

While many games were patched by their developers to use Steamworks instead, MKAK was already essentially abandoned by WB Games, and was never patched.

After doing some research, I found that the problem was that Arcade Kollection requires Games for Windows Live, which Microsoft had ended up abandoning. It said "Press Enter" - but completely ignored when I pressed Enter. What ended up happening was that the game hung at the title screen. So, that night, while waiting for friends to be ready to play Team Fortress 2, I plugged in my USB gamepad and launched MKAK for some classic MK action! That was the plan, any way. Of course, I had played for several minutes on UMK3 before realizing, "Hey, I could be playing this at home." I have Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection for both Xbox 360 and Steam, but my Xbox 360 is currently packed away. While there, I noticed that for the first time they not only had Mortal Kombat II, but the original Mortal Kombat and Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 as well. This past weekend, I went to the Houston Arcade Expo for my annual classic arcade gaming fix. It really is a shame that Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection has been more or less abandoned on Steam/PC.
