Midway originally planned Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero to be the first entry in a larger “Mythologies” spin-off series focused on different Mortal Kombat characters, but the concept was dropped after the game performed poorly commercially and received weak reviews. The game was released in 1997 for both PlayStation and Nintendo 64, expanding the Mortal Kombat…
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Fun Facts and Trivia About The Video Game Mortal Kombat 4
Mortal Kombat 4 was the first game in the series to utilize true 3D graphics, despite still being played on a 2D plane. Mortal Kombat 4 was also the last game to have a traditional hardware release in arcades. Midway developed a custom system for it called Zeus, named after the Greek god of thunder….
Things I Like: Mortal Kombat: Deception (PS2/XB/GC)
I have ironically been playing Mortal Kombat since I was a little kid. I do remember playing Mortal Kombat: Deception when I was at a proper age of being a teenager, LOL. It wasn’t the series’ magnum opus but I did genuinely like the game. It was a direct sequel to Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance…
Fun Fact: Mortal Kombat Trilogy’ Massive Actor Recasts
Despite being a re-release of older games, Mortal Kombat Trilogy had to recast almost all the actors because the original set of them had a royalty dispute with Midway.
Fun Fact: Why The Mortal Kombat Trilogy Was Created
The main reason that Mortal Kombat Trilogy existed was that they realized they had so much extra space on the PlayStation CDs that they could easily include the first two games. Unfortunately the Nintendo 64 version did have to cut some characters due to cartridge limitations.