Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection

Warnings

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

Mortal Kombat
Mortal Kombat	1992
Mortal Kombat II	1993
Mortal Kombat 3	1995
Mortal Kombat Trilogy	1996
Mortal Kombat 4	1997
Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection	2012
Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition	2013
Mortal Kombat X	2015
Mortal Kombat 11	2019

Key points

Locked resolution to 1280x720 and no graphics options.

General information

Mortal Kombat Wiki

Steam Community Discussions

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Amazon.com
GamersGate
Green Man Gaming

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

Essential improvements[edit]

Patches[edit]

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[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

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

Save game data location[edit]

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

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings[edit]

General options.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Locked to 1280x720.
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[edit]

Use ENBSeries^[1]

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 settings[edit]

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

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio settings[edit]

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

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
Italian
German
Spanish

Network[edit]

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

Multiplayer types

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

Issues fixed[edit]

Game crashing/unresponsive/will not load[edit]

Update Games for Windows - LIVE Redistributable^[3]

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[edit]

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[edit]

API[edit]

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Play without Games for Windows - LIVE[edit]

Play without GFWL^[4]

Download the replacement xlive.dll.
Extract into <path-to-game>\Binaries\Win32

System requirements[edit]

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: SSA activation, supports local profiles.
↑ When running this game without Administrator elevation, activity in %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%, and %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore\ (more details).
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/205350/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (205350) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

[1] Games for Windows - LIVE DRM features: SSA activation, supports local profiles.

[gamedir-2] When running this game without Administrator elevation, activity in %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%, and %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore\ (more details).

[Proton_path_note-3] 3.0 ^3.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/205350/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (205350) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

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

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

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

[7] Launch easily MKAK without having GFWL(EDIT: now is too easy with GFWL) :: Mortal Kombat Kollection General Discussions

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[Note 2]

[Note 3]

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Developers

	Other Ocean Interactive
Publishers
	Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Engines
	Unreal Engine 3
Release dates
Windows	February 1, 2012