Comments on: Mortal Kombat Advance – Gameboy Advance http://www.scottmorris.info/these-games-i-have-played/20060704/mortal-kombat-advance-gameboy-advance/ Wasting lives since '79 Wed, 23 Jun 2010 08:53:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Scott http://www.scottmorris.info/these-games-i-have-played/20060704/mortal-kombat-advance-gameboy-advance/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Scott Mon, 10 Jul 2006 22:52:43 +0000 http://www.scottmorris.info/these-games-i-have-played/20060704/mortal-kombat-advance-gameboy-advance/#comment-14 Hmm. While the GB conversion (and the Master System / Game Gear versions, for that matter) are pretty dire, they're also comparably awful with the bulk of other one on one fighters of the era for the systems. They're really too ambitious a project for machines with, what, quarter? a fifth? of the horsepower of 16-bit conversions, let alone the arcade originals. If anyone was expecting a faithful version on the Gameboy they deserve what they got, and I'd also be interested in talking to them about purchasing my newly completed port of Half-Life 2 for the ZX Spectrum. The 128K only, naturally. No dreamer I. <img alt="Half Life 2 Spectrum" title="Half Life 2 Spectrum" src="http://www.scottmorris.info/img/06/0710_hl21.gif" /> <img alt="Half Life 2 Spectrum" title="Half Life 2 Spectrum" src="http://www.scottmorris.info/img/06/0710_hl22.gif" /> The point being you'd have some basis for reasonably expecting a decent outing on the GBA, and instead you get a turd in a box. Hmm. While the GB conversion (and the Master System / Game Gear versions, for that matter) are pretty dire, they’re also comparably awful with the bulk of other one on one fighters of the era for the systems. They’re really too ambitious a project for machines with, what, quarter? a fifth? of the horsepower of 16-bit conversions, let alone the arcade originals. If anyone was expecting a faithful version on the Gameboy they deserve what they got, and I’d also be interested in talking to them about purchasing my newly completed port of Half-Life 2 for the ZX Spectrum.

The 128K only, naturally. No dreamer I.

Half Life 2 Spectrum Half Life 2 Spectrum
The point being you’d have some basis for reasonably expecting a decent outing on the GBA, and instead you get a turd in a box.

]]> By: Disko http://www.scottmorris.info/these-games-i-have-played/20060704/mortal-kombat-advance-gameboy-advance/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Disko Fri, 07 Jul 2006 10:16:18 +0000 http://www.scottmorris.info/these-games-i-have-played/20060704/mortal-kombat-advance-gameboy-advance/#comment-12 Have you ever played the original port of MK for the Gameboy Classic? Surely this can't be much worse than that? Have you ever played the original port of MK for the Gameboy Classic? Surely this can’t be much worse than that?

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