Mortal Kombat 1+2+3

Here is the gem. Here is what boys palyed amongst Street Fighter series to get inspired into martial arts, boxing, aikido, karate etc. Me, as a teen, was no exception. We played these games originally with Amiga's 500 etc. and arcade cabinet. PC version is more closer to the arcade version, but gotta admit that I love the PC and Amiga versions equally. The playability has not changed a bit nor the athmosphere of the original conflict feel. It is still dirty, mean and fast tournament play which we used to play for days trying to learn the moves and fatalities since there were not that much manuals present and people merely copied the floppies etc. For people: F10 brings up the games configuration menu amongst with choises for controllers and if these would not cut it, which only tells that the DOSBox configuration should be consulted, then Ctr+F1 opens the DosBox own configuration even for the screenshots. Not going to spoil others playing experiences by telling more, all I am going to say: JUST GET IT!

the game works perfectly fine on my pc, only problem i have is in mortal kombat 3 when i want to sellect character it skips to the game too quick. Also the controllers wont work so i will give 4 stars for now.

Timeless, photo-realistic graphics. The best gameplay. The original goriest game that is the reason the ESRB exists. But the Fatalities (and other finishers) are extremely creative too, not just gory for gory's sake. The ai difficulty is tough, but very predictable. The games may be deceptively simple, but learning the moves is only the beginning. The real game is learning the dance of combat, how the a.i. reacts, and how to leverage that behavior to land your attacks successfully while moving at fast speeds. It's a genuine challenge to successfully complete the ladder in just 5 tries. You will not win every time you play, something modern games don't do anymore. This just makes victory, when you achieve it, all the sweeter. (Note: you can activate cheat code for freeplay/unlimited continues). There's secret characters and fights, all sorts of finishers; it's MK at its finest. Only downside is this is original MK3, not Ultimate MK 3. So it is missing a few characters and stages. I am flabbergasted by all the negative reviews complaining about DOS or keyboard controls. Frankly, keyboard controls are the best way to play fighting games. I never liked playing fighting games on controller. The joystick leads to imprecise inputs that make combos needlessly challenging. It's easier to do on keyboard, which you can re-map so that the controls are like their setup in the arcades. For. e.g. I use 'O' for High punch, 'L' for low punch, ' [ ' (bracket) for high kick, ' " ' (quotation mark/apostrophe) for low kick, 'P' for dash/sprint (MK3 only) , and ' ; ' (semi-colon) for block. WASD for movement. This layout is comfortable to use and quite logical. Punch on left, Kick on right, high one row above low, and block/sprint in middle. DOSBox setup: In config, change scaler = "2xsai" works best for MK 1 & 2; set to "none" for 3. MK 1 and 3 use CD quality music, while MK 2 has midi. Use GUS (Gravis Ultrasound) soundcard. Sounds much better than default OPL emulation.

I can set the controls but not start a game no matter what i press, at least i only wasted $2 on it

I love this game and I love to see it still alive thanks to GoG. It's not visually upgraded as MK Kollection is, but great old game nevertheless. Hoping to see MK 4 next, GoG!