Mortal Kombat II (Genesis) Playthrough

[@YasYaBas]

That’s some top-tier thumbnailing right there.

[@CipNej-t9p]

Yes Something like shiting on te wall street😂😂😂

[@samgameing7285]

Yep

[@duanemartin4958]

Love that old Sega Genesis sound 😎

[@melissaleoncreolenola]

The simple things in my life was the best ever... not knocking down the journey of MK at all... but this brought back great memories

[@SoulStreak64]

3:52 ...Well that reminded me of the Sweep Spamming joke from the 2021 MK Movie. Even they knew players have the tendency to resort to such.

[@BigBoss-zi5ss]

What part of the movie did that happen at??

[@SoulStreak64]

@BigBoss-zi5ss Liu Kang vs Kano. Basically, Liu Kang essentially makes a mockery of Kano by just going for leg sweeps. Four times in a row.

[@dancir2001]

One of the best game of all times!

[@kr4yzi32k]

Man this game was the goat back in the day.

[@Waterfield_Robbie]

It makes total sense that Cage's best fan is himself at min. 6:00

[@christopherthibeault7502]

I caught that, too. The player is quite keen.

[@whyareyoureadingmynickname8158]

Honestly, I think both Genesis and SNES owners were lucky to get decent ports of this back in the day.

[@hopetagulos]

SMD < SNES; SMD ost > SNES ost

[@LITTLE1994]

Yeah, unlike the first game.

[@dmer-zy3rb]

@@LITTLE1994 first game genesis port was good.

[@NintendoComplete]

TOASTY!!

[@ArttuTheCat]

Shao Kahn: "Is that your best?" 😼🤘🕹️

[@NintendoComplete]

​@ArttuTheCat You will die! 👹

[@Dorian_Scott]

Toast E!!

[@damin9913]

I still play mortal kombat 2❤

[@DawnLong-s3k]

So do I

[@Dorian_Scott]

As much as I prefer the SNES version, I still really like this port -- especially that soundtrack.

[@danalong1237]

Composed by Dan Forden for the arcade version, Matt Furniss for the Genesis version and James Hebdon, Dean Morrell and Paul Webb for the SNES version.

[@hopetagulos]

SMD ost > SNES ost

[@Dorian_Scott]

@@hopetagulos Could you not spam that? It's getting annoying.

[@hopetagulos]

@@Dorian_Scott ??? 🤔 What?

[@Dorian_Scott]

@@hopetagulos You said *_"SMD OST > SNES OST"_* in _this_ thread, as well as two other threads.

[@ArttuTheCat]

I have played both Super Nintendo and MegaDrive versions of MORTAL KOMBAT II. And in my opinion, i like mostly the Super Nintendo version of this game. It's even smoother, and Shao Kahn always says fatality, babality, friendship, finish him/her, and who wins. My friend's older brother also had this game on his Amiga 1200. 😺👍🕹️🕹️

[@hopetagulos]

SMD ost > SNES ost

[@coomtothebroom778]

I never played the megadrive version of the game but I played the SNES version to death (no pun intended) with my friends. The controls felt so smooth and the action just seemed so seamless. Of course, we were young enough that anything like this at the time felt like it was real life. Great times. 😄🤜💥🤛🕹️

[@TheAxelay]

When it comes down to rom hacks though, the Megadrive wins out the SNES though...

[@iulianispas8634]

Snes was glitchy mess go and wach snes trash .Snes most overrate console with sales based on mass media , ilegal game monopoly and end user stupidity .Sega is a old console, out of gaming industry let it rest in pace and admit was better MF ❤

[@damienlc8895]

​@@iulianispas8634nah mk2 was better on snes. like most multiplatform games from back then.

[@spoonshiro]

Played a lot of this one as a kid. From that time period when we would all argue about which home port was the best one when, let's be honest, none of them were really all that great.

[@NintendoComplete]

True, but neither were that bad compared to each other or in general, either. I didn't think so, at least. Not when you consider consoles were still a couple of generations away from being able to do perfect ports of contemporary arcade games.

[@spoonshiro]

For sure. MK2 on SNES/Genesis was more than passable for the time, not much reason to go back other than for nostalgia though.@@NintendoComplete

[@redbaron9420]

Well, the MS DOS port was pretty solid, aside from music on Sound Blasters.

[@chloeirnes]

How come you're getting red Shadow Kicks every time? I thought they were like, 1/100 or something?

[@TNHFPRODUCTIONS987]

0:20 why doesn’t the Arcade or the SNES version look this cool I mean this intro here is genius.

[@mobl0x179]

The arcade that intro

[@MSR-1701]

This was my first intro to MKII, and has a nice nostalgic spot in my memories.😅

[@DawnLong-s3k]

Remember, Johnny Cage was the guy who defeated Goro and earned a Flawless Victory.

[@stephenmanuel9860]

That thumbnail hit me right in the Nostalgia

[@senseicorey9979]

I spent So many hours on THE SNES version

[@senseicorey9979]

The sound on this is worse. But the graphics seems better

[@lw7918]

@@senseicorey9979 get some glasses

[@GamingWithDrew]

Love the thumbnail.

[@bgasman]

That was very incredible I am finished all 12 characters on this game!

[@MSR-1701]

Only missing bit is no Fergiality (the hidden fatality featuring the then-president (I think?) Of Probe, the developer of MK I and MKII on the Genesis😅

[@Cristianjackson559]

You Have To Access The Test Mode To Activate The Ooh Nasty Do That As Raiden On The Armory Stage

[@MSR-1701]

@@Cristianjackson559 yarp!

[@saberkx2060]

The sound is so damn good

[@klasicktha1]

😂😂😂Naw it's terrible

[@Northsidefosho]

Lmao it is terrible

[@JonesDylan874]

Not bad, but I'll stick with the SNES version for the Home Console front.

[@francocorradi5818]

1:30 The rematch after their fight in the 1995 movie.

[@afrikaansebamboo7843]

I Played this so much every sound is Nostalgic today, I think it's time to get me a sega console again, mk1-2-3 is gold

[@Scottwilkie18]

Childhood

[@affanjamsari5752]

Why is Cage’s aura red in this version? Isn’t it supposed to be green?

[@mywifesboyfriend5558]

On Genesis, it happens far more often

[@VahanNisanian]

Best version is the Arcade original, though the 16-bit ones are also good.

[@christopherthibeault7502]

The US Senate hearings, if they were handled much differently, would lead to a far bleaker, censorship-laden world that's worse than today. These sorts of games should apply parental discretion rather than some overarching ban that compels curiosity. I'm glad Nintendo reneged. Were they hypocrites for chasing profits? No, they got sick of playing into SEGA's own marketing campaign and being a whipping boy. Would you care about hypocrisy or even profits when your reputation (i.e. buyers' confidence) is at stake? Besides, the SNES had a few years in its belt and the audience was aging out. Anyway, the Genesis version is a trip. The intro sequence's lightning is timed to the beats of the music (which is the riff from MK3's theme). It's obvious that it cannot quite match the SNES version, representing the turning point where Nintendo retained its audience by adopting the ESRB, thereby negating SEGA's in-house version. If there's anything to thank SEGA for in this situation, it's that they thought to establish a rating system independent of independent groups, particularly the government.

[@lesurge17]

I remember using birthday money to get this at toys r us. I think it was $60 back then. Good memories

[@manslikeaqeelsonicadvances8566]

Nice 😊

[@britneyspearsvillarosa]

I will always love MK II on SNES and GameBoy but I prefer MK III on Genesis

[@danalong1237]

2:22: Reliving the War brought me here.

[@jamesclarke279]

I hated fighting her, Kitana and Kang, especially if they were closer to the top.

[@koolaid1982]

I HAD THIS VERSION AS A KID ON SEGA GENESIS BETTER THAN SUPER NINTENDO IN MY OPINION THANK GOD FOR MY MOM GETTING THE BEST SHE COULD FOR HER CHILDREN ✊🏾🙏🏾♥️🎮

[@TheAxelay]

Oh it feels like early to mid 1994 to me all over again when I got this game part of a DOUBLE PACK that included Revenge Of Shinobi as well!! This game helped me more than I can ever thank it for. Sure it was down played by so many game magazines in the day like EGM or GAME PRO but it's still my MK 2 game though and I still play it with many various quality of life rom hacks out there!!! Half of 94 devoted to this, probably should've of bough SSF 2 as well but I did buy MK1 instead when I could've bought Fatal Furry 2 instead?! By 1995 Killer Instinct changed my perceptions alot in fighting games even over MK3 as well...Who remembers Rise Of The Robots as well?! Luckily I didn't that either sigh...

[@NintendoComplete]

Wow, with Shinobi? What a random pairing. Where did they sell that combo? MK1 was good, but so was FF2. Ride of the Robots, though. Smh. That one even got a CD-i version. A match made in heaven, wouldn't you say?

[@TheAxelay]

@NintendoComplete , I do know it was a Sega Oziesoft exclusive at the time via 1994 here. Paid a good price I think like $79 here, never forget a good deal like this.

[@GamerGee]

This ports interesting. Imagine if the genesis had better color support and good compressed audio formats. 😊

[@IrViNg256s]

You're describing the Sega 32X port, it's the Genesis one with better color support and better audio, so close to the arcade

[@GamerGee]

@@IrViNg256s to some degree. They could have done way more. They kept most of the 16bit stuff. Imagine if they really built it ground up.

[@cillian5426]

Why Shao Kahn does not speak on the genesis/saturn ports?

[@purrcat6930]

Back when jade was just a kitana recolour.

[@AliBaba-nu5bm]

There was a game in Sega where two green and yellow creatures were in human bodies, what is the name of that game?

[@AzaMairambeckovich]

I Liked Johnny Cage. I'm from the KYRGYZSTAN🤝🇰🇬🌊!

[@CharlieGapperson]

Request: Can you do Ristar next?

[@BareKnuckleBlaze]

While I love Sega, I have to admit that the SNES version is graphically superior and the sfx sound slightly better. Also, the Megadrive version lacks a lot of Shao Kahn's voicelines. I'm not sure why, since the ones in the game sound fine (probably limited cartridge space now i think about it). The actual songs that play though are great. I love how the song that plays before you fight is so jaunty, it makes it funny for some reason. Finally, I appreciate that you did a bunch of different finishers. I've watched another person play UMK3 and only do either a character or stage fatality, which gets old after a couple times in a row

[@furkancarboga7841]

Dostum merhaba Aynısını mobilden oynuyorum ve çok severek oynuyorum bütün herşeyi yapıyorum ama sadece asid havuzu bölümünde düşmanı havuza atamıyorum sanırım burda süper uppercut yerine başka bir taktik gerekiyor nasıl yapacağım söyle

[@LITTLE1994]

While it is true the SNES version is the better port, the Genesis release is faster.

[@ramiroezequielnoriega2599]

No es como en el arcade,verdad?

[@Jackie_osito]

in the past Play both version Snes wins in graphics and sfx, Genesis wins on smooth gameplay and music

[@iulianispas8634]

I love Sega music on mk2 and i prefer it over arcade . I use to wake up during night to play it

[@daniellentes8042]

Talk about nostalgia

[@nwalter]

Love mk2. But one thing .. who is that guy that pops on the side of the screen that says something that sounds like tootsie or whoopsie ? I always laugh at that

[@michaelmiller4105]

Dan Forden he did the sound for the MK games

[@LisaHeffernan-ie9st]

Bro got a flawless victory on Shau kahn. Insane crap

[@songoku9348]

Hyping yourself due to JCVD being in MK1 I see. I’m gonna pre order it later today, and I almost never pre order any game as I usually just buy a game the day it comes out but for MK1 I’ll make an exception.

[@NintendoComplete]

Haha you know, it was sheer luck. I recorded this awhile ago, so I was stoked that they announced him being in it.

[@solarflare9078]

Good port, but man, Mortal Kombat II's AI is just plain cheap no matter the version, it seems.

[@Wesley_C]

I have played MK2 here on SNES, I prefer the SNES.

[@Scottwilkie18]

That intro

[@dngr_4209]

3:12

[@SUSPENSE1986]

Best soundtrack

[@tun-tunninc.6492]

Johnny Cage looks like Butthead. 🤣🤣

[@domitraewilliams5314]

It was crazy how the claim Kano & Sonya was the least popular and took them out as un playable smh 🤦🏾‍♂️ and had them locked up

[@belykhdm]

the best version of the game is the arcade version!

[@jackkent7430]

Yo is this ai playing or are you a beast ?!

[@LampHatScott]

In order to beat MK2 you have to cheese the hell out of the enemy AI to get past it after the 1st fucking fighter. There behaviours that the AI expresses that people exploit to get far in it. For example: Jumping backwards to get the AI to jump in order to get an uppercut punish.

[@DawnLong-s3k]

For me, the AI started to get tougher after the 5th or 6th fight. I still can't beat Mileena, not even on Very Easy.

[@bigduke5902]

Becoming man is realizing Mortal Kombat never held a candle to Street Fighter.

[@mywifesboyfriend5558]

Street Fighter sucks dog nuts. Silly characters, silly story, shit gameplay. Mortal Kombat will always be #1 ALWAYS. NO REPLIES WILL BE SEEN CASE CLOSED

[@PaulY86-u8t]

SNES wins on colours, graphics and being more complete, not missing voice samples Genesis wins on gameplay and music

[@Jolly-Green-Steve]

Everyone says the 32X version is the best version which is b.s. all it is was the Genesis version with better SFX and higher color palette for the fighters. The SNES is the best version followed by the Saturn. Saturn would be the best if it didn't have all the stuttering loading issues. If Saturn had 6meg ram by default and it wasn't rushed Saturn version would have been arcade perfect. You could still technically make an arcade perfect version for the Saturn if you just ran the game directly from a ram cart like a STV Titan game. I wish some programmer/modder would create ram cart games for the Saturn. I want arcade KI 1+2 on real Saturn hardware!

[@ShaneHalen]

yes

[@rockhyde7775]

Not an awful port by any means. But I hear all the time MK1 on the Genesis outsold the SNES version because of blood. Why is that such a big deal? (I don’t understand it) Uncensored equals sales, apparently.🙄

[@g.7136]

Why everything sound like farts on Sega Genesis?

[@dpa2008]

La música es fenomenallll

[@JuraIbis]

I was never a fan of the Genesis/Sega etc. I always found everything was moving too fast and weirdly compared to the NES but to be honest, this is one of those times a game needed the raw CPU power those consoles had to operate correctly. The Nintendo versions are disasters.

[@JorgieFilo]

Mega drive ❤

[@JuraIbis]

SEGA!!!!

[@willdevil158]

Yo, are you on tiktoks?

[@NintendoComplete]

Nope, sorry!

[@sonic-bb]

damn this is not what it looked and sounded like on my genesis. Mine looked more and sounded more like the actual arcade release. so strange

[@dazmh101]

Why do i find this game is hard on easy!?

[@DawnLong-s3k]

Even Very Easy is hard.

[@bryonboyd6587]

This game screams on arcade

[@evilspecter666]

genesis is better than master system, game gear and nes system

[@steveg9088]

The sounds sucks and some of the animation is missing. One of my sega buddies use to tell me, this is better than SNES LOL..

[@kascnef]

SNES is uncut too

[@hikedayley9309]

ShaoKahn talks too much

[@luansilvail]

And a very slow version

[@seanbaskett5506]

So inferior to the SNES version.

[@DawnLong-s3k]

Wrong

[@seanbaskett5506]

@@DawnLong-s3k Right

[@nobled1248]

This version sucked

[@DawnLong-s3k]

Wrong

[@AGL-yr6zv]

The Super Nintendo version is way better than the sega version cause in the sega version there's too many missing things missing voices missing sound effects missing the intro opening missing bios and the background endings to each character and I rate this MK2 version zero stars nada