Mortal Kombat (Video Game 1992)

Seven martial artists from Earth must battle in sorcerer Shang Tsung's super secret tournament. For the past 9 of these tournaments, Shang Tsung's four-armed mutant bodyguard Goro has won ... See full summary »

Writers:

Ed Boon (creator), John Tobias (creator)

Stars:

Dan Pesina, Richard Divizio, Carlos Pesina

Cast

Cast overview:
Dan Pesina	...	Johnny Cage / Scorpion / Sub-Zero
Richard Divizio	...	Kano
Carlos Pesina	...	Raiden
Ho-Sung Pak	...	Liu Kang / Shang Tsung
Elizabeth Malecki	...	Sonya

Storyline

Seven martial artists from Earth must battle in sorcerer Shang Tsung's super secret tournament. For the past 9 of these tournaments, Shang Tsung's four-armed mutant bodyguard Goro has won all of them. Should he win the tenth, Earth will be left at the mercy of Shang Tsung's Outworld. Playable characters include Raiden, the Thunder God invited to fight in the tournament, in human (and thus killable) form; Liu Kang, a Shaolin monk determined to stop Shang Tsung; Johnny Cage, a Hollywood movie star who wants the publicity; Sonya Blade, a US Special Forces agent; Kano, a tyrant being pursued by Sonya Blade; Sub-Zero, a mercenary ninja with orders to assassinate Shang Tsung and Scorpian, a murdered ninja who has been brought back from the dead to try and kill Sub-Zero, the man who murdered him.

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Plot Keywords:

ninja | sorcerer | shaolin monk | movie star | shaolin | 

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Genres:

Action | Horror

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Certificate:

M

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 August 1992 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Midway Manufacturing Corporation

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The statue seen in the Palace Gates stage is a statue the design team borrowed from a neighbor. It was sitting in their backyard.

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Goofs

When you select Sonya Blade for the "Test Your Might" stage for the Sega Genesis, her grunt is a man's grunt.

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Quotes

Scorpion: Come here!

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Connections

Referenced in Poker Night 2 (2013)

User Reviews

This is a classic!

"Mortal Kombat"("MK") and "Street Fighter"("SF") were the two biggest games on the arena of fighting-games back in the early 1990`s. Most people preferred the SF-series, but I always preferred MK because of the graphics, gameplay and not to mention the extreme violence. The first MK remains playable today and a classic, but it has been bettered by superb sequels.

8/10