Mortal Kombat Series [Archive]

danielscheil

08-11-2005, 09:35 AM

the german pal version has a low punch when you pull a and b button together at the same time you cah also switch to the six button controller and you have a single button for low punch.

the 32x version of mt 2 is the bet better than the saturn version !

very nice is the mortal kombat intro on the mega cd i love it !

Note ; in german the mortal kombat 1 is cut !
you have no fatalitys so
kano dont pull a heart out ;he takes an apple from his opponent :-)

StRiDA CoL

08-11-2005, 04:01 PM

MK 3 and MK 2 are some of the best fighting games for the Genesis
and any console for that matter

I'M A HUGE MK FAN WHAD DO YA EXPECT

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"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"-Darth Vader :twisted:

Drixxel

08-11-2005, 11:17 PM

Note ; in german the mortal kombat 1 is cut !
you have no fatalitys so
kano dont pull a heart out ;he takes an apple from his opponent :-)

Strange how the censorship review board deemed the pilfering of secret apples from an opponent's rib cage hideaway any less morally twisted than ripping the heart from their chest.

I was wondering, what are the primary differences between Mortal Kombat III and Ultimate Mortal Kombat III? Anything major beside the new/replaced characters?

StRiDA CoL

08-12-2005, 11:23 AM

Thers really nothing different between the games MK 3 and UMK 3
its just mostly all the characters are palette swaps which is real lazy
but hey Scorpion is in it si who cares

Mel

08-12-2005, 12:26 PM

StRiDA CoL

08-12-2005, 06:32 PM

Yeah but the stages are ok

GeckoYamori

08-13-2005, 09:38 AM

I don't like MK1-3, I found the controls pretty bad and the matches were usually determined by who knew the most cheap special moves.

Drixxel

08-16-2005, 03:14 PM

I've been playing quite a bit of MKII lately, both for SNES and Genesis, and overall I actually prefer the SNES pad for the game. Using the shoulder buttons for blocking feels far more natural to me, and the cross d-pad makes a number of fatalities easier to pull off due to the need for accurate direction taps.

..Mind you, the 6-button Genesis pad still absolutely rocks for SFII. Street Fighter II Turbo is awesome and all, but shit, those shoulder buttons really hurt the experience.

16bitter

08-17-2005, 09:06 PM

16bitter

08-17-2005, 09:08 PM

daminmancejin2

08-18-2005, 08:49 AM

i like UMK3 better.

StRiDA CoL

08-18-2005, 10:01 PM

the only reason i like UMK3 is because Scorpion and Reptile are in it. Plus Sub-Zero is masked, he's always looked cool :cool:

j_factor

08-19-2005, 02:56 AM

I've always believed that the SNES had the better controller for MK. It's damned obvious. Yet mags like GF used to act as if it was the SNES pad that "took some getting used to". Bullshit.

The SNES version of MKII kicks the shit out of the Genny version. I don't know how anybody could find a lack of low punch to be okay, yet this wasn't mentioned in most of the mags -- including GF (how shocking).

What do you mean, lack of a low punch?

I quote the manual:

3 BUTTON CONTROLLER:
TO PUNCH (LOW): Press the A BUTTON
TO PUNCH (HIGH): Press Forward or Back + A
(snip)
6 BUTTON CONTROLLER:
TO PUNCH (LOW): Press the A BUTTON
TO PUNCH (HIGH) Press the X BUTTON

Drixxel

08-19-2005, 01:39 PM

I believe what 'lack of low punch' refers to is the lack of a crouching punch. Uppercuts are all you get with Genesis MKII, even with a six-button pad. It makes sense if the controls are set on the 3-button default, what with there being only one button for punch and thus the only way to achieve uppercut mayhem would be to eliminate the crouching punch. Unfortunately, even when set on six-button mode, crouching and punching with either of the punch buttons equals uppercut. Whoopsie.

hadjiquest

08-21-2005, 07:53 PM

Mortal Kombat I

Best with a 6-button joypad.

Still fun to play with a 3-button joypad.

Johnny Cage's ballbreaker move rocks.

Mel

08-22-2005, 01:03 AM

Mortal Kombat I

Best with a 6-button joypad.

Still fun to play with a 3-button joypad.

Johnny Cage's ballbreaker move rocks.

Still makes me cringe....

Cornholio857

11-07-2010, 09:21 PM

Still makes me cringe....

NecroBump!!!

And the ball breaker will be BACK in MK9! I've dusted off my MK Genesis carts and have been playing them quite a bit(Along with VectorMan). I have the the arcade versions but there's just something special about the Genesis Versions........ :cool:

NeoVamp

11-07-2010, 10:16 PM

Did you know that there's a revision of MK1 Genesis where a sound sample plays right as the fatality starts?

I found out a couple days ago when i was trying some roms on my NeoMyth.

Lastcallhall

11-07-2010, 10:41 PM

Happen to know which rev?

Cornholio857

11-07-2010, 11:08 PM

Did you know that there's a revision of MK1 Genesis where a sound sample plays right as the fatality starts?

I found out a couple days ago when i was trying some roms on my NeoMyth.

No idea!!! I'd love to know what Rev it is! :cool:

QuickSciFi

11-07-2010, 11:40 PM

MK II on the Genny FTW!!! Boy did I play the heck out of this title back in the day. I'm not even a fighting game kind of guy, and this was one of my top reasons to purchase my Genny back then. :)

Cornholio857

11-07-2010, 11:44 PM

MK II on the Genny FTW!!! Boy did I play the heck out of this title back in the day. I'm not even a fighting game kind of guy, and this was one of my top reasons to purchase my Genny back in the day. :)

Yes! "Fergality"! :cool:

-RT

11-08-2010, 12:12 AM

I've always believed that the SNES had the better controller for MK. It's damned obvious. Yet mags like GF used to act as if it was the SNES pad that "took some getting used to". Bullshit.

The SNES version of MKII kicks the shit out of the Genny version.Better controls? Yeah, dream on.

SNES version is better only because its port developers weren't such a-holes as Genny's and didn't took out intro, bios, vs screens and endings. Gameplay-wise Genny kicks ass.

Olls

11-08-2010, 01:06 AM

Heh. Reading 16bitter's 2005 posts and it actually looks like something a normal person would write, instead of the drivel he puts up now.

As for the controls: using shoulder buttons is annoying, so my vote goes to the 6-button pad for any fighting game. Especially Street Fighter.

Lastcallhall

11-08-2010, 01:44 AM

"Mortal Kombat, on the Sega Genesis, is the best video game ever."

Mr Smith

11-08-2010, 03:50 AM

"Mortal Kombat, on the Sega Genesis, is the best video game ever."
:o Lies! Mortal Kombat is overhyped and overrated. I find the game very clunky.

Also, this thread has really been revived from the dead. I wasn't even signed up to Sega-16 when this was originally posted.

Darklordrobert

11-08-2010, 07:06 AM

Loved the Mortal Kombat games even though they where far from perfect gameplay wise.
But they were easy to play for me. I couldn't pull off the special moves in Eternal Champions very well but I had no problem with it in Mortal Kombat.
And it was bloody, something that makes it instantly cool for any angsty 12 year old kid....

Cornholio857

11-08-2010, 09:25 AM

:o Lies! Mortal Kombat is overhyped and overrated. I find the game very clunky.

Also, this thread has really been revived from the dead. I wasn't even signed up to Sega-16 when this was originally posted.

Me either. I don't believe in making new threads when one already exists. Which is why I posted about the Genesis MK's here and brought it back to life. :cool:

And again, MK2 FTW!

Why-Disciple

11-08-2010, 09:49 AM

The MK Genesis games were really bad ports. I don't understand why they're so praised. They're still good games, yes, but they really fucked up some of the controls and sprites and such.

mrbigreddog

11-08-2010, 09:55 AM

Well when you're 13 years old in the 90's and that kickass arcade game is now on a home console. And it's fast and has blood. It's a good port. Well of course their are better ports now. But you didn't have anything to compare it to! You couldn't check a direct comparison to the arcade machine unless you had that cabinet in your house!!! They only thing you would compare MK1 on the Genesis to was the SNES version (which was slow and had no blood) So yeah, it was kick ass! But now? Yeah you can get arcade perfect ports, and it's really hard to try and play the Genesis version now.

Why-Disciple

11-08-2010, 09:59 AM

Christuserloeser

11-08-2010, 10:00 AM

Well, at least the music in MK1 and 2 was good:

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mrbigreddog

11-08-2010, 10:39 AM

Whenever I try to praise games like Punisher, I get shot down by people saying it's a bad port. In reality, it's what you're saying, it's better than not having it on console at all. Why am I always on the opposite end of everyone else's opinions? Sigh...

Don't take it too hard little buddy! hehe.... I'll give you this! The Sega CD version sucked! I was expect so much more, and was utterly disappointing!

Darklordrobert

11-08-2010, 11:11 AM

Well, at least the music in MK1 and 2 was good:

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Aaaah, the nostalgia, I haven't heard the Megadrive soundtrack of Mortal Kombat 1 in years....

NeoVamp

11-08-2010, 04:38 PM

Happen to know which rev?

GoodGen calls it "Mortal Kombat (UE) (REV01) [c][!]" (USA-Europe dir)

I wonder what other kinda fixes they implemented..

anyhoo MK1 is a bad port, its way too grainy, the Genesis could have done a much better job.

MKII on the other hand was converted very differently, the backgrounds all look very much like the Arcade,
could have been a great port had they not cut ALL OF THE SOUNDS and ALL OF THE ART,
and some very necessary sprites. (like Cage/Baraka/Kahn's win poses)

Luckily MKII is being fixed.

OldSchool

11-08-2010, 04:46 PM

MK I is useless when you have 2&3.

(imo)

bawkz

11-08-2010, 08:14 PM

Luckily MKII is being fixed.

Que? Is there some group fixing this game up, or something? I was really disappointed with the Genesis port of MK2. (Probably because I grew up on the SNES version, which is now deeply rooted into my brain and an easy trigger to a nostalgia-gasm.)

gamegenie

11-08-2010, 08:21 PM

Well, at least the music in MK1 and 2 was good:

J4PyskgK2XU&fmt=18

was that footage taken from Genesis port? I'm afraid I've never touched the Genesis version of MK1, only the Sega CD version.

and MKII for Genesis which I own was purposely crippled by those Acclaim crooks who wanted to capitalize on the 32X add-on.

thank goodness MK3 was handled through Sculptured like the SNES versions.

Lastcallhall

11-08-2010, 08:35 PM

NeoVamp

11-08-2010, 08:38 PM

Que? Is there some group fixing this game up, or something? I was really disappointed with the Genesis port of MK2. (Probably because I grew up on the SNES version, which is now deeply rooted into my brain and an easy trigger to a nostalgia-gasm.)

Yeah its a romhack called Mortal Kombat II Unlimited,
and its being hacked by a Russian romhacker who goes by the name of Smoke,
He's already released a version which reinserts the cut sound samples and
also makes the three secret combatants playable. (as well as the bosses)
As for the bio's/endings/etc, I've been converting art for him for a while now, which is not an easy task with the limited Genesis color palette.

But here's what you can expect. (all images are true Genesis colors)
(well the originals are, when i put them all together like this and saved to 256 colors its bound to change)

http://img585.imageshack.us/img585/8922/intro20320final.png
All 4 intro's will be added back.

http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/3129/bio.png
All Bio's will be added back.

http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/2875/end2p.png
All Endings will be added back. (both of them)

As for the grey stone background, i never did manage to get the original blueish stone to look right on the Genesis,
it always turned some sort of purple. (like mk3's stone)

sheath

11-08-2010, 09:00 PM

Whenever I try to praise games like Punisher, I get shot down by people saying it's a bad port. In reality, it's what you're saying, it's better than not having it on console at all. Why am I always on the opposite end of everyone else's opinions? Sigh...

The Punisher is a great port, especially compared to Captain America and the Avengers (though I like the Genesis version well enough). If Captain America or GROWL had managed to maintain the arcade level designs and sprites the way The Punisher does I would have been thrilled.

I also consider the Genesis conversion of The Punisher superior to any of the Spiderman/Carnage or Death and Return of Superman games. It's even two player simultaneous! Seriously, what is the problem?

16bitter

11-09-2010, 10:55 AM

Better controls? Yeah, dream on.

SNES version is better only because its port developers weren't such a-holes as Genny's and didn't took out intro, bios, vs screens and endings. Gameplay-wise Genny kicks ass.

Yeah, the version of the game that doesn't even feature crouching punch must be a winner on the gameplay side. After all, you can tell that details mattered to these people.

But then, I can tell that you're the same way.

-RT

11-09-2010, 11:39 AM

Oh yeah, lack of the crouch punch (that is absolute number 1 necessary move in any fighting game in history as we all know) makes game worse than Chester Cheetah. Thank you very much for teaching me this.

16bitter

11-09-2010, 11:56 AM

Oh yeah, lack of the crouch punch (that is absolute number 1 necessary move in any fighting game in history as we all know) makes game worse than Chester Cheetah.

I was comparing it to the superior SNES rev of MKII.

Again, details.

One would think that a game that's a great conversion, and superior to its 16-bit cousin in gameplay, would feature something as rudimentary as all the button inputs from the arcade.

On one hand you rant on about "gameplay", then dismiss any missing gameplay pieces on Genesis as beside the point.

Great narrative.

But it's obvious that the only detail that matters to you is which version had a 'Sega' logo on it.

Lastcallhall

11-09-2010, 11:57 AM

Yeah its a romhack called Mortal Kombat II Unlimited,
and its being hacked by a Russian romhacker who goes by the name of Smoke,
He's already released a version which reinserts the cut sound samples and
also makes the three secret combatants playable. (as well as the bosses)
As for the bio's/endings/etc, I've been converting art for him for a while now, which is not an easy task with the limited Genesis color palette.

But here's what you can expect. (all images are true Genesis colors)
(well the originals are, when i put them all together like this and saved to 256 colors its bound to change)

http://img585.imageshack.us/img585/8922/intro20320final.png
All 4 intro's will be added back.

http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/3129/bio.png
All Bio's will be added back.

http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/2875/end2p.png
All Endings will be added back. (both of them)

As for the grey stone background, i never did manage to get the original blueish stone to look right on the Genesis,
it always turned some sort of purple. (like mk3's stone)

That looks really good. I was watching some videos of the hack online and it looks like a solid effort, unlike most other MK hacks out there (I never understood UMK3T - the gameplay reminds me of Street Fighter II: Rainbow Edition).

-RT

11-09-2010, 12:20 PM

But it's obvious that the only detail that matters to you is which version had a 'Sega' logo on it.As obvious as that the absence of this logo is what matters for you.

16bitter

11-09-2010, 12:25 PM

Heh. Reading 16bitter's 2005 posts and it actually looks like something a normal person would write, instead of the drivel he puts up now.

Hoi polloi, sugartits.

16bitter

11-09-2010, 12:28 PM

As obvious as that the absence of this logo is what matters for you.

When it comes to MKII? You bet.

For me sanity matters more than brand loyalty.

The semantics of a sine qua non.

villahed94

11-09-2010, 05:15 PM

Mk1 has the touch the other lost, like the originality.

mrbigreddog

11-09-2010, 05:19 PM

Mk1 has the touch the other lost, like the originality.

So your saying MK1 is better than MK2 or 3, because it's more original and the rest of the series isn't as original because they are spawns of the first game which was original?? ;):daze:

-RT

11-09-2010, 08:54 PM

When it comes to MKII? You bet.

For me sanity matters more than brand loyalty.

The semantics of a sine qua non.When it comes to everything.

villahed94

11-09-2010, 09:00 PM

So your saying MK1 is better than MK2 or 3, because it's more original and the rest of the series isn't as original because they are spawns of the first game which was original?? ;):daze:
Partially, and because it has a rythmic soudtrack which the other ones lacked.

16bitter

11-10-2010, 07:19 AM

When it comes to everything.

You mean you have a Sega logo on your...yuck!!

-RT

11-10-2010, 07:21 AM

No, I mean that rumors say that there's tattoo on your butt that says "all Nintendo employees have been here"

16bitter

11-10-2010, 07:31 AM

No, I mean that rumors say that there's tattoo on your butt that says "all Nintendo employees have been here"

Well, there you go again, getting things ass-backward.

Both fairies and fanboys live outside reality. Which is the same place where MKII was better on Genesis.

gamegenie

11-10-2010, 09:15 AM

Partially, and because it has a rythmic soudtrack which the other ones lacked.

??

me thinks you haven't played or payed much attention to the two sequels that followed the original because that statement is not true.

Cornholio857

11-10-2010, 10:14 AM

??

me thinks you haven't played or payed much attention to the two sequels that followed the original because that statement is not true.

^ Agree

Yeah, because Mortal Kombat has that certain style of music that I can point out anywhere. The "Dan Forden style" per say. Even the newer MK games follow that style. Now the first MK may have a little more Oriental influence but all of the MK games have that "Dan Forden style".

-RT

11-10-2010, 06:21 PM

Both fairies and fanboys live outside reality. Which is the same place where MKII was better on Genesis.You may continue lie to yourself. But will it change anything?

NeoVamp

11-10-2010, 08:09 PM

I agree that Snes MKII is superior because it offers the (almost) complete package, as to where Genesis MKII was really a bare bones port.
But there's one thing that the Genesis version has that the Snes doesn't (imo) Is that it feels more like the Arcade version gameplay wise.

The Snes game really feels off at times, its like they didn't manage to properly port the Arcade game.

As for the music, i feel that MKII managed to take MK1's creepy oriental music and give it a freaky twist,
which was perfect since the game dumped you in this whole new unknown world.
so the music was a perfect adaptation of MK1's more "normal" music.

MK3 on the other hand.. it totally did not have that creepy oriental "Enter the Dragon meets Big Trouble in Little China" style.
Because to me thats MK, Bruce Lee & Van Damme go to the island of Enter the Dragon and see weird shit.
not Cyborgs and Native Americans fight Caucasian Sub-Zero & The Sand People from Star Wars.

N.Saibot

11-10-2010, 09:27 PM

MK II may look slightly better on the SNES and have some of the details from the arcade,
but there is no really convenient controller for the Nintendo version. AFAIK, if you don't want
to use the poor original controller, you have to buy that big arcade stick. Not that this is a
bad option, but personally I never had a place to put such a thing, I played my video games
always from a chair/couch with no tables between me and the TV. The 6-buttoner for the
Mega Drive is just the best choice in such a situation and enables me to play MK II with no
problems at all.

No low punch when crouching? Give me a brake, no one ever uses this. It's a useless
move, that got deleted by a bug. Big deal.

Also, I like the music and sound effects best on the Mega Drive. And yes, this implies that
I prefer the Mega Drive soundtrack to the arcade. Baffles me as much as you probably.

gamegenie

11-11-2010, 07:53 AM

Fellas don't even argue the MKII SNES vs Genesis port.

It's been pointed out countless times that Acclaim/Probe did a craptastic port for the Genesis in order to sell the 32X version.

the 32X version is the real Genesis version.

NeoVamp

11-11-2010, 07:31 PM

the 32X version is the real Genesis version.

And its still craptastic, still missing sfx and character sprites and.. yes,
mighty probe could not even use this huge 32M cart to fit the damn ending pics in.

Probe is a failure when it comes to memory use!

(though i feel they did a nice job on the Genesis MKII backgrounds,
they could have been grainy but they made sure not to go there.)

Forgotten Sin

11-15-2010, 11:00 AM

I love the MK games. Hell, I have almost all of them for both NES and SNES (Missing UMK3 on both consoles). They're still fun fighting games to play even after being around for so long.

N.Saibot

11-15-2010, 01:18 PM

Exactly, the Mortal Kombat series have the best value, since I've been playing them my
whole life and not going to stop any time soon!

KALuther

11-16-2010, 02:04 AM

I've always believed that the SNES had the better controller for MK. It's damned obvious. Yet mags like GF used to act as if it was the SNES pad that "took some getting used to". Bullshit.

The SNES version of MKII kicks the shit out of the Genny version.

I always liked playing them better on the Genesis. The genesis 6 button turbo controller was better for fighting games in my opinion. I wouldn't say "it's damned obvious" because a lot of people would disagree with you. But to each their own.

Lan-Di

11-16-2010, 02:19 AM

And its still craptastic, still missing sfx and character sprites and.. yes,
mighty probe could not even use this huge 32M cart to fit the damn ending pics in.

Probe is a failure when it comes to memory use!

(though i feel they did a nice job on the Genesis MKII backgrounds,
they could have been grainy but they made sure not to go there.)

You ain't kiddin'

I bought the 32X version brand new, upon it release! I thought I was going to get the Arcade version of the game.. Man, I returned the game the very same day..

I did this previously with the sega cd version of MK1.. :daze:

InfraMan

11-16-2010, 02:31 AM

No low punch when crouching? Give me a brake, no one ever uses this. It's a useless move, that got deleted by a bug. Big deal.

Hey, now... as a Mortal Kombat Expert, you of all people should know that the ducking low punch was vital for those insanely strong corner combos. The corner was a place you really DID NOT want to be in MKII, lol.

Man, I really miss arcades sometimes :(

KnightWarrior

11-16-2010, 02:46 AM

You ain't kiddin'

I bought the 32X version brand new, upon it release! I thought I was going to get the Arcade version of the game.. Man, I returned the game the very same day..

I did this previously with the sega cd version of MK1.. :daze:

I really don't get people...

What do you expect from the 32X, better then the Genny version yes, Close to the Arcade version ..no

Goes the same with MK for the Sega CD

Lan-Di

11-16-2010, 03:17 AM

Well, I expected ALOT from the SEGACD and 32X ports!
Probe could have reprogrammed both games to take advantage of the hardware!
It was powerful hardware, and there was no excuse for it... ;)

Assman

11-17-2010, 01:20 AM

Well, I expected ALOT from the SEGACD and 32X ports!
Probe could have reprogrammed both games to take advantage of the hardware!
It was powerful hardware, and there was no excuse for it... ;)

Exactly. Both games were billed as being immense upgrades over their Genesis counterparts. Do the words BIGGER BETTER LOUDER MEANER mean anything to you? They sure as hell imply a bit more than a (badly misplaced) CD soundtrack and some extra frames of animation, which were the absolute bare minimum they could have implemented to even justify a disc release.

Larger character sprites, correct music placement, blood spurt patterns from the arcade game and a few other minor details that would more closely mimic the presentation of the original (font style, life bars, etc.) could have made just enough of a difference to warrant the incredibly masturbatory wording on the cover of the game. What we got did not.

Similarly, the 32X version was hyped up as a nearly arcade perfect port, even based on the original ads for it (which I still have around here somewhere). Is it too much to ask for such a port to perhaps remove and replace all the crappy Genesis samples and music instead of simply adding samples where they didn't exist before? How about fixing the various body parts that mysteriously disappear after bouncing around a couple times during a fatality?

Nah, we're fuckin' PROBE. Fuck your reasonable standards and expectations.

I can't believe I'm still bitter about this shit. Jeez.

The Coop

11-17-2010, 01:52 AM

MK for the Genesis was a so-so port of a so-so arcade game. It wasn't a good fighting game, and really only had the novelty of digitized characters and fatalities to carry it. MK II in the arcades was noticeably better on all fronts, but the Genesis port was basically a half-assed attempt by a company who spent their lives butchering nearly every port of MK II they did. So much was cut out, and we all know the Genesis could have done better visually and aurally. MK 3 was a step down in the arcades with the goofy mannequin-looking fatality bits, cheap CPU gameplay and dial-a-combo garbage, but MK 3 was the best port of the franchise to the Genesis (IMO). Lots of voice, more accurate music, all the characters, better (though grainy) graphics... it felt the most complete of all the ports (except for the ending pics... or lack thereof.). UMK 3 was then a step back, as there just wasn't enough room to do a really faithful port, and lost a lot due to memory constraints.

So, there are my thoughts on it.

Waterfaller

11-17-2010, 02:00 AM

I remember being so happy when I got the SNES version of MKII. It really felt like I had the arcade in my home. The Genesis version, on the other hand, PLAYED more like the arcade version. It was just faster and smoother than the SNES version.

I also remember being happy when I bought the SNES version of Mortal Kombat 3. I ran to the electronics department at Incredible Universe to be the first kid to get it on the day it came out! ...which I was apparently the ONLY kid. It seemed like everyone was content with the PSOne version lol

Also, fairies are most certainly real.

cabear

11-17-2010, 02:02 AM

i too expected more from the sega cd an 32x ports, especially when the sega cd ads sometimes showed the arcade version as well as the snes screens that were supposed to represent the sega's.

they're lazy ports. Sure the feel may be a little faster but otherwise they're just badly done.

NeoVamp

11-17-2010, 08:15 PM

I really don't get people...

What do you expect from the 32X, better then the Genny version yes, Close to the Arcade version ..no

Goes the same with MK for the Sega CD

Pfff, the 32X could have handled a great Arcade like MKII port,
the only thing that would have been different would have been the resolution.

you're cutting the 32X short, it wasn't something i'd want to play Quake 4 on,
but a simple 2D fighter would have looked great if ported by a proper team who actually knew wtf they were doing.

The Sega CD was limited yes, but not the 32X.

Probe never learned the meaning of the word "Optimizing" a 32M cart and it still looks like a quick fix.
which is exactly what 32X MKII is, a quick buck they made over the backs of Sega MK fans.

Cornholio857

11-17-2010, 10:11 PM

^ Agree. The 32X could have had an excellent port of MK2. But just like the Genesis port, it was half-assed.

villahed94

11-18-2010, 12:42 AM

??

me thinks you haven't played or payed much attention to the two sequels that followed the original because that statement is not true.

I´ve played the other 3 games but i think MK1 is better, also has some symbolic value, because my uncles bought it just the day I was born!

gamegenie

11-18-2010, 03:00 AM

And its still craptastic, still missing sfx and character sprites and.. yes,
mighty probe could not even use this huge 32M cart to fit the damn ending pics in.

Probe is a failure when it comes to memory use!

(though i feel they did a nice job on the Genesis MKII backgrounds,
they could have been grainy but they made sure not to go there.)

my point is that all that was put in the 32X version of MKII could have been done for Genesis.

MK3 is proof that the Genesis could have done a lot better with MKII.

It is the developer to blame nonetheless but it's worth noting.