Capitalizing on a golden period for the sport, where larger-than-life stars like Shaquille O’Neal, “Sir” Charles Barkley and my favourites, the pick and roll duo of John Stockton and “The Mailman” Karl Malone, were gaining popularity on this side of the Atlantic.
Mortal Kombat was an attraction due to the evisceration and by-proxy cool that came with playing something that had been deemed controversial by the powers that be. When I was a youngster, frequenting the then-plentifully stocked amusement arcades of my fair city, the most popular cabinets were always either the top-tier Capcom/SNK fighting games, or the huge, incredibly noisy Midway behemoths that housed their mega-hits: Mortal Kombat and NBA Jam. Available on: Xbox 360 & PlayStation 3 (Reviewed on Xbox 360)
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