

Midway had previously used the technique of taking footage of live actors and rotoscoping it before in other titles such as in Terminator 2: The Arcade Game, but with Mortal Kombat, it took the technique to the next level. Obviously, the buckets of blood were one thing, but the use of digitized fighters was the bigger contrast. Separating Mortal Kombat from its competitors was its graphics. Eventually, Boon and Tobias decided to incorporate a variation of the dizzied mechanic by having it occur at the end of the fight, after the outcome had already been decided.
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While Boon despised the mechanic (which is in Street Fighter II), he did admit that the free hit was a fun idea when your opponent was dizzied. The concept of Fatalities came about from the “dizzied” mechanic in earlier fighting games. We really liked Mortal Combat as a name, but it couldn’t get past legal.”Īs for the game’s violence, this initially wasn’t supposed to be the bloody affair we all know and love, but progressed as development went on.

Accounts differ as to how they arrived at Mortal Kombat, but according to Boon, for six months during development “nobody could come up with a name nobody didn’t hate.” Eventually, someone had written down “combat” on the drawing board for names in Boon’s office, writing a K over the C “just to be kind of weird.” Pinball designer Steve Ritchie was sitting in Boon’s office, saw the word “Kombat” and said to him, “Why don’t you name it ‘ Mortal Kombat‘?”, which according to Boon, “just stuck.” John Tobias remembers it differently, saying that the name “came about during the trademark process in naming the game. However, that plan was scrapped once the deal with Van Damme fell through, though Boon and Tobias kept a Van Damme tribute in what was eventually Mortal Kombat in the form of Johnny Cage (complete with the Bloodsport split punch).ĭuring development, the team had difficulty in coming up with a name for their burgeoning fighter.
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Initially, the idea for the game was a fighting game similar to Data East’s Karate Champ, which then morphed into an arcade adaptation of the Jean Claude Van Damme movie Universal Soldier, with plans to have Van Damme starring in the game. Without going into the minute details, Midway had tasked Boon and Tobias with creating a fighting game in 1991. The road for Mortal Kombat reaching the arcade was a long one. In order to prevent this, seven warriors compete to challenge Goro for the title. Should Goro win again, Shao Kahn, the Emperor of Outworld, will be allowed to take Earthrealm.

For 500 years straight, Goro has been undefeated in the tournament, having won nine consecutive tournaments. Shang Tsung was banished to Earthrealm 500 years ago and, with the help of the four-armed Shokan warrior Goro, is able to seize control of the Mortal Kombat tournament in an attempt to conquer the realm. The game takes place in Earthrealm, where a martial arts tournament is held on Shang Tsung’s Island. A few digitized actors, a swapping of letters, and a Fatality or two later, and the duo had done just that.įighting game stories aren’t exactly deep, and Mortal Kombat‘s story is no exception. Midway was one company, which had tasked Mortal Kombat creators Ed Boon and John Tobias with creating a fighting game that would rival Street Fighter II. Capcom’s fighter had rejuvenated the arcade scene, and multiple developers were looking to cash in with their own creations, no matter how much they ripped off Street Fighter II‘s concept. However, each album comes with a picture that will let you know exactly what game you're checking out.Before Mortal Kombat hit arcades 30 years ago, the arcade was dominated by Street Fighter II, and rightfully so. Just a bit of warning, a lot of the track and album names are written in Japanese, so it might take some time to navigate. Capcom 2 jams here, but what is included is definitely no slouch on its own. I was really hoping to rock some Marvel vs. Unfortunately, there are some large omissions such as music from the Versus series. There's so much to listen to hear, it's going to take you ages to get through it all - if that's what you plan on doing. On top of the OSTs, you'll also find numerous arrangement albums and remixes. Included are original soundtracks for several main entries in the Street Fighter series, a slew of Mega Man games, Monster Hunter, Okami, Ace Attorney, Devil May Cry, and more. What we have here is close to a "you name it, they got it" situation, as there has to be over 1,000 songs here, easy. Apparently, these tracks were available in the past, were taken down for a while, but now are back for your listening pleasure. Earlier today, Twitter user _watsu pointed out that there is an absolute ton of great Capcom songs on Spotify right now courtesy of Capcom Sound Team.
