Mortal Kombat Memories: Development Tales from NetherRealm Studios

[Commander Fury]

I’m really happy to see the upcoming release of the Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection, which hits <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/category/psn/">PSN</a> next Tuesday, August 30th. The MKAK is a great way to relive the classic <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/mortal-kombat/">Mortal Kombat</a> arcade games right in your own living room, but I’m also excited that players who enjoyed this year’s new <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/mortal-kombat/">Mortal Kombat</a> will soon have the opportunity to play the first three games that set the foundation for the entire fighting-game franchise.

 

I was introduced to Mortal Kombat on April 20th, 1992. I was fresh out of art school and starting my career at Williams/Bally/Midway. I remembered being overwhelmed that I was actually walking into the building where some of my favorite games were created: Narc, Robotron, Defender, and Smash TV just to name a few. Mortal Kombat was yet to be released. However there were a few Mortal Kombat prototypes lining the halls of Midway that we could test out. I remember being just blown away by my first experiences with Mortal Kombat. What first struck me was the size of the digitized characters on the screen. They were huge! I remember selecting Kano as my first character: I was a big Terminator fan at the time, so the choice was obvious. I also remember how in awe I was working (and playing) along side of the guys that created the game. A few days after that, I met the actors that were filmed for the game.

 

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