Japanese Mortal Kombat 2 for PlayStation!
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- Опубліковано 7 тра 2024
- Big shoutout to @MKguy95 for the hook up with Mortal Kombat 2 on the PlayStation! Only available in Japan I’ve been dying to play this one and see how it is, and I was NOT disappointed! A very solid version of the game with a few differences, for better or for worse? Check out and see!
Enjoy! - Ігри
![Making of - Mortal Kombat 3 (high quality) [MK3 Into The Outworld - Behind the Scenes]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Gs4tAuiANQE/mqdefault.jpg)
Make sure to check out the end of the credits as the creators decided to add their pictures to the mix and it’s pretty funny to be honest 😂
I never got why this port has such a bad rep. Load-times aside, it always seemed like a Solid port of the Arcade. Although i hear rumors this game was actually a port of the Sega Saturn version.
Awesome game
@@Gametester110-qf8vs Well, the Saturn doesn't have the voice announcing fighter's names.
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thanks for playing this :3
my dad really loved this mk2 😅 living in japan when i was a little girl i never got to try mk2 but i did have almost every final fintasy xD
Mommy
SNES crushed this version for what it was for the time
Genesis all the way
@@duaneanderson6198 dat Character select music for the SNES goated tho
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Pffff.
3 buttons on the controller.
Every fighting game was inferior on the Genesis because of it.
@pc4mlc451 avgn?they did make a 6 button aftermarket..I'll never forgive snes for what they did to mk1
I agree even the acid pit had chains hanging on the opposite side as well. Still my favorite mk
MK II: Loading Edition
😂
Very funky music, I happen to like the little jingles for the Friendship and Babality 😂✨ Credits went as expected lol
Thank you for the shoutout brother I think we gonna be the only ones talking about this version ❤👊🏼 so awesome what I don’t like is the loading like you said 😂 but other then that it’s pretty cool to play one thing that Jade on this one no special move would not work on her because remember she has the reflection and basically she has it so it makes sense
Na you couldn’t projectile her in arcade either.
I dunno about you guys, but the intro soundtrack slaps hard as hell
The babality music sounds like a mark mothersbough tune from devo lol
DEVO characters in MK…now there is a juxtaposition 🤔
One of the few ports of MK2 where you can actually use Sub-Zero's ice projectile and Scorpion's spear against AI opponents. I hope you play the MS-DOS port of MK2 someday, as it closely resembles the arcade version in terms of it's gameplay and AI difficulty. One of my favorite home ports too.
Gotta get a hold of that version as well for sure 👍🏼
it seems to share alot of the same music with PC version , that was one my all time favorite ports of MK2 😁
I’m ready for part 6 of Subzero Mythologies. 😂😂😂
I’ve been waiting as well 😂😂😂
It’ll happen soon lol 👊🏼
@@BushyStallion
Thank you ☺️
DUDE YOU GOT THIS? I USE TO WATCH TOTAL MK REVIEW THIS BACK IN 06!! HE OPENED UP A MINT CONDITION GAME
The music is sick!! I love the different spin they gave to the tunes. Too bad the fatality sound was cut out, but babality and friendships sounded nice! Perhaps it has something to do with the loading.. Overall, I would certainly like to play this mk2 version :)
Ahh someone who agrees. What they did with the sound was actually pretty cool so thank you for that comment 👊🏼
@@BushyStallion anytime and thank you for showing such MK2 version exists! Great content as always cheers!
So glad you did this version!! Such a strange one, but good imo! The first thing I noticed is the AI is actually easier, not as hardcore as the arcade, big fan! Also the music is off on some stages, and hilariously continues when performing a fatality. Load times are wild too. Overall love this version though!!
The character models and stages are 1:1 in terms of an arcade machine, but the music is completely off 😄
I remember seeing the release date for this in the UK,at my local store that sold Games,I was so looking forward to it.....and then it never got released,I was well gutted and awesome video 📹 upload as always 👍
Thanks so much for making this vid! I was always curious about this particular game. Now I can CERTAINLY SEE AND SAY That the S. Saturn version is WAAAY BETTER!! All those flaws and glitches are not present on the Saturn one and DEFINITELY NOT That Horrendous Loading time everywhere all the time. Visually, they are fairly identical. Alot of people don't know this but, when it comes to 2D fighting games, the Saturn was the way to go! Far superior than PS1 and even more so than the N64.
The music is different, I like it..but there are more loads than Jenna Jameson took in the 90's sheesh!
Ahhh Jenna Jameson….. wait what were we talking about? Lol
Thanks for the comment dude 👊🏼
Lifelong MK player and I had no idea there was a Japanese version of this for the PS1. Just looked it up on ebay. 300+ bucks.
Did anyone else notice that the tracks for the second and third fight got reversed, or messed up in some other way?
Had weird load times
And had a pretty awesome dramatic zoom and scale feature
My friend imported this in the late 90s just to have it
They later took most of this version to the Saturn, no weird smile load icon or other modes
Such fun almosts when you couldn't get to an arcade
This zoom and scale feature sounds intriguing so it looks like another play through using that feature is in the future. I never looked into a cheat menu for this one so it should be fun. Thanks for the comment 👊🏼
@@BushyStallion also if you lose the ai will always do a fatality
Thanks for the content (kontent) man!
It's a port of the Saturn version btw. Saturn version using Saroo > PSX version.
Awesome upload bro. I remember seeing this version for the 1st time back when I was 12 years old I believe in an issue of Gamepro Magazine. They did a very small "preview" of the game and at that time it was only about 60% complete. They also never mentioned that it was going to be a Japanese exclusive. (At that time) Very cool to see the gameplay all these years later. The loading obviously sucks. However, that's to be expected with PS1 hardware. I can honestly say that I know I would've loved playing this version as a kid just based on the difficulty being so easy as you demonstrated here. Very cool to be able to connect with a projectile/ice pretty easily. I noticed when Shang Tsung morphed, it seemed that the difficulty increased a lot. I don't know. The music sounded similar but significantly slowed down and as you mentioned had a nice Japanese flare to it. Overall, it looks like the fun factor on this version would be way up there, especially playing as a kid back in the day. Fantastic review brother. 🩸👊
Exactly, I think had I played this back when it came it out I may have liked it MORE just because of the decent difficulty level. And I’m pretty sure it’s all in English because it was meant to be released worldwide but then somehow got stuck to a Japanese release only. Whatever the case, I found myself playing it more after the stream last night just because it’s so unique. Thanks for the thorough comment brother 👊🏼
I think there was an option in the cheats menu for artful scaling which causes zoom in and zoom out during the fight based on how close the fighters are to each other. I wonder if you could make a video of that
Was looking for this comment!
I looked this up. Apparently there is a cheat code with what you’ve mentioned. I will check it out for sure 👊🏼
This is great can you play mk gold as Cyrax? I'm playing on my channel this Friday 5/10 with Sektor of course with the code
This music actually sounds alot like it was taken from the DOS version.
Highly likely.
Another version I haven’t tried. Hope fully I can get a copy somehow 👊🏼
@@BushyStallion MK 1+2+3 (DOS versions) are on sale on GoG (good old games) right now for 1.49 USD!
@@BushyStallion if you do, I just wanna warn you that the DOS version of MK2, while fun, sounds a little off much like the PS1 version. MK1 and 3 however are damn near arcade perfect!
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Also, I believe all 3 are available on GoG. That is unless you want to play the real games on a period accurate DOS PC, in which case heaven help you. 😄
Awesome vid. I've always been interested in seeing this but never put any effort into it 😂 I felt like 3 was amazing and I hoped 2 would have had the same care
MK3 for PlayStation was handled directly by Sony and Midway, Probe did the PSX and Saturn (and Genesis/32/Game Boy/Game Gear) MK2 ports
Love these videos 😎🤘🏾🔥
The developers had to use the internal sound chips for this one for some reason. There's hardly any cd quality audio I belive.
This is the most unique version I've ever seen for a playstation one
I’m actually pretty impressed by it and I like the differences, there is one more pretty big difference which I only found out about after playing in this video, I will have to show what that is. Thanks for the comment 👊🏼
Never knew this version existed and I've played almost every version of mortal kombat in existence lol gonna have to add this to my list thanks lol
Esse é Raro Principalmente na Mídia Física.
Eu Amo Mortal Kombat 2 em todas Plataformas.
As Grandes Trilhas Sonoras Soundtrack Sensacionais.
Looks amazing, wish we had this.
The AI seems so much easier than all other versions. I might buy this so I can actually beat the game fairly lol
Ahhh the old playstation turn on music .brings back memories
It does doesn’t it? I would’ve included the entire thing but unfortunately some Frank Ocean guy uses the intro for a song or something and for some reason I had to remove the intro as some copyright crap popped up, UA-cam is weird sometimes.
@Darryl Tsung06 i remember when ur channel had like 300 subscribers. Now look how far u come and ur doing what you love. Mad props to you. Fight!
Thanks Beat Junkie, I like your picture also, Liquid Swords was CLASSIC. Thanks for the comment 👊🏼
@@BushyStallion 👊
This is the, version on...one of my, Pandora box joysticks! It's pretty, close to the arcade (aside from, the music)
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Interesting 👊🏼
"The fact that you can actually freeze your opponent... Pretty cool!"
I see what you did there -____-
I have a feeling they changed the music from Streamed audiofiles to midi versions to help the constant loading screens. FF7 does this as well
They didn't change anything, that's exactly the same as the arcade.
@@geminirebirth yeah because i remember constantly waiting for loading screens at my arcade back in the day. bruh
@@faceheadman you don't say? re-read my comment, the music was never streamed in any arcade version.
@@geminirebirth ok if your trying to imply this is the same method that mk arcade cabs use youre still wrong but but i get what your trying to say since this way wuld be closer to how the arcade sound engine works, but my og comment was referring to the audio streaming the us ps1 ver does.
@@faceheadman you're trying to imply too much, I'm not talking about how the arcade streams sprites and other data, which is clearly dma, but how the music was always tracker based in all arcade versions of the engines. So the error here is in your first comment: they didn't change streamed music to tracker music on PlayStation, as that is original behavior on arcade too. The constant loading is another issue altogether caused by unoptimozed loads, probably of sample data.
Music must be played from sound board and not disc huh. Great looking and playable.
Looks crisp are you playing in rgb with a scaler?
The Tower music SLAPS!
SLAPS 😂😂
"C Conversion" ... I wonder how much that affected the speed and the loading.
Strange that we had this released in the US on the Sega Saturn, but not on the PS1.
It's almost as though the folks at Midway wanted to keep the focus on MK3 during that time...
Still, it's a very cool port.
Similar to the Saturn, only not as stretched out due to the difference in display ratio on both consoles.
Reason why this version was only released in Japan was cause Sony of America prefer to focus on MK3 instead of MKII cause by the time the PS1 launch in the US MKII was already old news. In Japan MK was starting to build hype so they release it over there instead. The PS1 version of MKII is the first where Japanese audience could finally see all the blood and gore intact cause before that when the Super Famicom version was released there the blood had to be altered to green and the fatalities were censored to black and white tone.
Yo this is absolutely rare!! I play this on my hacked PS1 ALL the time
Decent version and I like the difficulty of it in comparison to the arcade. Definitely more even.
Wow I Never Knew About This One That's Awesome
The fact that it has to pause for several seconds to load in those short voice clips every single time is real bad, not gonna lie. It also seems like the audio in general is a bit desynced overall, the visual side of the game seems to load and move on faster than the audio can follow. I don't recall MK3 suffering from these issues, so I wonder why this one is.
Yeah, MKT didn't have these problems either
That's cause Mortal Kombat 3 was done by a different team (Avalanche Studio), this one was handle by Probe Software, the same dev that made the Genesis, 32X, Game Gear, and Game Boy versions of MKII.
Loading Kombat
That’s awesome bro no one really talks about this version
The loading is excessive! I do like that the jump kick blood flies the other direction in this version.
I had to go back and check that out, very good eye for detail 👊🏼
I wonder why the music was different?
actually, it is theoretically possible to normal freeze the AI with sub-zero on the American version (although prohibitively difficult) - do it when you anticipate a projectile move from the AI and do a projectile trade. If your opponent is Baraka, you'll freeze him and take no damage because his projectile is so high.
I noticed that Shao Khan did not go through all of the stages before exploding. Also, I wonder why MKII for the PS1 was a Japanese exclusive. Does anybody know?
Horrible loading bad programming
Oh wow this so different I didn't realize they would made mortal Kombat for Japanese I like the animation it look so different wow darrryl that was amazing mortal Kombat Japanese gameplay I ever seen 😁😄
Thanks Star, I only found out about this version within the last year, I’m glad I was finally able to try it. Thanks for the comment my friend 🙏🏽
Ooohhh this is cool! I’ve always wanted to get this on the Saturn. Gonna have to do something about this now 😆
Thanks for sharing!
Any idea why it’s almost 3x more expensive than the Saturn (import) version? 🤔
Thanks for the comment! I’ve never tried the Saturn version, however the store I saw it in was selling it for 825 Canadian I believe, which is VERY steep, but I know if anyone will get that version it’s you, I’ve seen your collection and it’s HUGE. I’m sure you’ll find it for cheaper.. thanks again for checking out the video I appreciate it 🙏🏽
@@BushyStallion I made a short and tagged you. I’m going to try and snag one off of eBay. Glad I caught this video :))
In october i will be visiting japan. Will keeping my Eyes open about verything MK related..
You will get some mail then!
PlayStation really dropped the ball on this. It really should've been over here. Huge money missed out.
Have you done a video on the Japanese Superfamicom version? Green blood and black and white fatalities.
Really?! LOOOOOOOOOL.
I have NEVER seen that version, sounds intriguing if it’s real 👊🏼
@@BushyStallion Type Regional differences Mortal Kombat 2 on youtube, they play MK2 US and JP side by side. Plus I just tried it out on emulator, it's legit.
Hey Darryl Lao , it's simply a converted Saturn MK2 , same dev team , , emulators cannot run it at its legitimate speed , you would need JAPANESE PS and actual MK2 disc to get accurate speed of AI response and music shift , , , but yeah its a Saturn port to psx unfortunately , , ,👍real challenge locate and defeat SMOKE if you are fast enough to do so 😸🏆🏆🏆
Yeah the MK2 PS1 port feels like a prototype for what MK3 on PS1 would be and improve.
16:45 Jade looks...white/light skinned in this version for some reason..
Yes, I don't like it
I’m immediately frisbeeing this out the window after that loading at the end of the first match.
The music is too good to toss this lol
Ported by Probe, who did the sega ports. You can hear the similarity to the chiptune versions. At this time I'm waiting for the living forest to hear if there's flute.
...and having heard it, I now understand. Disc full of samples for the sound chip to sequence, rather than music audio tracks.
Or perhaps onboard psx sample library.
You seem to know what you’re talking about thanks for sharing.. I like the music in this version, similar but different 👊🏼
@@BushyStallion I have rudimentary understanding of some programming and am a musician that used to be prolific at fl studio. Genesis sound chip can make waveforms but SNES could use midi samples. The arcade was like SNES but with high quality samples selected by Dan forden for the game. Comparing the different versions tickles my brain.
Of course, the original story will be kept. What do you think will happen. Someone is going to walk up to Sub-Zero and say "You just defeated Shao Khan. What are you going to do now?" Sub-Zero responds "I going to Disneyworld."
This version was based on the Sega Saturn version of MKII. It had the same redbook audios but terrible load times compare to the Saturn version. The good thing about both the Saturn and PS1 versions was that the AI aren't as cheap compare to the other home versions which were more based on the arcade. It seems the AI are program differently here than the other versions and the screen doesn't darken or change music either when performing a fatality. Other than that it does look closer to the arcade, just doesn't had the same feel. Also like the Genesis and 32X versions, all the music play at the wrong stages, it seems the dev who ported this put the music tracks at the wrong place. Also notice that the audience at Kahn's Arena aren't cheering when Kintaro and Shao Kahn beat you, in the other versions the audience cheers when Kintaro or Kahn had the upper hands.
It does not use Redbook audio, neither does the Saturn version, that's why they both suck. MK3 (PSX)/UMK3 (Saturn)/MK Trilogy do use Redbook though.
All valid points and observations. Thanks for taking the time to give all that info, you basically summarized the entire game. Thanks for the comment my friend 👊🏼
@@brandogg I don't know they sound pretty good to me especially if you pop the game disc onto a CD player it sounded very clear.
bro has the same voice as me :) We should meet up - kinda scary how close we sound.
Interesting that it said "Friendship?" at the very bottom in white text after beating Shao Kahn.
i wonder how Williams entertainment would handle porting this instead of acclaim/probe. we would’ve gotten original tracks and proper loadings prior to matches
I have the Saturn version and the music seems to be mire arcade accurate on the Saturn version.
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Cool version
With sub-zero I can freeze fighters. Baraka blade spark. Shoa Kang looks simple
22:18 I've never seen Kahn frozen while taking a dump before.
It’s embarrassing right? Lol
@@BushyStallionI'd take that over the AI NEVER getting hit by Freezes 😄
PREPARE FOR LOADING KOMBAT!!!
Oh wow never heard of this!
People have been asking me to play this version for months now lol it’s surprisingly good tbh
This version the MK2 is my favorite!!!
Sounds like a distorted version of Genesis 😂😂😂 with arcade sound bytes
Love PlayStation for mortal kombat
Funny enough I've been looking at eBay to buy this lately (I've been playing it for decades via CD-R, etc., though) just to add to the collection but god damn it's expensive.
Now I’m going to have to take a look
@@robertfrancois6064 $200+
Not a bad (LOADING) version, but (LOADING) like all the other (LOADING) CD versions of (LOADING) this game, the (LOADING) stage music is (LOADING) always played (LOADING) out of order. Why can't (LOADING) any of the CD ports (LOADING) get the (LOADING) music order right?
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I like it. Those little loading hitches are annoying. Cool video
I can remember exactly one time that I got Sub Zero's ice ball to hit the CPU. It threw me off so much I lost the round.
Right? I know it’s not IMPOSSIBLE but it’s pretty rare I find.
I believe this port is based from the 2.1 version. You can freeze in that version. 3.1 however you won't like you stated
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I have this version in my collection, but can't play it with my European PS1. But I read some years ago, that the japanese version has green blood.
You are thinking of the japanese SNES port of Mortal Kombat II. That version is censored with green blood, but the Japanese PS1 port of MKII is uncensored.
@@Patrick19833 Thank you! So I have to get a japanese PS1! 😎
It's like Sega Saturn version gone wrong
😂😂
personaly i like both ps1 and saturn ports,last i remember i prefered ps1 a bit more but i dont remember the reason
The stages Kombat Tomb Wasteland and The Tower music are all swapped.
Interesting and cool
There is a secrets menu that has an option to add neo geo type scaling. Its...interesting.
Gonna have to try that out, you and another individual mentioned it, sounds interesting 👊🏼
The tops of some levels are cut off a little.
So I have a sealed (well, possibly tightly resealed, lol) copy of this... and this makes it easier to leave it that way, LOL! As a kid I wondered why this didn't get a US release, but seeing gameplay years later, it became VERY apparent. The PC version music is fine enough, but load times THAT bad were unacceptable. While MK3 and Trilogy were rough with Shang's morphs, that was pretty much the worst part... this seemed like if you sneezed the game needed to load, LOL!
Ahah.
Plays a bit like a mix between arcade and genesis. Plays nice on PSP btw :-)
Nice!
Hi, Darryl 👋 I have been watching your channel for a few months now, off of UA-cam due to my many haters making me not want to be on this app anymore. Anyway, i wanted share with you why the music is so different on the PlayStation since I'm a self-taught music composer and audio engineer. Sony has a built in instrument soundchip in the same way SNES does, so they thought it would be better to utilize it with the games midi files. My guess is it was the only way to get CD quality audio without badly compressing the original audio into mp3 or some lesser file. They should have just gave us the original audio because the new audio sounds cheap 🤣 I'm surprised someone like you that played all the games even like it at all 🤔
Thanks for the comment and sorry for the nonsense you’ve gone through on here, people can be toxic sometimes.. anyways, I like the music because it’s different and gives more variety to the MK universe that’s all. The more the better I say lol
@@BushyStallion I noticed your @ name but didn't think it was you because the name is different 😂 Yeah, you're right. I didn't like the Arcade version of the music because Sega Genesis MK1 and MK2, and Nintendo 64's Trilogy music was why i liked, but now i can see the vision of what the arcade was going for and it's just as good now. Play Station don't give you enough of the soundtrack from what I heard by watching your video so not sure If I can say the same about it down the road someday. I'm just picky on what I like. It's good that you can see the forest through the trees as the saying goes 😂
All the colors,sprites,sound effects and character voices are there...but what the hell happened to the original arcade background music ? And I thought the PS1 version would hold a candle to the arcade version let alone the Shang tsung morph/load issue that plagued CD-ROM formats.
Darryl, can you tell MEl to ease up on us lol 👍 and kev.
They could have done a lot better with this version. Character sprites is comparable to the arcade original. Graphics as well. The music, sounds and voice overs aren't great. It's not a horrible port, though. Still playable.
How does it play on PS2 with enhancements?
What kind of enhancements are you expecting?
@@brandogg There's a faster loading and a smooth filter options you can toggle on and off on PS2s when playing PS1 games. (On the PS2's dashboard screen, you hit triangle for version, then triangle again for options)
Sometimes it looks and runs great with 2D games, other times, not so much.
@@BouncekDeLemosI would be interested to see too now that you explained it…
Loading is better on PS2 but it's pointless to play this version on PS2 anyways since you could basically just buy Shaolin Monks and play that version of MKII instead which is close to arcade perfect.
@@VOAN There's also Midway Arcade Treasures 2 which has a port of MKIi
Looks great. 😁
Too much loading. 😔
ultimate Mk3 was a great game
If this is the japanese version then why is there no Japanese anywhere, was expecting the names in Japanese and even the language
The design team are American