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Mortal Kombat 4 is the fourth main installment in the Mortal Kombat series of fighting games developed by Midway Games. Released to arcades in 1997, Mortal Kombat 4 is the first title from the series, and one of the first made by Midway overall, to use 3D computer graphics. It is also the last game of the series to have an arcade release.
The Japanese seinen manga and anime series Riki-Oh (1988 debut), along with its Hong Kong martial arts film adaptation Story of Ricky (1991), featured gory fatalities in the form of finishing moves similar to those that later appeared in Mortal Kombat. [3] [4] The nature of graphic violence depicted in Fatalities from the original Mortal Kombat ...
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Mortal Kombat is a video game franchise originally developed and produced by Midway Games.The video games are a series of fighting games and several action-adventure games which debuted in North American arcades on October 8, 1992 with the release of Mortal Kombat, created by Ed Boon and John Tobias. [1]
The Mortal Kombat series, particularly its "Fatalities", was a source of major controversy in at the time of its release. [note 1] A moral panic over the series, fueled by outrage from the mass media, [6] resulted in a Congressional hearing and helped to pave the way for the creation of the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) game rating system.
Kung Lao's attacks are based on wind-type moves. His most notable attack is the Hat Toss, which could be directed in Mortal Kombat II, but could not be directed since Mortal Kombat Gold, [6] until Mortal Kombat (2011). Many of his Fatalities involve the use of his hat to some extent, such as slicing the body in half and decapitation.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 18 February 2025. Sixty of the Mortal Kombat franchise's characters featured in Armageddon (2006) This is a list of playable and boss characters from the Mortal Kombat fighting game franchise and the games in which they appear. Created by Ed Boon and John Tobias, the series depicts conflicts between ...
Mortal Kombat is an American media franchise centered on a series of fighting video games originally developed by Midway Games in 1992.. The original Mortal Kombat arcade game spawned a franchise consisting of action-adventure games, a comic book series, a card game, films, an animated TV series, and a live-action tour.