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Mortal Kombat 4

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Mortal Kombat 4
Mortal Kombat 4 cover
Developers
Midway Games
Windows Eurocom
Publishers
Midway Games
Release dates
Windows October 15, 1997
Taxonomy
Genres Fighting
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Key points

Options menu can be accessed any time by pressing F2.
Installer is 16-bit only. Use winevdm to install the game.


General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Pre-packaged with nGlide 2.10.
Windows

Essential improvements

Patches

The latest official patch 3 is available at soggi.org.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\GT Interactive\Mortal Kombat 4\1.00[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy

Video settings

Video settings.
Video settings.

Template:Video settings

Widescreen resolution

Use nGlide[citation needed]
  1. Install nGlide.
  2. Run nGlide from the Start screen/Start menu and change the resolution and other settings.
Set aspect ratio to 4:3 for a letterboxed output or to fit to screen to stretch from 4:3.

Input settings

Keyboard settings.
Keyboard settings.
Joystick/Controller settings.
Joystick/Controller settings.

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
2 Versus
LAN play
Online play

Issues fixed

(GOG.com Release/nGlide) Exception C0000005 at Address 625DFC33

An example of the crash on startup.
An example of the crash on startup.
Configure nGlide to use Vulkan Backend[1]
  1. Ensure that nGlide is up to date. (This step is not necessary for the GOG.com release)
  2. Navigate to <path-to-game>.
  3. Open nglide_config.exe and change Video Backend to Vulkan.
  4. Click Apply then Exit to save changes.

Notes

See the Khronos group website for a list of GPUs that are compatible with Vulkan.
More about the nGlide Vulkan backend and its minimum specifications can be found in the nGlide 2.00 patchnotes.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 5
Software renderer
Resolution is limited to 320x240 in this mode.
Vulkan 1.0 Via nGlide (GOG release).
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Input DirectInput

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 95, 98
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III
AMD Athlon MP
System memory (RAM) 128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 256 MB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 5 compatible

Notes

  1. Applications writing to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details.

References

  1. Verified by User:Cptmold on 2020-03-16
    Tested with the GOG release.