The series may have had some spotty points, but Mortal Kombat «s an important part of gaming history, both for challenging Capcom's monopoly over the fighting game genre and for introducing a bunch of
innocent arcade players to all kinds of blood and gore.
We also see two old
arcade features returning, the bonus stages — break the barrels and smash up the car, both of which can be disabled if you are not the sort of
player who is into kicking the crap out of an
innocent car!