Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection

Mortal Kombat
Mortal Kombat	1993
Mortal Kombat II	1994
Mortal Kombat 3	1995
Mortal Kombat Trilogy	1997
Mortal Kombat 4	1998
Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection	2012
Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition	2013
Mortal Kombat X	2015
Mortal Kombat 11	2019
Mortal Kombat 1	2023

Warnings

For Games for Windows - LIVE on Windows 8 or later, install the latest Games for Windows - LIVE software.

Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection is a singleplayer and multiplayer side view fighting game in the Mortal Kombat series.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Amazon.com		Keys only work in the US.
Games for Windows Marketplace (unavailable)		^[1]
Green Man Gaming (unavailable)
GamersGate (unavailable)
Steam (unavailable)

All versions except the Marketplace require Steam and Games for Windows - LIVE DRM^{[Note 1]}

Essential improvements

Patches

A Title Update is available. The game should automatically prompt for the update when using a LIVE profile; the update can also be downloaded manually (extract the contents and run TitleUpdate.msi).

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\MKHDGame\Config^{[Note 2]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/205350/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/205350/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

General options.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Locked to 1280x720. See Widescreen Resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		`Alt`+`↵ Enter` and `F11` toggles between windowed and fullscreen.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Frame rate is capped at 54 FPS.

Widescreen resolution

Use ENBSeries^[2]

Download ENBSeries.
Extract the files into <path-to-game>\BINARIES\WIN32\.
Open enbseries.ini.
Edit these two lines under [ENGINE]:

DisplayWidth=1280
DisplayHeight=1024

Causes graphical issues with in-game selection.

Makes "move list" invisible.

Input

Keyboard bindings.

Controller bindings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		One key per action.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
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

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music and sound effects.
Surround sound		With a 5.1 soundsystem it's playback 5.0, but in mono only
Subtitles		Announcer only.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish

Network

Online features require a Microsoft account (optional for offline play).

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play	2	Two controllers needed.^[3]
LAN play
Online play	2

Issues fixed

Game crashing/unresponsive/will not load

Update Games for Windows - LIVE Redistributable^[4]
Uninstall Microsoft Games for Windows – LIVE Redistributable. Uninstall Microsoft Games for Windows Marketplace. Install the Games for Windows Marketplace Client.

Stuck at "Press Enter" screen

Log into Games for Windows Marketplace client^{[citation needed]}

Open the Games for Windows Marketplace client.
Log into your account.
Start the game.

Notes

A GFWL update may be required. Click okay. If nothing happens, it's because GFWL is waiting for the game to close in order to update. Alt+Tab ↹ out, manually close game and the update should start. Start the game.

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Play without Games for Windows - LIVE

Instructions:^[5]
Download the replacement xlive.dll. Extract into `<path-to-game>\Binaries\Win32`

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Vista	Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	2.0 GHz Single Core	3.0 GHz Dual Core
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	3 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 6200 ATI Radeon 9600 DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 3.0 support	Nvidia GeForce 7900 GS

Notes

↑ Games for Windows - LIVE DRM features: Per-Title activation, supports local profiles.
↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (205350) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Mortal Kombat: Arcade Kollection - Xbox.com - last accessed on 2024-05-11
↑ screen resolution options - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)
↑ https://steamcommunity.com/app/205350/discussions/0/630800446345703556/#c630800446363844400
↑ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=199673860
↑ Launch easily MKAK without having GFWL(EDIT: now is too easy with GFWL) :: Mortal Kombat Kollection General Discussions - last accessed on May 2023

[2] Games for Windows - LIVE DRM features: Per-Title activation, supports local profiles.

[gamedir-3] When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[Proton_path_note-4] 3.0 ^3.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (205350) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[4] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[5] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[6] The app ID (205350) may differ in some cases.

[7] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[8] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] Mortal Kombat: Arcade Kollection - Xbox.com - last accessed on 2024-05-11

[5] screen resolution options - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)

[6] ttps://steamcommunity.com/app/205350/discussions/0/630800446345703556/#c630800446363844400

[7] ttps://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=199673860

[8] Launch easily MKAK without having GFWL(EDIT: now is too easy with GFWL) :: Mortal Kombat Kollection General Discussions - last accessed on May 2023

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Developers

	NetherRealm Studios
	Other Ocean Interactive
	Code Mystics
Publishers
	Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Engines
	Unreal Engine 3
Release dates
Windows	February 1, 2012
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Side view
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Fighting
Series	Mortal Kombat