"Few video game series have the same kind of cultural cache as Mortal Kombat. In the '90s, and all the way until now, the sound of "Fatality" can be heard across arcades and homes around the world, as gamers finish off their opponents with a winning move. Not only has the series endured the decades until now, but it fundamentally changed how video games were perceived with its brand of hyperviolence."
""Initially, no one was going to have a fatality, and Shang Tsung was just going to chop your head off with a sword. They did decapitation animations for everybody, and then decided they weren't going to do that, for whatever reason,""
""But they had this decapitation animation, and that becomes Johnny Cage's fatality, where he uppercuts them and pops their head up - and everybody gets one.""
"Digital Eclipse made a name for itself with the "interactive documentary" style of compilations like Atari 50, The Making of Karateka, and Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story. Now the studio is bringing its expertise to telling the story of Mortal Kombat through an absurdly ambitious collection that packs in eleven games, three hours of documentary footage, and more."
Mortal Kombat achieved widespread cultural recognition through its iconic 'Fatality' finishers and hyperviolent presentation. The series influenced public perception of video games during the 1990s and beyond. Digital Eclipse is assembling a comprehensive collection that includes eleven Mortal Kombat games and roughly three hours of documentary footage. The studio applies an "interactive documentary" approach previously used on Atari 50 and other compilations. Development details include repurposed decapitation animations that became Johnny Cage's Fatality after original decapitations were dropped. The collection aims to surface historical bugs, reveal franchise secrets, and present a definitive account of Mortal Kombat's creation.
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