PPR Presents Limelight: Mortal Kombat II for the 3DO

ith all of the hype around the Mortal Kombat Legacy Collection (and ting of controversy over its input lag issues) we thought that instead of going the more sensible, topical route, we would do something completely different and dumb instead—like streaming the port of Mortal Kombat II developed for the 3DO!

An independent developer by the name of “3DO HD” has been putting in 2+ years of work on a “retail-grade” version of the arcade classic for the 3DO, including new bespoke features that are original to the game like new stages and gameplay modes! George is again on the sticks, and he’s had a lot of good things to say about it, so we’re excite about the bloody good time in store for this entry of Limelight!

Be sure to tune in to our Twitch at 8:15 PM PST on 11/10/2025 to watch this elseworlds-ass port of a killer game for niche console! You can check out the streams here or directly on our Twitch channel, and vibe along with us as we work towards ushering in a new age of Limelight for y'all!

QCF: Trophy

o matter how many times I’ve seen it, I still think it’s BUCK wild to see a brand new game for the NES get commercially released over 30 years past the system’s prime. The Homebrew scene for these legacy platforms are further bolstered by the flexibility of the Digital Marketplace hosted by every notable name you can think of, like Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft, Valve, or hell, even Atari.

One of the latest releases for the most popular 8-Bit machine is an homage to Mega Man by developer Gradual Games named Trophy, and it’s not only been made available on Cartridge for its original hardware, it’s also available on Switch eShop and Xbox Marketplace via a proprietary NEW Emulator to boot. The technical chops on display are nothing of impressive, as the game seemingly uses every MMC Mapper to push the most out of the system to run it, but the core design of the game hardly does anything to impress beyond the sheer novelty of it being a new Action Shooter you can grab for the NES.

Tophy is certainly no Mega Man, but it isn’t even a Darkwing Duck, or a Krion Conquest, or hell even a Whomp ‘Em—it’s just a another retro game with some bizarrely outdated design by comparison.

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