The MK Genesis has some missing animations, controls are much more weird and loose. And as far as I can tell that is the only reason because everything else about it is kinda crummy. This is because the Genesis version was uncensored. The common assertion is that MK was better on the Genesis. SNES vs Genesis Longplay Comparison (YouTube). If anything is wrong it's probably because it was a long time ago: Here are my thoughts, obviously tinted by nostalgia and twenty years of hazy, aged memory. Feel free to discuss any and all Street Fighter & Mortal Kombat sequels or variant versions of these franchises. I had always considered this SNES vs Genesis issue settled amongst at least me and my friends, but I often hear wildly divergent opinions on podcasts or other forum threads. It could mean better looking, better playing, better sounding, or even simply a more arcade-accurate port. 30.75 million first-party Genesis units were sold worldwide.Which system had the better ports? I will leave the definition of 'better' up to you. It was released in several different versions,Ĭontributing to its success were its library of arcade game ports, the popularity of Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog series, several popular sports franchises,Īnd aggressive youth marketing that positioned it as the cool console for adolescents. Several add-ons were released, including a Power Base Converter to play Master System games. It plays a library of more than 900 games created by Sega and a wide array of third-party publishers delivered on ROM-based cartridges.

Motorola 68000 processor as the CPU, a Zilog Z80 as a sound controller, and a video system supporting hardware sprites, tiles, and scrolling. In 1990, it was distributed as the Mega Drive by Virgin Mastertronic in Europe.ĭesigned by an R&D team supervised by Hideki Sato and Masami Ishikawa, the Genesis was adapted from Sega's System 16 arcade board, centered on a Sega released it as the Mega Drive in Japan in 1988,Īnd later as the Genesis in North America in 1989. The Genesis is Sega's third console and the successor to the Master System. It was a 16-bit fourth-generation home video game console developed and sold by Sega. Known as the Mega Drive outside North America. Online emulated version of Mortal Kombat was originally developed for the Sega Genesis Rating (54 users voted) SEGA Genesis / Mega Drive

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