Revisiting Mortal Kombat 2 on the Super Nintendo

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  • @willr2189
    @willr2189 Рік тому +6

    I was 5 years old when my older cousin introduced me to mortal kombat and I was hooked! The SNES and the arcade is where it all began for me. Until this day I still own my SNES and MK, MK2, MK3, and UMK3 authentic carts in my collection. You’re actually making me get up to turn on the snes and play lol

    • @BushyStallion
      @BushyStallion  Рік тому +5

      Good stuff, the SNES versions were very well done 👍🏼

  • @mauricemason7135
    @mauricemason7135 Рік тому +9

    I had the Sega Genesis port, and suffice to say, I loved it. But then I went to my cousin's crib, Eric Morton (God rest his soul), who had the SNES console & this cartridge... we both got the playing this - - man, I was floored! Everything about the Super Nintendo's port was on point! Comparatively speaking, SNES's was a lot more challenging - - occasionally, both Smoke & Jade would appear before a match... just like the arcade, for Sega's port was not able to do this. Johnny Cage's alternate red joggers (initially, player one uses blue). After a win, both Cage's and Baraka's standing pose images exactly like the arcade. Finally, I felt SNES MK2 gave a dark feel to it for when you finished with a fatality, the screen damn near became very dim. One of my top favorite SNES games of all-tyme!

    • @BushyStallion
      @BushyStallion  Рік тому +1

      That’s awesome, I love your memory of this thanks for sharing 👊🏼

    • @vh9network
      @vh9network Рік тому

      "occasionally, both Smoke & Jade would appear before a match" . Only Reptile made appearances before a match and that was in the first Mortal Kombat game. Smoke and Jade peer out from behind the trees in the Forest stage in MKII on both the Genesis and SNES ports.

    • @Bloodreign1
      @Bloodreign1 Рік тому +1

      @@vh9network No, Jade and Smoke would sometimes appear before the announcer called the round number and fight, and give you a clue on how to get to them. It wasn't often it would happen, but it occasionally would happen.
      12:26, there you go.

  • @JanjoZone
    @JanjoZone Рік тому +15

    There's also a version of MK2 in Shaolin Monks. I'd be interested to see a comparison between that version and the MAT2 version.

  • @ggcade8896
    @ggcade8896 Рік тому +28

    I was always partial to Genesis, but had both consoles. The SNES port of MK2 was WAY better…absolutely killer!

    • @DenkyManner
      @DenkyManner Рік тому

      MK3 shows the Genesis could have handled a far better port of II than what we got. It still wouldn't have been able to replicate the music as well as the SNES (not that the SNES sounds all that much like the arcade either)

    • @letsgetacid
      @letsgetacid Рік тому

      ​@@DenkyManner Probe really did a subpar job on the Genesis version. That said, Matt Furniss' music compositions were pretty damn good (though not arcade perfect by any means).

    • @MrZillas
      @MrZillas Рік тому +3

      I liked the Genesis-version more. There is nothing "killer" in the SNES-version. The spear of Scorpion does not come out of his hand, but behind from his back, which is stupid. In the Genesis-version, the spear comes out of the hand. In the Genesis-version the winning-symbol is the dragon-coin, in SNES-version it's only a yellow dot. In the Genesis-version there are no disturbing chains in the foreground of the acid-map. In the SNES-version these chains disturb, you cant see the players, which sux. In the Genesis-version the trees shut the fuck up, in the SNES-version they growl all the time, which is annoying.

    • @OhioGuy216
      @OhioGuy216 Рік тому +1

      I was always partial to the heavy bass sound of the Genesis, just screamed 90’s attitude lol

    • @wabbit234
      @wabbit234 Рік тому +1

      @@THE_SKiZzLe23 Does your dad work for Nintendo?

  • @rodrigomarcondes5857
    @rodrigomarcondes5857 Рік тому +1

    This port is near and dear to my heart, grew up playing this cart

  • @Overfohd
    @Overfohd Рік тому +2

    l lived in a very small town when this SNES version came out, to get to anything you had to drive around 20 minutes. l was also an only child and my nearest friend was miles away. So one day l just set this on 2 players and practiced moves since no one else was around to play the game with, and l decided to keep going and run up the win counter. l don't remember what number it was, but it was in the hundreds maybe even just 100 and the win counter started glitching and turned rainbow colors. l've never heard anyone else ever mention that about this game.

    • @BushyStallion
      @BushyStallion  Рік тому +4

      I’m not familiar with that either, but you would’ve played pong if you got to 250 matches lol

  • @unseenone1152
    @unseenone1152 Рік тому +4

    The MK I had as a kid on SNES. Best character select music to this day imo. Didn't know any fatalities, did Barack as fatality on accident it was awesome. Still don't know it btw lol.

    • @sternfan75
      @sternfan75 Рік тому

      Stab and lift- back, forward, down, forward, low punch. Head decap- back x3 high punch.

  • @DenkyManner
    @DenkyManner Рік тому +3

    Play the SNES port for half an hour then get you mind blown by the arcade. That said, it really is a remarkable port.

  • @particleman1701
    @particleman1701 Рік тому +11

    I've always wondered why they moved the names under the energy bar in the HUD. It may be due to the lower resolution of the SNES. They drew thicker, more detailed stone borders for the bars to match the arcade, leaving less room for easily readable names at that resolution.

    • @barryschalkwijk9388
      @barryschalkwijk9388 Рік тому +2

      I do know it annoyed the piss out of me lol.

    • @DenkyManner
      @DenkyManner Рік тому +1

      Might be to do with how many sprite layers the SNES could handle. MK3 has the same problem

  • @babybbhead
    @babybbhead Рік тому +1

    Thank you for re-living a childhood nightmare fighting those two 😣

  • @davidbermudez7704
    @davidbermudez7704 Рік тому +1

    In still remember back in 90s reading GamePro magazine and quickly I turned the page to MK II rating and it was a perfect 5.0 for everything.
    Later I got enough money and spent like $70 dollars for MK II at a Electronics store.
    The SNES port is the closet to the Arcade!

  • @kennytheguitarfanatic054
    @kennytheguitarfanatic054 Рік тому +3

    The easiest way to beat Kintaro in seconds .Is get him to go as far the stage can let you walk and get Kintaro against the wall and low punch as fast as you can till you beat him . He will keep bouncing against your low punch and the wall .

  • @rodrigomolinsky
    @rodrigomolinsky Рік тому +3

    Shao Kahn's height is funny. He is almost the same height of normal fighters, just with a big helmet.

  • @jeremyf1901
    @jeremyf1901 Рік тому +4

    The genesis version of MK and MK 2 is nostalgia overload lol. I remember being so young I asked my mom permission to use the blood code. She didn’t care and let me 😂

    • @tubinonyou
      @tubinonyou Рік тому +3

      My babysitter got in trouble for letting me borrow Mortal Kombat for the Sega Genesis. He also blew my dad's stereo speakers within a month of my dad purchasing them using Alice In Chain's Dirt on CD. I don't think they let him continue to babysit for long. But he was pretty damn rad by my estimation.

    • @dirkdiggler4567
      @dirkdiggler4567 Рік тому +2

      I'll never forget the blood code.
      A B A C A B B

  • @Yuzoboy
    @Yuzoboy Рік тому +2

    The Genesis version was less pixelated than the SNES version, which is a major point for me. The music from Matt Furniss was awesome. I think the darker tones on the Genesis made it much more cooler.

  • @DevilsReject765
    @DevilsReject765 10 місяців тому +1

    Nice 🙂🙂 Haven't seen this version in years.

  • @muon-lr5sn
    @muon-lr5sn Рік тому +2

    hey man just downloaded this game due to all the videos you made. i’m playin it on the wii. now hold on, you might be thinking how the fuck? well i downloaded a snes emulator on the wii and i’m using the wii game pad and it really acts like a snes controller. thank you for giving me this experience, i fucking love and watching this game now man

  • @hitmanhatton
    @hitmanhatton Рік тому +1

    this game plus the MK2 Nintendo Power issue took over my life for a while I was obsessed.. I also played the Genesis version a lot... Nintendo had it beat with the controller alone.. but the dark gritty sound of the genesis port was a standout feature and the overall quality was good enough

    • @BushyStallion
      @BushyStallion  Рік тому

      Ahhh Nintendo Power, such a good magazine… I never played the Genesis version more then a handful of times I gotta try it out again soon 👊🏼

  • @Fatal1ty_v2_UK
    @Fatal1ty_v2_UK Рік тому +3

    I'm supprised nobody mentions the P1 colour is wrong for some characters. Cage is red for P2 on the arcade. Same for Jax

    • @The716Show
      @The716Show Рік тому +1

      Idk why but that always bothered me as a kid that Cage’s P1 color is red on the SNES. I was like why he in wrong player color but everyone else is right 😆.

    • @Fatal1ty_v2_UK
      @Fatal1ty_v2_UK Рік тому +1

      My ocd wont allow me to ignor it 😂

    • @The716Show
      @The716Show Рік тому +1

      @@Fatal1ty_v2_UK mine won’t either lol. Sad that’s the only flaw of the game for me 😆. I was gonna say the 5 kredits but you can use a cheat to get the 30.

    • @Fatal1ty_v2_UK
      @Fatal1ty_v2_UK Рік тому +1

      @@The716Show true that! Lol Also annoys me they spell Raiden differently in some versions too Rayden! I get that though as there's a shoot em up called Raiden and they had to change it

    • @The716Show
      @The716Show Рік тому

      @@Fatal1ty_v2_UK lol that use to bug me as well they spelled it Rayden and they even did that for the first 2 movies as well. As a kid I thought it was the ghetto way to spell it 😆.

  • @Oni64
    @Oni64 Рік тому +6

    I Had both versions back in the day. Ironically I liked the creepy music and dark color tone of the genesis, but the snes version was pretty close to the arcade version. The SNES version had a muffled sound quality and the music was a hit or miss, but overall I think its the better version of the game. I never got the chance to play the 32X version tho, I had the 32X but I moved on to the N64.

    • @BushyStallion
      @BushyStallion  Рік тому +1

      Thanks for sharing your experience! I never played the 32X either but it looked pretty good

    • @LarryHazard
      @LarryHazard Рік тому +1

      I grew up with the genesis version and I took MK2 more seriously because of the darker tone of the port, since it had different music and no voices and screams. When I tried the arcade version for the first times I found it corny and weird, but now I'm used to it. I think the Genesis had overall a better artistic style, the opening logo was iconic

    • @yusukeelric
      @yusukeelric Рік тому +1

      the 32x matched the snes animations, with the better sprite work, and added a lot of missing voices from the genesis version. but the music was still the same, altough i do like the genesis version music even if it's not as close to arcade, its pretty good on it's own.

    • @barryschalkwijk9388
      @barryschalkwijk9388 Рік тому +1

      if you played the music over stereo system it was much less muffled. But yeah TV speakers and the SNES soundchip are not a great combo.

  • @Bloodreign1
    @Bloodreign1 Рік тому

    First time I played this was when it came out, at the mall after playing the arcade version, then visiting the Service Merchandise store in the mall. They had an SNES kiosk set up in there, and what the hell was loaded on the kiosk? MK 2 SNES, and boy oh boy was my jaw on the floor once I saw and played it. It was impressive as hell.
    I believe the skeleton says aww boy, probably a sound clip from one of the programmers during arcade play testing, when he got knocked into the acid, and told the other programmer "aww boy" when got beat and dunked into it, and Midway decided to add it to the game.

    • @BushyStallion
      @BushyStallion  Рік тому +2

      Great memory, I loved the SNES version and have some decent memories associated with it also. It’s the first time my Dad saw a Fatality, it was Jax arm rip and he laughed and laughed lol good times 😊

  • @blastoise9169
    @blastoise9169 Рік тому +5

    Fantastic port for its time 👍👍

  • @R3LAPS3productions
    @R3LAPS3productions Рік тому +4

    The FATALITY blood dripped appeared in the acid pit fatality vs kung Lao, but never apperaed dripping during any other fatality?

  • @GuiOmania
    @GuiOmania Рік тому +4

    MK2 Snes and 32x are the only great port of the game the ps1 and saturn are such a shame !!! MK2 Snes was my first snes game and i still play to this day but now of course i play more with my MK30th arcade 1up now !!!

  • @GuiOmania
    @GuiOmania Рік тому +3

    Kintaro on Snes was insanely hard it take me years to beat him i was always use a code to skip him i was able to beat Shao Kahn way easier !!!

  • @barryschalkwijk9388
    @barryschalkwijk9388 Рік тому

    Still remember getting this. Pre-ordered it a game imports store with my buddy. We had to go out there on a thursday evening 15 km's away by public transport to get our copies on release day, 14 years old. And we only got to play it a bit thursday night and friday morning because we had to leave for schoolcamp ther next friday morning. That was the longest week of my life. PS Scorpion says both spear lines in this. All voice samples are there.

    • @BushyStallion
      @BushyStallion  Рік тому +1

      Solid memories and nice attention to detail with Scorpion saying both get over here and come here.. I was impressed with the sound quality of the SNES version. Thanks for sharing 👊🏼

    • @barryschalkwijk9388
      @barryschalkwijk9388 Рік тому +1

      @@BushyStallion i feel like looking at some weird mirror image of myself here haha. You know all the tricks (I must admit i didn' t know the three head trick but i got some infinite scorpion combos you don' t seem to know about so let's talk :-) )

  • @limitlesschoices
    @limitlesschoices Рік тому +1

    I loved hearing toasty. If i remember you hit the select button on the portal stage when he comes out to fight jade.

    • @THEMOVER-rr7cu
      @THEMOVER-rr7cu Рік тому

      No this move has to be dobe for fight Smoke. For fight jade you have to win the round before ? With only low kick, and for fight noob saibot you have to win 50 fights in a row😉

  • @VenusHeadTrap2
    @VenusHeadTrap2 Рік тому

    Your struggle with Kintaro brought me back to how hard he was for me! Thank God for Scorpion's spear or it would have taken me forever to see the ending!

    • @BushyStallion
      @BushyStallion  Рік тому +2

      Kintaro was a beast on every platform, I def had the most trouble with him on the Genesis though using a 3 button controller config.

  • @murrayshekelberg9754
    @murrayshekelberg9754 Рік тому +2

    I remember the year this came out. I had some sort of mystery allergy and was bedridden on all kinds of meds to keep the hives down and avoid any more serious reaction. A good friend of mine would come by with this and we would play for hours taunting one another the whole time. I would knock out and he would hang out and wait or come back the next day. When the first one came out, I traded my Genesis console for the SNES MK which censored out the gore but was still the superior version. I need to load this game up but I usually go to MAME when I want to play the old 90s games.

    • @BushyStallion
      @BushyStallion  Рік тому +1

      It was a great time to be alive… minus the allergies in your case lol nothing beats the arcade version however the SNES came damn close for it’s time

    • @ThaTrulyLo1
      @ThaTrulyLo1 Рік тому

      I hate to be this guy! But the Mk1 version on SNES was no where near the superior version. It was the worst port on any console and any true mk fan and gamer would know this to be a fact! That's the reason those reason they poke at sculptured at the end with no names because of there HORRIBLE dev work. If you traded a whole genesis for that version of the game and I'm sure you had to come off with games also! You got got BIG TIME my friend! As long as you was happy with your decision is all that matters! I GUESS..... Whomp whomp.....

  • @ItalNico
    @ItalNico Рік тому +1

    Great stuff! I rented MK1 for the SNES and it was laughable...the greyed out heart rip from Kano and the "freeze and backfist" by Sub Zero was just silly. Thankfully they came to their senses with MK2.

  • @jerrym1218
    @jerrym1218 Рік тому +1

    The funny thing about beating Shao Kahn in this game both Arcade and SNES versions I just low kick him to death.

  • @dslsct1683
    @dslsct1683 Рік тому

    I had a Super NES but I was introduced to MK2 on the Genesis by my friend. From there I always had it in my head that the Genesis version was the most legit. I tried playing it on my SNES but it wasn't the same. To each their own.

    • @BushyStallion
      @BushyStallion  Рік тому +1

      The Genesis version was awesome also. I should play through that version too. 👊🏼

    • @dslsct1683
      @dslsct1683 Рік тому

      @@BushyStallion that would be awesome!

  • @LandRunProductions
    @LandRunProductions Рік тому +1

    TIL that just spamming Johnny Cage kicks is the bitchmove in any MK2 port.

  • @Tgstheproperenglishman
    @Tgstheproperenglishman Рік тому +2

    Yeah i am kind of a snes guy though i adore both the genesis and the Nintendo 16bit systems!the super Nintendo never seizes to amaze me when it came to arcade ports,and yeah...i forgave it for mk1 a lot time ago😂😂😂

  • @TheCooterpuppet
    @TheCooterpuppet Рік тому +1

    hold L+R when turning the system on with MK2 in next time

  • @agentskazzers3482
    @agentskazzers3482 Рік тому +1

    This why I always lose I could never beat kintaro on mk2 on the super nintendo.

  • @TheScaryGermanGuy
    @TheScaryGermanGuy Рік тому

    I played MK2 on the Game Boy. You could beat Shao Kahn by letting him come close and simply doing roundhouse kicks.

  • @jamesburchill7522
    @jamesburchill7522 Рік тому +1

    Very Hard was a brave choice.

  • @jamesandalotofgames9211
    @jamesandalotofgames9211 Рік тому +6

    The Genisis version does not come close.

    • @jamesburchill7522
      @jamesburchill7522 Рік тому

      In what respect? It had more frames of animation, and played faster/more akin to the arcade. The SNES certainly presented better. That's about it.

    • @ThaTrulyLo1
      @ThaTrulyLo1 Рік тому

      @@jamesburchill7522 Exactly was getting ready to day the same you beat me to it. I thought the genesis version was way better port.Even the music I thought.

    • @ryandiggs750
      @ryandiggs750 Рік тому

      The Sega MK 1 is better but I like MK 2 snes version better it's closer to the arcade and even Shao Khan says Fatality on the snes version but not on the Sega version in my opinion

    • @jamesburchill7522
      @jamesburchill7522 Рік тому

      @@ryandiggs750 Like I said. I'm more of an accurate gameplay and speed guy, myself. I can see why sound and color would allure more people

    • @ryandiggs750
      @ryandiggs750 Рік тому

      @@jamesburchill7522 And that's fine I know the snes version has slowdowns especially on when Baraka does his blade attack and catches an opponent with it. But that doesn't bother me I'm use to it. But like I said I like the first MK game on Sega better but MK 2 on snes in my opinion

  • @tubinonyou
    @tubinonyou Рік тому

    32X port is the definitive home port in my opinion.

  • @novelty8theory494
    @novelty8theory494 Рік тому

    Had MK2 for 32x which was a decent port.

  • @FilmThePoliceFTP
    @FilmThePoliceFTP Рік тому

    32x had the best home version of MK 2 in my opinion.

  • @stanleyford2575
    @stanleyford2575 Рік тому

    For some reason I liked the Genesis version better. It was faster and I liked the music better I know it's missing some content.

    • @BushyStallion
      @BushyStallion  Рік тому +1

      Understandable there’s pros and cons to both so I totally get it. Thanks for the comment 👊🏼

  • @yusukeelric
    @yusukeelric Рік тому

    play the genesis version, in gameplay its much better, but it lost some features you may not miss for one, it has way less frames than the snes to the point half the victory animations only play half of the animation (baraka doesn't cross his blades around his head. Milena doesn't flip her sais, and Cage doesn't cross his arms when celebrating. and the genesis version has no low crouching punch move. But the sprite work is much better and the cotrols MUCH more responsive . IDK why but Probe just did MK better than OCean when it came to controls on their ports. The controls on both MK1 and 2 on SNES are kinda sloppy, sometimes they react late or don't react at all

    • @barryschalkwijk9388
      @barryschalkwijk9388 Рік тому

      i'll give you MK1 but MK2 played decent enough. Megadrive was a bit more responsive yes but with how the SNES version looked and sounded it was the one we all wanted to play even though we had Megadrive owners with copies.

    • @ryandiggs750
      @ryandiggs750 Рік тому

      I say MK 1 Sega is better but MK 2 is better on the snes version in my opinion

    • @RealNathanExplosion
      @RealNathanExplosion Рік тому +1

      Mk1 sega, sure. MK2 the snes is 10x better in every way

  • @barryschalkwijk9388
    @barryschalkwijk9388 Рік тому

    It looked so good on my big ass phillips CRT...

    • @BushyStallion
      @BushyStallion  Рік тому +1

      Oh I bet. I still go to this retro arcade in a neighboring city every once in awhile to play UMK3 that they have there, it’s an original and the big CRT screen looks so amazing.

  • @boneappletea3858
    @boneappletea3858 Рік тому

    Funny how Khan calls you a mortal but as we can see, so is he.

  • @robertevans1343
    @robertevans1343 Рік тому

    Mortal Kombat 2 👍🏾 👍🏾

  • @jamesburchill7522
    @jamesburchill7522 Рік тому +2

    This game has such cheap input reading that you had to trick the AI in the arcade. You had to learn to play vs. the computer, as well as play against people, as the same strategies didn't work.

    • @ThaTrulyLo1
      @ThaTrulyLo1 Рік тому

      Did you really expect the same strategy to work against a human? What a 🤡! Of course it wouldn't work a human is predicted until you learn there pattern of play!

    • @ThaTrulyLo1
      @ThaTrulyLo1 Рік тому +1

      This is how every game that's ever been made works guy? Play much?

    • @MosoKaiser
      @MosoKaiser Рік тому

      ​@@ThaTrulyLo1Of course the computer has to react to player actions somehow, but the AI in MK2 flat out cheats, reacting instantly and pulling off stuff simply not possible in human vs. human matches.

  • @sczrhndz
    @sczrhndz 7 місяців тому

    It's so weird to hear someone say L1 and R1 on the snes controller... There are only L and R 🤣 and loading time c'mon really lol I dig your channel and have watched a lot of your videos but talking about loading and pixelation on the *snes* is weird to be honest. I guess that's to be expected when everyone plays it off of the switch instead of the actual Super Nintendo... decent video though

  • @tommysixrings6026
    @tommysixrings6026 Рік тому

    The Genesis version was awful because of the sound. No announcer. MK3's sound was trash on it too.

  • @boneappletea3858
    @boneappletea3858 Рік тому

    That ending is laughable with the loading times between each screen lol. Anticlimactic.

  • @vanessatrotter69
    @vanessatrotter69 Рік тому

    🖤💚👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑💚🖤

  • @AlwaysUpgradingRCTurko
    @AlwaysUpgradingRCTurko Рік тому +2

    Genesis had good games. BUT. MK2 on SNES had it. Period.

  • @katogojira7223
    @katogojira7223 Рік тому

    2:40 it's Christmas MK 🤣