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Mortal Kombat

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Mortal Kombat
Mortal Kombat cover
Developers
Midway Games
Publishers
Retail Acclaim Entertainment
Digital Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Release dates
DOS 1993
Windows (DOSBox) February 12, 2015[1]
macOS (OS X) (DOSBox) February 12, 2015[1]
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Side view
Controls Direct control
Genres Fighting
Series Mortal Kombat
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Mortal Kombat is a singleplayer and multiplayer side view fighting game in the Mortal Kombat series.

General information

The Options menu can be accessed by pressing F10.
Exit the game by pressing Alt+Q.
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Prompts for answers from manual, code wheel, etc.
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Manual check in floppy version, CD check in CD version.
DOS
GOG.com
DRM-free
Includes Mortal Kombat 2 and Mortal Kombat 3. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.[2]
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS
Windows <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]
macOS (OS X) <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
DOS
Windows <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]
macOS (OS X) <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy

Video

Graphics settings.
Graphics settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
For DOSBox toggle with Alt+ Enter (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
60 FPS
70 FPS max.[3]
120+ FPS

Input

Player input settings.
Player input settings.
Keyboard rebinding menu.
Keyboard rebinding menu.

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse is not used in-game.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
A player must be assigned to use a joystick first by pressing F10.
This does not need to be repeated.
Controller remapping
For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
PlayStation controllers
Generic/other controllers
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M
Use "Joystick + Keys" option.

Audio

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Audio can only be enabled or disabled.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
2 Shared-screen.
LAN play
Online play

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes VGA

System requirements

DOS
Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU) Intel 386
System memory (RAM) 4 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 6 MB
Video card (GPU) VGA
512 KB of VRAM
Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10
Processor (CPU) 1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 7 compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core Duo 2 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) 64 MB of VRAM


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Release: Mortal Kombat 1+2+3 ● GOG.com (retrieved)
  2. List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on 17 May 2023
  3. Verified by User:Cptmold on 2020-03-15
    Observed with RivaTuner Statistics Server in DOSBox.