Mortal Kombat
The Genesis version of Mortal Kombat retains all the blood and gore that grabbed your attention at the arcade. However, you have to enter a code every time you turn the game on. Regardless of the blood though, the game remains pretty shallow in the game play department. You only have seven selectable fighters off the bat. Special codes can add about another 2 or 3 characters. Unfortunately all of them play the same and each use the same standard moves. The differences come in their special attacks and fatalities. In fact, the fatalities are the only thing you'll be coming back for (shock value and gore factor). Check out Mortal Kombat 2 if you're looking for the best 16-bit rev of the series.
| Category | Rating | How & Why? |
| Graphics | 6 | Realistic Characters, but Pixelated / Weak Animation / Both Clean and Blood Modes |
| Music | 6 | Trademark MK Soundeffects and Moody Soundtrack / Tracks don't sound so Good on Genesis Hardware |
| Gameplay | 5 | Only a Few Combatants / Limited Number of Moves / Lengthy Tournament Route / Performing Blood Version Fatalities are Fun |
| Innovation | 6 | Not Visually as Good as the SNES Version, but it does retain the Blood and Gore |
| Replay | 5 | Shallow Variety between Fighters / Overall the Better Version of 16-bit MK |
Overall 5.6
Written by ShinjiZ for GameyPlace.com on April 19, 2001