Mortal Kombat II (Hummer Team)

Mortal Kombat II
Mortal Kombat II's opening screen
Publisher:	Hummer Team
Possible Creators:	Hummer Team
Console:	Famicom
Copyright:	Unknown
Engine:	Kart Fighter Engine
Sound:	Hummer/Yoko

Mortal Kombat II is a pirated port of Mortal Kombat made by Hummer Team. The date that this game was made is unknown, but it was most likely done in the early to mid 90's. It uses the Kart Fighter engine, and it's possible that Kart Fighter was based off this game.

Overview

Mortal Kombat II's title screen/menu

Despite the title, this game is actually a port of the first Mortal Kombat. (This was likely done as a form of selling the product as a sequel, a common trait with pirated games) Unfortunately, some features were cut from the game like fatalities and blood, the latter of which would be included in Mortal Kombat II Special. The game includes all of the seven standard characters, as well as Shang Tsung and Goro being playable characters. The specials don't work properly, functioning similarly to those from Street Fighter II. The game has different endings depending on the difficulty, although these are very basic which is to be expected from a pirate.

Similarities To Hummer Team Games

The engine is very similar to that of Kart Fighter and numerous other games which use the same engine, most of which are known to be made by Hummer Team. Mortal Kombat II Special, which is known to be made by them, has many similarities to this game. The options screens are identical, even down to spelling errors, the engine is very similar, except for the fact that MK2 Special's is slightly more advanced, the HUD is almost identical and many of the graphics and sounds are reused. It also shares similarities with Kart Fighter, having 5 difficulty settings and the fact that Goro is smaller than the other characters, much like how Bowser is in Kart Fighter. Also, the soundtrack of Power Rangers 3 contains some music from Mortal Kombat II.

Trivia

• There are hacked versions of this, named Mortal Kombat II Turbo, Mortal Kombat III and Mortal Kombat III Turbo. The latter two expand the roster of characters by adding many recolours.
• In the options screen, "difficulty level" is misspelled as "divfficulty level," a typo which would return in Mortal Kombat II Special. As well as this, Hard is the default difficulty as opposed to Medium.
• Shang Tsung's name is misspelled as "Skang Tsung."
• Midway is credited on the title screen of Mortal Kombat II and Mortal Kombat III, which is unusual for a pirated game. In the other hacks, the "Midway" text is instead replaced with "Turbo."
• A revised version of this was later released, with the menu on the title screen moving up from the bottom as opposed to already being there. Strangely, the sound effect of it stopping on the screen is present in all versions of the game, even though it doesn't make sense in the other versions.
• Another version has the MK logo blue instead of red.