------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mortal Kombat Arcade/Console Differences FAQ: VERSION 1.01 -Created, Edited and Compiled by: Psychochronic of Shoryuken.com (Brettdude in Gamefaqs) Another form of Psychochronic Literature! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Last Update: February 25, 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Notes before reading this document: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1) This document is NOT a tier list or a movelist. It's a brief description of the differences of Mortal Kombat for Arcade, Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, PC and TV Games so don't expect anything answered such as "Which character is top- tier?", "How do you do this specific move?" or anything on doing certain combos. 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Use the Find feature (Ctrl + F) to find whatever term you're looking for easy mobility. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Table of Contents: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1) Version Changes 2) Differences -Super Nintendo -Sega Genesis/Sega CD -PlayStation Portable -DOS -TV Games 3) Contact 4) Credits ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Version Changes: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1.01 - February 25, 2007: -Added a few more points. 1.00 - February 6, 2007: Compilated on February 6, 2007 around 6:33pm and finished around 7:27pm since I knew most of this stuff from a long time ago and I wanted to make a FAQ about it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Differences: *There is a lot of differences out there which compare the arcade version to the popular console versions (I didn't write in the Game Boy, Game Gear and unofficial NES versions in here). Here is a list to which have differences from the arcade version. *The only versions that come close are the PlayStation 2 version which is located in the Kollectors Disc in Mortal Kombat: Deception and Midway Arcade Treasures: Deluxe Edition for PC. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1) Super Nintendo: -There is no credit screens to where you choose between fight and options. There are only 2 options with the dragon logo; Tournament and Options. -When a fighter's biography gets shown, they don't show a close-up portrait of the character, they show the win pose of the character's sprite. Same thing with Goro. -Test your Might segments are done after a fight, not before a fight. -Sub-Zero's fatality is that he doesn't do a Spine Rip, he does an Ultimate Freeze then breaks the opponent with a close HP. -Cage's fatality is that he doesn't do a Decapitation Upper- cut, he does a Shadow Kick which impales through the opponent. -Rayden's fatality is slightly altered as he doesn't blow the opponent's head off with an electric beam, the opponent's body turns into ashes and the head turns into a skull. -You don't see the opponents heart when Kano does his Heart Rip fatality. -Cage can't do a Split Punch on Goro. -There is no blood when a character gets attacked. The blood palette is brown instead of red instead. -Every character's ending doesn't have portraits. Instead, they do their victory pose under their sculpture in the Warrior Shrine as their ending in text is slowly shown. -There are no body parts or blood located in the bottom of The Pit. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2) Sega Genesis/Sega CD: *The slight difference between Sega Genesis and Sega CD is that there are loading times, there is an intro video and that the music is more high tech. -In the Sega CD version, the game may freeze or load more longer if pressed Start during certain points of the intro video. -There are slight animation frames missing when the character does their stance. -There are altered (and noticable) sound effects such as when a character gets hit and when a character does an attack. -The upper text near the energy bars in the fight don't match the arcade version. -There is different music in parts of the game such as stages, character select and endings compared to the other versions. -Every character has a slight loading time before they do their fatality. When the screen goes slightly darken right before the character does it is where you'll see it. -Every character in the Test your Might segments are lightly shaded and they do their animation when their energy builds up. They also wear the same costume instead of altered color/shade during the segment before a mirror match. -The energy build up in the Test your Might segments resets to the bottom instead of slowly decreasing. -Sonya should have a seperate sound of her chopping the item in the Test your Might segment but it's been replaced and she sounds like every other character who does the chop on the item, who are all male. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3) PlayStation Portable (marketed under Midway Arcade Treasures: Extended Play): -There are no credit screens to where you choose between fight and options. -The "Goro lives" screen does not darken for the text. -The Throne Room does not scroll as far to the right as it should. -Stage music is turned down very low. -All special moves are much louder then they should be. -The courtyard music is turned down super low, making it almost silent. -Kano's victory yell has been replaced with Goro's roar. -Sonya should have separate jumping sounds for straight and diagonal jump, however both have been replaced by the sound of her attacking. Sonya only has one voice sample when being killed. -Various intro screens are missing. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4) DOS: -Due to codes about DIP switches, things can be toggled such as blood, fatalities, CPU recovery and credits. -There are sound errors (slight or permanent) if played on a Windows XP. Majority sounds in the game are beeps when a player does an attack, character being chosen, etc... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5) TV Games: -There are slight animation frames missing when the character does their stance. -The upper text near the energy bars in the fight don't match the arcade version. -All stages have been shortened which is highly noticable in the match. -Liu Kang's sound of when he does a jumping kick, he does his scream of when he gets hit by Cage's split punch. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Contact: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Contact me! Here are the following e-mails and internet forums you can find me at: E-Mails: MSN Messenger/Hotmail: b_unit905@hotmail.com Yahoo!: psychochronic2004@yahoo.ca Internet Forums: Gamefaqs.com: brettdude Shoryuken.com: psychochronic MIRC (channels on EFnet): #Capcom (The main channel for Shoryuken.com) #Gamecombos (The main channel for Gamecombos.com) #Srkgd (The General Discussion part of Shoryuken.com) #Srklive (The XBOX Live part of Shoryuken.com) My Fighting Game Site: www.geocities.com/psychochronic2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Credits: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Props to those who made this guide possible: Me for personally researching and confirmed all the differed information on this text for a game which made some sort of impact in the fighting game community. Peace. -Psychochronic Copyright (c) Brett Navarro 2005-2007