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Its 11 years since the first Mortal Kombat yet to me it seems like it was only yesterday when I first got the game for the Mega Drive on my 7th Birthday. At the time the game already had a sequel but at the age of 7 I was just getting into games and my interests were in different areas. By the year 1995 there was already a 3rd Mortal Kombat game on the market and by this time the series was wearing thin. As the 4th Mortal Kombat game was released in 1997 it was almost non existent as gamers around the globe folded their arms to a series which had worn every aspect of the fighting genre to death. The sales on Mortal Kombat 4 were so poor that Midway were nearly in the red in terms of company funds but this didn't stop them from crashing on with one of the most controversial series ever created.
Looking at the present day it is hard to understand where the Mortal Kombat series went wrong. The latest Mortal Kombat game breaths new life into a series which was finished and already at the bottom of the spike pit. Ed Boon (co creator of Mortal Kombat) stresses on modern technology as being the saviour of the Mortal Kombat series, on this matter I believe it is something else. How could developers cope with a game that contained excessive amounts of blood and finishing moves that would give your grandma a heart attack and a reason for your parents to confiscate the game?! At the time of the first Mortal Kombat it was a battle between Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter and fans of each game would argue which one they preferred.
Street Fighter fans would say that the Mortal Kombat games were just an excuse for mindless violence and Mortal Kombat fans would state that Street Fighter games were boring after playing the future of fighting games. If I remember rightly I was stuck in between the battle as I believed that both games had something to offer which the other didn't. Mortal Kombat was one of the first games to sell well across the globe and this was due to the measures Midway stretched to in order to promote the game using television and radio adverts. With a development team of only four people it was Ed Boons responsibility to make sure that each one maximised the technology on offer.
Due to the limitations of the early 1990's and technology the developers at Midway could not utilise Motion Capture or enhanced computer graphics. Looking back at the first Mortal Kombat through a modern day gamers eyes is a chance to view how gaming has evolved in just over one decade. At the time Mortal Kombat was the most advanced game of the market which boasted a combination system (allowing gamers to press multiple buttons for different moves) and the most advanced in game graphics witnessed at the time. Even to this date I believe that the first Mortal Kombat game has been used as an example of what can be done with the most basic of computer technology. However there are two sides to the coin and this is why gamers ask so many questions about the poor quality of the latter Mortal Kombat games.
Exactly one year after the release of Mortal Kombat it was time for the series to advance in the form of a sequel. The second mortal Kombat boasted more characters, sharper graphics and a deeper fighting system. After the huge success of Mortal Kombat it was inevitable that the second in the series would continue where the first game left off. Sales figures rocketed from day one and it wasn't long before it managed to out sell the first game and take the number one spot in gaming charts. The advances in gaming technology were quickly upon Ed Boon and his team of developers and the release of a 32bit system was on the horizon.
For the current time however the 3rd and "final" Mortal Kombat would be released on the Sega Mega Drive. Much like the release of Mortal Kombat 2 gamers around the world rushed out to purchase the latest instalment in the series. At first it seemed like the game would carry on the huge success of previous Mortal Kombat games, however this wasn't going to happen and opinions began to impede sales figures. By this time gamers wanted something new and it was going to take something special from Midway in order to get the series back on track.
As the Playstation arrived so did the release of Mortal Kombat Trilogy which wasn't only the worst in the series but gamers around the world weren't prepared to part with their £44.99 and the game was a major flop. Only a couple of years after the release of Mortal Kombat Trilogy for the Playstation was the release of Mortal Kombat 64 for Nintendo's newer and more powerful entertainment system. Yet another poor quality Mortal Kombat?! By this time Midway had lost the respect which they had deservedly earned back in 1992 and gamers were calling for them to hang their boots up and leave the series; however this wasn't to be and Midway had other ideas.
It wasn't long before yet another console was on the horizon only this time it was Sega's attempt at grabbing the console market. When Mortal Kombat Gold was announced it was clear that gamers were expecting something as successful as the 1992 release on the Sega Mega Drive. This time the game was well and truly over and Scorpion had surely thrown his last spear... or had he? What were Midway playing at? The last 3 Mortal Kombat games had flopped worse than Rikishi from a diving board but this wasn't the time to give up and it was time for a new project to begin!
February 14th 2003 and after people had given up on the series it was time for Midway to get back on winning terms. Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance is arguably the best Mortal Kombat in the series yet and from a fan like myself I would have to agree. Midway have finally restored faith into the series which spurned so many disappointments yet so many happy memories. With a new fighting system and a whole new 3-Dimensional engine Mortal Kombat has been revived in a way which has taken gamers by surprise! In the words of Ed Boon, "Mortal Kombat always has been and always will be" and although the Deadly Alliance can be beaten I am sure that the Dragon King will rise once again. The future looks Dark but in the world of Mortal Kombat this couldn't be a better compliment!
Thanks for Reading
Looking at the present day it is hard to understand where the Mortal Kombat series went wrong. The latest Mortal Kombat game breaths new life into a series which was finished and already at the bottom of the spike pit. Ed Boon (co creator of Mortal Kombat) stresses on modern technology as being the saviour of the Mortal Kombat series, on this matter I believe it is something else. How could developers cope with a game that contained excessive amounts of blood and finishing moves that would give your grandma a heart attack and a reason for your parents to confiscate the game?! At the time of the first Mortal Kombat it was a battle between Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter and fans of each game would argue which one they preferred.
Street Fighter fans would say that the Mortal Kombat games were just an excuse for mindless violence and Mortal Kombat fans would state that Street Fighter games were boring after playing the future of fighting games. If I remember rightly I was stuck in between the battle as I believed that both games had something to offer which the other didn't. Mortal Kombat was one of the first games to sell well across the globe and this was due to the measures Midway stretched to in order to promote the game using television and radio adverts. With a development team of only four people it was Ed Boons responsibility to make sure that each one maximised the technology on offer.
Due to the limitations of the early 1990's and technology the developers at Midway could not utilise Motion Capture or enhanced computer graphics. Looking back at the first Mortal Kombat through a modern day gamers eyes is a chance to view how gaming has evolved in just over one decade. At the time Mortal Kombat was the most advanced game of the market which boasted a combination system (allowing gamers to press multiple buttons for different moves) and the most advanced in game graphics witnessed at the time. Even to this date I believe that the first Mortal Kombat game has been used as an example of what can be done with the most basic of computer technology. However there are two sides to the coin and this is why gamers ask so many questions about the poor quality of the latter Mortal Kombat games.
Exactly one year after the release of Mortal Kombat it was time for the series to advance in the form of a sequel. The second mortal Kombat boasted more characters, sharper graphics and a deeper fighting system. After the huge success of Mortal Kombat it was inevitable that the second in the series would continue where the first game left off. Sales figures rocketed from day one and it wasn't long before it managed to out sell the first game and take the number one spot in gaming charts. The advances in gaming technology were quickly upon Ed Boon and his team of developers and the release of a 32bit system was on the horizon.
For the current time however the 3rd and "final" Mortal Kombat would be released on the Sega Mega Drive. Much like the release of Mortal Kombat 2 gamers around the world rushed out to purchase the latest instalment in the series. At first it seemed like the game would carry on the huge success of previous Mortal Kombat games, however this wasn't going to happen and opinions began to impede sales figures. By this time gamers wanted something new and it was going to take something special from Midway in order to get the series back on track.
As the Playstation arrived so did the release of Mortal Kombat Trilogy which wasn't only the worst in the series but gamers around the world weren't prepared to part with their £44.99 and the game was a major flop. Only a couple of years after the release of Mortal Kombat Trilogy for the Playstation was the release of Mortal Kombat 64 for Nintendo's newer and more powerful entertainment system. Yet another poor quality Mortal Kombat?! By this time Midway had lost the respect which they had deservedly earned back in 1992 and gamers were calling for them to hang their boots up and leave the series; however this wasn't to be and Midway had other ideas.
It wasn't long before yet another console was on the horizon only this time it was Sega's attempt at grabbing the console market. When Mortal Kombat Gold was announced it was clear that gamers were expecting something as successful as the 1992 release on the Sega Mega Drive. This time the game was well and truly over and Scorpion had surely thrown his last spear... or had he? What were Midway playing at? The last 3 Mortal Kombat games had flopped worse than Rikishi from a diving board but this wasn't the time to give up and it was time for a new project to begin!
February 14th 2003 and after people had given up on the series it was time for Midway to get back on winning terms. Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance is arguably the best Mortal Kombat in the series yet and from a fan like myself I would have to agree. Midway have finally restored faith into the series which spurned so many disappointments yet so many happy memories. With a new fighting system and a whole new 3-Dimensional engine Mortal Kombat has been revived in a way which has taken gamers by surprise! In the words of Ed Boon, "Mortal Kombat always has been and always will be" and although the Deadly Alliance can be beaten I am sure that the Dragon King will rise once again. The future looks Dark but in the world of Mortal Kombat this couldn't be a better compliment!
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Too true mate. Just the other day my mate showed me an arcade emulator, which had MKI and MKII on and we played it for a few hours. I had forgotten just how long it had been since I played these fantastic games. It all came coming back the second I whacked Dave (my mate) in the head with a flying kick from Lui Kang :0)
I have to agree that MKIII and MKIV were very poor games. They turned 3D and much like the 3D versions of the Street Fighter series', were unsuccessful and not well recieved at all. I didn't expect much at all, to be honest, so I wasn't too disappointed when I witnessed the p***-poor production of the series when it hopped platforms.
I think that regardless of flashy graphics and high-octane action sequences, gameplay still made the first two MK games what they were and I think that making it 3D "cartoons" it and makes it appear fake, whilst the other two, while more outdated, in my opinion looked more realistic than the Sony counterparts.
In closing, MKII 0wnz the pants off of Street Fighter.
Someone give this man a GAD.
Mudda.
I have to agree that MKIII and MKIV were very poor games. They turned 3D and much like the 3D versions of the Street Fighter series', were unsuccessful and not well recieved at all. I didn't expect much at all, to be honest, so I wasn't too disappointed when I witnessed the p***-poor production of the series when it hopped platforms.
I think that regardless of flashy graphics and high-octane action sequences, gameplay still made the first two MK games what they were and I think that making it 3D "cartoons" it and makes it appear fake, whilst the other two, while more outdated, in my opinion looked more realistic than the Sony counterparts.
In closing, MKII 0wnz the pants off of Street Fighter.
Someone give this man a GAD.
Mudda.
Its 11 years since the first Mortal Kombat yet to me it seems like it was only yesterday when I first got the game for the Mega Drive on my 7th Birthday. At the time the game already had a sequel but at the age of 7 I was just getting into games and my interests were in different areas. By the year 1995 there was already a 3rd Mortal Kombat game on the market and by this time the series was wearing thin. As the 4th Mortal Kombat game was released in 1997 it was almost non existent as gamers around the globe folded their arms to a series which had worn every aspect of the fighting genre to death. The sales on Mortal Kombat 4 were so poor that Midway were nearly in the red in terms of company funds but this didn't stop them from crashing on with one of the most controversial series ever created.
Looking at the present day it is hard to understand where the Mortal Kombat series went wrong. The latest Mortal Kombat game breaths new life into a series which was finished and already at the bottom of the spike pit. Ed Boon (co creator of Mortal Kombat) stresses on modern technology as being the saviour of the Mortal Kombat series, on this matter I believe it is something else. How could developers cope with a game that contained excessive amounts of blood and finishing moves that would give your grandma a heart attack and a reason for your parents to confiscate the game?! At the time of the first Mortal Kombat it was a battle between Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter and fans of each game would argue which one they preferred.
Street Fighter fans would say that the Mortal Kombat games were just an excuse for mindless violence and Mortal Kombat fans would state that Street Fighter games were boring after playing the future of fighting games. If I remember rightly I was stuck in between the battle as I believed that both games had something to offer which the other didn't. Mortal Kombat was one of the first games to sell well across the globe and this was due to the measures Midway stretched to in order to promote the game using television and radio adverts. With a development team of only four people it was Ed Boons responsibility to make sure that each one maximised the technology on offer.
Due to the limitations of the early 1990's and technology the developers at Midway could not utilise Motion Capture or enhanced computer graphics. Looking back at the first Mortal Kombat through a modern day gamers eyes is a chance to view how gaming has evolved in just over one decade. At the time Mortal Kombat was the most advanced game of the market which boasted a combination system (allowing gamers to press multiple buttons for different moves) and the most advanced in game graphics witnessed at the time. Even to this date I believe that the first Mortal Kombat game has been used as an example of what can be done with the most basic of computer technology. However there are two sides to the coin and this is why gamers ask so many questions about the poor quality of the latter Mortal Kombat games.
Exactly one year after the release of Mortal Kombat it was time for the series to advance in the form of a sequel. The second mortal Kombat boasted more characters, sharper graphics and a deeper fighting system. After the huge success of Mortal Kombat it was inevitable that the second in the series would continue where the first game left off. Sales figures rocketed from day one and it wasn't long before it managed to out sell the first game and take the number one spot in gaming charts. The advances in gaming technology were quickly upon Ed Boon and his team of developers and the release of a 32bit system was on the horizon.
For the current time however the 3rd and "final" Mortal Kombat would be released on the Sega Mega Drive. Much like the release of Mortal Kombat 2 gamers around the world rushed out to purchase the latest instalment in the series. At first it seemed like the game would carry on the huge success of previous Mortal Kombat games, however this wasn't going to happen and opinions began to impede sales figures. By this time gamers wanted something new and it was going to take something special from Midway in order to get the series back on track.
As the Playstation arrived so did the release of Mortal Kombat Trilogy which wasn't only the worst in the series but gamers around the world weren't prepared to part with their £44.99 and the game was a major flop. Only a couple of years after the release of Mortal Kombat Trilogy for the Playstation was the release of Mortal Kombat 64 for Nintendo's newer and more powerful entertainment system. Yet another poor quality Mortal Kombat?! By this time Midway had lost the respect which they had deservedly earned back in 1992 and gamers were calling for them to hang their boots up and leave the series; however this wasn't to be and Midway had other ideas.
It wasn't long before yet another console was on the horizon only this time it was Sega's attempt at grabbing the console market. When Mortal Kombat Gold was announced it was clear that gamers were expecting something as successful as the 1992 release on the Sega Mega Drive. This time the game was well and truly over and Scorpion had surely thrown his last spear... or had he? What were Midway playing at? The last 3 Mortal Kombat games had flopped worse than Rikishi from a diving board but this wasn't the time to give up and it was time for a new project to begin!
February 14th 2003 and after people had given up on the series it was time for Midway to get back on winning terms. Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance is arguably the best Mortal Kombat in the series yet and from a fan like myself I would have to agree. Midway have finally restored faith into the series which spurned so many disappointments yet so many happy memories. With a new fighting system and a whole new 3-Dimensional engine Mortal Kombat has been revived in a way which has taken gamers by surprise! In the words of Ed Boon, "Mortal Kombat always has been and always will be" and although the Deadly Alliance can be beaten I am sure that the Dragon King will rise once again. The future looks Dark but in the world of Mortal Kombat this couldn't be a better compliment!
Thanks for Reading
Looking at the present day it is hard to understand where the Mortal Kombat series went wrong. The latest Mortal Kombat game breaths new life into a series which was finished and already at the bottom of the spike pit. Ed Boon (co creator of Mortal Kombat) stresses on modern technology as being the saviour of the Mortal Kombat series, on this matter I believe it is something else. How could developers cope with a game that contained excessive amounts of blood and finishing moves that would give your grandma a heart attack and a reason for your parents to confiscate the game?! At the time of the first Mortal Kombat it was a battle between Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter and fans of each game would argue which one they preferred.
Street Fighter fans would say that the Mortal Kombat games were just an excuse for mindless violence and Mortal Kombat fans would state that Street Fighter games were boring after playing the future of fighting games. If I remember rightly I was stuck in between the battle as I believed that both games had something to offer which the other didn't. Mortal Kombat was one of the first games to sell well across the globe and this was due to the measures Midway stretched to in order to promote the game using television and radio adverts. With a development team of only four people it was Ed Boons responsibility to make sure that each one maximised the technology on offer.
Due to the limitations of the early 1990's and technology the developers at Midway could not utilise Motion Capture or enhanced computer graphics. Looking back at the first Mortal Kombat through a modern day gamers eyes is a chance to view how gaming has evolved in just over one decade. At the time Mortal Kombat was the most advanced game of the market which boasted a combination system (allowing gamers to press multiple buttons for different moves) and the most advanced in game graphics witnessed at the time. Even to this date I believe that the first Mortal Kombat game has been used as an example of what can be done with the most basic of computer technology. However there are two sides to the coin and this is why gamers ask so many questions about the poor quality of the latter Mortal Kombat games.
Exactly one year after the release of Mortal Kombat it was time for the series to advance in the form of a sequel. The second mortal Kombat boasted more characters, sharper graphics and a deeper fighting system. After the huge success of Mortal Kombat it was inevitable that the second in the series would continue where the first game left off. Sales figures rocketed from day one and it wasn't long before it managed to out sell the first game and take the number one spot in gaming charts. The advances in gaming technology were quickly upon Ed Boon and his team of developers and the release of a 32bit system was on the horizon.
For the current time however the 3rd and "final" Mortal Kombat would be released on the Sega Mega Drive. Much like the release of Mortal Kombat 2 gamers around the world rushed out to purchase the latest instalment in the series. At first it seemed like the game would carry on the huge success of previous Mortal Kombat games, however this wasn't going to happen and opinions began to impede sales figures. By this time gamers wanted something new and it was going to take something special from Midway in order to get the series back on track.
As the Playstation arrived so did the release of Mortal Kombat Trilogy which wasn't only the worst in the series but gamers around the world weren't prepared to part with their £44.99 and the game was a major flop. Only a couple of years after the release of Mortal Kombat Trilogy for the Playstation was the release of Mortal Kombat 64 for Nintendo's newer and more powerful entertainment system. Yet another poor quality Mortal Kombat?! By this time Midway had lost the respect which they had deservedly earned back in 1992 and gamers were calling for them to hang their boots up and leave the series; however this wasn't to be and Midway had other ideas.
It wasn't long before yet another console was on the horizon only this time it was Sega's attempt at grabbing the console market. When Mortal Kombat Gold was announced it was clear that gamers were expecting something as successful as the 1992 release on the Sega Mega Drive. This time the game was well and truly over and Scorpion had surely thrown his last spear... or had he? What were Midway playing at? The last 3 Mortal Kombat games had flopped worse than Rikishi from a diving board but this wasn't the time to give up and it was time for a new project to begin!
February 14th 2003 and after people had given up on the series it was time for Midway to get back on winning terms. Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance is arguably the best Mortal Kombat in the series yet and from a fan like myself I would have to agree. Midway have finally restored faith into the series which spurned so many disappointments yet so many happy memories. With a new fighting system and a whole new 3-Dimensional engine Mortal Kombat has been revived in a way which has taken gamers by surprise! In the words of Ed Boon, "Mortal Kombat always has been and always will be" and although the Deadly Alliance can be beaten I am sure that the Dragon King will rise once again. The future looks Dark but in the world of Mortal Kombat this couldn't be a better compliment!
Thanks for Reading
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