> > > Anybody played this? I could have sworn that I read somewhere it was the
> > > Genesis port, but the screenshots on the box sure look like either the
> arcade
> > or
> > > SNES versions. I'm wondering how well the TV game stacks up to its arcade
> > > counterpart.
> > >
> > > From the bits I've seen in magazines about it, they say it is arcade
> perfect.
> > > Of course, they say that about the arcade compilations for the consoles
> too...
> >
> > > They don't nitpick miniscule differences the way us retrogames do ;)
> > >
> >
> > None of the console ports were arcade perfect. The Genesis version very scaled
> > back graphics and poor quality sound, the only thing it had going for it was
> > just the blood.
> >
> > The SNES version had much better graphics and sound than the Genesis version,
> > and would have been a closer arcade port had it not been for Nintendo's
> > censorship.
> >
> > Thankfully MKII for the SNES had the blood, and was a pretty faithfull port of
> > the arcade (Certainly not perfect, but it was very acceptable).
> >
>
> The Genesis may not have measured up the the arcade (or even the SNES) version
> in terms of graphics and sound, but it did have gameplay more faithful to the
> original arcade game.
>
> Of course that doesn't answer anything about the TV Games version. I'm leaning
> towards it being a new port now that I think about it. The graphics are
> definately not from the Genesis version, it has blood and gore, so that rules
> out the SNES one, and I doubt that they have hardware that can emulate MK full
> speed that costs less than $20. I know they created new ports of the MK games
> for the Midway Treasures series, but they were less than arcade perfect...
>


Perhaps this 2 page review will help:

http://gear.ign.com/articles/582/582640p1.html