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Mortal Kombat
| Title | Mortal Kombat |
|---|---|
| First release | 1992 |
| Developer | Midway Games |
| Publisher | Midway Games |
| Platforms | Amiga, Arcade, DOS, Game Boy, Game Gear, Master System, Mega Drive / Genesis, PC (Windows), SNES / Super Famicom, Sega CD / Mega-CD |
| Genre | fighting game |
| Also known as | Mortal Kombat 1 |
| Players | 1–2 players |
| Co-op | No |
| ESRB rating | E Everyone |
| Releases | Amiga: 1992-08-02 (PAL) Arcade: 1992-10-08 (PAL) Game Gear: 1992-10-08 DOS: 1993-01-01 Mega Drive / Genesis: 1993-09-13 (NTSC-U), 1993-09-13 (PAL) SNES / Super Famicom: 1993-09-13 (NTSC), 1993-09-13 (PAL) Game Boy: 1993-09-13 Master System: 1993-09-13 |
| Wikidata ID | Q150294 |
Kombat Warriors like Sub-Zero and Rayden engage in bone-shattering combos and ferocious finishing moves to win the tournament. Players fight through endurance matches to defeat the half-human dragon Goro and the shape-changing Shang Tsung. This handheld port supports both single-player and two-player multiplayer modes.
Description: REG-Vault, CC BY-SA 4.0 Facts from Wikidata (CC0), gaps filled from REG-Vault and TheGamesDB and Arcade Database (ADB). Only retro platforms tracked by this site are listed; the year is the earliest release date recorded on Wikidata.Sources
Arcade Database ADB
| MAME romset | mk |
|---|---|
| Title at ADB | Mortal Kombat (rev 5.0 T-Unit 03/19/93) |
| Manufacturer | Midway |
| Year | 1992 |
| Genre | Fighter / Versus |
| Players | 2 |
| MAME driver status | GOOD |
Artwork: ADB (Arcade Database); artwork © original manufacturer (Midway); snaps by ProgettoSnaps via ADB. Non-free, internal use only (hotlinked, not downloaded).
Scraping using Arcade Database by motoschifo ·
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romset via Wikidata P2451 (mame-title+year) ·
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(19): Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Midway Games · internal use only.
REG-Vault page
Box art
(1): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded, PAL release) · © Midway Games · internal use only.
TheGamesDB page
Box art, Screenshots, Logos, Artwork
(6): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Midway Games · internal use only.
TheGamesDB page
Screenshots
(2): Source: libretro-thumbnails (upstream libretro-thumbnails (art by developers/publishers; see repo README)) · © Midway Games · internal use only.
Image: Midway Games,
CC BY 4.0,
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Logo: Midway Games,
CC BY 4.0,
via Wikimedia Commons (“MortalKombat1992Logo.png”)
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Videos
SNES Longplay [175] Mortal Kombat
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