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Mortal Kombat

Mortal Kombat

Mortal Kombat

1992
Fighting
Mortal Kombat follows the story of the Mortal Kombat tournament, a sacred martial arts contest created by the Shaolin Monks, that takes place on a secluded island. Over 500 years ago, the evil sorcerer Shang Tsung overthrew the monks with the help of the monster warrior Goro, and now hosts the contest to steal the souls of the contest's losers to keep himself immortal and powerful. This year's Mortal Kombat tournament is about to take place, and 7 contestants are ready to fight. (igdb.com)

Franchise:

Mortal Kombat

Genre:

Fighting

Platforms:

PS3, PSP, Xbox 360, PS2, MS-DOS, Xbox, Sega Genesis, Game Gear, Super NES, Arcade, Game Boy, Amiga, Sega CD, Master System, PS Now

Developers:

Sculptured Software, Midway, Probe Software

Publishers:

Virgin Interactive, Acclaim Entertainment, Acclaim, Arena Entertainment, Midway, Tec Toy, Playtronic Industrial

AKAs:

MK, Mortal Kombat Complete, Mortal Kombat: Competition Edition, モータルコンバット, 真人快打
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Mortal Kombat

1992
Fighting
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Avg Percentile 35.45% from 298 total ratings
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antonio_pAntonio P
Rated 21 Oct 2019
80
87th
The very first game to have blood in this game as real characters fought in this. This outsold the Snes version 3-1. With the blood code all the arcade finishers were put in this version. Of course this made a lot of parents upset as they bitched to Genesis, therefore having the ESRB rating for this video game and every single game that came out in the future. Which is a good thing I find because they let you know now if a game is too violent or Sexual etc.
Rated 21 Oct 2019
ytadelYtadel
Rated 28 Jan 2018
3
21st
I hold such a grudge against this game from back in the early 90s when all my peers were like "lol Street Fighter II is gay now Mortal Kombat has blood so its the new hotness." Fuck you grade school peers, Street Fighter II is still better you tasteless goons!
Rated 28 Jan 2018
badfurdayBadFurDay
Rated 23 Sep 2019
2
12th
Button mashing bullshit.
Rated 23 Sep 2019
pyrosexualpyrosexual
Rated 30 Nov 2018
80
40th
Never liked this one as much as the 2 that followed
Rated 30 Nov 2018
walkearthwalkearth
Rated 22 Aug 2018
60
20th
/completed
Rated 22 Aug 2018
maddogmaddog
Rated 06 May 2018
61
17th
Take your favorite beverage, whatever it is, then dilute it with the same amount of water. That's this Mortal Kombat. It really tones down the elements that made it great. Smoothness of combos, graphics, blood/gore, all of it. You couldn't help but feel underwhelmed.
Rated 06 May 2018
heliophageHeliophage
Rated 16 Apr 2018
44
18th
The so-so controls and balance weren't what made this a hit, that's for sure. Maybe it was the digitized photos in lieu of graphics, a concept Midway seems to have borrowed from such Atari "classics" as Pit Fighter and Guardians of the 'Hood? Actually, no, I distinctly recall this being the game the other kids wanted to play because there was blood and they'd read about the fatalities (but could not successfully execute any). Still, it was fun enough beating them at it while waiting for a pizza.
Rated 16 Apr 2018
thedicemanTheDiceman
Rated 03 Mar 2018
65
15th
Classic fighter.
Rated 03 Mar 2018
jimmy_suedeJimmy Suede
Rated 23 Feb 2018
60
36th
I feel like this was Gobots to SF2's Transformers. Yeah I know, Gobots never ripped anyone's spine out, but whatever. I always played Johnny Cage, because of the Van Damme splits/nuts punch.
Rated 23 Feb 2018
redshift338RedShift338
Rated 03 Feb 2018
50
30th
This game was ok. A rip off Super Streetfighter. But, it was a different take and it started the fighting genre.
Rated 03 Feb 2018
velvet_croweVelvet Crowe
Rated 28 Jan 2018
28
8th
This game had some crazy combos but mechanically it was awful and simplistic in a number of ways. For one, movement was terrible - you were limited to jump ins and a slow walk speed, the latter being near worthless and the former being easily punishable. Physics were laughably bad and anti-airs sent opponents high into the air allowing for some dumb infinites and loops. Movesets were also limited and homogeneous, with the top tiers being whoever could reliably infinite best.
Rated 28 Jan 2018
mattorama12mattorama12
Rated 26 Jan 2018
65
33rd
Violence is fun.
Rated 26 Jan 2018
martrynmartryn
Rated 25 Jan 2018
70
23rd
When this first came out, it was a really brutal game, and something that you'd play and snicker about. But, like most fighting games, this one got old real quick for me. I'm still undefeated with Raiden since about 2006. The impact this had on the gaming world is bigger than the game itself.
Rated 25 Jan 2018
jschlanskyJSchlansky
Rated 24 Jan 2018
38
14th
Fighting games by nature have built in obsolescence.
Rated 24 Jan 2018
hellboy76hellboy76
Rated 23 Jan 2018
72
34th
Exciting with the fatalities etc. Looking back it's a mediocre fighting system with weird controls.
Rated 23 Jan 2018
obdurateObdurate
Rated 22 Jan 2018
55
15th
I, like you, probably enjoyed ripping heads off w hen this came out but the mechanics just aren't there anymore.
Rated 22 Jan 2018
billyshearsBillyShears
Rated 21 Jan 2018
60
30th
I'm the nonstop barrage of jump kick uppercut you can't escape from but if you do you're cheating and I'm not playing anymore because I also don't know how to do any of the fatalities save for Scorpion because even an invalid can mash that one in.
Rated 21 Jan 2018
edkrakedkrak
Rated 19 Jan 2018
50
25th
Mediocre fighter with stiff controls that quickly became obsolete with releases of Virtua Fighter and Tekken. Graphics and animation was pretty impressive for its time though. Its most redeeming quality for me was the fact that it made me realize at young age that I'm a sick fuck who enjoys the most brutal gore.
Rated 19 Jan 2018

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Franchise:

Mortal Kombat

Genre:

Fighting

Platforms:

PS3, PSP, Xbox 360, PS2, MS-DOS, Xbox, Sega Genesis, Game Gear, Super NES, Arcade, Game Boy, Amiga, Sega CD, Master System, PS Now

Developers:

Sculptured Software, Midway, Probe Software

Publishers:

Virgin Interactive, Acclaim Entertainment, Acclaim, Arena Entertainment, Midway, Tec Toy, Playtronic Industrial

AKAs:

MK, Mortal Kombat Complete, Mortal Kombat: Competition Edition, モータルコンバット, 真人快打
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