<b>TerryMasters</b> over at <a href="http://classicmk.com/index.php?topic=1858.new#new">Classic MK just obtained</a> what could possibly be one of the rarest <b>Mortal Kombat</b> games ever. When buying a rare networked version of <b>NBA Jam</b> he also got a free bonus <a href="http://www.trmk.org/games/ultimate_mortal_kombat_3">Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3</a> Wolf-Unit board included in his box. While inspecting the board he saw some writing of "TR2" on the EEPROMs that made him wonder if this was maybe the super rare <b>WaveNET</b> version of <b>Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3</b>? Well when that board powered up it appeared to actually be a prototype Mortal Kombat Trilogy arcade board!
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He doesn't show us much at this point, but is promising more stuff to come. But you can see the attract mode video now has Raiden as well as the Pit 1 background added into it. So this is either the best April Fools joke ever, or a glimpse into the <b>rarest arcade version of Mortal Kombat</b> to make it into the hands of the public. If you are like me and can't wait to see more, keep an eye on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/TerryxMasters">TerryMaster's YouTube</a> for new videos as he releases them!
<b>Updated 4/1/2011</b>: Earlier today <a href="http://www.youtube.com/embed/cUgDvt0JSiA">TerryMasters uploaded a new video</a> showing MAME running the dumped ROMs which you can see below.
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In the video he attached a URL to a set of ROMs that no one was able to get to work. After some further investigation I found the files were not ROMs afterall, but rather RAR files. I renamed them a bit and uncovered the video it contained that looks like the following:
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So yeah it wound up being the most elaborate April Fools joke yet in the Mortal Kombat community and we applaud TerryMasters for his efforts. Very well done, even if it is a bit disappointing to not be real.
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He doesn't show us much at this point, but is promising more stuff to come. But you can see the attract mode video now has Raiden as well as the Pit 1 background added into it. So this is either the best April Fools joke ever, or a glimpse into the <b>rarest arcade version of Mortal Kombat</b> to make it into the hands of the public. If you are like me and can't wait to see more, keep an eye on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/TerryxMasters">TerryMaster's YouTube</a> for new videos as he releases them!
<b>Updated 4/1/2011</b>: Earlier today <a href="http://www.youtube.com/embed/cUgDvt0JSiA">TerryMasters uploaded a new video</a> showing MAME running the dumped ROMs which you can see below.
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In the video he attached a URL to a set of ROMs that no one was able to get to work. After some further investigation I found the files were not ROMs afterall, but rather RAR files. I renamed them a bit and uncovered the video it contained that looks like the following:
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So yeah it wound up being the most elaborate April Fools joke yet in the Mortal Kombat community and we applaud TerryMasters for his efforts. Very well done, even if it is a bit disappointing to not be real.
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