Mortal Kombat

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.

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!

Button mashing bullshit.

Never liked this one as much as the 2 that followed

/completed

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.

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.

Classic fighter.

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.

This game was ok. A rip off Super Streetfighter. But, it was a different take and it started the fighting genre.