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Mortal Kombat 2 Source Code Reportedly Leaked Online

IbizaPocholo

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Mortal Kombat 2 Source Code Reportedly Leaked Online

Mortal Kombat 2 source code has surfaced online; the code features various canned assets, sprites, and animations that can finally be viewed.
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Major Takeaway

  • Mortal Kombat 2’s source code has surfaced online and is available on GitHub for the community to download and scrutinize.
  • The source code contains everything related to the game; all the canned assets, sprites, animations, and other particulars can be tinkered with in the code.
  • Various fanciers on Twitter and Youtube have already documented the alluring details hiding beneath all of the leaked material.
  • The leak will allow modders and the community to create more ports and mods that could breathe new life into the well-renowned nostalgic game.
The source code shared on GitHub was revealed in the r/MortalKombat subreddit. The leak details all of the game’s canned assets, animations, sprites, and movesets that never saw the light of day in the version that was officially released.

The nostalgia of many fans has also shipped all over the web, documenting various details in the leak. One YouTuber, TehDrewsus, conducted almost a 3-hour live stream to explore the specifics of the surfaced Mortal Kombat 2 source code.

The YouTuber dives into details like the sprites of the Mortal Kombat 2 roster, background assets, sounds, coding, and much more. Moreover, TehDrewsus could seemingly not even explore half of all the leaked material. Another fancier on Twitter, Pegasus Kid, created a long thread to record all their findings.



 
Eimran

Eimran

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I don't have a lot of knowledge of this. Can someone explain how this exactly happened?

How is it that the code stayed secret for 30 years. Is it so difficult to hack?
I always thought finding this code was as easy as modding the game or using specific software.
 
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keraj37

keraj37

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Eimran said:
I don't have a lot of knowledge of this. Can someone explain how this exactly happened?

How is it that the code stayed secret for 30 years. Is it so difficult to hack?
I always thought finding this code was as easy as modding the game or using specific software.
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After compilation of c/c++ and assembly code, getting the source code is practically impossible without massive, rather impossible manual work for skilled developers.
That is why leaks like that are so important since they are in human-readable fashion, contrary to compiled code which is not human-readable.

Thanks to leak like this it is possible to check for every logic in game, as the mentioned cheating in arcade mode, without it, it is not possible.
 
RoboFu

RoboFu

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I love old 2d hardware. Indexed bitmaps with color pallets is the absolute best way to do 2d. It takes a lot more performance in comparison to replicate that using todays hardware with shaders.
 
SkylineRKR

SkylineRKR

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YCoCg said:
Does it confirm the game is scamming and running tricks on you in Arcade Mode?
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This is known. And after about 3 losses the AI suddenly becomes crippled and lets you kill him, this is deliberately built in the game. It uses an invisible slider that remembers the amount of consecutive losses.

It more than reads your inputs, nearly every move the AI pulls on you has priority over yours. They uppercut without crouch, etc. SF2 kinda did the same with charge characters.
 
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The Stig

The Stig

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skeebs said:
Waiting to see if someone found the Nudalities hidden in there
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Scotty W

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