The original Mortal Kombat on Master System - technically respectable but limited. Fatalities are present but the roster is small and controls less precise than console versions. Mainly a historical curiosity.
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Fighting2 players16+
Description
Versus fighting game featuring Mortal Kombat characters and their fatalities. Published by Acclaim, released in Europe and Brazil in 1994. Kombatants in side view with special moves and bloody fatalities. Master System port of Mortal Kombat.
Mortal Kombat review
3/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Polished"
3/5
Music
★★★★★
"Memorable"
2/5
Story
★★★★★
"Classic"
Gameplay
"Solid"
Fun
"From the very first seconds"
The phenomenon that shook fighting games arrives with its striking digitised graphics, sharp blows and infamous fatalities. The impact of the hits and the satisfaction of chaining a combo stay immediate, even on 8-bit. Dark and brutal, it keeps the sulphurous aura that made it a legend, perfect for old-school duelling.
Complete: box, manual and disc/cart very clean. Lightly handled.
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Collector interest
A Master System adaptation of the first Mortal Kombat, Midway's controversial fighting game, published by Acclaim in Europe and Brazil. Its desirability rests on the cultural shock the license represented at launch and the tour de force of adapting to 8 bits a title famed for its violence and digitised actors. Collectors seek this port for its status as the 8-bit version of a phenomenon and its limited distribution.
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.
