Summary
Another worthy installment of the Mortal Kombat franchise
The Good
The controls are the cream of the crop. They're smoother and faster than the previous two installments and you can pull off almost every move with ease.
The music and sounds capture the arcade's very well in all its 16-bit glory and most of them are all here Only a few grunts and Shao Khan taunts are missing.
Unlike the arcade, you can actually play the bosses through a series of kodes known as Kool Stuff , Kooler Stuff and Scott's Stuff, all these at the main menu. Also, these kodes allow to play as Smoke, which saves a lot of headaches over the infamously long kode in the arcade.
The Bad
The graphics, while still awesome by SNES standards, has room for improvement. The characters are a little small and skinny vis-a-vis the previous two games. Also, the graveyard stage and music is not included due to lack of memory space. But otherwise I have no more complaints in this department.
Also, some moves are a little tricky to pull off, such as Shang Tsung's Kano and Kabal morphs.
The Bottom Line
It's a well-balanced , worthy adaptation of the arcade game and a masterpiece of the 16-bit fighting genre. It may not have the looks and crisp sounds of the Playstation version, you sure don't have to wait around for those annoying load times. It's fast, has a lot of blood, and you won't regret adding this one to your collection.
Final verdict: pick the SNES over all versions, it's the most-balanced and it the game doesn't freeze when performing Shang Tsung's morphs.
