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theassassin Member Level: 13 Posts: 1/28 EXP: 8145 For next: 2122 Since: 01-22-14 Since last post: 6.2 years Last activity: 6.2 years |
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| Hi everyone, just joined the site. I'm no expert at hacking but I do have a little knowledge, and I've found a few Mortal Kombat things via Hex editors which I can't see listed anywhere on the main TCRF site. If someone wants to reformat/retype any of this onto the main site, please feel free:
Mortal Kombat (Game Boy) -First some background info: When you do the cheat code to play as Goro, it changes the names of fighters in the game: Kano>Bob, Liu Kang>Carl, Rayden>Eric, Scorpion>Peter, Shang Tsung>Eddy, Sonya>Fergus, Sub-Zero>Gary, and it also changes "Battle Plan" to "Brittle Plum". ANYWAY - the interesting point here, is I noticed in the hex code, there is another name at the top of the used ones - Jean (at 00001AB3). I can't see that this one is used anywhere in the game or the credits, and it's interesting to note that Johnny Cage was not featured in MK1 on the Game Boy. So, knowing that the character Johnny Cage was inspired by Jean Claude Van Damme, one could speculate that the unused "Jean" name could have been intended as Johnny Cage's replacement name, were he not removed from the game. Or it could be just a coincidence of course, and be nothing to do with Johnny Cage or JCVD. Goro's name isn't replaced with the cheat, but his name is still listed again with the other fake names, so it's unlikely "Jean" was meant for Goro. Mortal Kombat II (Game Gear) -I found some text saying "Welcome To The Fantasy Zone" (at 00015FFA and 00016009) and "Get Ready" next to it (at 00016017), which from a quick google search I would assume is a reference to the 1980s Sega game Space Harrier, although I haven't played it myself. Mortal Kombat II (Arcade) -Regarding "Shawn Attacks" on the audit menu, this is already listed on the main TCRF site, but next to it, it says "Who knows? Doesn't seem to be any Shawns listed in the credits." - I just wanted to point out that this statement is incorrect. I don't know who wrote this, but the arcade version clearly lists "Shawn Liptak" in the credits, under "Special Thanks To". It can be seen in this video around 9:17 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMn5y_bvm9A . Obviously what "Shawn Attacks" actually means or whether it refers to this Shawn Liptak or not is anyone's guess. But there is indeed a Shawn listed in the credits anyway. Mortal Kombat 3 (Arcade) -Just a small point, but the unused bell sprite in the belltower stage was used in the Beta version of the game, as seen in videos of the Beta version, such as the one entitled "The Year We Make Contact" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IR6nzVOl1Q . Probably worth noting on the main TCRF site. Mortal Kombat Trilogy (Playstation) -I was curious about the rumored character "Aqua" so I did some comprehensive digging through the NTSC version of MKT and both PAL versions of MKT. I used hex editors, tile viewers and 2 audio extractor programs, and the results I found were that nothing of Aqua is actually inside the game data. The text supposedly from his ending is nowhere on the game disc, neither is any other mention of "Aqua" or "Aquilluxborg Hydroxybot" or "Aquilloxborg Hydroxybot" (another spelling variant I've seen used) and neither is the picture supposedly used in his ending. And I cannot find the soundfile either. That's all for now, but I'll post more later if I find/think of anything else. |

