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'''''Mortal Kombat''''' is a [[Fighting Game]] released in arcades in 1992; it was later ported to the Genesis and Super NES, amongst other console systems.
The basic storyline of the game was similar to other fighting games at the time: Mortal Kombat is a Shaolin martial arts tournament which has been corrupted by its grandmaster. The competitors in this tournament -- ''[[Bruce Lee Clone|Liu Kang]]'', a Shaolin monk; ''[[Deadpan Snarker|Johnny Cage]]'', a Hollywood action film star; ''[[Good
The full story wasn't finalized until [[Ret Canon|after the film adaptation was made]] -- which turned the game's basic plot into something more complex. The Mortal Kombat tournament is a balancing device put in place by the Elder Gods; it acts as an "arbitrator" of sorts, giving realms with interests in another realm a chance to compete for the right to invade. Under the rules set forth by the Elder Gods, one realm must win ten consecutive Mortal Kombat tournaments in order to have the opportunity to invade another. Shang Tsung competed in -- and won -- the Mortal Kombat tournament generations prior, but was later dethroned by the Great Kung Lao, a high-ranking Shaolin monk. At the following tournament, Shang Tsung had a plan: he entered a four-armed monster from Outworld named [[Multi
''Mortal Kombat'' is known for being one of the ''most famous'' games to use digitized actors (the ''first'' was ''[[
Followed by '''[[Mortal Kombat 2
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* [[Bloodier and Gorier]]: Compared to the more family-friendly games that then dominated the market.
* [[Bonus Boss]]: Reptile, who was actually the first unlockable Boss ''ever'' in a [[Fighting Game]].
* [[Bowdlerise]]: In the SNES port of the first game, Nintendo edited out all the blood, replacing it with an unidentifiable opalescent fluid (<s>sawdust</s> sweat); the [[Finishing Move|Fatalities]] were also toned down considerably to fit Nintendo's censorship policies. The Genesis port was similarly [[Bowdlerized]], but one could unlock the violence with a special code. Sales of the SNES version tanked, and the Genesis version was a success, so when the second game was ported, the blood and carnage was left intact.
** One funny thing is that one of the cleaned-up Fatalites, which involved Sub-Zero breaking his opponent's body into pieces after freezing him, was pretty brutal anyway. It was turned into one of his Fatalities in the second game.
** The Action Replay Mark II game enhancer, which among other things allowed gamers to bypass Nintendo's security measures and play import games, got fans very very excited because with a complex code, it allowed blood back in the game. All it did was turn the sweat red, rather than the more unrealistic buckets of blood the original had.
* [[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard]]: The AI sometimes uses a standing block to resist a sweep kick. Human players can't do this.
* [[Creator Cameo]]: Probe Software, the porting team behind the Genesis ''
* [[Darker and Edgier]]: Compared to other fighting games at the time.
* [[Death
* [[Dynamic Difficulty]]: The AI more or less adapted to player style. If you didn't use special moves, the computer used them sparingly. This meant that theoretically, new players were not as hampered by a lack of understanding. Later games scrapped this and went on to innovate the [[Perfect Play AI]] style.
* [[The Foreign Subtitle]]: The Japanese versions of the console ports featured the subtitle ''Shinken Kourin Densetsu'' (The Legendary Descent of the Divine Fist).
* [[Impaled
* [[Mini Game]]: "Test Your Might
* [[Mirror Match]]: [[Trope Namer]]. Shang Tsung makes an evil clone of your character after you defeat the other fighters in one-on-one combat.
* [[Rated "M" for Money]]: Either the [[Trope Maker]] or the [[Trope Codifier]], depending on whom you ask. It probably helps that the [[The New Rock and Roll|controversy]] played a part in the ESRB's creation.
* [[Wuxia]]: Compared to the more [[Fantasy Kitchen Sink]] elements of later games, this one most aesthetically resembles a Chinese martial arts movie. ''[[Enter the Dragon]]'', to be exact. [[The Movie]] runs with this, and is damn near a remake of said movie, albeit with magic and ninja included.▼
▲* [[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard]]: The AI sometimes uses a standing block to resist a sweep kick. Human players can't do this.
▲* [[Wuxia]]: Compared to the more [[Fantasy Kitchen Sink]] elements of later games, this one most aesthetically resembles a Chinese martial arts movie. [[Enter the Dragon]], to be exact. [[The Movie]] runs with this, and is damn near a remake of said movie, albeit with magic and ninja included.
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