I disagree UMK3 is my personal favorite. MK2 WAS my favorite for YEARS, but recently I've been playing all MK games quite a bit, and UMK3 is a GREAT game.
My personal rank (of the ones I play on my machine)
1. UMK3 arcade
2. MK2 Arcade
3. MK Trilogy PS1
4. MK arcade
5. MK 4 N64
6. MK3 arcade
(The ports for Genesis and SNES I have, but dont really play, they are inferior to the arcade versions).
Opinion: No reason to play UMK3 if you have MKT on your machine unless you never use the extra characters or hate the aggressor bar.
MKGold on Dreamcast is superior to MK4 on N64. Polygon count was reduced for the N64, and the DC version adds more characters (and backgrounds) . Even the PC and PSX version have the FMV adds making the N64 port the most gimped.
I disagree. MK Trilogy IS a good "greatest hits" type of game, hence why I rated it pretty high, but it's still not better than UMK3 imo. Why? For one, UMK3 is an arcade game while trilogy is a PS1 game. Arcade games have superior graphics and gameplay, plus no load times (like with PS1). It's just a more authentic MK experience imo.
On top of that, I would add that UMK3 IS the third game (or adventure, story, etc). While Trilogy is a "greatest hits" like I said before. So it's just a different game experience imo.
I'm not bashing Trilogy, it's one of the best MK games I've ever played, but UMK3 IS the BEST game imo. Better roster than MK2, better graphics as well. Which MK2 is a classic, but UMK3 is perfect imo.
My machine wont run Dreamcast unfortunately. N64, PS1, and Sega Model 2 are the "newest" systems on my machine. But I'll take your word on the Dreamcast MK game, 👍