Five Hundred years ago, an ancient and well respected Shaolin fighting tournament, held every 50 years, was corrupted by an evil and elderly sorcerer by the name of Shang Tsung. Shang was accompanied by Prince Goro, a warrior of the Shokan race (a four armed half-human/half-dragon). Knowing that if ten tournaments in a row were won by the Outworld champion, the Earth Realm would be conquered by evil and fall into darkness, Shang entered Goro in the tournament and had him defeat the great Kung Lao. Goro has been reigning supreme as the undefeated fighting champion for five hundred years now. As the last tournament required draws near, Raiden, Thunder God and protector of the Earth Realm, enacts a plan to tip the scales in the humans favor, Seven fighters step into the arena on Shang Tsung's mysterious island: Shaolin warrior Liu Kang, Special Forces operative Sonya Blade, the mercenary thug Kano, fame-seeking actor Johnny Cage, the ice wielding Lin Kuei warrior Sub-Zero and his undead adversary Scorpion, and Raiden himself.

Mortal Kombat is a side-scrolling 1 on 1 fighting game. Fighting is set as one on one kombat, allowing each player to perform a variety of punches, kicks, and special moves in order to defeat their opponent. When the opponent faces their second round loss, the winner can perform a finishing move called a "Fatality" on the loser. The Fatality is a humiliation move that graphically kills the loser in a blood-soaked finale.

Mortal Kombat began its life as a 2-player arcade title. It is notable for its use of digitized actors to represent the game's fighters, as well as its use of copious amounts of blood during gameplay.

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Alternate Titles

"真人快打" -- Chinese title (simplified)
"Mortal Kombat Complete" -- Japanese Sega CD title
"MK" -- Common abbreviation
"モータルコンバット" -- Japanese spelling

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Mortal Kombat 1 enhanced with extra graphics.	gametrader (230)
Shovelware at it's worst!	Fake Spam (94)

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The Press Says

FLUX	Apr, 1994	8 out of 10	80
Game Players	May, 1994	72 out of 100	72
All Game Guide	2007		70
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM)	Jun, 1994	6.3 out of 10	63
Video Games & Computer Entertainment	Jun, 1994	6 out of 10	60
Sega-16.com	Jun 05, 2006	6 out of 10	60
Digital Press - Classic Video Games	Oct 31, 2004	4 out of 10	40
The Video Game Critic	Apr 13, 2003	D	25
Defunct Games	May 14, 2005	22 out of 100	22
GamePro	Jul, 1994	1 out of 5	20

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Trivia

The Game Gear version was named the Hand-Held Game of the Year in the 1993 GamePro Editors' Choice Awards (Vol. 6, Issue 2)

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Credits

Mortal Kombat Cast of Characters
Cast:

Daniel Pesina (as Johnny Cage and Scorpion and Sub Zero), Richard Divizio (as Kano), Carlos Pesina (as Rayden), Ho Sung Pak (as Lui Kang and Shang Tsung), Elizabeth Malecki (as Sonya)

Goro Character Design:

John Tobias

Stop Motion Miniature:

Midway
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