Mystery of the Lost Mortal Kombat : Nitro Edition

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[@ironhell813]

I had a game genie so I had blood on the snes version, so I couldn’t care less about a nitro version. Also, aside from the blood, it looks and plays exactly like the arcade so I’m not sure why everyone says it’s different. I owned both versions.

[@theonblastshow2012]

wow very cool… my picture and my game 😂 Very nice video.. 👍

[@Supernaut7430]

Lack of blood wasn’t the SNES version’s problem. It was also sluggish which to me was worse than being bloodless.

[@Samanosuke1138]

@youknowkbbaby Same. I still think the SNES version of the game is the superior version. I loved the rewritten Subzero, Cage, and Raiden fatalities.

[@galacticwarlock2271]

I think MK was it's own worst enemy. I didn't get into it until MK X from nether realms. Otherwise to me it was a bad SF clone.

[@MortalKombatKollector]

Sluggish because of a bug that happened cz last moment adjustments by Nintendo. They didn’t had time to fix it due to the release date.

[@chiefthunderhorse4430]

Agreed, after a while outside some of the fatalities you didn't even notice it anymore, looked great sounded great, but played terribly and as another commented liked Subzero and Raiden's new finishers didn't really care for Johnny and Kanos and the remaining fighters stayed the same

[@Streetpharmasist420]

Agreed, the delay in control response was horrible.

[@HungrywolfGarou]

I never heard of this proposed Nitro Edition. Always learn something new in your videos.

[@crescentfreshsongs]

I've heard about MK Nitro for decades, but I always assumed it was either an urban legend or a never-finished ROM hack. Crazy.

[@pabloignacioscaletta]

Ironically the night/day variants of open-air stages came to be true in MK9 with The Pit and The Courtyard having night and day versions. Ying Yang Island in Mortal Kombat Deception was somehow a transition before the full-fledgled version because the stage would randomly switch between day and night.

[@AnastasioMedia]

MK on the SNES had great graphics and arcade sound, however the controls were horrible and had a delayed response.I had both the Genesis and Super Nintendo versions and loved them each for what they brought. The reworked fatalities didn't bother me that much and although Sub-Zero's head rip is iconic, his freeze/break fatality looked amazing. Never heard of this Nitro Edition and if it exists, I would love for someone to dump the rom online. I still play these from time to time on emulators, and the version I have for the SNES has the palette swapped red sweat for blood.

[@jakejameslugo]

One can only imagine if MK Nitro Edition came out back then. It maybe would’ve been a more wild fighting game race between Midway and Capcom. Younger me would’ve totally been down to see it.

[@Mankey619]

I'd really love to see what the new edition of Mortal Kombat on SNES. The concept alone really interested me, and I really love to see a ROM hack version of it to be shown in the light of day. If they do this could change gaming history.

[@rpittman973]

I remember playing a modified arcade version at a small restaurant around the corner from me. It was faster, sub zeros ice ball made opponents levitate allowing for follow ups. We called it mortal kombat turbo

[@dadandvideogames]

I remember my local newspaper back then ran an article claiming that there was going to be a new version of mortal Kombat 1 for the super Nintendo with violence and fatalities. Being a little kid at the time and keeping up with the shit as much as you could back then- I had never heard such nonsense and it flew in the face of everything I was reading in all the mags. I clipped the article out of my newspaper and I sent it in to EGM for their take. I don't quite remember what they said but it did get published! Clearly looking back this never got released lol. But it's an interesting thing to see a video about. I guess they were working on a version with the fatalities and blood. That was the only thing keeping the super Nintendo version back.

[@samgao]

funny how the SNES MK1 Sub-Zero Fatality became a reality in MK2

[@Phryj]

I can kind of understand not wanting to release it so close to MK II. Releasing it on PlayStation, Saturn, Windows 95, and N64 would've been cool though.

[@chuckmckendry194]

In all honesty, Rayden's alternate FATALITY for the SNES better suits the character.

[@JamesNGames]

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[@cornflakesbaby]

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[@Lord_Deimos]

I'll take your entire stock

[@davidcurry332]

Yep 👾🤘

[@mikemoss6045]

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[@DaveViner]

I'd love to see this edition in action. Sounds very cool. The SNES version could've been great, but the input lag us what really let it down imo. I wasn't too bothered by the lack of blood, but the poor control was its biggest weakness.

[@jaym5118]

Everybody always talks about the lag in the Super NES Mortal Kombat. I myself never noticed a single issue with it.

[@DaveViner]

@jaym5118 I only knew the Mega Drive/Genesis version as a kid, so when I played the SNES version for the first time, the input lag was apparent pretty quickly.

[@SteveRudzinski]

I would love to play as MK1 Reptile in this game.

[@xmini-ul7je]

If they told me that MK Nitro had the same gameplay as the arcade's (Sculptured developers said it), and the same finishers and blood effects as the arcade's, i would've definetely bought it. See ya.

[@charlesleeiii]

I love the camera shakes in fighting games as the fighters get pummeled.

[@grgmj1980]

I was always waiting for a MK1 remake on the Snes but never got it. So if MK1 nitro was released you bet your crack I would have purchased it just like I bought every Street Fighter 2 release.

[@mattnordsell9760]

You mentioned that Mortal Kombat was not available here in the US for the Game Gear, was that just a version of it? I had Mortal Kombat on the Game Gear while I was growing up.

[@MrFatbag]

Yea, I definitely played it at my buddys house growing up many times.

[@registereduser]

Young me didn’t really care about the lack of blood on the SNES version, since it was so solid otherwise to me. My mother had a friend whose kids had the Genesis version, I thought the SNES version had it beat in sound, graphics and controls.

[@stopwearingwatches]

The SNES version clearly looked and sounded better, but the controls inexplicably had nasty long lag, the Genesis version definitely played better.

[@fantim]

@RealmKast had an entire interview with James Fink from Acclaim years ago. He went into depths on Nitro. It was so interesting.

[@bildo1977]

We need these games’ roms to be dumped. We might be able to have a more complete version of this port, and may lead to some interesting rom hacks as well.

[@PeaceArt1]

I love the snes rom hack MK Champion Edition. All bosses are playable and blood.

[@danyoung8392]

Around the time of Trilogy on PlayStation, there was a kind of internet joke about a version of Trilogy called Nitro edition. The joke part was the claim that current consoles (Playstation, N64, and Saturn at the time) were 'not powerful enough' and 'couldn't handle' this new version, so it would be released on the 'far superior' consoles. Those named were Atari 2600, Magnavox Odyssey, and Fairchild Channel F. This was during the days of Geocities, Yahoo, and HotBot. That seems to have been the kind of online hoax the 90s internet was full of for video game enthusiasts.

[@RGT85]

I had no idea about this. I like the additions to Nitro, it would have been really interesting to see considering that stuff was never implemented into future games.

[@Donscottgaming]

Hey RGT! Love your channel, man! 👍🏻 I remember reading about this concept game years ago, when I was a kid. Throughout all of these years, I remembered bits and pieces about it, but everything else is foggy. Glad I watched this video, to refresh my memory. This would've been a great concept for sure. The whole "moral" system would've been way ahead of it's time. I think they should've went for it, seeing as there were MULTIPLE versions of Street Fighter II. But, I guess this is one of those "what if's", that we'll never know about. I just hope and pray that ROM eventually gets released.

[@davidanttila9305]

If it is true and they have the games and they do exist. I think it would be incredibly interesting to see what the games play like and how far along it got into development.

[@TehDrewsus]

the game exists. James is a friend of mine, and I can't confirm but there's been discussions of possibly finishing the game after all these years

[@hadakashitsujifandubsfw111]

@@TehDrewsus I hope they do! Would love to see it. :D

[@macatron69]

Ah, I remember those days like it was yesterday! I loved playing MK at the arcade, and was thrilled to play the uncensored version on my Genesis. A friend of mine also had the SNES version so we were able to openly compare. While the SNES version had the best graphics, the Genesis version ran way faster and had the blood and fatalities that we all wanted. 😁

[@louthegiantcookie]

Huh, the green MK logo actually looks really good.

[@christopherlopez2464]

I didn’t a green mk logo in this video, could you time stamp it?

[@TheOldest]

Dialing down the violence wasn't the only issue with the SNES port, it had significant input lag especially compared to the Genesis.

[@ArchangelRG09]

Genesis played perfectly in the sacrifice for muted colors but coupled with the code as well as the rockin Genesis tunes made Genesis the superior version

[@Metal-Josh]

I think the Super Nintendos altered finishers aren’t bad. Like Sub-Zeros precursor to the Deep Freeze fatality. I was a Genesis kid (still am) so that version is the one I know very very well. I played it with and without the blood codes just to see the censored versions of those finishers, and I can tell you, they’re nowhere near as creative. Johnny cage just does a shadow kick, and Sub-Zero just does an uppercut. I’d certainly would like to play a Nitro Edition, just to again, compare

[@blackflame4506]

Thanks for the video Top Hat

[@vginsprdsobepr9698]

Kitana was first created as a character in the original MK game.

[@theedwardian]

I always liked how 90s game advertisements often featured the consumer being assaulted by the game characters. It was a very common theme.

[@someonejust5062]

The Sega Genesis version of the original MK will forever be the GOAT ABACABB

[@sponggiexoxo]

Are you kidding me? I was one of the kids who had a super Nintendo who was disappointed that there was no blood in Mortal Kombat. I would have dropped the coins for this game. Well, my dad would have got it for me cuz I was young when this came out lol. Once again, Nintendo is blocking MK's greatness. But, if Boon says the game was bad then, I'll take his word for it.

[@kwizzeh]

I actually do remember that the SNES version felt off compared to the Genesis port and the arcade version. It wasn't until youtube was a thing that showed there was a difference between SNES and the Genesis version concerning input delay and game speed between both.

[@sponggiexoxo]

@@kwizzeh I remember my step brother had a Sega Genesis and I remember playing MK2 on there and saying dang there's blood? Dang, the fatality is different. It's just Nintendo sensoring stuff as usual......

[@8squared007]

@@sponggiexoxoNo, MK2 SNES had blood.

[@robintst]

To be the envy of your SNES-owning classmates: ABACABB

[@CapPigDog]

Was I the only one that used the debug code instead of this one? Down, Up , Left, Left, A, Right, Down. Then just turned the blood on in there and enabled infinite continues because i was a kid and MK1 is hard. Turning on cpu always does fatalities was cool too so at least you got to see them if you had trouble doing them like I did.

[@robintst]

@@CapPigDog I did that one too. Was hard to forget, it spells "DULLARD."

[@CapPigDog]

@@robintst yeah that was why I always remembered it instead of the abacabb.

[@albundy7794]

Didn't ABACABB just turn on the blood/fatalities, and then DULLARD unlocked an entire cheat menu? My memory escapes me.

[@CapPigDog]

@@albundy7794 Yeah DULLARD unlocked an entire menu with the option to turn on blood, make the cpu do fatalities if they win, unlimited continues. A few other options cant remember them all.

[@MattoXorth]

MK1 on SNES is great! Yes, it has no blood. But the Gameplay is great, the Sound is awesome and the athmoshere is great as well.

[@axe6279]

Gotta love Nintendo's 'morality'. 'Blood and gore is wrong unless it affects sales'!

[@tidepoolclipper8657]

It'd be one thing if Nintendo of America's rampant love fore censorship was the only problem. What truly sealed the deal of the SNES version was Sculptured Software royally messing up with the controls.

[@BowsettesFury]

they need to bring MK Nitro to the Switch because god knows they phukked up "MK1"

[@Roy_Boy4.1]

They should've called the SNES version of MK, Mortal Kombat: Khristian Edition lol sorry I had to.

[@srka42]

Haven’t watched the video but since I know JamesMK I couldn’t help but comment, he’s a really dope dude legend in the industry.

[@nathanbalazonbautista418]

Turbo vs Nitro could've make the world difference 😢

[@blizteredthumbs7911]

I had this on snes, it did come "child friendly" but a mate found the cheat for the blood and extended finish him screen. I can't remember the snes code, but I remember the megadrive. On the goro akklaim screen you tapped abbacab and it unlocked the menu. Hahaha excellent was heard... The same with street fighter ii , you did up up down down right bumper left bumper aba if I remember to activate turbo mode.

[@wrayday7149]

Damn youngins..... back in our day we have video rental stores... you wouldn't need to buy a fresh copy, just go rent it.

[@DerekMoore82]

It's a shame that the new Mortal Kombat 1 doesn't include a remastered version of the actual MK1.

[@srka42]

MKTomBrady has a whole 2 hour podcast with JamesMK on the history of MK Nitro.

[@joeybanes5564]

The only REAL Facts are from Tom and James

[@Luke_Stoltenberg]

I had the most fun pulling the SNES game apart with a Pro Action Replay. I heard you could change the sweat to blood with a Game Genie but I was able to play as Reptile and the bosses (until it crashed)

[@underamoon]

First game was my favorite. I would have loved Nitro especially on the Genesis

[@clintdawg7811]

They messed up the code at the last minute trying to re-edit Johnny cages fatality. That's why the snes version gameplay is slightly off. That was said by one of the programmers during an interview.

[@Sydneyangel203]

I was very disappointed when getting the snes version back when it released now I know why. Thanks for the video

[@Tysonator1000]

I'd love to see the ROM in action. I never owned the original game until years later, so I would've bought the Nitro Edition.

[@brianr5665]

If MK Nitro for the SNES looked as good as the Competition Edition and added blood, but played like the Genesis/Mega Drive version... It would have been amazing. But, looking back on what was proposed... It would have been a waste of money for owners of the original. It could have had a future as a Rental Store Exclusive like EA did with Madden Football Championship Edition. And it would more than likely have become a saught after collectible today. Im glad the focus was put on MKII for the SNES. That was an almost perfect port. One of the best ever for the time for any system. Unless you had a NEO GEO... But even then, the home version games from that system lacked features of the Arcade.

[@hansjavis5854]

I owned the SNES version and had friends that owned the Genesis version. Despite the lack of blood I still preferred the SNES version due to better sound, visuals and I didn’t notice any problems with the controls. The Genesis was just weird with the smaller sprites and tinny sound effects and music.

[@edwarddeguzman3258]

Same, the blood was a minor issue

[@jaym5118]

I couldn't agree more. I'll never understand how anyone could like the Sega Genesis version better. With or without blood. Pretty much everything about it was worse. Especially the sound. The fighters sounded like congested dog barks when grunting and groaning.

[@euphoriaentertainmentcompa2605]

Capcom got me with many iterations of Street Fighters... SNK did the same with Fatal Fury... Chances are that i would have taken the bait and bought MK Nitro!

[@Jose-Hernandez69]

Fun fact: if you play Cassie cage in mk11 she preformed the classic fatality like Johnny case censored fatality on the snes

[@SharifSourour]

I wonder if the ROM was dumped!

[@ajxx9987]

We just need to get a version of it

[@konqrr]

Where’s Jim Fink? He knows all about it.

[@J.A.Z-TheMortal]

Its been 30 years. It would be nice if they dump the rom. An awesome homebrew dev like Master Linkuei could probably finish it.

[@ArcadeFreak-gw5rp]

As long as the blood was there and the controls fixed I definitely would have double dipped on mk1.

[@Vladimyrful]

I wish at least one game had The Great Kung Lao in it.

[@kidwaryodproduction]

Mortal Kombat : Nitro Edition At first I think it's MK wrestling game based on WCW Nitro game. And MK characters would gonna have rant "Choose Me" section 😆

[@CapPigDog]

"Scorpion does not care if you pick Scorpion. Pick somebody else with an easier move set, like Sub-Zero." - Scorpion (Who for some reason talks in the third person and is doing the Kevin Nash bit from the Nitro psx games)

[@kidwaryodproduction]

​@@CapPigDog Liu Kang : Hello, Here's Liu Kang. *Speak Chinese* Flying Kick, Bicycle Kick *Speak Chinese Again*

[@sevinskies]

Nitro was simply just a option in the menu to make the game faster

[@Nimrod336]

If your in the fgc. (Fighting game community) and you understand stuff like frame data,you know the mechanics of the game ect then you will understand all the different versions of sf. But if your just a casual it just looks like a cash grab..it kinda was depends on how you look at it. But if the frame data was different that means new combo routes means total different game play. But if your just a kid or casual then it wouldnt of mattered

[@tomgreulich5658]

DULLARD was the code for blood on Sega Genesis 😂

[@vintageceilingfans]

I would have bought the Nitro Edition.. They should release it so we could play it on the Emulators or Everdrive.. At this pointy it would not be a money making thing.. But the current hacks we have only change the color of the sweat and still have the tone down fatalities..

[@Alex_Valentine]

I would have bought it for sure.

[@nefariou5]

as you say, i felt like the street fighter 2 editions were a cash grab. i got it on genesis and snes (turbo and super) and regretted it as I only ever played one of them.

[@Brazil144hopeful]

Ac up b up ba down was the code on 3. I will never forget the day i got that code at school in the hallway. I ran home and put that code in.

[@johnwebb4499]

Oh Hello, Sonya

[@bigguy7353]

Not so much "lost" as "didn't exist" in most places.

[@MrSamPhoenix]

Would love to see a ROM dump for SNES MK1 Nitro

[@lennywolfe6220]

12:05 MK1 Spoiler Warning... I think Sonya's Black and Red outfit makes an appearance in MK1 as an alternative version.

[@anonamatron]

Maybe Nitro was scrapped because they were making the WWF Arcade Game

[@HotdogJuice]

7:15 You're Welcome.

[@cmscalvert]

I think I would have gotten Nitro since my one friend had the original and we would compare the 2. SF3 TURBO was a cash grab, but that doesn't mean it wasn't also a decent game.

[@LarsOfTheMohicans]

Mortal Kombat: Nitro did in fact exist. It was known as Blood Runs Kold and if you were a kid (not an old fart) in the late 90's, it was glorious.

[@Lightblue2222]

Nitro inferes there might be a speed improvement too. As the snes version is a bit slower and clunkier than Genesis. Which could have been fixed in a later edition. So i wonder if this improved version was more than just graphics but also gameplay.

[@Lightblue2222]

Neat Boon thinks it may have been faster. Didn't know that

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

So I'm guessing they were trying to Do their own streetfighter turbo.

[@eraserrainlantier3040]

I would still drop money on it now.

[@Zazalahyene]

Wait why are they named "Sponge" and "Mainwaring" at 3:12 ? 🤔

[@PS4GamingGuy81]

The censorship by Nintendo of MK 1 led to the Genesis version outselling the SNES version 4 to 1. This forced Nintendo to back track and they allowed the blood and fatalities in MK2.

[@Chamberz55]

Great vid but isn’t today the most popular era of MK? 🧐

[@TheRealJPhillips]

Could've been interesting but, M.U.G.E.N. MK exists now. And that's all I need to say.

[@milestrombley1466]

No blood? No Mortal Kombat!

[@galacticwarlock2271]

So it was basically Street Fighter II turbo.

[@0dixib0]

Funny how Nintendo, who only exists thanks to the Yakuza, is trying so hard to be family friendly

[@ReinMixTape]

I really liked 16 bit / 32 bit MK as a kid.... but when I realized how much often the AI cheats against you and can do all skills with shorter animation ticks my interest dropped off for the 1 player mode. The two player mode was the most fun bit for me though. I've wanted to have the 16 bit and 32 bit games on my shelf though as an adult... but every copy I come across is an aftermarket repreduction done in Mexico... RIP. I seriously wonder where all the legit copies went.

[@Xx_HD_xX]

Oh we would have eaten it up no doubt.

[@noidont8149]

hahaha for once in gaming history I was so glad I had a sega come that mortal Monday

[@scorpix46218]

I would’ve got that and Mortal Kombat 2 you at the same time

[@titowrestling]

SNES’s MK 1 had gameplay, graphics, and gameplay far superior than the Genesis version. BUT, Sega kept the violence…

[@JoeyRiz]

Ha! I was a Nintendo kid and did not even have a sega system. 10 years old in 1993, I got Mortal combat on Super Nintendo. It sucked because no blood and different finishers than the arcade. I traded the Super Nintendo version into FuncoLand and got the version 2 Genesis with Mortal Kombat. That one choice by Nintendo to not include blood forced me to buy a Genesis and then buy more games of Genesis over Nintendo. It was pretty fucking dumb on Nintendo’s part.

[@touch_the_sky]

Sounds like a cool idea for Mugen creators to make a reality

[@sirjohnmandeville7488]

The SNES versions crap controls was the bigger issue really.

[@ninjagrinder]

It's a shame people still think the main problem with SNES MK was the lack of blood and violence. It plays horribly, there's a noticeable delay, there's silly infinites, collisions are weird. It's just a bad port. Nothing to do with the violence. Oh well, the press will continue telling the same lame story I guess

[@Red-rummy]

I had the game gear version and live in US

[@aaronbass6189]

I wish nitro was made I would have bought it