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4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 14, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The first Mortal Kombat is a true classic for Super Nintendo fans. Sure the art is a little old and the people a little slow, but other than that it's pretty phat. If you've seen Lui Kang with long hair and Raiden with a mostly blue suit than you haven't seen the first Mortal Kombat. Most of the people on Mortal Kombat don't look like the people off of the movie or the other MK games for that matter. Also, the first Mortal Kombat has only six people(Johny Cage, Kano, Raiden, Lui Kang, Scorpion, Sub Zero, and Sonya). MK1 is more quiet than the other games too. In fact, if you play MK1 for at least 5 matches, then play Trilogy right after, you'll find there are too many annoying noises such as hitting, laughing, phrases, and falling in it. You'll also find that in Trilogy, the match is over in 5 seconds! Yo, I'm just telling you if you want a real tournament match, buy this game!

Just kept getting better

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 18, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game provided me with my first "fatality" and I've been playing it ever since. Easy enough to manage without the fatalities and easy enough to play without tying your fingers in knots, MK1 was the beginning of a franchise and, as you can see; the series gets better and better. This one has not lost its appeal.

FINISH HIM !

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: May 11, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This is what is said when you are victorious. TThis game rocks this game started it all. I think if Mortal Kombat wasn't envented there would be no good fighting games out there. This Game rocks.

If you liked the game then check out all of the other MK games, Movies, Books or cd's out there.

Creative game, but nothing compared to later games

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: November 15, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This features a totally different button configuration that people were used to with Street Fighter 2 games. It also offers some very intense fighting with blood, bone breaking moves and a single fatality for each of the seven kombatants. You play as Liu Kang, Sub Zero, Scorpion, Sonya Blade, Kano, Rayden and Johnny Cage, and fight your way up through a ladder tournament. Eventually fighting in a handicapped match against two people (one after the other), and working your way to the boss Shang Tsung who can take the form of anyone! However infront of Tsung awaits the four armed 8 foot tall bodyguard known as Goro, who is the biggest challenge of the game. Good luck! A huge downfall of the game for the SNES and Sega is that there are no fatalities, instead you need a special code to enable them.

Mortal Kombat Begins (LOGO) SMK

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: January 04, 2006
Author: Amazon User

If you say this game is bad then your nut's. Surew it doesn't have any blood in the SNES version but who cares. This game started it all! I prefer blood in it but I can go without it. If you say this game is stupid it's like saying every MK and other fighting games are stupid. MK is the mother of all fighting games and deserves a good review. It has good graphics, cool characters,and bloody fatalities. This game was a legend in it's time. If you would like to know about any of my other reviews just look for my logoat the top or botoomof the review.OUT!

(LOGO) SMK

Mortal Kombat ~ Super Nintendo

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: September 24, 2003
Author: Amazon User

When Mortal Kombat 1 was released on the arcades nearly a decade ago, it immediately became a HUGE hit. It was so realistic, and the hand-to-hand combat style was so extreme. The game also centered around controversy due to the incredibly unique violent content. Fans anxiously awaited for the game's arrival on home video game consoles. When it was released to the Super Nintendo, fans wasted no time purchasing it. However, the happy fans were quickly disappointed when they discovered Mortal Kombat to be edited. Thanks to Acclaim and Nintendo, this game has NO blood & guts! The fatalities are edited and toned down. The blood has been changed to sweat. MK fans were ripped off and very angry about the censorship in the game. At least the Sega Genesis version of MK had a blood code. The Super Nintendo version plays a lot like the arcade hit. The graphics, sound, music, and animation play equivelant to the arcade. But without the bloody violence and original fatalities, it's just not the same. This is still an okay fighting game though, which is why I gave it two stars instead of one. Too bad it's so old. I could do without it. MK II and MK III are a heck of a lot better. Don't waste your money on this. Rent it if you can.

One of the best nintendo fighting games ever created!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 14, 2005
Author: Amazon User

You can play two player on it, it's not bloody at all when it's for SNES. (Don't listen to the other reviews.) The only bad things in it are: Teeth flying out of the mouth, and some scary images. This game reminds me Tekken, but it probably took the same game format. If you enjoy really good fighting games like, Altered Beast, Tekken, Soul Blade, Soul Calibur 1+2, Golden Axe. Then this is the game for you!

Horrible conversion

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 22, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I missed the original Mortal Kombat in arcades, and was introduced to the series through word-of-mouth about how violent the title was. Really if this was the only version I'd played, I would've never gussed what all the hype was about.

Graphics and audio are pretty good, far surpassing what the Genesis version was offering and staying pretty true to the arcade version. Gameplay however, is a failure. Nevermind that the fatalities have been changed and the blood turned to sweat - the actual fighting is stiff and unresponsive, and it feels like the fighters have their feet glued to the floor. The only move that works well here is Scorpion's spear, and it's so smooth in its execution that it becomes the best way of landing cheap hits.

Look at MK objectively: bad controls, less characters than Street Fighter, less moves, a limited number of environments with no background animation (though the Pit idea was rather cool). The first installment was truly one that sold based on the strength of its gore, and on the SNES we're deprived of that as well.

MK fans might or might not want this version for completion purposes (since it looks graphically like the arcade but removes all the violent content). Everyone else should jump to MKII, which really got the series started.

Mortal Kombat

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: December 26, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Mortal Kombat was really weak on the SNES because it was so censored. No blood, some people had different fatalities (ex: Johnny Cage's foot in your stomach). Blood was traded for sweat (?!?!) and because of those 2 reasons, the game was truly brought down a notch.

Yes it's still a classic but it's not worth it on SNES. You're better off getting it on the SEGA system because that way you could overcome the censorship and at least put in a "blood code".

Personally, I'd skip this one anyday and go straight to MK II because that was just all out better than MK and it was a lot more enjoyable, had better replay and a lot more characters. Trust me, skip MK on SNES and go straight for MK II on SNES.

THIS IS THE BEST VERSION OF THE ORIGINAL MORTAL KOMBAT

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: August 26, 2004
Author: Amazon User

ANY VIDEO GAME FAN HAS PLAYED THIS GAME AT LEAST ONCE IN THEIR LIFETIME. AND EVEN THOUGH THIS GAME REALLY RESEMBLES THE ORIGINAL ARCADE VERSION FOR THIS GAME, THE FATALITIES AND THE GORE [WHICH WAS CONTROVERSIAL AT THE TIME AND CAUSED ALL VIDEO GAMES TO HAVE RATING LABELS ON THEM] ARE MISSING! SO THAT MEANS AFTER THE FIGHTS ARE OVER, NO FATALITIES, ALL YOU CAN DO IS FINISH YOUR OPPONENT OFF WITH A REGULAR MOVE. BUT, EVEN WITH THE FACT THAT IS A TAMED VERSION OF THE ARCADE FAVORITE, I STILL ENJOYED THIS GAME! THERE'S 7 CHARACTERS TO CHOOSE FROM, WHICH ARE LIU KANG, KATO, JOHNNY CAGE, RAIDEN, SCORPION, SUB ZERO, AND SONYA. THE GAME IS FILLED WITH GREAT GRAPHICS AND EASY TO LEARN GAMEPLAY. THE BEST CHARACTERS TO PLAY WITH ARE SUB ZERO, SCORPION, AND RAIDEN. THIS WAS STILL A FUN GAME AND IF YOU WANNA ADD ONE OF THE GREATEST FIGHTING GAMES EVER MADE TO YOUR VIDEO GAME COLLECTION, GET THIS GAME WHEREVER YOU CAN FIND A COPY OF IT!! VERSIONS TO AVOID; SEGA GENESIS, GAME BOY, AND GAME GEAR.

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