Initially publisher Williams Entertainment stated that Johnny Cage would not be included in the game at all due to the dispute with Pesina. 6 Carlos Pesinas original sprites were used for Raidens gameplay, but Sal Divitas image was used for his versus screen picture.

It features a similar basic gameplay system and the same story as Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, but adds characters and stages restored from Mortal Kombat and Mortal Kombat II.

New additions to the game included the Aggressor bar, and a new finishing move called Brutality, a long combination of attacks that ends with the opponent exploding.

The game was met with positive to mixed reviews upon release.

Once the bar is filled, it grants the character fast movement and greater attack damage for a short period of time.

Some were simple edits of existing moves (such as Stryker throwing two grenades instead of one), while others were unused animations never implemented in their intended previous games.

Additionally, Shao Kahn gained a throw and grab-and-punch move, and Motaro gained a proper throw move.

Sub-Zero s famous Spine Rip Fatality reappears in the game but is completely censored, as the screen blacks out with only the Fatality text visible.

This was due to avoid having to re-animate the fatality for this game.

All of the arenas that featured a Stage Fatality are featured in this game, except for the one in the Pit II, for similar reasons to the Spine Rip Fatality.

All of the battle arenas that were featured in MKII, MK3, and UMK3 are available in MKT, but only four backgrounds from the original Mortal Kombat are featured (Courtyard, Goros Lair, the Pit, and the Pit Bottom).

The PC, PlayStation, and Sega Saturn versions lack The Hidden Portal and Noobs Dorfen stages from MK3, while the Nintendo 64 version lacks Kahns Arena and the Bank from MKII and MK3, respectively.

Johnny Cage was also added to the roster, this time portrayed by Chris Alexander (replacing Daniel Pesina, Carlos brother, who was legally at odds with Midway), making him the only character exclusive to this version of the game.

He kept his moves from MKII except for the Split Punch, which was excluded since none of the characters from MK3 UMK3 had graphics for getting hit in the groin.

Bosses Goro, Kintaro, Motaro and Shao Kahn are also playable characters from the start (except for the Nintendo 64 version, where only Motaro and Shao Kahn are included and must be unlocked via a cheat menu).

The PC, PlayStation and Saturn versions also contain alternate versions of Jax, Kung Lao, Kano and Raiden as they appeared in the first two titles.

Contrarily to MKII Raiden and Baraka, these versions of the characters did not get proper running animations and just feature a sped-up version of their walk animation when they try to run.

Most versions have Chameleon, a semi-transparent ninja who rapidly switches between all the other male ninjas (Classic Sub-Zero, Scorpion, Noob Saibot, Human Smoke, Rain, Reptile, and Ermac ) during combat, portrayed by John Turk (who also portrayed unmasked Sub-Zero and Shang Tsung ).

This character is playable by performing a special button combination.

The Nintendo 64 version replaced him with a female character named Khameleon, who switches between the female ninjas instead (Kitana, Mileena, and Jade), portrayed by Becky Gable.

The developers intended to include Tremor (a ninja with a brown suit and earthquake powers, portrayed by John Turk) in the game.

However, this character was scrapped, and appeared later in Mortal Kombat: Special Forces.

Since the PS1 had so much space (CD drive) we decided to include the MK1 and MK2 assets and call it MK Trilogy.

Actually we were busy working on the arcade games and our San Diego team was doing the ports and MK Trilogy.

Initially publisher Williams Entertainment stated that Johnny Cage would not be included in the game at all due to the dispute with Pesina.

Carlos Pesinas original sprites were used for Raidens gameplay, but Sal Divitas image was used for his versus screen picture.

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