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Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection

Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection is a retro fighting-game compilation developed by Digital Eclipse and published by Warner Bros. Games, released on October 30, 2025 for Windows, PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One and Series X/S, and Nintendo Switch and Switch 2. The set gathers the arcade originals of the classic 1990s Mortal Kombat games together with their period home-console ports, presenting the era that built the franchise with arcade-accurate emulation and an archival layer of preservation extras. Players get the original one-on-one kombat formula that defined the series: traded fireballs, jumps and uppercuts, a dedicated Block button, hidden fighters unlocked through secret match conditions, and the finishing moves that made the games infamous. Online and local multiplayer let the same matchups that filled arcades be played again with modern convenience, while the museum-style content documents how the originals were built and marketed. For fighting-game fans the Kollection is both a playable history of Mortal Kombat and a reference archive of the era before the series moved into 3D.

• Five-Button Kombat Layout - Every fighter is built on the classic control scheme of Front Punch, Back Punch, Front Kick, Back Kick and a dedicated Block button, the layout that gave Mortal Kombat its distinctive defensive, read-heavy exchanges against Street Fighter's six-button attack model.
• Classic Arcade Roster and Hidden Fighters - The arcade-era casts from the original games through the Ultimate revisions are playable, including the hidden opponents unlocked by meeting secret match conditions such as double Flawless Victories or a no-block run.
• Finishing Moves - The series' signature match-enders, from the original Fatalities through the later Friendships, Babalities, Animalities and Brutalities, are preserved exactly as they appeared in the arcade revisions and their home versions.
• Round, Time and Match Structure - Best-of-three round matches with a timer, chip damage, uppercut juggles, and the sweep, jump-kick and projectile options that produced the era's zoning and rushdown playstyles.
• Run Button and Dial-A-Combo Combat - The later arcade revisions add the Run button and combo-cancel routing that let fighters chain together scripted string combos, changing the pace from the older, slower neutral game.
• Kombat Kodes and Secret Inputs - The hidden code system from the later arcade games returns for entering secret modifiers and stage changes, alongside the franchise's culture of undocumented inputs and easter eggs.
• Arcade-Accurate Emulation and Home Ports - Digital Eclipse's emulation of the original arcade boards is paired with the period home-console conversions, letting players compare how each game was ported to 1990s hardware.
• Online and Local Multiplayer - The compiled games support local versus play and online matches, so the arcade matchups can be replayed with modern netcode and menu convenience.
• Preservation Extras - An archival layer of museum-style content accompanies the games, documenting the development, promotion and cultural footprint of the era for players and researchers.