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Mortal Kombat II
Publisher: Acclaim Developer: Midway, Probe System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega 32X, Sega Saturn, Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear ROM Size: 4MB, 3MB, 512kB Peripherals Supported: Gear-to-Gear Cable Genre: Action Release Date RRP Code JP 1994-09-09 ¥8,800 T-81093 US 1994-12 $? T-81346 EU 1994-09-09 £? T-81346-50 AU 199x $?  ? AU (Platinum) 199x $? FMOR01SMC BR 1994-09 R$? 047070 EU 1994 £? MK-29029-50 AU 199x $? FMOR01SEC BR 1994 $? 028530 JP 1994-09-09 ¥4,800 T-81107 US 1994 $? T-81278 EU 1994-09-09 £34.99 T-81278-50 JP 1995-05-19 ¥9,800 T-8104A US 1994-12-04 $? T-8101B EU 1995-03 £54.99 T-8101B-50 BR 1994 $? 153010 JP 1996-03-29 ¥5,800 T-8107G US 1996-03-29 $? T-8103H EU 1996 £44.99 T-8103H-50 ESRB VRC SEGA ELSPA OFLC Tectoy

Mortal Kombat II, called Mortal Kombat II: Kyuukyoku Shinken (モータルコンバットII 究極神拳) in Japan, is the sequel to the critically acclaimed Mortal Kombat. It was originally released in 1993 as an arcade game before being ported to numerous platforms. It is considered by many to be the best fighter of the series. It sports a cast of twelve characters with numerous special moves including new finishers and new kinds of finishers.

Gameplay

The game plays almost identically to its prequel, Mortal Kombat. The game consists of fourteen fights that start against the other characters of the game, before moving onto one of two secret characters if certain conditions are met. From there, the player battles the monstrous Kintaro before fighting the game's final boss, Shao Kahn.

All characters share the same basic range of attacks, such as uppercuts, foot sweeps, and throws, although these moves vary in speed and power from character and character. When using a three button controller, not all of these moves will be available. What differentiates each character are several special moves that are performed by entering certain button combinations.

Fatalities can be performed like in the original game, and each character now has two of each. Two other kinds of finishing moves appeared in this game, Friendships, where instead of the winning character killing off the opponent, they would do something friendly, and Babalities, where the surviving character would transform the loser into an infant. These were put into the original arcade version of the game to poke fun at those who felt the original Mortal Kombat was too violent.

Unlike the Genesis version of its prequel, the game is completely uncensored from the start and no code is needed to unsensor the game.

Characters

Playable

• Baraka
• Jax
• Johnny Cage
• Kitana
• Kung Lao
• Liu Kang
• Mileena
• Rayden
• Reptile
• Scorpion
• Shang Tsung
• Sub-Zero

Non-Playable

• Jade
• Kintaro
• Noob Saibot
• Shao Kahn
• Smoke

Versions

Mega Drive

The Mega Drive version was developed by Probe Entertainment. Differences from the Arcade version include a limited color pallette, reduced voice samples, and original game music. Gameplay speed is slightly increased. In the place of Goro's Lair is a slightly modified portal stage, which replaces the reds and oranges with blue. The game endings have also been reduced to text which scrolls across the screen as the winning player poses in Shao Kahns Arena. There are some easter eggs that are exclusive to this version such as the Oooh Nasty debug option which replaces the Dan Forden Toasty image with a kids drawing and gives Raiden a "Fergality" special move.

32X

Mortal Kombat II (known as Mortal Kombat II: Kyuukyoku Shinken in Japan) was ported to the 32X by Probe Entertainment, the same company behind the Genesis version of the same game. The original port was first released in the United States on December 4, 1994 in time for the Christmas season. A revision fixing minor programming issues and bugs that were most likely not addressed due to the Christmas deadline was released in January 1995. The game was released in Europe and Japan in 1995.

This port is built off of the Genesis version, but features enhanced graphics and utilizes a much greater color palette. Backgrounds, character sprites, and the health bars are among the few things that are much more detailed in this version.

It also boasted many enhanced sound effects that sounded very similar to the arcade version and added numerous sound effects missing in its Genesis counterpart, namely Shao Kahn's announcing of the rounds and various screaming noises. Due to the game's tight schedule, however, it retained the Genesis version's soundtrack.

The port received many lukewarm reviews due to its inferior soundtrack, but is preferred by some over the SNES version for it's tight controls.

Master System and Game Gear

Like other Sega Console versions, it was developed by Probe Entertainment. The Game Gear and Master System versions are identical aside from the screen size. Eight characters and Shao Kahn are present but several were removed such as Raiden, Baraka, Johnny Cage, Kung Lao, Noob Saibot, and Kintaro. Several levels are also missing and the only level with a stage fatality is the Kombat Tomb. Each character has one fatality removed along with friendships. As expected, the graphics and sound take a hit and voice samples are nonexistent.

Saturn

This port is essentially an enhanced version of the Probe Entertainment-developed PlayStation port. Improvements from the PS1 port include the use of arranged CD-quality audio tracks over the console's sound processor, slightly better load times, and the ability to pre-load morphs for Shang Tsung (much like Mortal Kombat Trilogy).

Unlike the PlayStation port, however, there is no option to enable Shao Kahn's dialogue (such as his announcing of the rounds). Kitana's death screams are also missing.

Both of these ports, however, have been received negatively by many gamers. They're widely considered to be inferior to the 16-bit ports for their lack of certain sound effects, poor load times, and occasional slowdown. The Saturn version was also released almost 2.5 years after the original arcade version, so many found there to be no excuse for these issues.

Production Credits

Mega Drive Version

Midway Mortal Kombat Team: Ed Boon, John Tobias, Tony Goskie, Dan Forden, John Vogel
For Probe Software:

Programmed By: David Leitch with the kind assistance of Paul Carruthers

Graphics By: Terry Ford

Music & SFX By: Matt Furniss & S. Hollingworth of Krisalis Software

Graphics Utilities: Gary Liddon, Carl Muller, Bob Armour

Compression Programming: Nick Pelling, Greg Michael

QA Manager: Tim Bradstock

QA Engineers: James Stewart, Ben O'Reilly, Nick McGee

Creative Director: Joe Bonar

Produced By: Rob O'Farrel (Barg)

Special Thanks To: Tiny 'Bubbles' Beckwith

Mr Leitch's Portrait By: Alan Seagrave

Acclaim Development By: The Gray Team

Producer: Rob Leingang

Associate Producer: Stacy Hendrickson

Analysts: John Cirabisi, James Johnson, Joe Libertella

Special Thanks To: Alex De Lucia, Billy Pidgeon, Diane Cambria, Eric Weiner, Steffan Levine, Shawn Rosen, Eric Kuby, Mark Mermelstein, Mike Hong, Eric Samulski

32X Version

Midway Mortal Kombat Team: Ed Boon, John Tobias, Tony Goskie, Dan Forden, John Vogel
For Probe Entertainment Limited:

Programmed By: Cameron Sheppard, David Leitch

Graphics By: Terry Ford

Music & SFX By: Matt Furniss & S. Hollingworth of Krisalis Software

Samples By: PC Music

Samples Driver By: Ed Haynes

Compression Programming: Nick Pelling, Cameron Sheppard

QA Engineers: James Stewart, Nick McGee, Clifford Ramsey, Mark Viccary

QA Manager: Tim Bradstock

Produced By: Rob O'Farrel (Barg)

Executive Producer: Tony Porter

Acclaim Development By: The Gray Team

Producer: Rob Leingang

Associate Producer: Alex De Lucia

Analysts: Joey Libertella, Eric Weiner, Mark Hermelstein, Steffan Levine

Special Thanks To: Billy Pidgeon, Diane Cambria, Eric Kuby, David Sanchez, Eric Samulski

Thanks again Stacy. We'll miss you!!

Gallery

Mega Drive Version

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  Title screen

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  Start/Options screen

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  Character select

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  The battle plan

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  A battle versus Jax and Rayden

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  Sub-Zero performs a stage fatality

32X Version

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  Title screen

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  One of the intro screens

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  Reptile's biography screen

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  Character select

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  Kung Lao uppercutting Baraka

Saturn Version

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  Title screen

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  Character select

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  Part of the intro

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  Reptile VS Baraka

Game Gear Version

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  Title screen

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  Character select

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  Liu Kang VS Mileena

Master System Version

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  Title screen

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  Character select

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  Jax VS Jax

Promotional Material

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  Mega Drive/Game Gear US print advert

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  Mega Drive/Game Gear US print advert 2

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  Mega Drive/Game Gear US print advert 3

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  Mega Drive/Game Gear US print advert 4

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  Mega Drive BR print advert (with Double Switch)

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  32X US print advert

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  32X US print advert (alt)

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  32X US print advert 2

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  Saturn US print advert

Physical Scans

Mega Drive Version

	89	Sega Retro Average
		Based on 14 reviews
Publication Score Source Consoles + 92 №35, p92/93 Computer & Video Games 97 №154, p48/49/50/51/52 EDGE 80 №13, p68/69/70 Electronic Gaming Monthly † 73 Game Players 92 GamesMaster 94 №21, p48/49/50 Joypad 88 №34, p10/11 Mega 88 №25, p56/57 Mean Machines Sega 94 №23, p2-13 (Supp.)Media:MMS23 MK2Review.pdf Player One 94 №45, p30/31/32 Sega Magazine (UK) 96 №9, p74/75 Sega Power 94 №58, p45/46/47/48 Sega Pro 97 №36, p44/45 Video Games & Computer Entertainment 70

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32X Version

	87	Sega Retro Average
		Based on 14 reviews
Publication Score Source CD Consoles ­† 48 №6, p104/105/106/107 Consoles + 93 №42, p100/101 Computer & Video Games 93 №160 GameFan 91 Game Players 76 GamesMaster 88 №27, p69 Games World 91 №12, p78 Mean Machines Sega 92 №29, p20-25Media:MeanMachinesSega29UK.pdf Player One 92 №52, p117 Sega Magazine (UK) 93 №15, p78/79 Sega Power 90 №65, p38/39 Sega Pro 95 №43, p40/41 Ultimate Future Games 81 №5, p78/79 Video Games & Computer Entertainment 90

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Saturn Version

	74	Sega Retro Average
		Based on 8 reviews
Publication Score Source Consoles + 75 №51, p138/139 Electronic Gaming Monthly † 58 GameFan 46 Joypad 83 №48, p44 Mean Machines Sega 88 №39, p91Media:MeanMachinesSega39UK.pdf Sega Power 89 №75, p48/49 Sega Saturn Magazine 93 №1, p78/79 Video Games & Computer Entertainment 60

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Master System Version

	82	Sega Retro Average
		Based on 3 reviews
Publication Score Source Consoles + 82 №39, p156 Mean Machines Sega 80 №25, p98Media:MeanMachinesSega25UK.pdf Sega Power 85 №60, p54

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Game Gear Version

	81	Sega Retro Average
		Based on 9 reviews
Publication Score Source Computer & Video Games 88 №154, p48/49/50/51/52 Electronic Gaming Monthly † 70 Game Players 45 Joypad 90 Mean Machines Sega 93 №23, p14-15 (Supp.)Media:MMS23_MK2Review.pdf Sega Magazine (UK) 92 №9, p76 Sega Power 82 №59, p62 Sega Pro 95 №36, p60/61 Video Games & Computer Entertainment 70

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