Fighting, it is the key to our lives...not really, but every once in a while it's fun to crush someone in the glory of battle...if it's not real...MORTAL KOMBAT
GAMEPLAY
One of my favorite fighting games(of the ones I've played), this include everything you'll ever need to fight-3 buttons and a D-Pad. The attack buttons, are dodge, punch, and kick, these can be strung together to create a combo, although I've never personally figured this out. The fights are to the K.O. in the first couple of round's, but in the final round it's to death(hence the title). The winner is the decided by who is best 2 out of 3, and each round is 99 seconds of brutal fighting.
GRAPHICS and CONTENT
For the time this was released, it was one of the best graphical games ever coded. The sprites are pixelated images of actual people making it have a more realistic tone. Much like the Apple v. Samsung debate of today, the Sega Genesis and the Super Nintendo were head to head in the video game market. In the original arcade release, Mortal Kombat had a lot of gore, such as the spine rip finishing move(yowzah), but when it was released for the SNES and Genesis, the Content was toned down...a lot. But later a cheatcode was found that allowed the genesis version to be played with the blood on, making it the overall better version. A quick fact is that this game inadvertently caused the created the ESRB...to rate the Genesis version M.
CONCLUSION
It's fun, it's violent, but nevertheless...it's a good fighting game. In the amount of time I played this in the emulator, I never achieved a combo, but I do believe that was due to not knowing what the controls were. The difference between having the gore on and off is huge, as the whole mood of the game changes. I think that the "clean" version would be rated T if it was released today. Overall...
8.5 out of 10
DETAILS
Released in 1992
Rated M by the ESRB
Developed and Published by Midway
For SNES, GENESIS, and Arcade, with numerous ports to modern consoles.
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