Improvement Mega Drive / Genesis

Mortal Kombat Arcade Edition Enhanced

Builds on Linkuei's Mortal Kombat Arcade Edition for the Genesis with dozens of sprite, background and presentation fixes that bring it closer to the arcade original.

Sub-Zero and Johnny Cage at the start of a round, with names on the life bars
Sub-Zero and Johnny Cage at the start of a round, with names on the life bars 1 / 3

What it is

Linkuei's Mortal Kombat Arcade Edition was already a well-known overhaul of the Genesis port. With his permission, Rael G.C. continued it, polishing the graphics and presentation further toward the arcade game.

What changes

  • character names on the life bars, arcade-style round and "Fight!" messages, and victory markers under the life bars
  • reworked fighter portraits on the select screen and the battle plan
  • many sprite fixes: Sub-Zero's walk, Rayden's blue eyes, Liu Kang and Kano's animations, and stray off-color pixels removed from several fighters
  • background touches: scrolling clouds at the Palace Gates, foreground pillars and restored dragon statues in the Throne Room, arcade-colored clouds over the Pit
  • cleaned-up ending screens
  • a pause button with six-button pads, better third-party pad support and a save fix for the PicoDrive emulator

Version 2.9 also fixes unlimited continues in single player and several display glitches added in earlier versions.

Playing it

Apply the patch to your own copy of the Genesis game following the instructions on its Romhack Plaza page.

#bug fixes #fighting #restored content