I just wanna say for those trying to help with the 6-button issue for MK Arcade Edition, holding the mode button to switch the controller over to 3-button still doesn’t work. A working 3-button controller is needed. Thanks for the suggestion however.
Thats weird. I don’t have any issues with 6 button controllers. I wonder if your cart is programmed weird. Theres similar issues with the version that came to dreamcast, but it’s kinda buggy regardless. The 6 button should be ideal as the mode button is supposed to be used to switch from scorpion to sub zero moves when using reptile.
@@benstanley7126 I picked up a 3 button controller after the gym today from a local Video Game store and it works good with the game. I will make a video soon for the gameplay and I will also include a showing of what exactly happens when using a 6 button controller with this version.
I know a lot of people don't like the Genesis version but it's the version I grew up with. The sounds and music, despite them both being on the lower end of the quality spectrum, are where it's at for me.
@@facundovaldez6990 I'm saying when people compare it to the arcade version they turn their noses up at it, for lack of a better word. Just to prove my point I commented on one of the first videos of this channel about the Genesis version being the best when he was playing the arcade version and one or two people replied that it was pretty rough. My comment was very biased so I guess it would warrant such a response. I actually had a Super NES growing up, not a Genesis, but an old childhood friend had it on Genesis and he knew all the tricks and cheats. I think we rented MK2 for SNES (yes, I didn't own the game) when he stayed overnight one time and it wasn't the same for him, which ruined it for me. And from what I hear the SNES version was the closest thing to the arcade version. I get it that this video isn't about the original Genesis MK2 or the SNES version or even the arcade version, but the nostalgia factor is still there.
I have restored more than a dozen original Sega Genesis controllers with an extremely high success rate. If you disassemble your 3 button controllers to clean, use isopropyl alcohol. Wipe down the circuit board where all the buttons contact. Soak the rubber pads in some isopropyl for a few minutes and then take them out and press them down (darkside down) hard on a strong paper towel, while pressing them down, slide them along the paper towel until they no longer leave a dark skid mark. I use a rough paper towel with minimal lint. If the pads do get linty, then more alcohol and a cotton swap would help for a final cleaning. If the shell and buttons are dirty, I will take the time now to wash them with warm, soapy water. Allow everything to dry and reassemble the controller. If the rubber part appears heavily worn, I tend to select the most worn pad to go on the least used button like Start. While the 3 button shell remained the same, depending on the country of origin and probably the date of manufacture, you will notice variants in the circuit board and especially the d-pad design. The metal ball bearing design appears to the superior design. If you have the model with a d-pad that rests on a plastic knob that presses directly against the circuit board, I have found this design to fail as the plastic knob wears out and a divot gets worn into the board. This decreased clearance makes for wonky diagonal inputs and potentially opposed directional input simultaneously. When this happens, a tiny pad can be added made from a tiny cut square of an index card and some masking/painter's tape placed directly on the circuit board. This acts as a spacer and restores the original height and function of this d-pad design. Try this method on your non-working controllers before purchasing replacements.
Wouldn't IPA dry out the membranes? I just cleaned mine with dish soap and warm water same as the shell and buttons but I need to try that pivot riser I've heard similar effects for using hole punch protectors under action buttons.
I appreciate the help, I did end up picking up a working 3 button controller last night, however I will use your tips on cleaning the others and hopefully they end up working. Thanks again 👊🏼
This would've been an awesome version to have growing up. Not that the original MK2 for Genesis was that bad, but this would've made it so much more enjoyable. Thanks for the upload. 👊
I think it would’ve been a nice alternative, but the colours are a little unappealing in some stages. Still an awesome version regardless, thanks for the comment dude 👊🏼
That’s crazy, I wish I had all these versions back in the day. Thanks for keeping this classic living. MK2 is my all time favorite fighting game, and it’s dope to see a community around it. I hope to one day play against you.
Back in the day these would’ve been incredible! And no thanks needed I’m just happy that there is still so much interest in old school MK because MK2 is my favourite game also. I’m sure we’ll battle one day, are you on Fightcade?
@@BushyStallion I’ve never heard of it until I saw a livestream on your channel. I took a look at it but not sure where to start. I’m a console gamer, who never made the switch. I’ve seen Magen and stuff but never played it. The last online matches I had were on PS3. My brother and I still play against each other, but they are mirror matches at this point. The online lobby died out so we had nobody to play against.
Could you imagine a plug in play mortal Kombat 2. I absolutely love the first one, i remember being on vacation in Georgia when i found mine and getting it for 5 bucks brand new. I played it every day i was there lol.
I'm not much of a MK guy (more SF and Tekken) but your channel is legit one of my fave. Always looking forward to your uploads. Keep up the good work man.
Thanks Dj I appreciate the comment! Growing up Street Fighter and Tekken were two of my favourites as well, I put a lot of time into Tekken 3 especially.. I should definitely revisit that one again soon. Thanks again my friend 🙏🏽
That’s an interesting observation and actually I think you nailed it lol the grainy voice and backgrounds DO make you feel like that. Great comment my friend 👊🏼
Honestly, the Genesis version of MK2 is one that hits better than the SNES version. Its got a grittier darker feeling because of the sound and presentation.
I worked with some sprites in mk arcade edition and i can assure you that the game works with 6 buttoms. I tested two, one official and my 8 bit do and both works great. =)
Hey I recognize your name in the credits! Thank you so much for working on this, I DID pick up a 3 button controller a couple hours ago and it works perfectly. About the 6-button issue, I will release a video soon showing exactly what it does on my Genesis because it sounds like a few people don’t believe me lol thanks for checking out the video 👊🏼
@@Danilo_Days I’m pretty sure it’s the brand of controller I’m using. I’ll drop the video soon. Thanks again for checking the video out I appreciate it 👊🏼
Thanks Olsc I appreciate that! I was excited about getting a physical copy of this, and it DID NOT disappoint! I will however still try to get the same game, just not Dark Edition to see what the differences really are. Again thank you for the kind comment 🙏🏽
The original MK2 cart for the Genesis was only 24megs, the carts were able to hold up to 40megs. Sculpture Software didn't have the budget to include more content on the cartridges, so they had to cut a lot out from the original Arcade version. Acclaim had the same budget, but they were able to do a much better job with cutting out content for the SNES.
You seem to have them mixed up. Sculpture Software did the SNES version, and Probe did the Genesis version. Acclaim was just the publisher. I had the SNES version and played for a whole year, until the PlayStation came out in 1995. Great times!
Thanks for the comment, the colours are different and take a bit to get used to, but I really like the look of it. Outworld is dark so I find the colours work. Thanks for the comment 👊🏼
Smoke looks like he has body odor, not smoke coming off him, the Kombat tomb stage looks more black and white, pasty, and doesn't dark. Other stages look interesting, but the Sega genesis doesn't do too well trying to be dark. But I like what has been done here. I'll admit I have never been a Genesis fan. The video and sound chip is lacking and much weaker for the time it was made.
They should’ve named him Boder for body odor lol yep I can see this version being hit or miss for people because of the odd colours, but I personally think it looks awesome. I WOULD like to try the original Unlimited Edition as well still. Thanks for the comment 👊🏼
Greetings from Canada all the way to Brazil! I appreciate you checking out the videos and that’s cool MK is so big out there. Thanks again for the comment iranterres! 👊🏼
Absolutely. MK2 impacted me more than any other game could back then or even has to this date. Obviously I’ve played many incredible games since, even over and over some of them, but none will ever stay with me like MK2 has. It’ll always be my favourite game of all time 👊🏼 thanks for the comment 🫡
I had two 3 button genesis controllers with various issues. Buttons and directionals not working. I just opened them up, cleaned all the plastics and rubber membranes with water and alcohol. Both controls work perfectly now. It’s was supper easy and quick.
Thanks for the tip, I opened up the one and cleaned it and up still doesn’t work on the d-pad so I’m not sure what the issue is. I’ll open up the other controller later and try as well 👊🏼
@@BushyStallion you got do a deep clean sometimes. Soapy water with a toothbrush for the shell, buttons and d-pad. Check to see if the membranes are ripped. Then clean the membranes with isopropyl alcohol and q-tips. Then make sure you place the membranes back on the board perfectly when putting back together. Good luck. Hope you get them fixed.
Ha! Wow! I remember this! Forgot about it! My cousin John had this and sadly he just passed away 5 days ago... When I was 9 he got it when it came out I vaguely remember playing it! Jogged my memory! This looks pretty cool. Kind of just reminds me of Sega Game Gear or Game boy like a TV size version. It's cool looking would be fun to play again! Thanks for going through the agony of N64 Trilogy!!!! As well! Knew you could do it man! Honey marmalade strong -Stephen
My condolences first and foremost, sorry to hear about your loss. Hope it reminded you of some great times with him.. as for this version of MK it’s fantastic and deserves to be played lol HMS my friend, thanks for the comment 👊🏼
@@BushyStallion Thanks Darryl I just mentioned him cause he's was a huge MK fan as well. These Sega videos you're making are pretty sick. I'm gonna have to get a SEGA NOW!
Regarding the MK1 arcade, and the 6 button issue. I ran into a similar issue where the start button would not work on my wired hyperkin 6 button. I then connected my retrobit 6 button wireless, and that did work. I don’t have a genuine Sega 6 button to test. Maybe this helps.
I play Mortal Kombat Komplete Collection of 2012 release for Windows on my PC but also sometimes I play MK3, UMK3 on my favourite original SEGA Genesis Model 2 via Retro Tink 5X Pro, 6 input SCART Splitter 'Bandridge SV7765', GBS-C.. Besides some days I play MK on MiSTER FPGA having plugged it to my old square monitor via VGA! ❤❤❤
You said you bought this from Hong Kong? I'm surprised there was nowhere closer to purchase this cartridge. Shipping couldn't have been cheap... how long did it actually take to arrive from the day you bought it?
It took around 4 weeks.. and shipping was reasonable, overall I’m happy with the purchase. It could have been shipped from the States but the prices were all pretty high on eBay, this version actually ended up being the cheapest.
i didnt know there was a dark edition, i learn new stuff about MK all the time kinda crazy to think about. im 33 and MK was my childhood too but was limited to what i had, and no computer till i was outta the parents house didnt help lol
I think you can find pretty much anything on the internet lol I had no idea Dark Edition existed either, but I’m glad it does because it’s a really cool version of the game. Thanks for the comment 👊🏼
I have that same cart of the MK Arcade Edition and I use my Genesis 6-button arcade stick. Works perfectly. I haven’t tried my 6-button controller but I can say that it does indeed have 6-button support. 🤷🏻♂️
I’ll show what it does with the 6 button controller in a video as well the 3 button. Menus work, gameplay does not. Pushing left causes the high punch button to activate as well as left. Down causes twitch blocking like I’m pushing a button on a turbo controller, etc etc.
@@BushyStallion Oh wow! That’s wild! I wonder why the arcade stick works but the controller doesn’t. The wiring in the controller plug itself must be different. But when picking Reptile or Noob Saibot the Mode button switches between the Sub-Zero and Scorpion move set. On the arcade stick, at least.
1:40 Well the original MK2 cart had an options menu to manually select a 6-button controller, actually a step I forgot about from bitd heh. Funny a while back I was saying repro cart makers should use modded content instead of just making the old originals again and a few years later they started doing that finally, awesome.😁 4:50 Kega and GENS are emulators so that's just some extra bits turned on to make sure it works properly in those. I guess you don't use many emulators but quite a few ROM files over the years only work in certain emulators Eg. NES pirate fighting game ROMs are rife with that complication.
MK arcade edition just had a new update to work w various third party controllers. I think it does work w a standard Genesis six button, but the newest updated version should work w everything. I have a repro of MK2 Unlimited for Genesis, but idk if I'm down w the colors of this dark edition. I've gotta see some more footage(typing this as watching the video, sorry I'm bit buzzed)
Lol it’s all good it’s the weekend after all. I did pick up a working 3 button controller for this yesterday, and played through it.. I’ll show in a later video what exactly happens when I use my 6 button controller with it 👊🏼 hope you’re not hung over today lol
If you hold the Mode button on the 6 button controller when powering on the Genesis, I think it forces it into 3 button mode...but that still may not work, there are just a handful of games that will not work at all with the 6 button controller
I tried that and unfortunately it didn’t work. Picked up a working 3 button controller last night however, and I’m looking forward to showing the arcade version on the channel 👊🏼
You should try Mortal Kombat II Unlimited - Enhanced Colors (last version is 1.0), it takes the MKIIU hack while making the colors closer to the original arcade. Regarding MK1, the hack to go is Mortal Kombat Arcade Edition Enhanced (current version is 2.0), which fixes and reworks several things (graphics, colors and animations) in relation to MKAE v1.0a.
@@BushyStallion pretty much the same game, just depends on which color palettes you prefer, dark, or regular genesis colors. I bought the dark version out of curiosity.
Definitely a great version, and other then the colour scheme in this one being hit or miss it will be my go to for MK2 on the Genesis for now on. Thanks for the comment Matt 👊🏼
I have a question, i could never do fatalities. I could never differentiate high pun low pun on my 6 button. I revently ordered the mk2 again and almost just didnt even play it. How do i execute fatalities?
I’d never heard of it either until I got it lol only within the last year had someone mentioned MK2 Unlimited to me, as for this Dark Edition this one is completely new to me.
You should definitely try more MK hacks like this. I believe there was an Ultimate MK3 hack for both Super NES and Sega Genesis with all the characters and stages from the arcade brought into the game.
Kega and Gens are Sega Genesis emulators. Someone modded the game into this version here and put it on a cart. I do not know why they would put emulators on the cart unless they needed it to load the game
Probably not needed in the physical edition but for compatibilities issues in the rom i guess? Perhaps if you're using gens while having it set as kega would make some things don't work properly and such
Also i've played mk1 arcade edition the person who made it planned on doing more with it but some other guy stole his work and tried to pass it off as his own so the original guy stopped working on it
The MKI stages are fixed scrolling I see.. This looks like a fan made version in a cart that probably holds alot more data than an original one from the 90s...
