Making Mortal Monday
A look back at the short-notice, high-stakes development of the SNES and Genesis ports of Mortal Kombat; the sacrifices and compromises, the publicity and the politics.
Sources
Adapted from the book Arcade Perfect by David Craddock.
Additional quotes from How Mortal Kombat Defined The Console War Between Sega And Nintendo by Damien McFerran.
Voiceovers
Featuring Jacob Geller as Jeff Peters and HeyItMeBen as Paul Carruthers.
Media
- YourMKArcadeSource – Mortal Kombat Arcade Promotional Video (1992)
- @BBCArchive — Will Self on The Late Show
- MKSecrets.Net — Mortal Kombat 1 Visiting the Akklaim Office
- SeeNoEvil’s GamesMaster DVDs
- chris85 — Bad Influence
- mortalkombaticepit.com — Mortal Monday TV Commercial Extended
- wwwmortalkombatpl — Mortal Kombat 1 Mortal Monday Commercial by Retroware TV
- The Strong Museum — Mortal Kombat Thank You
- C-SPAN — Video Game Violence
- VideoGamerJunkie — Acclaim Entertainment logo
- lingpanda101 — Sega Genesis Commercial "Genesis Does"
- Tomsonic41 — Segaworld London Tour
- mdftrasher — Super Nintendo ad 1992
- YourMKArcadeSource — Basic Mortal Kombat Arcade PCB Information
- wtcvidman — 1993 Super Nintendo Super Mario Kart Commercial #2
- szydlak — Mortal Kombat: SNES Fatalities
- MKSecrets.Net — Violence in Video Games - An ABC News Report (1994)
- IGN — Halo: Fireteam Raven Review (Arcade)
- Toy Hunting Gamers — Tomb Raider Arcade Game Play New Release: Stranded On An Island
- PrimeTime Amusements — Flying Tickets - Adrenaline Amusements - IAAPA 2014
- RLMS Sales — Crossy Road Arcade demonstrated by Tony Glanville from RLMS Sales
- Caleb Hadouken — Street Fighter V Main Menu Video Tutorial
- Patrick Scott Patterson — The Ultimate Early 80s Arcade Tribute
- SchmittWylde — Mortal Kombat II Fatalities (SNES)
Music
- Mortal Kombat (Techno Syndrome 12" Mix)
by The Immortals - In the Beginning from Mortal Kombat
by Dan Forden - Kredits from Mortal Kombat 2
by Dan Forden - Yai from the album Ikilixi
by GreatOwl: https://ektoplazm.com/free-music/greatowl-ikilixi
(used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence)
