While there’s still a long way to go before it is feature complete (or should I say, komplete?) 3DO homebrew developer 3DO HD has dropped a public beta for their 3DO Mortal Kombat 2 port. Putting aside the missing bits for a moment, this is incredibly impressive work and it’s not hyperbole to say that this could be the best way to experience the game on a home console once it is finished. If you’d like to read more about this release, 3DO HD made a community post on YouTube about it that includes a description of what work is still left to do:
- This is still very much a BETA. As of now the latest version is 5.01 as shown on the Start Menu screen. I will continue to drop fixes over the same link
- The IP to Mortal Kombat is owned by MK / Netherrealm. This is a not-for-profit fan project for a 30 year old console that never received a port
- There will be bugs. I will fix them as I find them
- If you play with a CD there may be slight audio skips when backgrounds change in the intro and ending
- There are NO fighter specific fatalities in this version
- Shang Tsung can only morph into the opponent
- Soon I will begin working on the “complete” version which will include fatalities, babalities, friendships, and Shang Tsung morphing into anyone
To download the port, follow this link to 3DO HD’s Google Drive:
Link to Mortal Kombat 2 3DO port
If you want to support 3DO HD’s work, they have a Ko-Fi page set up. I’d also recommend checking out their Tetris1&2 3DO ports, which are available on their GitHub page.