Mortal Kombat Trilogy has finally been digitally re-released on GOG.com, ready to play on modern Windows PCs, with support for modern gamepad controllers, and the original PlayStation version's long loading times annoyance is also non-existent. Its 'launch' discount is 10% off, A$20.69 (was A$22.95), however, "if you already own previous games from the series, the same discount will rise to 20%" (~A$18.36), when purchasing Mortal Kombat Trilogy (source: GOG News post).
Mortal Kombat Trilogy, a legendary fighting game, is the new gem in GOG’s kollection of klassics. The release of MK Trilogy highlights the 30th anniversary of Mortal Kombat première in 1992 and is the next step of GOG’s kontinuing efforts to restore klassic games and bring them to the new generations of gamers around the world under the Good Old Games initiative.
Mortal Kombat Trilogy, released originally by Midway in 1996, is the second and final update to Mortal Kombat 3. It features kharacters and stages restored from MK 1 and MK 2 as well as the “Aggressor” bar and new finishing moves. The release was possible thanks to the efforts made by GOG Team, who worked with Warner Bros to make it accessible for modern platforms.
source: Blue's News
Further reading
- Finish him! Experience the classic Mortal Kombat games once more - blog article / retrospective on the Mortal Kombat franchise
- Mortal Kombat Trilogy page on Wikipedia
- Mortal Kombat Trilogy entry on MobyGames
GOG's Classic Twist promo sale also has discounts of up to 85% off on 68 'timeless classic' games, including: Emperor of the Fading Suns (-40%), Singularity (-75%) (NOTE: its Steam listing is not available for Australian region Steam users??), TimeShift (-50%), Jagged Alliance 2: Wildfire (-75%), Pharoah + Cleopatra (-50%), Septerra Core (-69%), Submarine Titans (-80%), Outwars (-50%), Hexplore (-50%), Knights and Merchants: The Peasants Rebellion (-69%), Epic Pinball: The Complete Collection (-80%), Warcraft I & II Bundle (-20%), Warlords I + II (-40%), Warlords III: Darklords Rising (-40%), many of the Sierra adventure games e.g. Space Quest series (-67%), King's Quest series (-50%), Police Quest series (-35%), Gabriel Knight series (-35%), Phantasmagoria series (-35%) … and a bunch more.
- Promo sale event ends on Tuesday August 23rd 8:00AM AEST.
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