The fighting genre represents a major sect of the competitive gaming industry and Mortal Kombat forever changed its scope upon its release in '92. Mortal Kombat's violent and blood-soaked gameplay initially caused controversy on Nintendo's 16-bit SNES, but it still found success and celebrated multiple sequels on the console.
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