MAME stands for Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator. When used in conjunction with images of the original arcade game's ROM and disk data, MAME attempts to reproduce that game as faithfully as possible on a more modern general-purpose computer.
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I always wondered why when these games got ported to console they'd only give me 5 continues. Play through one of these beat-em-ups with a group of friends and you'll know why. I'm of the opinion that fighting games on consoles were never quite right. There was always something off, which is why even though I had Street Fighter II on my SNES, I had to go pump more quarters in it at the arcade. Fighting games is really where MAME shines. Arcade perfect play on your monitor with any controller you want, so I tend to collect fighting games.
Below is my list of must have fighting games. Capcom. Street Fighter - This game is terrible, but it's crazy to see how they took this crappy game and made the most recognizable fighting game franchise in the world.
The difference between 1 and 2 is amazing. It probably should have been named something different all together.
Street Fighter II -. Street Fighter II: The World Warrior. Street Fighter II: Championship Edition. Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting.
Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers. Super Street Fighter II: Turbo. Street Fighter III (all 3 versions). Street Fighter: The Movie.
Street Fighter EX 1 and 2. Street Fighter Alpha 1 - 3. X-Men vs Street Fighter. Marvel Super Heroes vs.
Street Fighter. Marvel vs Capcom. Marvel vs Capcom 2 (Demul). Marvel Super Heroes. X-Men: Children of the Atom. Cyberbots. Darkstalkers (There are 3 of them).
Super Gem Fighter. Super Puzzle Fighter Midway. Mortal Kombat. Mortal Kombat II. Mortal Kombat 3.
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 I also go for old games that I never was able to beat, but I thought take skill. Burger Time, Dig Dug, Donkey Kong (and variants).
Not like a beat-em-up where you can spam your way to victory. I like all the Pac Man versions, like Pac-Mania that aren't commonly found anymore. As I said, this list is incomplete. When I get the MAME itch, I spend more time finding ROMs than I do playing them. I'm looking at this list. I feel like I need to get downloading:-(.
EDIT: Hit submit by accident, finished list now. I whittled down the essential mame for my PSP.so here's what makes a good mame collection: (in no particular order) Pac-Man Ms. Pacman Space Invaders Asteroids Donkey Kong Donkey Kong Jr. (the one where you are fighting creatures coming out of the pipes.) Berzerk and/or Frenzy Joust Defender and/or Stargate Star Castle Robotron Mr. Do's Castle Pengo Street Fighter II Mortal Kombat II Outrun Tutenkahmen Xybots Frogger 1942 I'll add more to this list as they spring to mind, but these are a good start.
This Arcade Video Game was published 27 years ago: Mortal Kombat © 1992 Midway. Mortal Kombat, first in the Mortal Kombat series, is a 1-on-1 fighting game featuring a cast of seven different characters.
Mortal Kombat took ideas from Capcom's seminal Street Fighter II, such as the game's special moves and projectiles. It also introduced a cast of photo-realistic digitized fighters for players to fight either as or against. Mortal Kombat characters list: JOHNNY CAGE KANO RAIDEN LIU KANG SCORPION SUB-ZERO SONYA BLADE Battles are fought over the best of three rounds. At the end of a battle, a voice instructs the winner to 'Finish Him/Her!' And players have only a couple of seconds to try and execute their character's 'fatality', which sees the winner killing the loser in a spectacular and grisly fashion.
TECHNICAL Mortal Kombat arcade runs on the Midway Y Unit hardware. Main CPU: TMS34010 Sound CPU: Motorola M6809 Sound Chips: Yamaha YM2151, DAC, OKI6295 Players: 2 Control: 8-way joystick Buttons: 5 → 1 High Punch, 2 Block, 3 High Kick → 4 Low Punch, 5 Low Kick TRIVIA Mortal Kombat was released on October 8th, 1992 in the USA. It was renowned as the first fighting game to use digitized characters and blood (as opposed to the hand-animated, more cartoon-like graphics of competing games). Mortal Kombat was developed as a reaction to the popular Capcom game 'Street Fighter II - The World Warrior', with simpler controls and digitized graphics.
Some say the game's graphic violence was gratuitous, and was only included in order to generate a public outcry and controversy that would increase publicity for the game. Although highly controversial, the mix of realism and violence propelled Mortal Kombat to the height of popularity. An example of the game's innovations was the Fatality, a special finishing move executed against a dying opponent to create an even more gruesome death. For example, one character would grasp a defeated, wobbling opponent by the head, then rip the head and spine out of the opponent's body, which then crumpled to the ground in a pool of blood. Another aspect of gameplay that became a recurring element in games that followed was the so-called 'juggle', where a series of moves could be executed against an opponent who was kept in mid-air by the force of the attacks, and who hence had no defense against further attacks as long as the 'juggle' could be maintained.
The original concept of Mortal Kombat was modeled after the Jean-Claude Van Damme movie 'Bloodsport', which is a cult classic martial arts film. The character of Johnny Cage is directly modeled after Frank Dux, Van Damme's character in the movie. Johnny Cage's film-star motif is an obvious link to this. Cage also wears the same costume (plus shoes) that Van Damme's character wore in the final battle of the movie. Cage's splits punch was originally seen in Bloodsport during the fight against the Sumo wrestler. Since Midway was unable to get Van Damme for this game, they kept the same kumite/martial arts movie concept and added the Kombat story. Mortal Kombat arcade was the first video game to have an official release date countdown in U.S./U.K.
And Australia. This momentous day was known as 'Mortal Monday'. The code for this game includes the ASCII string 'NOOBSAIBOT' (originally in 'Mortal Kombat II' rev. 3.1), suggesting that the character may have made his first appearance here, instead of Reptile (which took up less memory).
The heads used in the background of the Courtyard and Pit stages are actually those of the programmers themselves! The statue of Buddha in the background of the Courtyard stage was actually a lawn ornament from a neighbor's yard.
While fighting on the Pit stage, if you look closely at the glowing moon in the background, you will sometimes see a silhouette fly past it. These shadows will either be Peter Pan and the Darling children, a witch on a broomstick, a kite, a blimp, a rocket, a flying saucer, or Santa Claus in his reindeer-pulled sleigh. The shadows appear about every 6 games. Liu Kang is Midway's homage to Bruce Lee. Raiden really is the Japanese God of Thunder. His appearance in myth is quite different though: he has red skin and a demonic face, his feet have two claws on them, and he carries either a wheel or drums on his back. He also is thought to eat human navels so people are advised to lie on their stomachs during storms.
Kano make an appearance on the 2012 animation movie 'Wreck-It Ralph' from Walt Disney Animation Studios. In the Palace Gates stage, above the red door on the right side, you can see Pac-Man, a ghost and a power pellet carved on the stone.
A hacked version also exists - every stage had a black/night sky and every time you got frozen by Sub-Zero, your fighter would rise up and stay there 'till you either got hit or the freezing effect went away. The same thing would happen if you were using Sub-Zero and froze your opponent. The machine would boot up just like a regular MK machine boots up, except another black screen with red letters and asterisks labeling it as 'Mortal Kombat Black Ninja Edition' was displayed before the title screen. A Mortal Kombat unit appears in the 1995 movie 'The Doom Generation'. Midway released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Mortal Kombat II: Music from the Arcade Game Soundtrack - 123770-C1) on December 1, 1993. Michael Jackson used to own this game. It was sold at the official Michael Jackson Auction on April 24, 2009.
The Premium Pack and Kollector's editions of 'Mortal Kombat - Deception' for the Sony PlayStation 2 and Microsoft XBOX, respectively, both released on October 4, 2004 in North America, contain a bonus disc containing an arcade-perfect version of the original game. UPDATES PROTO 4.0 (July 14, 1992):. Prototype version. You cannot play as the same character. Menu won't allow cursors to pass each other in 2-player selection. Sub-Zero has new corner infinite (ex. Uppercut, freeze and repeat).
Sub-Zero has faster recovery after slide and can go straight into sweep for most instances. Sub-Zero can freeze opponent in air for 'Finish Him/Her' as he's falling from uppercut, and do fatality in air and body will fall to ground frozen. Liu Kang can do Flying Kick when you do a HK first in air than F, F HK. Raiden can now do Torpedo after doing a jumping kick for more combo possibilities PROTO 8.0 (July 21, 1992):. Prototype version. PROTO 9.0 (July 28, 1992):.
Prototype version. 1.0 (August 9, 1992):. First official release of Mortal Kombat. In a 2-player game, both players could not choose the same character. Liu Kang had Uppercut - Flying Kick Combo. 2.0 (August 9, 1992):. Both players could choose the same character.
New Shang Tsung death animation added. Merchandise promo added.
More blood added. 3.0 (August 31, 1992):. Computer intelligence increased. Reptile added. Comic book offer is a switch setting.
4.0 (September 28, 1992):. Reptile clues added (shadows on moon, see Tips and Tricks section). Sonya and Kano could fight Reptile. Block allowed during fatality. Goro's theme played during all Endurance rounds. 4.0 T-Unit (February 11, 1993):.
Runs on the newer Midway T Unit hardware, the same hardware as Mortal Kombat II REV. 5.0 T-Unit (March 19, 1993):. Bug fix release.