Mortal Kombat II

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Mortal Kombat II

System(s): Arcade, Sega Mega Drive, Sega 32X, Sega Saturn, Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear, Amiga, DOS, Game Boy, PlayStation, PlayStation Network, SNES
Publisher: Acclaim
Developer: Midway
Genre: Action
ESRB VRC Sega ELSPA OFLC

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Mortal Kombat II is the sequel to the critically acclaimed Mortal Kombat.

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.

Sega 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 of 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 it's 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 it's 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 non existant.

Saturn

The game looks similar to the arcade version but loading times are slow, yet faster than the Playstation version. CD quality music is used which makes the music almost on par with the arcade version. Some sound effects and Kitanas death screams are missing. Similarily to Mortal Kombat Trilogy, the player could choose which morphs are loaded before starting a fight with Shang Tsung and elimate load time while morphing. If any of the ninjas were selected, all the other ninjas could also be morphed into as they share the same animations.