“We hoped success would pay for development.”
On the day of Mortal Kombat’s UK launch, series creator Ed Boon has recounted the controversy that marred the very first game in the gory fighting series.
Mortal Kombat, which launched on the SNES and Mega Drive in 1993 after its arcade release, sparked a moral panic after politicians noticed its digitised, over-the-top violence, particularly in relation to its Fatalities.
Nintendo decided to censor the game, insisting that blood spurts be converted into grey sweat puffs and Fatalities be altered.