Paradoks
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