Mortal Kombat Gold is a 1999 fighting game developed by Eurocom and published by Midway Home Entertainment as a launch title for the Dreamcast. It is an updated version of 1997's Mortal Kombat 4, and was the first Mortal Kombat game to appear on a sixth-generation platform, as well as the only game in the series to be released for the Dreamcast. Critical reaction was mostly average due to the graphics being inferior to the arcade version, the weapons deemed boring or useless, the middling voice acting, and game-breaking bugs and glitches.
Mortal Kombat Gold features the same character roster as Mortal Kombat 4, which includes Liu Kang, Jax Briggs, Sonya Blade, Johnny Cage, Sub-Zero, Reiko, Jarek, Raiden, Tanya, Scorpion, Kai, Reptile, Fujin, Shinnok, Quan Chi, sub-boss Goro, and the secret characters Noob Saibot and Meat. In addition, Gold also features six additional characters, Kitana, Mileena, Cyrax, Kung Lao, Baraka and a secret character Sektor, who were not featured in any version of Mortal Kombat 4 but had been featured in previous installments of the franchise.
Although the game's storyline is much identical to that of Mortal Kombat 4, the official strategy guide for the game misprinted unused bios for the six new returning characters, causing some confusion among fans.
An additional character named Belokk was planned for the game, but was omitted from the finished version due to time constraints. However, Eurocom accidentally sent information about the character to Game Informer, and as a result, six screenshots of him were released to the public, sparking rumors about him being actually accessible somehow.
Mortal Kombat Gold is abandonware and no longer sold or supported by its publishers. Files are archived here for these platforms:
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