Mortal Kombat is an arcade fighting game developed and published by Midway in 1992. It is the first entry in the Mortal Kombat series and was later released by Acclaim Entertainment for almost all home platforms in the era. The game focuses on several characters with various intentions who participate in a martial arts tournament with mundane consequences. It introduced many key aspects of the Mortal Kombat series, including the unique five-button control scheme and bloody finishing moves called Fatalities.
Mortal Kombat is considered one of the greatest video games of all time by critics and audiences in the 21st century and became a hit game and remains one of the most popular fighting games in the history of the gender.
