The first Mortal Kombat is, without exaggeration, one of the most important games of all time. When it burst, throbbing, from the chest of the video game industry in 1992, it cemented the fighting game genre as a behemoth of the medium, introduced a number of firsts and challenged long standing taboos on what was deemed acceptable in video games.
Trevor Walker said: Fighting games have always been able to simultaneously experiment and innovate while staying true to their roots in the best of ways. Mechanics change, crossovers take place, and evolution occurs. One of the best examples of all three can be seen in the coveted guest character.
The fighting genre is full of mini-games, from Street Fighter's car destruction to Tekken Ball. Here's the best Mortal Kombat mini games.
Cultured Vultures: We've gone to the trouble of ranking the Mortal Kombat games across the series' history. Special Forces is clearly number one.
My favorite is always going to be Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3. I know some people didn't like the addition of the run button. But, man that game is burned into my memory from childhood, lol.
That's the one I played the most as a kid. Fun times gaming on my Sega Genesis, the memories
MK2 will always be the best in the series. Been playing a lot of MK1 lately though. Definitely enjoying it more than any other NRS era MK game.
I will always have a special place in my memory for MK 1 and 2. You had to be there during that era at the arcades. Martial arts tournament fighting movies were still popular, and MK 1 was exciting. Real life motion captured characters done well (unlike Pit Fighter). A cast of characters we all liked like Bruce Lee(Lui Kang), Van Damme(Johnny Cage), the Lightning god(Raiden) from Big Trouble in Little China, and Ninjas, gotta have Ninjas. Goro was menacing as hell. The MK arcade had some of the best speakers similar to Killer Instinct as you could hear the loud crisp and bassy sound that was distinctly different than other arcades. MK 2 improved greatly on the controls and fighting mechanics
"it cemented the fighting game genre"
I think that Street Fighter II deserves at least a little credit for this...
I think its more in the context of bringing the fighting game genre to the forefront in the media.... While Street FIghter is deemed the game that made the genre, MK made the fighting genre a pop icon. The term Fatality alone was a hallmark of the '90's. 95% of all 2D fighters made (non Capcom) used something from MK.....Primal Rage, Killer Instinct, Weaponlord, Eternal Champions...... All fighting games owe something to either Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat or Virtua Fighter....
Wow...if you're going to write about a topic that has been done to death...at least put in the effort to write some new content.
This is horrible...you are better off reading the wiki page than this.