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The player must then fight in a series of endurance matches featuring two opponents in each round. In the single player game, players face each of the game's characters in a series of one-on-one matches against computer-controlled opponents, ending in a mirror match against the character that the player has selected. The idea became so popular that it has spread to many other games. Mortal Kombat also introduced the concept of "juggling", knocking an opponent into the air and following up with a combination of attacks while the enemy is still airborne and defenseless. However, the dedicated block button allows users to defend against attacks without retreating and blocking characters lose very little ground when struck, thus making counterattacks much easier after a successful block. Unlike Street Fighter characters take a small amount of damage from regular moves while blocking. The game's blocking system also distinguished itself from other fighting games.
Co-designer Ed Boon later said, "since the beginning, one of the things that's separated us from other fighting games is the crazy moves we've put in it, like fireballs and all the magic moves, so to speak." Another of the game's innovations was the Fatality, a finishing move executed against a defeated opponent to kill them in a gruesome fashion. Unlike previous one-on-one fighting games, few moves required circular joystick movement. Most special moves were performed by tapping the joystick, sometimes ending with a button press. It was the first game to introduce special moves performed exclusively using the joystick. Mortal Kombat also featured unique ways in which special moves were performed. Sub-Zero performing his "Spine Rip" on Scorpion (Ed Boon's favorite classic Fatality) All player characters have a shared set of attacks performed by holding the joystick in various directions, such a leg sweep and the uppercut, which knocks enemies high into the air and causes a large amount of damage. Attacks can vary depending on the player's distance from the opponent. The controls consist of five buttons arranged in an "X" pattern: four buttons for high and low punches and kicks with a block button at the center, as well as an eight-way joystick. The game also distinguished itself from other fighting games of the time with its unique control scheme. Whereas other fighting games had characters with considerable differences in speed, height, attacks, strength, jumping heights and distances, the playable characters in Mortal Kombat are virtually identical to one another with only minimal differences in their moves' range and speed. The player that depletes the opponent's health bar first wins the round and the first player to win two rounds wins the match. Mortal Kombat is a fighting game in which players battle opponents in one-on-one matches.
It also sparked much controversy for its depiction of extreme violence and gore using realistic digitized graphics, resulting in the introduction of age-specific content descriptor ratings for video games. 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. The soundtrack sold 5,000 copies in pure album sales in its first week of sales.Mortal Kombat is an arcade fighting game developed and published by Midway Games in 1992 as the first title in the Mortal Kombat series. It was to feature themes of gang violence and drug trafficking, which is also reflected within the content of the music itself. However, the mobile game was never released. A soundtrack of the same name was developed by Game himself to feature in the app as well as coincide with the app's release. On May 24, 2016, Game took to his Instagram account to announce the release of his new mobile game with Atari titled "Block Wars".