Manufacturer: Midway
Released: 1993
World Record:
Mortal Kombat II - 282,000
Mortal Kombat 3 - 175
Purchased: August, 2001
Condition: Working 100% - 8 of 10
Mortal
Kombat JAMMA Plus Button Map
Trivia
The Entertainment Software Ratings Board (ESRB) was created at the end of 1993 as a result of Mortal Kombat hitting the home consoles. This was to keep congress from regulating the video game industry and why we have ratings on every game today.
This is my 1st arcade game I ever purchased. It is a dedicated Mortal Kombat 2 cabinet made by Midway. This cabinet is currently running every Mortal Kombat 1 through 4 with the highest ROM revision that was produced for the arcades. Wrestlemania and Super High Impact PCB game boards are also inside all tied together with Clays Mult-Jamma kit. So, I sort of have a mini arcade collection. There is probably enough space to squeeze 3 more PCB’s inside if I wanted to. For more info and pictures, check out my Multi-Jamma page.
Why Mortal Kombat? Well there are a couple of reasons besides liking the franchise. If you didn’t already know, Mortal Kombat is a JAMMA + game with 2 joysticks and 12 buttons therefore making it a good candidate to play a lot of other games. JAMMA + is nothing more than a standard JAMMA game that also has additional headers/connectors for other controls outside the spectrum contained in the main JAMMA edge connector. The display is a standard resolution monitor that is horizontally oriented.
I picked this up off of eBay after browsing around for one for about six months. It was being auctioned as a combo 2 and 3 Mortal Kombat. The combo thing intrigued me and later gave me the idea to put all of them in one cabinet. It was in decent shape being advertised as an 8 or 9 out of 10. It took a while to have it shipped but it was worth the wait. At the time, I didn’t know about checking if a collector or dealer had one in the Google Video Game Marketplace or Video Game Collecting newsgroups. I probably could have gotten a better deal especially if I didn't have it shipped but that’s the learning curve for ya. I recommend doing some research and reading there for information prior to purchasing from eBay.
I caught onto the MK craze after seeing the 1st one at Springfield Mall in Virginia one Saturday. There was a crowd of people buzzing about how great the digitized graphics were at that time. It reminded me of the movie “Big Trouble in Little China” which I loved as a kid.
You can’t beat fast martial arts, colorful characters and the supernatural. After I saw some of the special moves and fatalities, I later became a fanatical player.
All 231 possible Mortal Kombat Fatalities composed for you're viewing pleasure.