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MORTAL KOMBAT FOR THE SEGA GENESIS.

WITH SO MUCH HYPE AROUND THE UPCOMING 2011 EDITION, I RECOMMEND YOU ALL CHECK OUT THE ORIGINAL IF IT’S AVAILABLE TO YOU. ORIGINALLY RELEASED IN1992 FOR ARCADE CONSOLES, IT CAME TO HOME CONSOLES IN 1993 AND SINCE SPAWNED MANY SEQUELS AND FILMS.

THE ORIGINAL FEATURED SEVEN PLAYABLE CHARACTERS WHICH INCLUDED; LIU KANG, SCORPION, SUB-ZERO, KANO, RAIDEN, JOHNY CAGE, AND SONYA BLADE. THIS WAS THE FIRST MORTAL KOMBAT TO INTRODUCED THE TEST YOUR MIGHT MINI GAME IN WHICH PLAYERS HAD TO BREAK DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE WOOD AND DIAMOND BY CONTINUOUSLY PRESSING THE BUTTONS.

THE ORIGINAL STORY IS OUTWORLD IS TRYING TO TAKEOVER THE REALMS BUT THE ELDER GODS DECIDED THIS CAN ONLY BE POSSIBLE BY WINNING TEN CONSECUTIVE TOURNAMENTS KNOWN AS MORTAL KOMBAT. OUTWORLD WINS NINE IN A ROW AND NOW WARRIORS OF EARTHREALM MUST WIN THE TENTH TO AVOID BEING TAKEN OVER BY OUTWORLD.

SOMEHOW PLAY THE ORIGINAL MORTAL KOMBAT AND PREORDER THE NEW MORTAL KOMBAT…