October 08

Mortal Kombat, released by Midway, launched in arcades on October 8, 1992, and soon became a big coin-op sensation. Scorpion, Johnny Cage, Sub-Zero, and Sonya Blade became household names - at least among the children of families. And it pioneered a new degree of bone-crunching, spine-tearing graphic realism in computer games that had never been seen before, resulting in lots of financial success but also much of criticism. While Mortal Kombat arose in the aftermath of Street Fighter II's massive global popularity in 1991, it wasn't Capcom's amazing one-on-one World Warrior release that had had the most effect.
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