No love for MK gold?

MK9
MK4/Gold
Deception(Unchained)
MKT
UMK3
Deadly Alliance
MK2
MK1
MK3
Armageddon
MK vs DC

Gameplay wise
UMK3
MK2
DA
MKD
MK1
MK9
MKA
MK4

MK 2
MK Trilogy
MK 9
MK 1
MK Deception
MK Gold/4
MK DA
MK A MK DC

Mortal Kombat (2011)
Mortal Kombat 2
Mortal Kombat Trilogy/Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
Mortal Kombat Deception
Mortal Kombat 4
Mortal Kombat 1
Mortal Kombat 3
Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance
Mortal Kombat vs DC
Mortal Kombat Armageddon

MK2
MK: Deception
MK 2011
MK3
UMK3/Trilogy
MK: Deadly Alliance
MK4/Gold
MK1
MKvDC
MK: Armageddon

MK9
UMK3/MK3
MKSM
MK2
MKD
MKDA
MK1
MK4/MKG
MKA
MKvsDC

Strictly gameplay wise(not extra content/side modes/story):

MK9
UMK3
MK2
MK4/MKGold
MK1
MK vs DC
MK Deception
MK Deadly Alliance
MK Armageddon

Sorry never played MK Gold was that just an updated port of MK4?

Yeah it was the ultimate version of 4 for the Sega Dreamcast.

Deception
Armageddon
Shaolin Monks
2011
DA
2
1
vs DC
3

MK2
MK1
UMK3
MK3
MK 2011
MK4

MK Shaolin Monks
MK9

Best:
Mk 1
mk2
Mk3
umk3
mk9

Worst:
anything not trilogy

MKII
UMK3
MK9
MKI



I don't consider any of the later entry's worthy.

MK9
Deception
Armageddon (Kharacter creation put this up higher than MK3)
MK3
MK (points for being the OG)
Deadly Alliance
MK4 (I missed out on this one unfortunately, so I put it in place of Mythologies)
MKII (played it after MK3 and it felt so empty)
vsDC (never played it, never wanted to honestly)

Mortal Kombat 2011
Mortal Kombat vs DC - Hear me out, the concept was shit but damn it if the fighting wasn't solid and was what brought MK to the exceptional combat system in MK2011. And you know, without this game we probably wouldn't have a new Mortal Kombat game coming out this year.
Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance
Mortal Kombat 3
Mortal Kombat Deception
Mortal Kombat 4
Mortal Kombat 2
Mortal Kombat
Mortal Kombat Trilogy
Mortal Kombat Armageddon (Fuuuuck you Armageddon!)

In terms of personal preference and biased opinion:

MKDA
MKD/MKA (equally good, and very similar mechanics. Slight edge to MKD for having chess mode)
MK9
<<< MKSM <<< goes here if you include it.
MKvsDC
MK1
MK2
MK3

Never played 4/Gold or MKMSZ unfortunately. 2 and 3 bug me for being too difficult even on easy, and not allowing enough time to execute fatality inputs, hence ehy they are at the bottom of the list, but i still love them all.

MK9
MK2
MK Deception (loved the conquest mode)
MK1
MK DA
MK SM
MK4/gold (really hasn't aged well)
MK Mythologies
MK3/trilogy (fatalities let this game down)
MK Armagedon (very poor, create a fatality, 2 legged motaro!)
MK vs DC
Really looking forward to MKX though!

MK9 - 9/10
Great roster, great gameplay, good enough story mode.

Deception/Unchained - 9/10
Good enough roster, great gameplay, great konquest.

MK2 - 9/10
Great roster, great gameplay, great atmosphere.

Deadly Alliance/Tournament Edition - 8/10
Good enough roster, great gameplay, good enough konquest.

Shaolin Monks - 8/10
Great gameplay, good enough versus roster, great atmosphere.

MK1 - 8/10
THE roster, good enough gameplay, great atmosphere.

MK4/Gold - 7.5/10
Good enough roster, good enough gameplay, great atmosphere.

The three MK3s - 7/10
Great roster (through expansions), good enough gameplay (not a fan of the run button), odd atmosphere.

Armageddon - 7/10
Definitive roster, good enough gameplay, good enough konquest.

MKvDC - 6.5/10
Meh roster, great gameplay, not enough replay value.

Mythologies - 5.5/10
Great story, not so great gameplay (especially platforming), great atmosphere.

Special Forces - 1/10
Good: Jax
Bad: Unremarkable villains
Ugly: The game

Personal opinion of course & have been playing them since the MK1 days of 92/93:

1- MK2 = MK Trilogy

2- MK9

3- UMK3

4- MK Deception / Shaolin Monks (If we were counting spin offs.)

5- MK4/Gold (MK Mythologies Sub Zero)

6- MK (Still have my Snes collection of 1,2,3, U3)

7- MK Deadly Alliance (Did like the combo style strings)

8- MK Armageddon

9- MK3

10- MK vs DC / Special Forces

Mortal Kombat (2011)
Mortal Kombat II
Mortal Kombat Deception
Mortal Kombat Trilogy
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
Mortal Kombat 3
Mortal Kombat 1
Mortal Kombat Armageddon
Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance
Mortal Kombat 4
Mortal Kombat vs DC

From best-to-worst:

MK 9
MK Deception
UMK 3
MK 2
MK Deadly Alliance
MK Armageddon
MK 3
MK Gold
MK 4
MK 1
MK vs DC Universe
MK Trilogy

I hate Trilogy. It’s my least favorite version of MK 3. It’s a broken, unbalanced mess with crap finishers and bad load times (on the PS1 obviously). When I get the MK 3 itch I play UMK 3 instead.

Mortal Kombat: Deception

Mortal Kombat 9

Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3

Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks

Mortal Kombat: Armageddon

Mortal Kombat 3

Mortal Kombat 1

Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance

Mortal Kombat 2

Mortal Kombat 4