Mortal Kombat

Mortal Kombat is a fighting game viewed from the side. Fighting is one-on-one combat, and each player can perform a variety of punches, kicks and special moves to defeat their opponent. When the opponent loses the second round, the winner can perform a finishing move called a Fatality on the loser. The Fatality is a move unique to each fighter that kills the loser in a blood-soaked finale. Seven martial artists from Earth must battle in the sorcerer Shang Tsung's secret tournament. Shang Tsung's four-armed mutant bodyguard, Goro, has won each of the past nine tournaments. Should he win the tenth, Earth will be left at the mercy of Shang Tsung's Outworld. The playable characters include Raiden, the Thunder God invited to fight in the tournament in human form, Liu Kang, a Shaolin monk determined to stop Shang Tsung, Johnny Cage, a Hollywood movie star who wants the publicity, and Sonya Blade, a US Special Forces agent. The game supports single player and multiplayer. It was made by Midway for the arcade in 1992 and also came to DOS and the Amiga.