Mortal Kombat (1992 video game)

Mortal Kombat
Cover artwork for the home versions
Developer(s)	Midway Probe Software (MD/GEN, GG, GB, SMS, Amiga, DOS) Sculptured Software (SNES)
Publisher(s)	Midway Consoles NA/EU: Acclaim[a] DOS PC NA: Acclaim EU: Virgin Interactive Entertainment Amiga EU: Virgin Interactive Entertainment Plug-and-play TV game NA: Jakks Pacific
Designer(s)	Ed Boon John Tobias
Programmer(s)	Ed Boon
Artist(s)	John Tobias John Vogel
Composer(s)	Dan Forden
Series	Mortal Kombat
Platform(s)	Arcade Amiga Game Boy MS-DOS Sega CD Game Gear Genesis Master System SNES Plug-and-play TV game PlayStation 2 Xbox PSP PlayStation 3 Xbox 360 Microsoft Windows Tiger Electronics
Release	August 1992 Arcade August 1992[1] Genesis/Mega Drive NA: September 13, 1993 EU: September 13, 1993[2] Super NES NA: September 13, 1993 EU: October 28, 1993 Game Gear NA: September 13, 1993 EU: September 13, 1993[2] Game Boy NA: September 13, 1993 EU: February 1, 1994[3] Master System PAL: September 13, 1993[2] Tiger Electronics NA: 1993 MS-DOS NA: May 25, 1994 [citation needed] Sega CD/Mega-CD NA: April 1994[5] EU: July 1994[4] Amiga EU: 1994 Plug-and-play TV game NA: 2004 PS2 NA: October 2004 Xbox NA: October 2004 PSP NA: December 2005 Microsoft Windows NA: February 2006 Xbox 360 NA: August 2011 PS3 NA: August 2011
Genre(s)	Fighting
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer
Arcade system	Midway Y Unit (Revision Prototype 4.0–Revision 4.0) Midway T Unit (Revision 4.0T–Revision 5.0T)

Mortal Kombat is a 1992 fighting game developed and published by Midway. It is the first entry in the Mortal Kombat series and was subsequently released by Acclaim Entertainment for nearly every home platform at that time. The game focuses on several characters of various intentions who enter a martial arts tournament with worldly consequences. It introduced many key aspects of the Mortal Kombat series, including the unique five-button control scheme and gory finishing moves called Fatalities.

Mortal Kombat is considered by critics to be one of the greatest video games ever made. It spawned numerous sequels and spin-offs, beginning with Mortal Kombat II in 1993. Both games were the subject of a film adaptation in 1995. However, it also sparked much controversy for its depiction of extreme violence and gore using realistic digitized graphics and, along with the home releases of Night Trap and Lethal Enforcers, prompted the formation of the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB), a U.S. government-backed organization that set descriptor ratings for video games.

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