Mortal Kombat Trilogy - PS1 and N64 side by side - Very simple comparison. 

Mr Esturk ps one version also had a way better controller. Graphical fidelities and audio aside for a fighting game the control meant alot especially during that time !!! And it was a huge difference the n64 version was not fun for me at all the better loadtimes we're not worth it. And remember at the time if you didn't have a friend over you had to play arguably the hardest AI in MK history. With that N64 controller bless you if you could make it.... I honestly could not as a kid

Not sure how anyone can stand the PS1 controller, but... What would I know? I'm clearly in the minority in my extreme loathing for that thing... XD

I personally think that if the developers had more time and money to spend, they could've probably made the N64 version sound more like the arcade version of UMK3 with higher audio quality and the actual music tracks. I think it could've been done since they did it with MK4. I have both versions but I prefer the PS1 port despite the load times. The only thing I don't understand is why the MK3 tracks are slowed down a pitch in the PS1/Saturn/PC ports.

​@@KuraIthys "What would I know?" Apparently nothing, The PS D-pad is probably the best when it comes to 2d Fighting games. People still use PS3 controllers til this day because the design is unchanged and works better than a PS4 one or a 360 pad.

I personally preferred the Saturn version over the PS1 version, the controls were better for me.

Your disc must've been in bad shape lol mine loaded around 6 seconds

Basically they took Ultimate MK3 and just copy and paste everything from older games to Trilogy. The only new character with original sprite is Johnny Cage. I still hate how they ruin the Pit and Goro's Lair.

@@VOAN Pretty much. Granted, the PS1 Greatest Hits edition at least plays close to arcade UMK3. N64 version is a very different game. The missing frames of animation leads to a lot of broken shit because it changes some of the move properties. Normals come out much faster compared to other versions. Crouching attacks can be immediately linked with dial-a-combos and crouching HKs can juggle opponents and even lead to corner infinites with some characters such as Sheeva. Male ninjas have no recovery time with the teleport punch so it can be spammed. I guess it's better for Shang Tsung players since the game doesn't have to load for each morph.

Ps1 version looks better, n64 version plays better

I wish I knew how to do this as well!

What the fuck happened to his hair?? LOL

Bruuuuuuh I never noticed that. Got the bobble head

Olivier Doriath very well noticed

@Your Mom's Creepy Uncle yes although the arcade version was obviously superior

She looks indeed terrible! hahaha

I noticed that too. Looked weird.

i was about to write the same thing :) another minor difference - floor on graveyard stage looks like shit on nintendo 64

the N64 version runs at a lower screen resolution so the whole image had to be stretched to match the PS1 screen to record this video, a terrible decision IMO, the author of the video should have left the screens untouched at their native resolutions.

Smaller resolution AND less animation frames. What was the point of the 64 again? It was basically a beefed up PS1 in terms of bus speed, but with no storage

BIGGIEDEVIL Exactly its like these ppl that complain about loading times never decide to take a drink with them during a play session. “Its Madness i tell you!”

If I remember correctly, the ps1 version of mk trilogy had more characters too

@@silverwindspirit more tracks of music as well. Some tracks from 1 or 2 I think. Plus they had alternate costumes for 3 of the original cast fighters (kung lao from mk2, kano from mk1, and raiden from mk1)

Jimmy Two-Times That was cancelled I believe

Jimmy Two-Times u guys now u can play it on an emulator on ur phones right?

@@Blackfeet oh ok

Jimmy Two-Times that sounds dope

Online play would be sick as well

Souper NES

yes PS1 can't show big Friendship balloons while N64 does have the graphical power to do that. I hate the ps1 the small friendship balloon. hardly any air going in it. In Arcade also big balloons when performing friendship. It was a miss for me playing ps1... something was missing and that's what N64 offers. it's actually slightly more arcade quality. Babality boxes also just as big as arcade version. Those little things makes a difference. Noob also looks better since there is more option dark colours so we see a little more detail of noob instead the very shadow on ps1. Well at the end it's just my opinion. I never got into ps1 version because of this and the horrible load times... I play saturn trilogy more since the load times aint that bad. But if I have to choose without doubt N64 :-)

Much of the graphics differences in characters in the background, animations, balloons, etc are all nitpicks, both games look very similar and look good enough, but both have bad sound with randomized music in stages? Overall though I prefer the N64, bosses are cheap and out of place and not playable in the N64 version, also no load times, better gameplay.

N64 audio quality is like a super Nintendo mortal Kombat 3

@@ps-lover8380 - if they had just used some of the SNES background tracks, they would sound better than the N64 renditions, like the Street, Roof & Church. The only ones I liked on N64 were the Bank & Soul Chamber. Pit 3 was garbage

@@ps-lover8380 it's worse. The sound is hella compressed even by N64 standards.

Probably yes. Because all of this happens because of the lack of memory. If more memory was available, we could had the CPU and GPU process more sprites and game would run smoothly. Same for Music that gets a huge amount of memory from the already lacking cartridge. But the misplacement of the songs in the wrong background is nothing but a rushed and lazy (or maybe too desperate to finish) team. I'm also not 100% sure if the soundboard was able to hold CD quality music but it would be an improvement nonetheless.

I don't see much of a graphical difference?

no doubt using the Expansion Pak with a 96 megabit game cart would've easily allowed them to get perfect arcade music & sound, a hi-res layer in there, plus the missing characters. They were trying to squeeze everything in to a 64 meg cart. I read somewhere it might've been only 48, which is only 16 more than UMK3 for SNES & Genesis, so that's why the quality of everything suffered with all that sound compression. MK4 showed that arcade perfect music & sound effects on the N64 were possible & they didn't even use the Expansion Pak. I think that was a 96 meg cart

64DD, yes. More space would've definitely helped. However, the Expansion Pack would not have helped much. It increases RAM, not cartridge space. The biggest benefit of more RAM is faster loading, and that's something the PS1 really could've benefitted from. The game would run a bit smoother, but the animations would remain choppy because of the limited cartridge. I think the reason Mortal Kombat 4 is a great port is that it uses 3D models. 3D models take up far less space than animated sprites, so the game suffered fewer cutbacks.

@@bifftannen1598 If only these lesser cartridges had made cheaper games, I could understand and accept that. But you'd just pay as much as if it was a top notch port. Biff Tannen is awesome, by the way ahah.

Really too bad it didn't have an arcade release. They could've gone full out and done more alternate costumes, made the bosses and khameleon unlockable via ultimate kombat kodes or what not. Have ALL of the stages and music from the trilogy, all arcade graphics, no load times, dolby digital surround sound, etc.

@@gozinta82 Boon and Tobias were busy with MK4 at the time. MKT was made to hold console players until MK4 was out.

Select Kano And Push Down Start Then The Screen Will Shake And Shao Khan Will Say "You Will Never Win" Enabling Endurance Mode, In The N64 Version Your First Opponent Is Female Khameleon

Speed running isn't a good strong point. It just means the game is more broken. The only reason the N64 version appears to be faster is because the missing frames of animation. It's also far more broke with ridiculous shit like crouching LKs leading to corner infinites.

​@@the757general2 the n64 version is better imo....

Yes. There's not a single character that doesn't have missing frames of animation.

@@randomthings7997 Yea looks like and plays like crap bcuz they ran out of memory. Killer Instinct was exclusive to the N64 which I prefer. Sega Saturn MK actually resembled the arcade version the most.

@@itsrelativ3967 actually PS1 Greatest Hits and PC version is the closest to arcade UMK3 but yes the N64 version looked and played like crap.

No, it’s pretty obvious. Not sure how anyone could rate the graphics higher on the N64. The resolution is mildly lower on the N64 too. Sound is also worse. The only win for the N64 is the instant load times, which is nice :)

The game isn't perfect but it's still a fun game.

Both are flawed, but graphical differences are nitpicks, for the most part they both look good. Sound sucks on both with randomized music? PS1 has more characters, but I don't want to play as the large boss characters that just seem cheap and spoil the game. Also speaking of spoiling the game, Shang Tsung's load times are painfully horrible! N64 with no load times actually wins on gameplay overall.

@@hepwo91222 N64 version has far more broken gameplay so no it does not win on gameplay. It's only better for Shang players.

@@the757general2 Shang Tsung is not even playable on PS1, its soooo bad they should have just not included him.

@@hepwo91222 you know there's the limited morphs option right. It allows Shang to morph into five characters and if you select any male or female ninja you'll be able to morph into anyone. For instance, choosing Scorpion will allow players to morph into Classic Sub-Zero, Reptile, Ermac, Noob, Rain, and Human Smoke.

@@the757general2 extra options just to get the game to work? Meh. I will take the simplicity of the N64 version. But neither version was as good as they should have been, missed opportunity in that game for both consoles.

Ps1 all the way. We got more characters, the complete roster & all maps and some of the klassics modified (for example: the portal).

ps1 is also missing the seperate stage music jingles for "finish him"

LightBlue2222 The "short musics" are missing on Ps1/Sat/Pc versions.

Elite Hoss I just bought mk3 for ps1, and it suprisingly has part of the short tracks. Not the one right before the kill but the short one after the kill, unique to each level. U can tell it's lower quality though since its loaded into the ram instead of straight off the disc like the main tracks.

Trilogy on ps1 doesn't have that, so it's nice to hear it on mk3

@@Lightblue2222 I still think the PS1 looked and sounded good for it's time.These games can be made perfect now on today's systems.

Both the Playstation and N64 handle sprites through their polygon engine. Both do 2D the same way. The Saturn is the one with the more traditional way of handling sprites and backgrounds.

The Saturn was king at 2d sprite performance

It sounds much more depressing

Yeah

@@youtubbeisshit F'ing crazy to think about that. I was telling a buddy about a similar situation w/ the port of Doom on consoles. Genesis, 3DO, Saturn, and PSX all got same ports while the SNES actually had a unique version, albeit a lesser fidelity one, was closest to the PC port minus a few of it's shortcomings.

Sega Genesis rain rocks!

Still not bad for a cartridge. A cd couldn't handle a 4 year old. A cartridge could. There are pro's and cons.

I dunno, I think graphical differences are nitpicks, both look very similar. Both have bad sound and randomized music. PS1 had bosses as playable, but I don't like them being playable. N64 has superior gameplay with no load times.

lol

I think they had to squeeze the game on a 4MB cartridge. If this came out way later when they were able to get 64MB cartridges (same size as Resident Evil 2) they might have had the best version.

@@MrSadface pretty sure it’s a 12mb or 96 megabit cart. Probably only needed another 4 mb to get all the animation in. I suspect a 128 megabit cart would have equaled the PSX.

@@MrSadface Dude Ultimate MK3 on Super NES was only 4mb, I'm sure the N64 version is double that.

@@leighbyford635 funny thing is that the beta version was on a larger cart and had much more frames of animation

Ton Master because the N64 is a Nintendo console.

@@Mute14_ yes but Nintendo had nothing to do with the game's development

What SNES version?

@@randomthings7997 Super Nintendo Entertainment System

SNES version OF UMK3 you mean. MKT was never released on 16-bit hardware.

right. The SNES had a better rendition on MK3 but that music wasn't very good either. I think it was lazy programming

It's because early N64 games lacked cart space that Zelda and Perfect Dark didn't have to deal with

@@the757general2 - true

N64 version was developed by Williams Entertainment. Ed Boon was too busy with MK4 at the time. N64 is missing content due to the lack of early N64 cartridge space.

@@the757general2 People in team worked on it, other versions took from it in a Muggen style.

@@stratogustav the lack of cartridge space was something that not even Midway could work around. The N64 version feels so half-assed compared to the other versions of the game.

@@the757general2 There is no much fan service in it, the fan versions built on it.

​@@the757general2 half assed is too harsh to say about the n64 version, no load times made it better than the ps1 and saturn versions imo

Mk4 was way better on n64 you dipshit

@@DrGreenThumbNZL Well this is MK Trilogy not MK4

@@mementodespair9067 no shit weeb

I liked the N64 more. No load times, which is huge for Tsang Sung. He is a mess to play as/vs in the PS1 version with load times in the middle of the fight. Also the graphics look almost identical to me? Sound is bad on both in that randomized music?

@@hepwo91222 The PS1 had much better sound quality.. and you can play as the bosses on PS1 but on N64 all you have is Khameleon....

At least the music is up to tempo in the N64 version, I don't know why the PS1 version has slower pitched music.

Agreed. I liked the N64 because of the no load times but it was better in pretty much every way. Just like MK1 on the SNES if it just had blood and original fatalities. The only thing the Sega had on it was that, and 1 screen the arcade had w/ scrolling character pics and somewhat bigger characters.

Also the PS1 version Shang Tsung played horribly bc it loaded whenever he morphed.

@@hepwo91222 That along w/ the load times of the playstation in general bugged me tremendously. I remember using it back when I had the n64, but now, really it's just the loading of shang tsung that gets me (yeah, I know there is an option to use limited characters so it doesn't have to load slowly).

@@gozinta82 even though having the bosses is more content, I always felt they were out of place and should NOT be playable like in SF with Akuma in SSF2T or Gil in SF33S. So I am fine with the N64 roster and better gameplay, no load times.

@@hepwo91222 I agree. I feel the same about the bosses. No biggie, they're cheap anyway.

If you think the N64 version looks and sounds better than you need to get your eyesight and hearing checked. The comparison video makes it obvious which version was superior.

The PS1 version of MKT will never put Shang Tsung in the ladder due to that. Disc based media is the reason why they replaced Shang Tsung with Shinnok in MK4, Shinnok could copy special moves from other fighters but without changing shapes, this was to prevent loading and he was to replaced Shang Tsung for good in MK going forward but because of fans outcry they brought Tsung back for Deadly Alliance but without morph this time. Would had been a better idea to kept Shinnok around more.

If the whole of resident evil 2 could fit on here I bet in a year or later they could fit this game on here

The ps1 options are set so he can only morph into you, that saves it from loading. The only way he changes into everyone is if you change the options.

The 64 was built around 3d. It is pretty much the opposite of the snes. The best looking 3d of that generation came from rare studios games developed for the n64, despite the ps1 having larger disc space & a much larger game library.

@@johnfrankster3244 the N64 was 64-bit while the PS1 was 32-bit so it was obvious why the N64 was better at handling 3D games that didn't require a ton of disc space

This is why you don't use emulators when doing these comparison as they don't accurate emulate the game correctly. On the actual game those don't look like that.

N64 has always looked bad. Today it looks terrible on a HDTV without a line doubler or upscaler.

N64 was pretty strong but had 2 main flaws. 1. While the cartridge made for better loading, it also resulted in developers to try and save space for the pricier media, so audio and textures were trimmed down to save space. You can see that repeated with the Switch where even a company like Capcom but half the original Megaman games on cartridge and the rest had to be downloaded to save space to use the cheapest size available. 2. Tech wise, the biggest drawback was everything, including audio and CPU functions had to be funded through it's GPU thus confining the bandwidth despite it's potential. With emulation and everdrives, I would like to see someone make an N64 game without the cartridge limitation to see what it could've done. What makes N64 games look bad today is the forced deblur, botham hardware and software (2x) an early interpretation of antialiazing. It was fine on CRTs but it's flaws show on current TVs and current TVs scaling of 240p is often terrible. Only ways to get around this is something that removes deblur like Tim Worthington's RGB or Ultra HDMI and using gameshark codes to disable the software deblur. Removing software deblur has also shown to helps the FPS a bit. This is something we scuff at the time but made sense back in the day.

@@CAPCOM784 Not even close. Plenty of N64 games still look well.

Early N64 games lacked cartridge space. It probably would've fared better had it came out later. The developers probably didn't know what the hell they were doing either. It barely looks or sounds better than SNES UMK3. I'd argue the SNES and even Genesis version had better music. MK4 looks and sounds far better on N64.

​@@the757general2 Agreed on mk4. I'd rather play Genesis umk3 over Trilogy on N64.

@Stefano Pavone The Pit, Pit Bottom, and Goro's Lair are from MK1

Lo curioso es que en la version demo de MK trilogy de N64 si está Sub Zero sin mascara.

CageCat There isn't loading time in the Pc and Dos version

Elite Hoss LOL guess my PC sucked then 😁

Noob and Rain were busted especially Noob with his disabler cloud probably the most broke move in fighting game history

Why? It sounds arcade perfect to me, N64 sounds like a 16 bit console.