25th Anniversary: Mortal Kombat by Midway

Released on October 8th 1992.


Interesting facts about Mortal Kombat
-One of the main proponents for why the ESRB was created.
-One of the best selling fighting franchises of all time.
-The game was developed in 10 months, and for most of its development, didn’t have a name.
-In later games, a character named Ermac would be playable. This was due to a myth about this first game involving a line on the game’s diagnostic screen labled as Ermacs (error macros). Midway would later create a character based on this myth.
-According to How Long to Beat’s website the average play through takes about 1.5 hours to complete.
-Currently, about 6 games are sold per day.

Mortal Kombat on Wikipedia.

Gameplay by World of Longplays

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