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Mortal Kombat (Game Gear)

Hey, the Game Gear Mortal Kombat has a blood code too, for the authentic arcade experience. Well, except for the reduced screen size and the lack of Kano and the tinny music and the...

Unused Music#

Two short jingles that don't play anywhere in-game.

The first is what would become the "Fatality" jingle throughout the series, the second appears to be an 8-bit version of the "Round Over" jingle from Goro's lair on the Genesis version.

Unused Text#

Build Date#

Located at 0x70:

US/EU Version (2.6)

DATE  7-7-93 TIME  2:40 BST VERSION 2.6

Japan Version (3.3)

DATE 17-7-93 TIME 18:41 BST VERSION 3.3

Kano Ending Text#

Though Kano isn't in this port, his ending text is!

WITH THE DEFEAT OF
GORO AND SHANG 
TSUNG, KANO WILL
BRING HIS OWN BRAND
OF TREACHERY TO THE
TOURNAMENT. HIS
BLACK DRAGON
ORGANIZATION FORMS A
MONOPOLY OVER THE
CONTEST...

THAT BRINGS SHAME
AND TORMENT TO ALL
THOSE INVOLVED.
THEIR REIGN WILL END
IN ANARCHY AND DEATH
IT WILL RESULT IN
THE FINAL
DISMANTLING OF
THE TOURNAMENT AND
THE BATTLE OF
THE SANS.

Leftover Build Text#

This can be found starting at 0x00934, but only in Version 2.6.

 ROBE_OUT_F
    OUT (PARALEL_PORT),A
ALL_WRONG
    IN  A,(PARALEL_PORT)
    AND BI

(Source: Original TCRF research)

References#


  1. [セガハード大百科] ゲームギア対応ソフトウェア(ソフトライセンシー発売)↩︎
  2. Super NES ProReview: Mortal Kombat - GamePro, Issue 50, September 1993↩︎
  3. Dixons ad - Daily Mirror, September 10, 1993↩︎