Unboxing Mortal Kombat "Arcade Edition" - A Sega Genesis / Mega Drive Repro Cart
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- čas přidán 12. 09. 2024
- Hello Friends!
During these SAD times we're living, (STUPID WAR), I decided to upload a quick Unboxing Video of a Brand new Repro Cart I've bought myself back in late January.
Find more info about the Hack on the developer original video below:
• SEGA Mega Drive - Mort...
if you want to buy the game here is the link
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Thanks again for watching !
Peace
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Hi, Boca! Excellent version of MK1 you have there, did not know about such, thank you! Other thing - cant wrap my head around, why this Batman cart looks so big, elongated even, is it some special edition? Your Sega looks like brand new.
Hey lauraiss ! The Batman cart is just a pirate cart which came with one of the consoles I bought back in 2015. It had no label and I printed one for it, but it had the wrong size... regarding the console itself, yes its the most beatiful shell of all of them and it's a va1 from 1989. Unfortunately this revision has some incompatibilities with a few games when using everdrive... usually the new ones.
My va6 and va4 died so I'm currently using this one now.
Wish u all the best mate !
Hi there can anyone can tell me if this cartridge is 2 mb, 3 mb 5 mb, or more? Best regards. Eurico.
@@Lentalil fala Eurico tdb? É de 4Mbytes ou 32megabits. Link da venda do cartucho www.retroartgames.com.br/produtos/mortal-kombat-arcade-editon-com-caixa-e-mini-manual-poster-lacrado/
@@BocaRetroGames 1989 is version 2, only 0 and version 1 are 1988 🇯🇵 only version 2 to 6 was released in 🇺🇸 unless version 2 somehow made it to 🇬🇧 in 1988/1989
@@rustymixer2886 the board says it's from 88 but some ics have early 89 date... so I guess it's a jp va1 from 89
Stuff like this makes you realize how powerful this hardware is. If business wasn’t cost-driven, we’d had this back in the 90s
Exactly! If we would have e more time for the port and also larger rom carts, that would be totally possible
@@BocaRetroGames For premium games like Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter it would be interesting to see what would have happened if they had "Premium" ports. A larger cart that allowed for a more accurate port.
@@BocaRetroGames not exactly because I do see some tear and slowness on the graphics in your video. So it still has its limitations. The arcade was running on 32 bit graphics arcade quality so that’s why the PlayStation could MK trilogy could do exact port.
The development team affects the game also. Where did all these colors come from on MK3 and Ultimate? Visually the difference is drastic. The original game still plays very well.
Rom chips cost a LOT more back then. 2MB was likely the limit probe was forced to work with. The other Genesis ports looked a lot better but, their Rom chips were also a lot larger too. Anyway, i Still love this port. It was always good, the Arcade Edition just made it even better.
I have the ROM of this on my Genesis Everdrive cartridge, and I love it! It may not be COMPLETELY “arcade-perfect”, but it’s a HUGE upgrade from the original Genesis release. It uses the Genesis music and engine, but everything else has been upgraded. Just goes to show that the original version of the Genesis port could have been so much better - but Probe and Acclaim were well known for making half-assed ports of arcade games. This upgraded version is what the original version should have been.
Exactly ! Totally agree with you
I don't see any upgrades, looks just as choppy and low grade as the original.
Sega CD MK is a pretty damn good port of the arcade
@jmarv615 same mate - I don't know what he's talking about. I'll stand corrected if anyone ever does a side by side.
I'm glad they kept the Matt Furniss composed soundtrack in tact for this, because the music was fantastic and fitting, I liked the compositions even better than the arcade itself.
*Man that freaking box is dope as hell I’d definitely have to buy 2 copies one to play and the other to keep sealed as a collectible...yo nice video bro*
Thanks for the comment. It's really great this pkg but unfortunately it has started to get magentafro some odd reason. It looks like the printing isn't that good after all...
That is a very good idea👍
It does look better for sure. It’s amazing looking inside the cartridge and seeing the chip how advanced technology really is.
*If they made a SNES cart of this, there wouldn't be much work needed. A few sounds added and clarity to the names. That's about it*
wouldn't be much work? They had to fix the button delay, uncensored fatalities, and add the splatter blood in which would take A LOT of work!
Exactly... it would be easier to make another game from scratch
@@Patrick19833 - You sound like someone who was poor, that could only afford a Genesis.
Snes and Genesis had the same price... I don't see your point here...
Thats awesome dude keeping the classics alive i dig it
Tks for the comment
What I don't like about this version is that they didn't use the MegaCD code/sprites for the hack, hence the lost in animation frames, the ones that hurts my eyes the most is Sub.Zero and Liu Kang.
Wow! Aside from the apparently glitchy Test Your Might, this version is perfect.
I wish this was available in 1995 😁 I went and bought MK1 for my Saga CD hoping it would be just like the arcade,I was disappointed lol
It definitely should be available back in day ! Tks for commenting!
Looks good. Didn’t know they made physical carts of this. I have the game on my Everdrive for now…
Yes, there a comple of small companies who are producing high quality repro carts. I know at least 3 here in Brazil, but also I've seen some European ones. I've also had it on my everdrive first, but as soon as I saw this I couldn't hold myself to not order one.
It's really cool to open a brand new genesis game in 22 like if we were in 93
Brasil is known for their passion for SEGA. They produced and I think still does, licensed Mega Drives.
Yes, you are right. There is still a master system version selling to this day by tec toy. Off course its a cheap and horrible chinese SOC version. There was also an model 1 re release in 2017, and it was sold until last year. I bought one really cheap and I'll be doing an unboxing vídeo of it soon. Thanks for watching
www.tectoy.com.br/master-system-evolution-com-132-jogos-na-memoria-995020351822-p186?pp=/44.1422/
as cool as that is, this has a long way to go before being worthy of the moniker "arcade edition." somebody should port MK1 to the 32x... but that would probably be very expensive
Sure it's not perfect, as it uses the same engine from the release version, but they added and tweeked so much it does worth checking it out. 😉
Today it would be easier to remake it from scratch using sgdk dev kit for genesis than porting it to the 32x, which currently has no friendly dev kits available. The author of this hack is also working on a remastered version of mk2 for the 32x, check out his channel 9n the description
so sweet. nice find.
Great video. I didnt't know there is improved version MK1 for Mega Drive.
Hello, thanks for the comment. It was released last xmas. I really recommend checking it out and also all the other remasters from the same developer on his channel czcams.com/video/PLFpxE0Zypw/video.html
There's also the best sf2 version ever released 2 years ago by Pyron czcams.com/video/EdzKJUrCCeY/video.html
This is pretty cool,wish they did a SNES upgrade and include the real fatalities and blood,with crisper sound and tightened up graphics,sign me up🙏
AMAZING + AWESOME !!!
Fala Boca... Excelente inglês! Ganhou mais um inscrito muito bom seu trabalho tem muito futuro!
Poxa obg pelo comentário Willis! Forte abraço e otimo domingo!
The Plug-N-Play version of Mortal Kombat is the best 16-bit version.
Deve-se reconhecer que para um Megadrive este jogo é um sucesso.
Ficou demais essa versão mesmo. Não só os gráficos melhorados, os sons, mas a jogavilidade, na minha opinião, ficou melhor q o do arcade.
Definitely looks better. Is there an snes hacked version
I guess there's an hack that only changes the sweat color to red, but no improvement on game play, gfx or sounds like this one. Tks for commenting
THEY NEED TO HACK THE SNES VERSION WITH TIGHTER CONTROLS , BLOOD AND FATALITIES. THAT WOULD BE TWICE AS GOOD AS THIS.
Still, the character animation when they stand needs more improvement as it is in the SNES version, that would be the last detail to get it as equal as the arcade version!
Imagine Christmas day unwrapping!
Mine was a pirate version of mortal kombat 2 for the snes in xmas 94. Loved that version !
I thought about making my own copy of the Arcade Edition. I didn't realize that there is someone already doing it.
Recommend you do it yourself as the box really change colors really fast...
@@BocaRetroGames The box colors changed? That's odd...
Yeah... they were not good quality... they got magenta .... in like 2months
Awesome!
Thanks 4 your comment
Should've made it for SNES - It already looks better in every way possible. Just needed blood and a few more tiny adjustments.
The most difficult would be to recreate The fatalities
@@BocaRetroGames - Too bad I joined WMS/Williams after Trilogy released for Saturn. It's like fighting games were kinda a joke on Genesis. If the 16 bit era was still around, when I joined - I would've made suggestions.
Cool ! Did you work there ? That's so cool. Nowadays indie developers are releasing so many amazing projects using SGDK like this one for instance : czcams.com/video/CjcYhKddGU4/video.html
Genesis had such potential back then, never truly explored...
Wow, so cool
It's a really cool hack and also physical repro for sure ! Tks for the comment !
All that cartridge casing for that Lil chip
Yeah ...
Snes and even more nes were thevsame deal ... really small chip for a big case
The genesis version of MK still looks like ashy elbows, even with the hacks after all this years. And the sound still sounds like two constipated squirrels. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I always hated the audio in genesis games...
Yeah genesis sucks man ! Snes ftw ! Heheeh just kidding, love them both
GOD IF ONLY they could do the same thing with the SNES version ! Imagine that !
Yeah! Somebody has got to do it !
@@BocaRetroGames Totally agreed ! Imagine all original fatalities restored with blood on the SNES, that's all that's missing along with the «Fatality» announcer line. And a less laggy version too. Would be perfect....well almost ! This Genesis version I agree is at its best here definitely an upgrade for Genesis owners but not my favorite go to version though, personal taste.
I didn't think master linkuei would make a actual cartridge of the mortal Kombat arcade hack that he worked on.
He didn't make the cart but he was the one who shared this repro on his Twitter account as it's an authorized repro by him and the other devs that worked on it. There's also other repro companies making other version of this repro here in Brazil and he is ok with it.
@@BocaRetroGames Thanks for the clarification, I didn't know all of that extra stuff. He's a talented coder and I hope he works his magic on other mortal Kombat or street fighter games.
Just proves how good the mega drive is, in terms of power and game capabilities.
@@MrLeafsta definitely. Another example is the symphony of the night port that piggsy is developing with Pyron's help czcams.com/video/3vztnPeIJWw/video.html
@@BocaRetroGames Though to be honest, I strongly believe that it doesn't matter if it's authorized or not. I don't give a fuck if the person who made the rom hack says it's ok or not, they released it for free online, and therefore they have NO say in how people have the right to use it or not. It's not like they even have rights to their "work" anyway, it's just modifying a copyrighted video game product with an IP belonging to the original company, so it's laughable that they try to claim any kind of ownership of it just because they altered the coding of this game they don't even own. I completely disagree with this bullcrap they whine about, claiming it's "selling" their work. It's commissioning a third party to make a plastic case around a free IPS patch attached to a rom. That's completely independent of the hacking process and completely outside the scope of this free IPS patch, and the "devs" have literally no right to tell me or anyone what they can and can't do with their hack once it's out there... and frankly, screw some of them for trying. They have no say in the matter and people can use it however in the hell they want to. I really enjoy the results of many rom hackers out there, but also a lot of them have egos more misplaced and far bigger than they deserve to have, too.
It looks like SNES version but with blood!
I still think the snes version has more colors and looks better overall, but this arcade version is close to perfection as the game play is so good
That's dope version of mk1 bro
Has silencio para escuchar el gameplay, locotron
nice!! where can i order this? and would you say this is the difinitive repro of this game?
Hi ! It's made here in Brazil but I don't think they send abroad. Anyway you can try it here www.retroartgames.com.br/produtos/mortal-kombat-arcade-editon-com-caixa-e-mini-manual-poster-lacrado/?variant=414125611
Its a great version, but it's more like a initial brazilan release than a definitive version
Beautiful cartridge!
Thanks man! Have a great weekend
@@BocaRetroGames To you too! Thanks for the good content.
could remake the super Nintendo version of this first mortal kombat too, just like they did with umk3
I'm sure it's possible, but it looks like there are not that as many easy DEV tools as there are for the Genesis right now. And also, the SNES version lacks some fatalities that would have to be built from scratch, which would be an herculean task for a hack .
Really cool 👍
Tks !
Good video, mate!
Thanks 😊! Good to hear from you ! 👍
Shouldn't it be MA-17 like the Sega CD version? Just the fact that you don't need to enter the blood code in.
Yea
Se tem Brazil nós estamos aqui - Helou Bro Nice Game \0/
Valeu pela audiencia Marcos !
Is the edge unbeveled on the genesis cartridge or only the megadrive version?
Hello. These new repro carts all usually come with unbeveled edges... which was not the case on the original carts back in the day...
I love Mk but mk3 ultimate and trilogy was my favorite
O Brasil é foda, quando o braileiro quer ele faz coisas incriveis
exatamente :)
muito bom mais um inscrito
Vlw mestre obg !
Wow
Is possible to buy this game from Spain? I tried in the website but seems like is not possible.... any suggestions?
Send the guy an email in Spanish or translated Portuguese asking him the send him a copy to Spain. I'm sure he will figure out a way to deliver
Is there any way to buy this from Europe? website doesn't seem to be able to buy overseas
You can try to get in touch with them to see if there's an alternative but exporting things from Brazil is really a pain ...
I'll check if there's a way to send you a copy. Where are you from ?
Non beveled edges on games carts causing damage to your console pin connector is not exactly true. If you are hard on your games and tend to slam them in and rip them out, yes it can cause massive wear and in some cases can damage the pin connector. But as careful as most collectors are, it won’t case any issues with careful use. This is just a typical worry of a non issue in the collecting community.
Thanks for the comment, but this particular cart had such a thick connector that I almost couldn't insert it or remove it, which wasn't the best in my opinion
Why couldn’t they do this from the start.
They rushed the port and also limited the cart size because of costs
@@BocaRetroGames costs. Always costs.
MA-13? lol Shouldn't it be MA-17 like the Sega CD version because you don't need to input the blood code in this too?
You must be correct, as it's a US grade the guy who made the box have no clue what that it stands for hehe
It shouldn't be there as it has never been used by tectoy here in Brazil
Bought a cart of this on Etsy, just the cart, and oddly mine has no character shadows.
That's really awkward... the shadows only disappear before the match...
Which version of the hack they used on the cart? The correct one is the 1.1
In what hardware revision are you using it ? Genesis 1, 2, jp mega drive ? Euro ?
Have a great day
@@BocaRetroGames Mine appears to be revision 1.3 from early 2023. I went through all of the menus and found a "Shadows" option defaulted to OFF. Turning it ON, however, does not work. So I put the original MK1 in and it too has no shadows. Going to assume it's because I'm not using a real Genesis, but an Intec arcade deck, which is a clone.
That must be why, the clone hardware. 1.1 is the last one from the original devs. It's already on 2.0 from others
Unbeveled cartridges seems to be a common issue on independent releases on the other hand can anyone explain to me technically what will be the damage on the slot if we use them? Because i get that a beveled one will be inserted more easily but is this the only problem (slot pins stress) or is it something more?
Slot pins start to get unaligned, the pins can get damaged and that can make the contact between the pins and cart more difficult overtime
@@BocaRetroGames Correct but what i do not get is that the pins go all the way down to the slot and it seems to my eyes that a beveled cartridge affects only the top of them. As far as anyone does not use brutal force inserting it but tries to do it gently everything will be fine? I got one unbeveled cartridge (with many games) from China and also the Power Base Mini Fm adapter from Stone Age Gamer that i purchased some years ago is unbeveled. Demons Of Asterborg was accused on some forums for using unbeveled cartridges but their copies (and of course mine) are for sure beveled.
Yeah I agree with you, and didn't really care about the cartridge being beveled or not until recently. But this one was really really thick and I almost couldn't insert it in the cart slot, and also couldn't remove it afterwards, that's why it has started to worry me, and why I've tried to bevel it .
@@BocaRetroGames Filing down the cartridges was in my for mind for many years now but i never tried it, is the pcb material hard also how long did it take you?
The pcb is not that hard, but you have to put some force on it. We just need to be carefull to do not scracht the cart pins. It took me like 20 to 30 min to slowly and carefully do that
Most probably Boca is dead, condolences to the family and relatives. I hope he got to the gates of Valhalla.
I'm coming back from the ashes... keep the faith ! Heheh just tested a live some minutes ago... but I did have health issues some weeks ago heheh
czcams.com/users/livez3vq1vnd67I?feature=share coming back
Is it just me or does the cartridge look really really small? I used to have a genesis and I remember the cartridges being bigger than that. Maybe my hands were smaller when I owned a genesis
Hehehe. Genesis carts have always looked smaller than snes, nes, or even Master system ones which were squared . But pf course the EA carts looked different and were a lot bigger than regular ones. Also the Japanese carts are little " fatter"then the American version.
Thanks for commenting 🙂
Peace
Peace Beira ! ✌
@@BocaRetroGames :-)
Where did you learn to speak english? It's just great :-)
Thanks for the compliment. I've studied when I was a kid from 13 to 17, then I've worked as an English teacher for some small amount of time.
Tks for commenting and for subscribing !
Genesis games were in cardboard in Brasil ?!
Yes! At the beginning both mega drive and master system games would come in cardboard boxes. Later they would change for plastic
@@BocaRetroGames I had no idea. Always thought Sega did an outstanding job compared to Nintendo on that department. Seems they failed just like them in some places. Thank you.
It was clearly a tectoy decision. But they changed that a little further...
This is an outstanding version of the game. The only other thing I wish they’d done, which really bugged me in the original, is made the life bars closer to the arcade. I know it’s a nit-pick but I don’t like how the names aren’t inside the gauge like the arcade. There’s probably a good reason for not doing it, if anyone knows what it is could you enlighten me?!
Vdp limitation for what I recall the developer explaining on some interview
The Sega Genesis had real problems with transparencies. Whenever transparencies were needed the developers would essentially fake it. That is my guess why they didn't change the life bars.
I disagree, they had the skill set to deliver a much better game on the Genesis and I'll tell you why. The Motorola 68K and Zilog Z-80 8-bit co-processor were inside so many arcade cabinets it was crazy. I believe it's a combination of time constraints, money, keeping the Snes better as it was a lesser package, and of course Sega wanting to sell Sega CDs. At the time the Sega CD port of Mortal Kombat was the closest to the arcade you could get.
No cartucho só faltou o nome do master linkuei, de resto tá top!
Na caixa tem os créditos dele. Inclusive eles mandaram cópias pra ele e pro Danilo Dias na época q saiu
@@BocaRetroGames que legal, não sabia disso.
Inclusive eu só comprei pq vi o Danilo Dias compartilhando fotos qdo chegou pra ele. Achei legal demais essa repro e por isso comprei
Top 👍🇧🇷
Valeu ! Abraço e obg pelo comentário!
Where van I buy one of these repros?
I bought it from here www.retroartgames.com.br/produtos/mortal-kombat-arcade-editon-com-caixa-e-mini-manual-poster-lacrado/
@@BocaRetroGames Thanks!
How did you bevel the cart?
Hi ! I've used a regular file tool to file the connector and bevel it. I've should have shown it on the video but I lost the tool when I decided to record the parts showing inside the cart, sorry for that.
Tks for commenting!
@@BocaRetroGames this is pretty cool. It would be nice to see you do it. I also have a cart that is edge and need to file it down, my concern is my cart doesn't have alot of room to file it.
I definitely should have recorded the process. I'll try to do an update video showing the process, it's really easy.
Thanks again for your comment
Rom hack
I usually don't car much about rom hacks but this one really worth it.
why not just play mame ver
Why not ? Tks 4 the comment
If only the MAME version weren’t so buggy and glitchy.
Yo juego con el sub sero wins a los mortal Kombat argentina saludos 😅😅😅👍👍👍👍🕊️🕊️🕊️🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷
Saludos Hermano ! Gracias por escribir acá!
@@BocaRetroGames muchas gracias 😅😅😅😅😅👍👍👍👍👍
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32MB cart
Yeah 32mbit cart = 4Mbytes cart
@@BocaRetroGames ok👍
Ultimate mortal kombat trilogy is better
Nah. MK 2 is always king.
@@bradydavis5791 This!
Muito bom, feito no Brazil
A cena brasileira de dev mega drive está incrível! Em breve teremos real bout e final fight feitos do zero
@@BocaRetroGames Sério, nossa ainda tenho o meu Mega de 1993, revisado, vou comprar um controle arcade pra ele. e esses novos cartuchos Made in BR Obrigado.
@@discoecultura76real bout czcams.com/video/CjcYhKddGU4/video.html
@@discoecultura76 final fight czcams.com/video/U4T8lH9i5gs/video.html