Sega!! Mortal Kombat 2 for the Sega Saturn! Is this better than the Japanese version?

[@brianr9529]

The noise when the ice hits the opponent is amazing.

[@benstanley7126]

I believe the slight load with moves in this version only really does it with the first special move you pull off. After that, there’s no more tiny pauses on the moves. Its like that little pause is the disc loading the fighter’s move set. I have this version as well.

[@GamingManual]

I remember getting this for like, $20 at a department store in 1996. I loved it as a kid, because there wasn't much to compare it to. It was like having the arcade in your living room...save the loading time and missing SFX.

[@BushyStallion]

Great deal, it’s still a very good version, just different.

[@michaelcharlesthearchangel]

UMKIII on Saturn was as close to the arcade as you could get in 1996.

[@Scorpion24]

Yep, the loading times sucked though, all that was fixed in trilogy though

[@TheRealDustinNunn]

Upload Mortal Kombat Trilogy for the Sega Saturn and upload Mortal Kombat Gold for the Sega Dreamcast.

[@JunkerDC]

growing up we would just turn off the sound and then its was like we had the arcade game at home. I was always embarrassed about how much sound was miss when my friends would play it. I bet someone could fix it now adays for sure and use the ram cart too. If only they had technology when I was a kid.

[@SuperMegaDude1983]

Damn, I bought my Sega Saturn in 2006 for $50 at a local game shop.

[@Blas4ublasphemy]

I bought Panzer Dragoon Saga from Toy's R Us at retail price! Wish I bought more than one...

[@cro222]

Thanks for the upload love the videos and mortal kombat series is my favorite fighting game series of all time

[@MrChany123]

Can you do mk trilogy on the sega Saturn

[@MrAhuraMazda]

This game looks like a project I'd be sooo excited to see at an Acclaim office with the caveat that I knew they had 2 more months to clean it up.

[@davidbermudez7704]

The Sega Saturn version sounds like the 32x version The characters sound like they're on adult puberty 😂😂😂😂😂

[@maxmura7151]

Next Mortal Kombat 2 for Amiga !

[@brandogg]

I've said it before but if you play MK2 for Saturn using a Saroo FPGA flash cart on Saturn it's the best home port (aside from like the PS3 version and all the ones from Midway Arcade Treasures, etc.) - but the best official home physical release. It gets rid of 99% of the load times. Same thing for UMK3 and MKT.

[@locked01]

Umh... when you say 99%... do you include Shang Tsung?

[@pixelperfectpaddy]

Thats correct, playing the MK Games with the Saroo Card is awesome. For MK2 we just need a Patch that includes all the voices and than we have a perfect game :)

[@docnrg]

Why the absence of voices? I will never understand that things in this superior platforms

[@Soundhound101]

Keep on keepin' on bud. Thanks for sharing.

[@JunkerDC]

you can do more then one babality at a time on this version if u keeping it does it it will keep restarting try it with kitana and mileena keep doing it it will look like the baby blew up

[@ShengNotShane]

There is a brief pause on the PSX before it call out the fighters names. Guessing that’s why it’s off. If you play UMK3 or Trilogy on Saturn, it realy shows how poor of a job Probe did on MK2 with the loading and sound glitches.

[@Oni64]

I like the lower pitch voice for Jax

[@robertfrancois6064]

Gotcha 🎉

[@Bends95]

I remember playing the Sega Saturn version at an old friends place when we were kids.

[@steelzepplin2012]

I had this on the Saturn too, I played the crap outta this game back in the day.

[@BGizzle8098]

Probe was just awful. Its funny how Sculptured did a better job on MK3 on the base Genesis than Probe did on MK2 for the 32x and Saturn.

[@greensun1334]

About the pit2 fatality: The Saturn port is the only one with a scaling effect on the character itself. In every other version, including the arcade, only the ground has (fake-)scaling. Altrough not arcade accurate, it looked interesting.

[@MrAhuraMazda]

Game Gear had this feature too

[@greensun1334]

@@MrAhuraMazda there's no pit fatality in Game Gear

[@itchyisvegeta]

I avoided this version back in the day and never played it until last PRGE. I was surprised that I actually liked it. Granted the TV volume was all the way down. But given i had just played the arcade version a few hours earlier, I may pick it up. Although it still doesn't compare to the quality port that is Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 on Saturn. That was, and still is phenomenal. Only reason I hardly play it is cause I got a UMK3 machine in my game room with my Saturn and other consoles.

[@andrecastro1980]

Probe always done the funkiest soundtracks for MK on SEGA consoles.😅

[@Juan-wo4lj]

I really enjoyed this version. Sprites were big and controlls responsive. But i hated the finishing time being too short.

[@BushyStallion]

Yeah I feel the Fatality time is even shorter in this version. Am I wrong? Thanks for the comment 👊🏼

[@panterarosa4325]

The music reminds me to baku baku animal funny ost

[@user-zk3cr5sr8r]

First time seeing the Sega Saturn intro? Also 38 years old

[@TheCooterpuppet]

Better... yes Controller is awkward Uses weird Saturn internal sound chip instead of cd audio Computer always does their Fatality Like Doom and several other ports for Saturn it was rushed- however UMK3 is a great but slightly weird port- it still has NOOB Kano If your Saturn is working well, you can flash a memory cart or action replay cart with Pseudo Saturn, pretty easy you need to take the lid off though- no soldering, and you can play essentially any burned disc or any region

[@jax597]

Toasty!!! 😂 👍 The music in this is different but I like it

[@KISSFan1977]

You should just look for a local place with the ability to resurface the disc, i have had many games i got used that were scratched and we had a Family Video up til last year that had a resurface machine and cost 3 bucks to have a disc done, when finished are like new.

[@BushyStallion]

That’s a good idea my friend 👊🏼

[@RetroKidKnuckles]

Have you tried resurfacing the disc?

[@tornadot2025]

@24:37, did Kintaro do a human yell!?

[@wyldelf2685]

DARRYL i always thought the Acid floating Skeleton said ""OTTAWA"" ,🎉 🤔🎃😂😂😂

[@greensun1334]

Right, but it works only in the arcade original and SNES port (and maybe in the PC port), and you have to hold ⬇️ after you punched the opponent into the acid pool.

[@lorddakekai]

Loved the Saturn. But loved MKII on 32x.

[@greensun1334]

I remember being so disappointed with the 32bit ports of MK2... On screenshots, they looked arcade perfect, but that's the only positive thing. I rather play the SNES port, it has the most arcade accurate gameplay of all the MK2 ports imo.

[@Jolly-Green-Steve]

The 3DO can handle this game better because of the larger 2 megs of memory. Saturn and PSX systems should of had 2-4 megs by default. It would of only increased the price of the hardware by 50 bucks to go with 4 megs and all the arcade ports would have been accurate instead of missing sounds and frames of animation. Even textures in 3D games would of looked better being 4x higher resolution. Big mistake by Sega and Sony. You should check out the 3DO port that is near completion. It is looking fantastic.

[@Scorpion24]

Saturn has an extended 4 mb cart so there was no excuse why probe messed this up so bad, Also the 32 x version was better than this and used the same exact cpus.the saturn does/

[@Jolly-Green-Steve]

@@Scorpion24 32x version was worse because the 32x VDP was weaker than the Saturn's causing it to have worse graphics and sound. Also Saturn MK2 was released in 1996 and the 4 Meg Cart wasn't released till 1997. This could have been solved by Saturn having 4 meg internal ram by default. Yeah with better programmers they probably could have fixed the sound loading issues and the issue of not keeping the Player's Name Wins and Fatality logo on the screen at the same time. There is a fan made 3DO port that fixes this and the 3DO ans Saturn have 2meg of ram but I know Saturn's is segregated differently 0.75/0.75/0.5 versus 1/1. Wikepedia isn't clear on how sound memory is on 3DO.

[@Mcchubz]

There is a person who is redoing 3DO version . Working on it as in development

[@Darknight0681]

Both Saturn and PS1 were already selling at a loss on their base specs. They couldn’t just put more RAM in it. At least not for another two to three years.

[@Jolly-Green-Steve]

@@Darknight0681 where did you get your info that PSX and Saturn were sold for a loss at launch?

[@Tgstheproperenglishman]

The sega Saturn version!!!🎉🎉🎉 awesome stuff buddy 😀,yeah i thought that normally is playing better ,having less loading!!!

[@jax597]

Are there emulators that are preloaded with all the retro consoles and good roms? I wanna get one but don't know what to get. Any recommendations brotha ?

[@haunteddeandollsuk]

i have a sega saturn with the fenrir mod so the games are on SD card😅 i’ve never played mortal kombat on there i wonder if the loading is faster coming from SD card rather then disc? i don’t like the fact they don’t say the winners name of the round, mk2 is a way harder game then mk1 even on easy, the AI is a true warrior lol

[@ChaleX_TiquiciaGamer]

Still loading times, but at least, less annoying than PS1 version (A bit shorter, and you don't get "loading" every single time)

[@markdawson4292]

absolutely love the Intro music on this and the PS1 versions, there is something different about it that just feels right in a way...best Saturn emulator on PC is Mednafen by a mile

[@johnjames7332]

NPCs love to hate on the 32bitter MK2s and even though these versions could have been better they trounce the weak 16 bitter ports. The 16s have a huge lack of parallax across all levels, missing voices, reduced character sizes, massively reduced colours, wrong character placement on stages, SNES janky gameplay/slowdown, Genesis missing intro, missing endings, no vs screens, static backdrops and missing effects, reduced fatality effects. No port is a 1:1 to the arcade but for the me I'll take a 32 bitter MK2 any day of the week and twice on Sundays.

[@WWammyy]

Sega Saturn is my favourite console but even I have to say the 16bit games play better. The 32bit games could have been way better of course but these are lazy msdos ports. You can tell by the way the disc size is tiny. Compared to other games 12mb download size. The Stuttering is what gets me. However the 3DO conversion of MK2 is looking quite good proving that a good port could be done.

[@GamingManual]

Correct. When you play the arcade port long enough, you instantly realize how stripped down the home ports were. The Saturn port is fantastic, minus the loading and missing voices/SFX etc. For some reason it always gets railed on, when in reality it was arguably the best home port of the game until Midway Arcade Treasures.

[@letsgetacid]

​@@GamingManualA matter of expectations. These versions should have been WAY better. Mk3/UMK3 have their flaws but are significantly better ports than this.

[@G.G.___162]

I'm right there with ya on all of that! I think the 32X port might be my favorite official console port all around, but the Saturn version definitely looks the best, and really the loading stuff never really bothered me; The only thing that takes the Saturn version down a notch for me personally is the different music it used. But I'd rather play the Saturn version over the 16 bit ports every single time; no contest

[@Tubewings]

How come most of the home versions of MKII have a pale-skinned Jade as opposed to the tanned Jade seen in the arcade and SNES versions? Is it because of graphical issues with the assorted systems?

[@paulj5336]

I'd take the Snes version over this.

[@RonaldDorsinator]

1000%

[@greensun1334]

@@paulj5336 yep!

[@johnjames7332]

God no, not a chance LOL. The 16 bitters CANNOT compare to the 32bitter MK2s. Snes, Genesis, 32X are all heavily compromised versions.

[@greensun1334]

@@johnjames7332 still better than the butchered 32bit ports. On screenshots they look good, but the rest - no, thanks.

[@davidbermudez7704]

It destroys the Saturn version

[@Coolremac]

On the Sega Saturn version, you can't do the 3rd fatality for "Shang Fun". 😂

[@Scorpion24]

Can't fight smoke either when the toasty is said

[@chadkirk150]

If you know how to back up your games, get yourself a SAROO HD Loader. Not only can you get your Sega Saturn games backed up on an Mini SD card, but the load times are a bit better.

[@Blas4ublasphemy]

The 3DO version of MK2 currently in development is looking incredible IMO.

[@BushyStallion]

Looks good for sure.. the character movement seems a little robotic but it’ll be cool to try 👊🏼

[@LouieArmstrong1244]

I had the saturn and this game and other games like daytona racer ironman virtual fighter, virtual cop, Loaded, resident evil, assault on cyburia , and other games to i cant remember?

[@BushyStallion]

Nice Louie 👊🏼

[@cobrakainevereverdies6940]

*After playing 70-75% of the game, it starts to freeze up and act jittery* I wonder does it work better on the sd hard drive version versus the original disc

[@haunteddeandollsuk]

sega saturn mortal kombat 2 vs genesis mk2 would be nice

[@greensun1334]

I'm fine with a longer loading times before every *match* (not before each round, like in the KoF ports for PS1 f.e., this is way to much), but the interruptions during gameplay are so annoying. It's much worse than slowdown, it breaks the gameplay entirely.

[@salt515]

Somebody should hack this and add the original arcade sound effects and music... I mean just look at the the 3do version that's being worked on.

[@BushyStallion]

Waiting for the finished product for that 3DO MK2, the characters movement looks different from the arcade from what I’ve seen so far.

[@waluigimario8329]

@@BushyStallion Yeah the jumping animations seems a bit awkward.

[@TVsBen]

Best way to play the Saturn version is from a Saroo cartridge. ODEs that use the disc bus have bandwidth/loading limitations, but playing from the cart cuts the load times in like half or better. I still hate how it's missing so much of the sound, though. No names, no round numbers, load times. I'd rather play the 32X "Arcade Edition" ROM hack, which is basically complete.

[@BushyStallion]

Hmm, is there a 32X Arcade Edition hack as well? Gonna have to look this up. Thanks for the comment my friend 👊🏼

[@danielmercado3990]

Muy bueno..darrill gracias.

[@MrDomisabeast]

This is very different, some of the instrumentation for example for the portal stage sounds kind of cool, especially at the end, just a bit more gritty/dark. But yes a lot is missing here is the U.S. version just like this for satern? and the sampling rate/ pitch for the voices is a bit different/off as well

[@BushyStallion]

The Saturn version actually has less in terms of sound clips and speech than the PS1 version.

[@DejoyTV]

Nice! Saturn emulation looking mint! Does that mean its time to checkout MK Trilogy on the saturn and compare it to its PSX / N64 counterparts?

[@DejoyTV]

Decent port but definitely prefered on the 32x!

[@Darknight0681]

Interestingly enough, this game and the PS1 version weren’t even 40MB on disc. They might have been the smallest games on their respective systems.

[@BushyStallion]

Interesting fact right there 👊🏼

[@MrAhuraMazda]

EASILY the best home version. Like the box says, it had all the ACTION, MOVES and BLOOD in 32-Bit!!!!!!!!!!

[@jarekzabczynski]

SNES had more than this.

[@johnjames7332]

@@jarekzabczynskiyou must be blind LOL

[@MrAhuraMazda]

@jarekzabczynski yeah but did the SNES version have all the MOVES!!!!

[@johnjames7332]

@@MrAhuraMazda the snes version also had the janky gameplay, reduced sprites, reduced fatality effects, reduced parallex, reduced colours, wrong sprite placement on screen, black borders + more

[@jarekzabczynski]

@@johnjames7332 Had all the vocal sounds and music too. It wasn't perfect, but didn't feel half baked like all the Sega versions.

[@G.G.___162]

Yeah really the only thing i don't like about this version is the different music. The loading really doesn't bother me much at all. It's a better version than most give credit for Closest to arcade size sprites than the other ports. the 32X version is still my favorite official console port though

[@BushyStallion]

32X version rocks as far as I’m concerned. Thanks for the comment 👊🏼

[@bryanmack4054]

Speaking of the Saturn…are there any good emulators for it? I’d like to play the OG Resident Evil again but I honestly don’t know where to begin

[@Holothurion]

Mednafen is the way to go, and I can recommend SSF as well.

[@bryanmack4054]

@@Holothurion thanks man

[@Holothurion]

@@bryanmack4054 😉👍🏻

[@BushyStallion]

Look up Retroarch and Beetle Saturn I believe the two go hand in hand.

[@aaronking9332]

Windows has several good options. If youre playing on a decently powerful android yaba sanshiro is pretty good...none are perfect regardless of what anyone says. Some games might play perfectly but you'll always run into some that don't handle different things well...yaba sanshiro is good on many games though...and if they do work it can even bump up the resolution to make them look nicer

[@Goro_84s]

nothing beats the arcade version

[@moeschizlac]

Except PC because with the right hardware PC can exceed Arcade quality.

[@ThousanWhite]

Way better with the load times here!

[@ScorAXE007]

Saturn is more awful than PS in gameplay, however the OST is better and that awful denote from The Deadpool has been fixed

[@greensun1334]

At least, you can play the PS1 port by making use of the jump backwards trick, so it's *somehow* arcade like, but in the Saturn port, this doesn't work at all. You're right, the PS1 version plays a little better, but both ports were lazy done and awful imo.

[@ScorAXE007]

@greensun1334 I pretty much agree to the laziness of development on both games and it's disappointing.

[@greensun1334]

@@ScorAXE007 from what I know, Acclaim was about to loose the MK2 license (MK2 is a game from '93, and the 32bit ports came out very late, in fall '95), so the Probe team was not even interested in distributing a worthy product. Same story with the PS1 port.

[@RockBandPlayer84]

The 32x port was the best home port of this game

[@jugghead82]

Man AWESOME Channel

[@Darknight0681]

This version feels way more stripped down than it should’ve ever been. Surprising voices missing. The music is a travesty, though playing it myself it’s clear they did the music in MIDI so that the loading sequences mid fight didn’t have to pause the music to do it. It’s shockingly more inaccurate in gameplay than the Genesis version. And the PS1 version is almost just as bad, with very minor differences. Characters are bigger but somehow still look muddy with weird color in spots. PS1 had a more appropriate ladder screen music, but is missing the end of round tunes. TLDR, this and the PS1 version suck equally in slightly different ways. I see why Acclaim wasn’t allowed to touch these games after this. Especially when PS1 MK3 at the time was right over there and absolutely destroyed this.

[@jascadet]

Kokomo, LOL!! Milenna, Baraka, ooh I wanna kill ya It’s Sonja, Kitana, come on pretty mama It’s Kano, Kintaro Outworld, why don’t we go? Raiden… Open a portal please There’s a place called Netherealm Okay, that is as far as I made it off the cuff, lol. Enjoy.

[@BushyStallion]

Lol job well done. These new lyrics will stick lol

[@bluesboy8237]

That's in another realm, where revenge now awaits Bodies soaked in blood Tortured remains scattered in the mud We'll be falling in pits To a journey of a certain death In the Netherealm

[@kenlee1149]

This version is broken af. I remember finding infinite kombos for Scorpion and Cage 😎👍

[@kenjiurban]

Is this emulated or on the actual console?

[@jimmywillims5929]

Consol

[@BruceLeeroyX]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 damn donkey Kong country music.

[@kmlumd44]

What a nicer opening vibe with him not showing himself. He even sounds much smoother in talking. Hes doing what his passion is without alterior fame motive, and that enhances the mystery of who's talking and increases the draw towards his content.

[@BMulligans]

Interesting. I prefer seeing him give a spiel on camera. Each to their own though

[@kmlumd44]

@@BMulligans why do u like to see him versus hear him and see the game?

[@kmlumd44]

@@BMulligans are you looking for a human connection? Or maybe is it his looks and demeanor? Getting to see that, and think about it?

[@BMulligans]

@@kmlumd44 I'm not sure, I think I heard his voice for so long, it was nice to put a face to it and actually see all of his expressions to match his voice. Having both is good. Like I don't mind not seeing his face. I guess it's cool to put a face to a voice sometimes. Maybe it makes me feel more connected I suppose.

[@tonyp9313]

This version is good. However the best MK 2 version is the 32X.

[@wyldelf2685]

Had 32x version , it's missing actual ending artwork from arcade , and it's noticeably SLOWER than my previous SNES version 😮 and is a major reason I despise the Sega 32x addon in general 😢😢😢😢

[@Jolly-Green-Steve]

No ZX Spectrum version is the best followed closely by the Game Gear port. Duh.

[@RonaldDorsinator]

nope snes version is goated

[@bradallen8909]

The best version is the arcade, obviously.

[@Jolly-Green-Steve]

@@RonaldDorsinator SNES is the version I grew up on but if you go back and play them now the Saturn and PSX versions if you can tolerate the hiccups are far superior to any of the lesser bit ports. As far as the 16-bit ports SNES is first followed by 32X then Genesis. The best technical home ports are Midway Arcade Treasures 2 on Xbox/PS2/Gemecube and MK Collection on X360/PS3 which are basically the arcade games emulated.

[@48hourrecordsteam45]

Probe was supposed to stay away from sega like the plague .! . This was the game that helped turn the tide in the console wars . . Mk2, donkey Kong,Mario kart, Metroid, Mario rpg, yoshi island,Kirby SNES was connecting now. . Sega was swinging still but the fight got even. Mortal kombat 2 opened that gate . If the genesis version was done by a more competent developer, it wouldn’t have been as even as it was.

[@miguelangelbazan8697]

Nintendo was making games for elementary kids but Saturn was making great Capcom and SNK fighting games better than Sony and Nintendo, games that were aimed to teenagers like myself in that time. Why I had a Saturn

[@IamStreetFighter676]

Not sure how a way more powerful console did a worse version than SNES

[@Holothurion]

Rushed ports, period. The Saturn and PS1 ports (developed by Probe) were hastily released as a last ditch effort by Acclaim before the MK licensed expired. In fact, these launched after the home versions of MK3, around the time UMK3 for Saturn and MK Trilogy hit the market.

[@BushyStallion]

They just didn’t put the time into it that’s all I believe.

[@aaronking9332]

Yeah if you wanted a decent representation of mortal Kombat on Saturn you would be better served to get ultimate mk3

[@miesvaillanykyisyytta3252]

Some very goofy sound effects. The "mmm" effect in Reptile's fatality I never heard before. I think SNES goes silent there. Not sure about the PSX. It's comical and stupid and does not add to the experience in my opinion. SNES is still best. Apparently even PSX has crummy fatalities with no change in sound and the fatality sound effect is lacking. Aaaawful.

[@gregoryleonardo2163]

The snes version is literally the worst version lol watch tech vids on it its far inferior

[@Kaido_928]

Snes looks and sound better then genesis. Everyone can see and hear that.

[@miesvaillanykyisyytta3252]

@@gregoryleonardo2163 I don't think those videos exist Mr. bait poster. Only arcade, PC and possibly Playstation/Saturn have any advantages over the SNES.

[@panterarosa4325]

The console ports are awkward conversions than the capcom faithful conversions with the exception of the arcade collection of mk which is the most faithful recreation

[@miesvaillanykyisyytta3252]

@@panterarosa4325 It did not matter if they were awkward conversions because I to this day have never seen a live arcade MK2 and that was the case for every kid I knew in the 90's. We only knew what we knew and the only comparison we could have made was with tiny images in magazines.

[@PrincessKitanaMishimaMKSeries]

more like a Virtua Fighter 1993

[@catboyxx]

ps1 version

[@Neto808]

Kokomo rocks!

[@BushyStallion]

Lol glad you appreciate that song

[@barryschalkwijk9388]

i think you need to re-listen Kokomo lol.

[@BushyStallion]

😂😂

[@barryschalkwijk9388]

@@BushyStallion I do get what you mean though, esp that awfully high *tinng* is spot on.

[@diogoalfa672]

Pra mim a melhor versão é do Snes pelas músicas e áudio essa do Saturn não ficou legal

[@ardilosinho]

I don't know how they managed to do a port so shitty like this.

[@BushyStallion]

Just a rush job I believe. If you watch the end credits you’ll see the clowns who worked on this version and it makes sense 😂

[@Hellgenio]

SEGANUS SATURN

[@panterarosa4325]

The a.i is so fucked up

[@britneyspearsvillarosa]

I hate the Sega Saturn lol

[@4ArchieLee]

Hopefully you get a pedigree in a mixture of big turds.

[@multipass1170]

It's okay. Not ur fault it wasn't released during ur childhood. I mean it was only best thing to own next to a Playstation. Saturn rocked my childhood. I loved playing it with my pops. Still do.

[@1008md]

@@multipass1170it came out in my childhood. My uncle rented it at a game store. That was the last time I saw a SEGA Saturn IRL. I playing SEGA Saturn games via emulation. Really wish it was competitive outside of Japan

[@Scorpion24]

Then why are you here? I hate Britney Spears don't see me looking up her videos on youtube.