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Mortal Kombat Trilogy
2D Conventional Gameplay
Midway
Tags
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ultra_violence
Mortal Kombat Series
Release Dates

Playstation
9/1/1996

Nintendo 64
10/31/1996

Saturn
8/31/1997

R-Zone
1997

Windows
1997

LCD
1997

Game.com
1/1/1998

PlayStation 4
10/30/2025 Mortal Kombat Legacy Collection
Compilation release. PlayStation version.

PlayStation 5
10/30/2025 Mortal Kombat Legacy Collection
Compilation release. PlayStation version.

Switch
10/30/2025 Mortal Kombat Legacy Collection
Compilation release. PlayStation version.

Switch 2
10/30/2025 Mortal Kombat Legacy Collection
Compilation release. PlayStation version.

Windows
10/30/2025 Mortal Kombat Legacy Collection
Compilation release. PlayStation version.

Xbox One
10/30/2025 Mortal Kombat Legacy Collection
Compilation release. PlayStation version.

Xbox Series X
10/30/2025 Mortal Kombat Legacy Collection
Compilation release. PlayStation version.
Fighters
Chameleon
Hidden Character Playstation
Available only in Playstation, Saturn, and Windows versions.
Digitized Actor John Turk
Ermac
Playable Character Playstation
Hidden, unlockable character in Game.com version.
Digitized Actor John Turk
Goro
Playable Character Playstation
Available only in Playstation, Saturn, and Windows versions.
Jade
Playable Character Playstation
Unavailable in R-Zone and Tiger LCD versions.
Digitized Actor Becky Gable
Jax
Playable Character Playstation
Unavailable in R-Zone, Game.com, and Tiger LCD versions.
Digitized Actor John Parrish
Voice Actor Ed Boon
Johnny Cage
Playable Character Playstation
Unavailable in R-Zone, Game.com, and Tiger LCD versions.
Digitized Actor (Worldwide) Chris Alexander
Kabal
Playable Character Playstation
Unavailable in R-Zone, Game.com, and Tiger LCD versions.
Digitized Actor Rich Divizio
Kano
Playable Character Playstation
Unavailable in R-Zone, Game.com, and Tiger LCD versions.
Digitized Actor Rich Divizio
Kintaro
Playable Character Playstation
Unavailable in Game.com and Nintendo 64 versions. Available but non-playable in R-Zone and Tiger LCD versions.
Kung Lao
Playable Character Playstation
Unavailable in R-Zone, Game.com, and Tiger LCD versions.
Digitized Actor (Worldwide) Anthony Marquez
Liu Kang
Playable Character Playstation
Unavailable in R-Zone, Game.com, and Tiger LCD versions.
Digitized Actor Eddie Wong
Voice Actor Ed Boon
Motaro
Playable Character Playstation
Unlockable character in Nintendo 64 version. Unavailable in R-Zone and Tiger LCD versions. Initially playable in all other versions he appears in.
Nightwolf
Playable Character Playstation
Unavailable in R-Zone and Tiger LCD versions.
Digitized Actor Sal DiVita
Noob Saibot
Playable Character Playstation
Hidden, unlockable character in Game.com version. Unavailable in R-Zone and Tiger LCD versions.
Digitized Actor John Turk
Rain
Playable Character Playstation
Unavailable in R-Zone and Tiger LCD version.
Digitized Actor John Turk
Reptile
Playable Character Playstation
Unavailable in R-Zone and Tiger LCD versions.
Digitized Actor John Turk
Scorpion
Playable Character Playstation
Unavailable in R-Zone, Game.com, and Tiger LCD versions.
Digitized Actor John Turk
Voice Actor Ed Boon
Shang Tsung
Playable Character Playstation
Unavailable in R-Zone, Game.com, and Tiger LCD versions.
Digitized Actor John Turk
Shao Kahn
Playable Character Playstation
Unlockable character in Nintendo 64 version. Available but unplayable in R-Zone and Tiger LCD versions. Initially playable in all other versions he appears in.
Digitized Actor Brian Glynn
Voice Actor Steve Ritchie
Sheeva
Playable Character Playstation
Unavailable in R-Zone, Game.com, and Tiger LCD versions.
Sindel
Playable Character Playstation
Unavailable in R-Zone, Game.com, and Tiger LCD versions.
Digitized Actor Lia Montelongo
Smoke
Playable Character Playstation
Unavailable in R-Zone, Game.com, and Tiger LCD versions. Unlockable character in Nintendo 64 version; initially playable in all other versions he appears in.
Digitized Actor John Turk
Voice Actor Ed Boon
Smoke (Cyborg)
Playable Character Playstation
Unavailable in R-Zone, Game.com, and Tiger LCD versions.
Digitized Actor Sal DiVita
Stryker
Playable Character Playstation
Unavailable in R-Zone, Game.com, and Tiger LCD versions.
Digitized Actor (Worldwide) Michael O'Brien
Sub-Zero (II)
Playable Character Playstation
Available only in Playstation, Saturn, and Windows versions.
Digitized Actor John Turk
In lieu of Daniel Pesina (Johnny Cage's actor) fallout, the Mortal Kombat cabinet Liu Kang drops in game is missing one character who appears on it in real life.
Mortal Kombat 3
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
Mortal Kombat Vs. DC Universe
Johnny Cage
Liu Kang
One of the many player rumors about MK2 that was actually true was the random chance for Johnny to perform his Shadow Kick with red shadows, instead of green. Though the exact science behind it was never deduced in that game, both the red shadow kick and red shadow uppercut would become regular special moves in Mortal Kombat Trilogy.
Mortal Kombat 2
Johnny Cage
In the instruction manual for the Nintendo 64 version of Mortal Kombat Trilogy, Rain was given a completely different backstory:


"Rain is an assassin working freelance. He was once a member of the Lin Kuei along with Sub-Zero, but left the clan under mysterious circumstances. Years later, Rain is found working for Shao Kahn as an assassin in the Outworld. Born a human, he finds himself questioning his loyalty towards Kahn after watching the invasion of Earth."


Rain's story changed significantly for the actual game. Furthermore, since this basic story (albeit with the Black Dragon instead of Kahn's forces) was later given to the character of Tremor in the spinoff game Special Forces, coupled with the odd appearance of a brown/tan clothed "ninja" in the manual (Tremor's colors), it is rumored that Tremor was at one point supposed to appear in the game.
Rain