The evolution of the Mortal Kombat series
The fighting game genre has many notable franchises. One of the earliest to earn iconic status is Mortal Kombat. It punched its way onto the arcade scene in 1992 and quickly found its way to the home console market, wowing players with at-the-time realistic visuals and controversial over–the–top gore. That controversial content ushered in the now-industry standard ratings system, but Mortal Kombat’s legacy has been defined by much more than that. For over 11 mainline installments, the series built gameplay innovations and an ever-growing roster atop its core 1-on-1 fighting system.
Ahead of the series returning to–and recreating–its “roots” with Mortal Kombat 1, now is an amazing time to look at how it evolved through the eras.
Last October NetherRealm celebrated the Mortal Kombat series’ 30th anniversary.
Mortal Kombat | Release: 1992 | Arcade Mortal Kombat 2 | Release: 1993 | Arcade Mortal Kombat 3 | Release: 1995 | Arcade and PlayStation Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 | Release: 1995 | Arcade and PlayStation Mortal Kombat Trilogy | Release: 1996 | PlayStation Mortal Kombat 4 | Release: 1997 | Arcade and PlayStation
Arcades were shaken to their core when Mortal Kombat hit the scene in 1992. The series takes characters from across the realms to fight and test their might in a martial arts tournament. It’s unveiled that the tournament is an ancient ritual to stop a half-dragon warlord of an otherworldly realm from invading and conquering Earth. Our fate lies in the hands of a martial arts prodigy, a special forces agent, and a movie star in way over his head. The series shifts toward full-on wars between the realms, time-traveling shenanigans, and alternate-timeline insanity. Making MK home to one of the wildest and most
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