Mortal Kombat became a best-selling game and remains one of the most popular fighting games in the genre's history, spawning numerous sequels and spin-offs over the following years and decades, beginning with Mortal Kombat II in 1993, and together with the first sequel was the subject of a successful film adaptation in 1995.

The game focuses on the journey of the monk Liu Kang to save Earth from the evil sorcerer Shang Tsung, ending with their confrontation in the tournament known as Mortal Kombat. The game introduced many key aspects of the Mortal Kombat series, including the unique five-button control scheme and gory finishing moves. It was subsequently released by Acclaim Entertainment for nearly every home video game platform of the time.

Mortal Kombat is an arcade fighting game developed and published by Midway Games in 1992 as the first title in the Mortal Kombat series. This game can be played also in a versions for SMS, Game Boy, SNES and DOS. The following emulators are available for this game:

Free online sega emulator