Mortal Kombat Arcade Machine
Mortal Kombat is an arcade fighting game developed and published by Midway in 1992. It is the first entry in the Mortal Kombat series, including the unique five-button control scheme and gory finishing moves called Fatalities. Mortal Kombat is considered one of the greatest video games of all time by critics and audiences in 21st century and became a best-selling game and remains one of the most popular fighting games in the genre’s history.
Gameplay:
- The game focuses on several characters of various intentions who enter a martial arts tournament with worldly consequences.
- Players battle opponents in one-on-one matches.
- The fighter that completely drains the opponent’s health bar first wins the round, and the first to win two rounds wins the match.
- Each round is timed; if both fighters still have health remaining when time runs out, the one with more health wins the round.
- Two players can start a game together, or a second player can join in during a single player’s game to fight against them.
- If a game is in progress at the time, the winner continues it alone; if not, the winner begins a new game.
Features:
- Eight-directional joystick and five buttons, including two punch and two kick buttons, each further differentiated between high and low.
- Seven playable trademark characters, each with their own unique Fatality. Developed with digitized sprites based on real actors.