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Mortal Kombat (Europe)

Sega Game Gear
🇬🇧
Reviewed in
1993
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Mortal Kombat brings Midway's arcade hit to Game Gear. 2D fights with cult characters, simplified fatalities and reduced roster. A technically impressive adaptation, more violent than expected.

Your verdict
Category
Fighting 2 players 16+
Description
Violent fighting game featuring brutal fatalities.

Mortal Kombat review

3/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Polished"
3/5
Music
★★★★★
"Memorable"
1/5
Story
★★★★★
"Anecdotal"
Gameplay
"Solid"
Fun
"From the very first minutes"
Addictiveness
"Engaging"
Difficulty
"Balanced"
Lifespan
"Average"
Ranking
2nd in Top 10 best Mortal Kombat games 32nd in Top 50 best fighting games 46th in Top 50 best games with questionable ethics 80th in Top 100 best PS3 games 85th in Top 100 best Xbox 360 games 401st in Top 1000 the best games of all time
Technical info
💾0,36 MB 📅13/09/1993
Published by Acclaim

Mortal Kombat (Game Gear) price, value & rarity

Notable
Q1 loose
 $12 Q6 complete
 $36 Q10 new
 $40 !
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Other versions
Mortal Kombat
USA
13/09/1993
🇬🇧
Mortal Kombat - Shinken Kourin Densetsu
Japan
19/11/1993
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Collector interest

Mortal Kombat, the Game Gear port of Acclaim's violent fighting game, released in Europe. Shrinking the arcade hit's brutality and digitised visuals to the handheld was a challenge, giving this conversion a curiosity appeal. Its collecting interest stays moderate due to a large run, but benefits from the franchise's notorious, lasting aura among fans.

A questionable morality

Under the guise of the most serious martial-arts tournament going, the title saves its real reward for the moment the opponent staggers: a polished execution, triggered by a precise input. You repeat it like a compulsory figure, pleased with the clean move, pretending not to notice that the highlight of the show remains the methodical finishing-off of a beaten foe.

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