Video GameSeries· 1992· Fighting

Mortal Kombat

by Ed Boon

Mortal Kombat: 1 recorded work traces back to it, and it draws on 1 recorded source.

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Mortal Kombat

Film · 2026

AdaptationLOW

Mortal Kombat II continues the film series based on the Midway fighting games, with the Mortal Kombat tournament between Earthrealm and Outworld and the games' fighters, Johnny Cage among them.

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Street Fighter

Video Game · 1991

InfluenceMEDIUM

Midway's Mortal Kombat was made in the wake of Street Fighter II's success, taking its one-on-one tournament format and special moves and adding digitised actors and fatalities.

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Mortal Kombat

This is a series. Set in the Mortal Kombat universe.

The game presents a martial arts tournament in which ten characters contend with the fate of Earth at stake. It introduced many key aspects of the Mortal Kombat series, including the unique five-button control scheme and gory finishing moves called Fatalities.

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