TRMK's Mortal Kombat 4 Home Versions Quick Preview

Here's a short preview of what's in the home versions of Mortal Kombat 4. Be sure to check back in June for TRMK's "Complete Guide to Mortal Kombat 4: The Home Versions".
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-<b>Dynamic Light Sourcing</b> (projectiles illuminate their paths and the characters)<br>
-All-new <b>Snow Stage</b> added to the rotation<br>
-<b>Alternate Costumes</b> (such as Cage in a Tuxedo) with alternate weapons
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<FONT FACE="Arial"><B>Game Modes:</B></FONT><BR><FONT COLOR="#FF8000">
-<b>Arcade</b>: 1on1 Kombat or 2on2 Kombat (both of which can now be played by 1 or 2 players)<br>
-<b>Team</b>: Two teams of five strive to survive (1 or 2 players)<br>
-<b>Tournament</b>: Standard elimination tournament bracket with either 4 or 8 participants (each particpant can be 1P, 2P, or CPU)<br>
-<b>Endurance</b>: Three variations of the classic survival concept from MK1 (all rounds have "Finish Him/Her", performing a Fatality restores a small amount of your energy)<br>
-<b>Practice</b>: Practice your moves and combos against the CPU or a friend, with a display of buttons pressed, percentage of damage, and an on-screen move list that you can bring up for your character (1P vs static CPU, 1P vs fighting CPU, or 2 players vs eachother)
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<FONT FACE="Arial"><B>Nintendo⁶⁴-Specific Features:</B></FONT><br><FONT COLOR="#FF8000">
-Since it's stored on a <b>16MB (128megabit) cartridge</b>, it includes <b>all the speech</b> from the arcade game.<br>
-Supports <b>Rumble Pak</b> for moves, Fatalities, and even endings!<br>
-Supports <b>Memory Pak</b> for saving controller configurations, unlocked hidden characters, etc.<br>
-Uses the hardware's <b>anti-aliasing</b> to prevent any "blockiness"
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<FONT FACE="Arial"><B>Sony PlayStation-Specific Features:</B></FONT><br><FONT COLOR="#FF8000">
-Uses all-new pre-rendered <b>Full-Motion Video</b> (FMV) in place of the arcade's real-time introduction and endings<br>
-Supports <b>Memory Cards</b> for saving controller configurations, unlocked hidden characters, etc.<br>
-More to come...
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<FONT FACE="Arial"><B>Windows 95 PC-Specific Features:</B></FONT><br><FONT COLOR="#FF8000">
-Supports Microsoft <b>DirectX</b>, including Direct3D (it uses the features on your 3D graphics accellerator if you have one installed)<br>
-Much more to come...
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<FONT FACE="Arial"><B>Hidden Characters:</B></FONT><br><FONT COLOR="#FF8000">
-<b>Meat</b>: Everyone's favorite skinned warrior is back in all the home versions, unmodified<br>
-<b>Goro</b>: The classic subboss from the game that started it all, makes his return in the realm of 3D as a hidden subboss (he appears under Shinnok on the tower when unlocked, you can play as him using a code)<br>
-<b>Noob Saibot</b>: The dark warrior makes his return to MK4... with an all-new weapon!
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<font size=+1 face="Arial" color=#FF0000><b>Continued Coverage of MK4 at IGN64</b></font><br>
<a href="http://www.ign64.com/jsmid/">IGN64</a> has added five new images, including a render of Goro in front of a blue background, for the Nintendo⁶⁴ version of Mortal Kombat 4 to their <a href="http://www.ign64.com/jsmid/previews/1912.html">MK4 Preview Page</a>