As close to the arcade as it got, and still failed.
The graphics seemed more or less the same as the Genesis, just with the brightness and sharpness up about 2 notches. Same music as the arcade, no codes required for blood/fatalities, and included the corpses in the pit. I was having the time of my life with it more than willing to overlook the fact that each match had to "Load", but was heart broken when Shang Tsung's morphs lagged the whole system. This caused him to telegraph most of his intentions, making the battle pretty effortless. You know the old saying "no matter how subtle the wizard, a knife in the shoulder blade will seriously cramp his style?" Yeah, it was kinda like that.
Well, some things were just meant for cartridge. Luckily, merely owning this version constituted extensive bragging rights, but aside from that, forget it.