MORTAL KOMBAT 2 NES WITHOUT THE 2

[drax01]

I share digitized voice test carried out by our teammate fox cunning, excellent work 

[Amilgi]

Ah I think found what was off - the first three notes were a bit early.
Since we were able to implement a limited version of pitch slides I also added one instead of the multiple notes I had originally (which might have been what you were noting)
Hopefully this sounds closer. Playing it overtop the original lead this is nearly 1:1.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xQOpKLi3rd5PZMwXzMGhwCYEcbEPE8jp/view?usp=sharing

I might talk with Sebastian on the status of SFII Deluxe, because I too would like to see it released, even if it's not perfect. Can always make an update later if needed.

[Fox Cunning]

Amilgi is correct. Most sound effects in that video are leftover from the old engine, and do interfere with the pitch envelopes used in the music.

I think I managed to fix that bug, by the way. It was (unsurprisingly) in a piece of the old engine that I had kept.
Sound effects should not mess up the music pitch now.

[drax01]

Excellent news, our teammate, he made the Uppercuts work 

Great job Fox Cunning!!!

You can follow other Fox works on his YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/@FoxCunning

 

[renuente]

Ah I think found what was off - the first three notes were a bit early.
Since we were able to implement a limited version of pitch slides I also added one instead of the multiple notes I had originally (which might have been what you were noting)
Hopefully this sounds closer. Playing it overtop the original lead this is nearly 1:1.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xQOpKLi3rd5PZMwXzMGhwCYEcbEPE8jp/view?usp=sharing

I might talk with Sebastian on the status of SFII Deluxe, because I too would like to see it released, even if it's not perfect. Can always make an update later if needed.

Sorry I didn't answer you before, after making a query I have come to the conclusion that the best way to communicate a difference in a musical theme is overcome shame and hum it. But first I'm going to put a video to point out the point of the variation to locate it in time. Shadow Priest kicks the moment.

Now I upload the files humming the songs, first the original Mega Drive:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1h8iwbnLGX5P-FF5zvQTfbtYzGdVz0MZR/view?usp=drive_link

And here I hum that excerpt from the song you're composing for NES:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aQ3fDJteuA5YR2qU_pc0h2CYsjlYT8mS/view?usp=drive_link

It is shorter, certainly not very noticeable, but two notes less. Anyway I don't want to bother with the matter, I understand that there are other priorities and a lot of work in this game.

On the subject of Street Fighter II Deluxe for NES, I would be very excited to reactivate the project, I have a well-known person who argues that it does not make sense to bring this genre of games to 8-bit systems, however I do think it is necessary, first because it is a challenge, and second because when people accumulate years,  They seek more simplicity and essence. That in video games is given to you by the 8bits.

@drax01  It is an important achievement, without uppercut, an MK is less MK. Congratulations.

 

[Amilgi]

Can't access your humming files but I think I found it!
Turns out there's a channel on the Genesis that goes unused for the whole song...except to play that one note! No wonder I wasn't hearing it when isolating the lead...
Admittedly I haven't played much MK so I don't have the same level of nuanced familiarity with the music others might, so I appreciate people catching details like this. 

Third time's the charm?
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wHdc5ofjSmM-fQhz4tgqL6BTQ9aM6FFI/view?usp=sharing

And since we've already shown off most of the music at this point, here's an .nsf export of the latest FamiTracker module (for both MKI & MKII) for people to listen to:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1U62YtLrxt_tdFFpyIFC9bZUht8r-9vuU/view?usp=sharing

[TheBoxGamePL]

Amilgi, can you send me a google drive nsf to listen to the music?

[TheBoxGamePL]

but it's nice to hear it completely differently in swap duty cycles

[renuente]

Can't access your humming files but I think I found it!
Turns out there's a channel on the Genesis that goes unused for the whole song...except to play that one note! No wonder I wasn't hearing it when isolating the lead...
Admittedly I haven't played much MK so I don't have the same level of nuanced familiarity with the music others might, so I appreciate people catching details like this. 

Third time's the charm?
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wHdc5ofjSmM-fQhz4tgqL6BTQ9aM6FFI/view?usp=sharing

And since we've already shown off most of the music at this point, here's an .nsf export of the latest FamiTracker module (for both MKI & MKII) for people to listen to:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1U62YtLrxt_tdFFpyIFC9bZUht8r-9vuU/view?usp=sharing

     Good job!

[sics]

Congratulations on the new project, you are doing an incredible job, it is amazing that you are able to get such a good sound out of the NES!

[Flaviogames]

would it be possible to add screams and voices of spells like Raiden for example?

[Fox Cunning]

would it be possible to add screams and voices of spells like Raiden for example?

I have crammed as many samples as I could without changing the mapper (and I believe we are going to keep everything within 3 Megabits).
That said, at some point we will probably recompress some of the samples. If the quality doesn't degrade too much, then we may have a bit of extra space for more.

[drax01]

More skills corrected, our partner "Fox Cunning" has made Sub-Zero Freeze and Scorpion send his Spear

Project members and collaborators:

https://www.youtube.com/@FoxCunning
https://www.youtube.com/@RetroKidKnuckles
https://www.youtube.com/@lordzai7185
https://www.youtube.com/@Hacksroms-Deluxe
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXZBPW4kneJpe-AUw8mZUUQ
tacoschip (https://www.romhacking.net/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=163509)
Amilgi (https://www.romhacking.net/community/4246/)

[spotanjo3]

Nice but not perfect, thought.

[Fox Cunning]

The Palace Gates stage needs some work as there are IRQ timing issues, but we'll get it fixed

[renuente]

This is moving very fast, congratulations.

[UltraEpicLeader100]

Are there gonna be fatalities like in the NES Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 hack?

[drax01]

Are there gonna be fatalities like in the NES Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 hack?

We don't know yet, "Fox Cunning" has made a checklist of tasks to do. I am not going to say anything at the moment on this subject.

[drax01]

This is moving very fast, congratulations.

We don't know yet, "Fox Cunning" has made a to-do checklist. I am not going to say anything for the moment on this subject.

[Fox Cunning]

The Palace Gates stage needs some work as there are IRQ timing issues, but we'll get it fixed

I have adjusted the timing on that stage, and it's almost glitch-free now.