Mortal Kombat was developed by Midway and officially Launched on October 8th 1992. The first of the series, MK1 offered 7 playable characters and epic boss battles paving the way for nearly 100 Kombatants over 25 years. The original Mortal Kombat centers on the 10th Mortal Kombat tournament and the ultimate defeat of the evil Shang Tsung by the Shaolin monk Liu Kang.
Versions of the original Mortal Kombat game appeared on several different formats, most notably the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis and Nintendo’s SNES. When the first game in the series was released for the SNES in North America, Nintendo of America had a strict “Family Friendly” policy towards the content of the games released on their systems which required the removal of graphic violence, religious imagery and themes, mentions of death, sexual themes, and other sensitive subjects. Hence, the first Mortal Kombat game on the SNES had the blood recolored gray in an attempt to pass it off as sweat, and the various Fatality moves were graphically changed to be less gruesome. The SNES version was graphically superior to the Mega Drive/Genesis port, but all violence was censored.
Choose Your Fighter
Playable Characters
Non-Playable
Stages
Goro’s Lair
Palace Gates
The Courtyard
The Pit
The Pit Bottom
Throne Room
Warrior Shrine
Bios and Endings
Johnny Cage
Kano
Liu Kang
Raiden
Scorpion
Sonya Blade
Sub-Zero
Johnny Cage
Special Moves
Lightning Bolt: B,F,HP
Shadow Kick: B,F,LK
Split Punch: D+HK
Fatality
Uppercut Decapitation (Close)
F,F,F,HP
Kano
Special Moves
Cannonball: (Hold BL) F,D,B,U,F
Knife Throw: (Hold BL) B,F
Fatality
Heart Rip (Close): B-B-LP
Liu Kang
Special Moves
Fireball: F,F,HP
Flying Kick: F,F,HK
Fatality
Cartwheel Uppercut (Anywhere):
(Hold BL) F-D-B-U-F
Raiden
Special Moves
Lightning Bolt: D,F,LP
Flying Thunder God: B,B,F
Teleport: D,U (quickly)
Fatality
Lightning Decapitation (Close): F,B,B,B,HP
Scorpion
Special Moves
Spear: B-B-LP
Teleport Punch: D-B-HP
Fatality
TOASTY! (Sweep):
(Hold BL) U-U
Sonya Blade
Special Moves
Leg Grab: D+LP+LK
Energy Rings: HP-B-HP
Flying Punch: F-B-HP
Fatality
Kiss of Death (Anywhere): F-F-B-B-BL
Sub-Zero
Special Moves
Deep-Freeze: D-F-LP
Slide: B+LK+HK
Fatality
Spine Rip (Close): F-D-F-HP
Non-Playable Characters
REptile
The first hidden character of the Mortal Kombat series, Reptile can be fought by executing a Fatality after fighting on The Pit stage [assuming a shadow flew over the moon in the background]without taking any damage or pressing the block button in the winning round.
Goro
The sub boss of the game, Goro is a four-armed Shokan warrior, a half-human, half-dragon beast. Captured as a claymation character, Goro has no fatalities in the game
Shang Tsung
Shang Tsung is the main boss of the game. Despite the sorcerer’s old age, he moves with incredible speed and summoned skull fireballs at will. With his powerful sorcery, he has the ability to morph into any character in the game, including Goro, and assume their appearance and their special abilities.