Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks is an action-adventure game developed by Midway Games and released in 2005 for the PlayStation 2 (PS2) and Xbox. The game is a spin-off of the popular Mortal Kombat series, focusing on the characters Scorpion and Sub-Zero as they navigate through feudal China. This paper will examine the PS2 version of the game, specifically a highly compressed and fixed exclusive version.