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Mortal Kombat II 32x - Ultimate Edition

Original game : Mortal Kombat II

Platform : 32X

Author : Linkuei

Release date : 09 November 2020

Category : Improvement

Patch version : 1.0

Modifications : G, S

Downloads : 4800

ROM Information

Mortal Kombat 2 32X (Jan 1995) (JUE) [!]

File MD5 9D258D11FE1E4CAC2C1AAB370C35E57A
File SHA-1 F75698DE887D0EF980F73E35FC4615887A9AD58F
File CRC32 211085CE
ROM MD5 9D258D11FE1E4CAC2C1AAB370C35E57A
ROM SHA-1 F75698DE887D0EF980F73E35FC4615887A9AD58F
ROM CRC32 211085CE

Hack description

Improvements:

-Improved all the Background Color Palettes to look more accurate to the Arcade version.
-Changed some music positions to sound more accurate to the Arcade:
-The Tower now plays the right Theme instead of Portal Theme.
-Kahn's Arena now plays the Portal Theme instead of Wastelend Theme just like the Arcade.
-Goro's Lair now plays the Game Over Theme and the Danger and End Themes from the Living Forest just like the Arcade.

Screenshots

Contributions

ContributorType of contributionDescription
LinkueiGraphicsChanged all the Background Color Palettes
LinkueiMusicChanged Music positions

Reviews

Some improvementsultimateman2020-11-22Version 1.0

I like much of what was done with the color in this hack. Many backgrounds, especially the Wasteland, are improved (though I'm not a fan of the new colors on the Deadpool stage.) I'm excited to see a hack for this game as it's my favorite MK of all time and the 32X port is excellent. I'm not a big fan of the music changes, as you end up hearing the same music in both the Kombat Tomb and The Tower with only one stage in between. That same track plays against Kintaro and Shao Kahn, so it gets old fast. Also, the end-of-round music on Goro's Lair doesn't match the new music track for that stage.

I'd love to see even more color corrections, as projectiles such as those from Baraka and Jax are still incorrect compared to the arcade. Even better would be gameplay tweaks, such as making Scorpion's teleport punch travel farther so it actually combos again and making Jax able to follow up his jump kick with his air backbreaker on a grounded opponent like in the arcade.

Overall a good start to what I really hope is the beginning of perfecting an already great 32X port.