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Buy Ultimate MK3 and a working Genesis instead. This is coming from a MK fan

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: May 30, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I've heard that the Playstation version is better, but who wants to put up with "DISC LOADING" messages in the middle of trying to execute a move in Mortal Kombat? That should be unacceptable to gamers, especially those in love with the fighting genre.

But with that aside, the N64 version is no prize, either. Another reviewer said that this game is just like Mortal Kombat 3, but in actuality this game IS Mortal Kombat 3 (just with a few extra stage settings ripped from previous MK games). I have Ultimate MK3 for the Genesis, and I need to tell you people this: It's better than this N64 version, especially because it has the tight controls that the N64 version lacks. Neither the N64 joystick nor the control pad gives you the precise control the Genesis 6-button controller offered. Its these kinds of rehashes that sunk the N64. Overall, the N64 was known for its choppy-ass 3D graphics and 2D franchise rehashes/revivals such as MK Trilogy and Mischief Makers. 'Nuff said.

1.5 stars

Trilogy??? Wheres the rest of them??? This is more like MK3!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 20, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This version of the trilogy absolutly stunk to high heaven. What the hell happend??? I first brought the MK Trilogy on PC. But after I upgraded to Windows 98 the game would not install anymore, it only worked on Win 95. So I saw the playstaion version, but I never liked the PS and I saw that it was exactly the same as the PC version.. so I figured the N64 version would be just the same.... wrong!!!! There is about 20 charactors missing from the 64 version for some unknown reason. They could well have included them but for some reason this game is more like Mortal Kombat 3 with a few extra charactors.

I hope the PC version gets re-released some day. Or maybe i'll just get a PS version Rom, because MK trilogy is the best MK game ever... just not on the 64.

Bigger, better, yet not complete...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 17, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Okay, so I'm six years too late in reviewing this game, but what the hey: I just recently picked it up really cheap, just to see what it was like since I'm a huge Mortal Kombat fan. Bottom line? It's better than I expected, but not by much.

I've bought around 16 Nintendo 64 games, and not once have I complained about the cartridge format: until now. It served me well through GoldenEye, Perfect Dark, Banjo-Kazooie, Battle for Naboo, and even through Resident Evil 2. Yes the video sequences in that game were highly compressed, but seeing as how squeezing them all in was a miracle by itself, I have no complaints. It's too bad Williams didn't try any similiar compression techniques for MKT. The game feels woefully incomplete, especially when compared to the PSX version. A couple of characters were sacrificed, including Goro, Kintaro, the unmasked Sub-Zero, and classic costume changes for Kano, Raiden, Jax, and a few others. A lot of the classic backgrounds are also missing, noticibly from the original game and Mortal Kombat 2. And then there's the sound, or what tries to pass itself off as sound. While the N64 was capable of Dolby 5.1 Surround by the end of its life span, here it can barely crank out decent mono. Other reviews have said the sound seems canned, muffled, and my personal favourite: like your speakers are set up behind a cement wall. It's all true, every bit of it. If Williams had given the game better sound, I might have been tempted to ease off on it a little.

The gameplay has been carried over from MK3, with a new aggressor meter at the bottom. Thankfully, for the characters that have made it, all their finishing moves are intact, and are still cool to watch. There are also various 2-on-2, 3-on-3, and tournament modes to mess around with. The game does get stale after awhile, but it happens to all fighting games. MKT is good for a few rounds of mayhem whenever you're bored.

I don't regret purchasing MKT, but I wish Williams had taken more time and effort to polish the game, such as reshooting the actors (Brawka in particular feels cut and pasted directly from MKII), and finding a way to cram everything in. MK fans without a PSX should definitely get this. It's not completely satisfying, but it gets the job done.

Mortal Kombat Trilogy ~ N64

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: August 02, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Mortal Kombat Trilogy is a pretty good game for N64. But compared to the Playstation version, it's just a small combination of the past three MK games and nothing more. The graphics are okay, the animation is fair, but the sounds & music are ... poor! It would be better to put the volume on mute while playing it. Plus, the N64's control doesn't quite do well with this sort of game. There are three really cool cheat menu's on this game though. However, for whatever reason, there is NO one-button-fatalities cheat! You have to press a certain combination of buttons on your controller in order to do all the finishing moves. That really...!!!! Plus, every stage uses music from MK3. That gets really annoying after a while.
My advice to MK fans: BUY THIS GAME FOR THE PLAYSTATION! YOU'LL GET YOUR MONEY'S WORTH! On the playstation version of MKT, you get all the characters from all of the MK games, including their own set of moves and fatalities. Plus, there are more cheats, secrets, and even the popular one-button-fatalities cheat is on here!!! All of the stages are here, and the graphics, sounds, music, animation, and controls are excellent!!! Buy this on your Playstation, and avoid the N64 version. ...

not as good as 4

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: February 04, 2005
Author: Amazon User

same as the other one but with a few glaring differences like the graphics stink like a butt on this one.theres a lot of characters in this one.theres robots,cops,martial artists,gods.......really theres only 2 types.1-the kind that get beat down by the computer almost every time and 2-the kind you can win with all the time prettily easily through massive repition.they are lou kang,raiden and the cop.theres some male ballerina looking dude with a lot of flaming balls.......errr i mean fire balls.hes pretty good except for the whole spandex thing.its alright but 4 is way way better.im actualy suprised theyre even from the same system considering 3 looks like a sega master system game.for all you bozos out there the sega master system came out after the intellivision and before the original nintendo.oh yeah,i dont appreciate the guys who made this making shiva a chick when in fact shiva is a very powerful hindu god with enough destructive capacity in his 3rd eye to destroy existence!

There is only one reason to buy this game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: November 13, 1999
Author: Amazon User

That reason is if you need it to complete your collection. Get MK 4, it is much better. MK: Trilogy is too slow, mind-numbing slow, and, did I mention this?, slow. A huge selection of fighters, but who cares? The game is too slow to play. Each characters has about four frames of animation. Yuck, get MK 4.

Oldies mixed into one (LOGO) SMK

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 03, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Wow this game is awesome. It has all of the old characters from MK1 to MK3. I love to play this game but one thing i dislike is why you have to unlock the very bottom characters in N64 but in playstation (WHICH I HATE!) you get all of the characters. It is fun with good non 3-D graphics. You can also change some of the characters suits. I have more reviews on MK things just look for my logo which is SMK at the bottom of each of my reviews to let you no it's me. My logo might be at the top of the review also. OUT!

(LOGO) SMK

nothing can prepare you...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 29, 2006
Author: Amazon User

MORTAL KOMBAT!!! this is the last 2D MK game, and it is freakin' awesome! this game provides intense fast paced action, wicked combos, and awesome fatalities. plus nothing says "in your face" like kicking your friends rear end in mortal kombat, this is a must have for anyone into the N64 games.

If U like MK, This is for you

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 20, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Mortal Kombat Trilogy is an awsome game. the graphics are just like the Arcade, and controls and moves are very easy to master. The only drawback in this game is the sound, which could've used a little work. So If your a MK fan, you should seriously consider buying this awsome game.

MK Overkill

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 27, 2004
Author: Amazon User

When I first heard that a game like MK Trilogy was coming out, I was ecstatic. I had been obsessed with the series since its debut and to hear that so many characters were going to be crammed into one game was music to my ears. I literally couldn't sleep the last week I had to wait for the game to be released. I bought the N64 version initially, because at the time it was the only system I had. I have to say, I still prefer this version over the PSX's, for a few reasons-

1. Larger characters- The characters on the N64 version of the game are noticably bigger (albeit granier) than on the PSX.

2. Super Sub Zero- Most people see the omission of unmasked Subzero as a problem- but the Classic Sub Zero in N64's Trilogy has been given all his moves. So, aside from Unmasked Subzero's lame fatalities, you're not really missing much.

3. Shang Tsung- This is the main reason why I like the N64 rendition over PSX. Shang Tsung has always been my favorite character because of his ability to transform into most of the other fighters found in the game- problem is, there is massive load time when transforming Shang into other characters on PSX, unless you either severely limit his ability to morph or turn it off altogether. With the N64, morphs can be pulled off instantaneously with no load time.

Of course, you can't play as bosses or as classic versions of Rayden, Kano, Jax or Kung Lao on the N64, which I guess is a bit of a minus. And I was never a fan of the MK3 "dial-a-combo" style gameplay used by Trilogy. But my biggest gripe with the game has to do with the incredibly cheap and unfair AI- mainly, the CPU's ability to run long after the run meter's been depleted. But these are pretty minor issues in the long run. I find Mortal Kombat Trilogy for the N64 to be an incredibly fun game- I've had it for 7 years and I still get a kick out of playing it.

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