Mortal Kombat 1+2+3

Now that these ports are part of the GOG preservation - they run a lot better! Sadly, the 4 stars is you cannot plug a controller, & play outright. Other than that, I sure hope GOG can fix this in the future or maybe we'll get the remastered versions later this year.

I've played all three Mortal Kombat games in this bundle and I'll say that they're good offerings. They're based on the DOS versions of Mortal Kombat that came out back in the 90s so if you have memories of that, you're definitely in the right place. There are specific commands that you should seek out for these DOS versions in order to know what the default key assignments are and how to get into the game's menu for things like dip switches, unlimited credits, etc. (at least a few reviews on this site point the way as to what those keys are). You're also able to map keyboard keys in DOSBox to a controller that you have plugged into your computer so there's that. Now, once you have the controls setup to your liking, you're playing Mortal Kombat! MK1 plays responsively and is... as you might remember it, with all of its fun and quirks. MK 2 is much the same story and I've even been told that its one of the more forgiving home ports of the game. MK3 plays like a dream and is close to the arcade having CD quality soundtrack instead of MIDI this time. Overall a good bargain but just keeping in mind that key binding or rebinding in DOSBox is recommended.

In MK1 and MK2 you can set up the keys on your controller and play if you follow instructions on gog support page, but in UMK3 the character keeps jumping backwards all the time, keys don't respond to what you push and it seems like someone else is pushing the buttons simultaneously when you're doing it. I bought this release mainly for UMK3 so I give 2 stars because of that

The control don't work on. Just flips out and move without any command.

The game is great but need more work to be good , this Dos PC version are amazing , but is not running well in original grafics setup and controls compatible . To fix aspect ratio and use Desk resolution go to the game install folder and run "DosBoxMortalKombat.config" using note , in [sdl] menu insert "0x0" in "fullresolution" , so "fullresolution=0x0", in the next line "output" chose "ddraw" like this "output=ddraw"