I remember seeing my first glimpse of Mortal Kombat in a video rental store in Hamilton Hill, Western Australia nearly 30 years ago. The arcade cabinet was surrounded by kids 5 deep all eager to take on the Goro in this ultraviolet and hyper-realistic fighting game. Since that moment I’ve owned a copy of the original Mortal Kombat on every game platform I owned.
This ultra-violent fighting game was always heralded for its crisp sprite animation whose fluid and lifelike characters were like nothing the gaming community had seen before.
The video below offers a glimpse of the digitization process captured using real actors. It’s amazing to see how these iconic flighting moves started, going on to be cemented in the pages of gaming history. I mean, who hasn’t thrown an imaginary hooked rope at a friend whilst shouting “GET OVER HERE”.
These days motion capture is commonplace but this glimpse into gaming history shows how things were done all those years ago.
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Which was your favorite move in Mortal Kombat? Who was your favorite character and which game in the franchise was your favorite?
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