Mortal Kombat
Mortal Kombat is a side-scrolling fighting game. Fighting is set as one-on-one combat, allowing each player to perform a variety of punches, kicks, and special moves in order to defeat their opponent. When the…
Mortal Kombat is a fighting developed by Midway, released 2 August 1992 on Amiga, Arcade and DOS. The main story takes about 1 hrs to finish.
What Mortal Kombat is
Mortal Kombat is a fighting game developed by Midway and released in 1992. It was published by Acclaim Entertainment. It is available on Amiga, Arcade and DOS.
The premise, in the publisher's words
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 Scorpion, a…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Mortal Kombat series
Mortal Kombat is the first of 118 entries we hold in the Mortal Kombat series. The next entry was Mortal Kombat in 1993. Its critic score of 83 is 8 points above the series average of 75. The highest-rated entry is Mortal Kombat 11: Ultimate at 97.
How it was received
Mortal Kombat holds a critic score of 83 out of 100. That places it above 84% of the 981 rated fighting games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 1992 averaged 67, so it scored 16 points above the year average. Players rate it 76, 7 points lower than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 1 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 2 hrs, roughly 2 times the length of the critical path.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Mortal Kombat yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Dlc
Quick answers
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