Talk:Mortal Kombat (video game)

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[edit] Vandalism

Some random stuff has recenty been added, false/fake stages and an incredibly false story. I deleted the two (with others that had been added but not shown in the article) stages and the whole story section. The story section is/will be easier to just rewrite instead of trying to correct the gross inaccuracies within it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.58.109.162 (talk) 02:19, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Comment

Created from Mortal Kombat, which sorely needed to be split into separate game and series articles. Basically just copy-pasted stuff here, so it now needs extensive reorganizing/reformatting. I've left the Mortal Kombat page the way it was for now, so if there's anything you think needs to go back in here, just grab it. In a week or so I'll rewrite that page to point to Mortal Kombat (series).Virogtheconq 04:06, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Expanding the article...

I recently added screenshots for title screen, select screen and the game to match it's quality to MK2 and 3 articles... Anyone, please provide correct arcade machine information, and some trivia things, that were many for this game...

I replaced your Genesis screenshots with the proper arcade images. I left the one Genesis screenshot and placed it in the port section. Buzda 19:47, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Recent Resurgence

This article fails to mention the recent Jakks Pacific TV Game. Dessydes

This article has an anti-"censorship" bias. The SNES outsold and outdid Sega in every respect right down to the end so I hardly doubt the "success" of the Genesis version led them to allow more senseless blood and mindless violence. They relented only because the ratings system allowed them to be lazy and let someone else do their job. Feh on Sega and it's more "mature" attitude toward games. And feh on the shallow morons who can only "enjoy" a game if it's bloody and miserable. - Anon

  • Ah but this is Mortal Kombat, the SNES version was less faithful to the arcade version in this respect, despite the otherwise superior graphics. What other point was there to MK than mindless violence? After all, this was a fighting game. There was no other goal (except the occasional breaking of objects during the bonus rounds). The PC version was the most faithful one I saw.
    • Not only just censorship of blood, but the SNES version plays VERY differently from the AC version. Playing them side by side they're further apart then the Genesis version is from the AC version. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 207.172.52.41 (talk • contribs) .
  • Yeah, while the SNES had superior graphics and music, the gameplay isn't quite as accurate as the Genesis'. Buzda 22:53, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
  • I have never heard of the SNES port outselling the genesis port. Is there a source to this claim?--Iamstillhiro1112 11:26, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Deception

Daniel Pesina was fired by Midway, but MK: Deception features a port of this game on it. Is Pesina in Deception, even though he was fired? If he is or isn't, I think it'd be noteworthy in the article. Dr. Furball 02:19, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

Huh? I've got Deception (for Xbox), and have no clue what you're talking about. Even though Pesina was fired by Midway, his image would still be used in any ports (such as the "Best of Midway" collections), which isn't a particularly notable occurrence. EVula 02:39, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
Ah. Thanks for clearing that up. There are two versions of Mortal Kombat: Deception, one of which was the "Kollector's Edition", which contained the first MK game. Dr. Furball 09:36, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tried splitting the trivia section into 2 sections (easter egg and trivia)

And I also removed the tag for the trivia section having too much trivia. I hope it makes the article better organized.--Iamstillhiro1112 11:38, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] What do Points mean?

Why, oh, why does MKI have a point system? What does the point system do exactly? What does it mean?

It does the same thing that other games that have point systems have. Really, it just gives you bragging rights for having a high score. The game has a high score table also.--Iamstillhiro1112 03:59, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Move Suggestion

I prepose we move this article from Mortal Kombat (arcade game) to Mortal Kombat (game), as the article itself is not specific to the arcade version of the game. Comments? ≈ The Haunted Angel (The Forest Whispers My Name) 00:17, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

I agree. Simply using "game" would be good enough for the purpose it serves. RobWill80 01:09, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] ESRB

Wasn't the ESRB created because of this game's gruesomeness? I think there should be something in the article about how controversial this game was. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 209.115.255.165 (talk • contribs).

It was one of the reasons. Not THE reason. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.17.179.2 (talk) 02:28, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] game gear and master system versions

first off, the game gear controls are just as responsive as any other port of the game. the article says "Because of the 8-bit capability of the Game Gear, gameplay was hampered...and game responsiveness was lower. This made special moves and fatalities harder to perform". that's BS. 8-bit relates the graphics, not the controls or even the speed of the game.


secondly, "Sega Master System (1993) - Identical to the Game Gear Port". also false. they were not identical at all, because the characters were much smaller on the master system version. on the GG, your character sprite practically took the whole screen from top to bottom 81.155.246.173 00:43, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Reptile Image

Shouldn't the image showing Reptile in the Amiga version be replaced with the original Arcade version image?Paul 1953 03:06, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DULLARD code

Sorry to be pedantic, but this is surely not correct:

"The code is "down - up - left - left - A - right - down", an acronym for DULLARD"

Actually DULLARD is an acronym of "down - up - left - left - A - right - down", not the other way round. The cheat code ("down - up -...") is almost a backronym, although DULLARD is not really an existing abbreviation. 62.56.68.184 21:21, 21 October 2007 (UTC)