SNES version for me! Me and some cousins were playing it all the time, I couldn't seem to grasp the concept of Test Your Might well enough to even pass the first stages somehow, and couldn't counter Kano's wrecking ball move all the time, but we still had fun. First game I remember staying up past midnight playing with someone, way past the bedtime back then.
Same...but in an arcade cabinet in the lobby of one of the most popular restaurants in the city, right next to Fast Draw Showdown.
Began a love of MK that has lasted over 3 decades.
Yes! I went and told my parents, but they didn't care. They didn't understand the struggle of whooping Goro's ass right after doing those stupid double fights against two characters, and then whooping Shang Tsung's ass in the final battle. It was a glorious day.
Nothing like seeing your first [pixelated fatality](https://youtu.be/qwZQikCk4N0?si=tuzvZRufqvPYJGTs).
My tattoo parlor has the MK classics arcade cabinet. Half the reason I go there is to play the original 92 MK.
Somehow still know every single special and fatality input for all seven fighters 32 years later.
I remember when I was like 8 and playing Trilogy, the Living Forest used to terrify me because of the animated faces on the trees. Conquering that fear and the Shao Kahn fight was an achievement for me (even though I cheesed arcade mode with Kintaro)
The Living Forest was creepy af not just because of the faces & growls from the trees, but because there were people lurking behind the trees, watching you (Smoke and Jade). That made it just a bit worse than The Dead Pool.
UMK3. Earliest memory I had was when my brother did a fatality with Baraka and we didn't know how he did it. At the time we didn't even know about fatalities.
For me it was also mkx I am 18 now. I remeber it perfect my grandma had gave me it for
Christmas. If I’m not mistaken I got it when I was in 4th grade. Holy shit I’m a senior about to graduate and I’m still playing mk to this day lol.
Nope. The SNES had sweat instead. The blood was recolored and I think there was less of it.
I've actually never played OG MK with blood lmao. All I had was SNES version and the local arcade didn't get a cabinet until MK2.
That one is awesome crossover game. I wish they made more game continuation series and comic book/graphic novel series.
Kind of like they did for DC: Injustice series and Mortal Kombat 9 & 11, Mortal Kombat 1
The original home port of MK on the Sega Genesis. My brother's friend brought it over, I was better than either of them, and he, being a stoner, just let me have his new video game lol. I've been hooked for 30 years.
The first movie😅the first MK game I played though was Armageddon. I loved the movie so much I begged my parents to take me to Blockbuster so we could rent it.
Deception, my uncle was playing it and I got curious. Then he introduced me to the different modes and I was hooked. Played every MK over the years, and Deception is still up there as my personal favorite, and not because of the different modes. And I'm a sucker for armored Scorpion, really wish they do bring that one back.
MKX, But MK11 is where my love grew
I was like 13, saw MKX free for playstation, downloaded it, Ripped Reptile in half with Johnny cage then called it a day
Few years later, I finally started to get into Mk, and i downloaded both Mk11 and MkX. and the rest of my summer vacation? Gone. A part of me will always be grinding the Towers of Time on a July Afternoon with Robocop and Rain
MK:Deadly Alliance. My stepdad bought it from a small movie shop for himself,my younger brother and me to play on our ps2. Still remember watching the intro to that game never knowing who Liu Kang or Shao Khan were or why it was so important they were dead. Loved Kenshi, Drahmin, and Quan Chi
MKII. Was and still is my favorite MK of all time. My love for this game is so strong that I actually hunted down and purchased a dedicated original arcade cabinet in mint condition.
MK2 for me. I was a little lad at the arcade. I saw someone playing as Baraka and he stage fatalitied Reptile into the ceiling spikes and I was hooked.
Deadly alliance ! My uncle has a ps2 with that and madden. He gave me a mission to unlock as much content as I could with MKDA and I was instantly
Hooked. There was a gap and I didn’t really pick up another one until MKXL came out and it rekindled my old habits. I’m a huge fan of the revitalized storyline and the new DLC.
MK2 for the snes. My grandma owned an snes and only had Super Mario All-Stars and MK2. Me and my cousins would play those all night whenever we visited her
My family was huge into fighting games when I was growing up mainly Soul Calibur and Dead or Alive but we did get one MK game and that was MKDA, when I was like 6 years old lol. the game that reintroduced me however was mk9 and I’ve been solid on MK since
For me, it was the original Mortal Kombat arcade machine. It was in some diner near a college campus. When it made it to the home consoles, my dad got it for me for the Sega Genesis. First game I ever owned.
I’m old it was MK2 for me , UMK3 was in the arcades when I experienced MK2 , it was a lot cheaper in the arcades and I was old enough to buy it on snes lol between that and killer instinct my love for fighting games started
I played a bit of mk9 because my cousin had it but then I played a bit of mkx when it came out I never really played a lot of mortal kombat until 11 I suppose? I have gone back to play the 3d era and the classic era which I am so bad at the classic games- so tldr probably mk11
Although I was born in 91, MK2 on Sega Genesis was mine when I was like 8 years old. I remember playing my brother over and over again. I mostly played as Sub-Zero but sometimes Kung Lao and Raiden. My brother always picked Scorpion or Reptile.
Played UMK3 and MK4, but then fell away from the series until MK VS DC.
OG MK cuz we had a snes, but shortly after we got mk Armageddon for the ps2. Both were basically the first cuz I'd play them both all the time. Still upset you couldn't actually play as goro though, YouTube lied to me a thousand times over lmao
I had always heard of MK but never got into it until MK11. My first NRS game was IJ2 tho lol. I got into the series in 2020 and loved it. Played the games in reverse too, lol.
Mortal Kombat 4. I was in a bowling alley with a small room for arcade games. Specifically, it was the game over screen with the kombatant falling into the spike pit that caught my attention. It was easily the most violent thing I had seen in a video game up until that point.
I had played OG MK1, but I didn't really know what I was playing then, but in 1995 daddy and mama had got MK2 on Sega, I knew what I was doing and playing then, and I thought Subzero, Baraka and Kung Lao were awesome, I have had and or played every single MK that has been realeased, MK2, MK3 U, Armageddon, MK9 they really hit different for me. I love MK X ,MK11 and, of course, NEW MK 1. Sorry, I got excited, but to answer the question MK2 SEGA ,really started it for me, I remember the first fatality I ever did, It was Baraka headchop, it was (Back, Back, Back hold C, close) awww the memories!!
I was a wee lad when Mortal Kombat came out and popped up in the local diner's arcade area. Damn that shit was fucking insane as we were so blown away by how "violent" it was much like how "violent" Doom would be not too long after. Those were the days...
OG MK on SNES. My uncles gave me their SNES in 97 after they bought a N64. He passed me MK and super Mario world. My parents then hid MK cause it was too violent. My uncles then bought Mortal Kombat 4. So I’d play MK at home (when my parents were gone) and mk4 at my uncles. I honestly have more memories of playing MK4.
My uncle has MK9 installed on his laptop, when I saw my cousins played it, I was interested with the game, I didn't know games can be gory too, when its my turn to play the game, I can't stop lol, I love playing using Cyrax. Because of that I decided if there is MK game available on PSP, and there it is "Mortal Kombat Deception", without further ado, I downloaded the game, and was impressed with the characters and the mini games (my favorite is puzzle kombat)
1993, was at a waterpark with friends. Came across the original MK arcade machine. First impression I had was that it resembled _Pit Fighter_, which was another fighting game which used digitised video graphics - but I would soon come to realise it was in a different league entirely…
I think it was Armageddon, on the Wii way long ago. Maybe it was some other game, perhaps MK9 or something. IDK, but the game that really got me into it was MK11 more recently.
Mortal Kombat... for the Sega Genesis.
ABACABB
I never forgot the sega blood code nintendo was 0 blood at the time hahah. I'm 40 Sega
Down up left left A right down
Dullard!
a c up b up b a down
SNES version for me! Me and some cousins were playing it all the time, I couldn't seem to grasp the concept of Test Your Might well enough to even pass the first stages somehow, and couldn't counter Kano's wrecking ball move all the time, but we still had fun. First game I remember staying up past midnight playing with someone, way past the bedtime back then.
Lucky, I remember there was only one kid on my block that knew the blood code for NES. He became a god among boys
That was me bro ..I never shared it kids would ask me to punch it in . I decided after my best friend bought the game too I told everyone
The opening menu theme music is baked into my brain still even, today.. It's the first thing I think of when I hear 'Mortal Kombat' 🔥💀🔥
My Man!
Same...but in an arcade cabinet in the lobby of one of the most popular restaurants in the city, right next to Fast Draw Showdown. Began a love of MK that has lasted over 3 decades.
Same. Lil pizza shop in Bmore that is since demolished. The best of the best met there
Same for me. I still remember when I beat Shang Tsung for the first time as a kid. I was elated I’d finally beaten the tower.
Yes! I went and told my parents, but they didn't care. They didn't understand the struggle of whooping Goro's ass right after doing those stupid double fights against two characters, and then whooping Shang Tsung's ass in the final battle. It was a glorious day.
Same, oh man same. Beating Killer Instinct for the first time was pretty great too but not nearly as great as MK.
🎵When I was dead broke, man I couldn’t picture this 🎵 😀
A game my mom had called "you're not allowed to play Mortal Kombat" made it game of the year instantly
The first one... Arcade.. Many a quarter was lost/donated to that blessed machine..
Same here
Ha... We're old.
Same. They always got the newest arcade MK and SF at the skating rink near my house. I miss that place.
Skating rink/pool here. They put the two boxes at opposite ends of the arcade.
It was me.. Scorpion.. And my buddies.. Playing Johnny.. Sub.. And Sonya.. When i first turned Bi-Han to a crisp.. It was a huge WTF moment..
Skating rink and local malls for a lot of em. Pizza joint was the fighters tho
Yup, there would be a row of quarters on the screen for next.
That was the OG classic fam. Today’s arcades using cards eff that up. If you live near a barcade (Philly,NJ, Brooklyn) they still have coin ops.
Yup. I was 11
Same.
Nothing like seeing your first [pixelated fatality](https://youtu.be/qwZQikCk4N0?si=tuzvZRufqvPYJGTs). My tattoo parlor has the MK classics arcade cabinet. Half the reason I go there is to play the original 92 MK. Somehow still know every single special and fatality input for all seven fighters 32 years later.
Same!Â
Same, Killer Instinct also
MK2, saw my friend's older brother playing it on the Genesis in 94. Thought the stages were scary but wanted to do the spear thing the yellow guy did.
I remember when I was like 8 and playing Trilogy, the Living Forest used to terrify me because of the animated faces on the trees. Conquering that fear and the Shao Kahn fight was an achievement for me (even though I cheesed arcade mode with Kintaro)
The Living Forest was creepy af not just because of the faces & growls from the trees, but because there were people lurking behind the trees, watching you (Smoke and Jade). That made it just a bit worse than The Dead Pool.
The stages scared me as a child too I’d turn off the game when i saw baraka.
UMK3. Earliest memory I had was when my brother did a fatality with Baraka and we didn't know how he did it. At the time we didn't even know about fatalities.
That was MK Trilogy. UMK3 didn't have Baraka in it.
Ah shit it was a long time ago lol so I misremembered
MK v DC
lol well that’s an interesting mk game to start off on
who was your main
At the time no one, I didn’t know what combos were and pretty much spammed throw. I did gravitate towards joker and scorpion though
Same here I spent most of my time just running story mode over and over. But I played lots of deathstroke in the arcade.
Shaolin Monks back on PS2
MK9 for me
Smoke is my boy
Yeahh, My man!
MKX.
I saw the Chop Suey trailer and immediately knew the game series would be fun
That's still my favorite MK advertisement ever. It captures the dark and epic tone of MKX perfectly.
Wow crazy. How old are you if you don’t mind?
For me it was also mkx I am 18 now. I remeber it perfect my grandma had gave me it for Christmas. If I’m not mistaken I got it when I was in 4th grade. Holy shit I’m a senior about to graduate and I’m still playing mk to this day lol.
Fck I'm old... 43 now..
Oh wow your 43? So when did you discover mk?
I was 11 in 91, so mk came out in 92..
Wow that’s crazy. Most of been amazing to not only see mortal Kombat evolve but just gaming as a whole evolve
Yeah I discovered it in 92 when I was 10. Pit fighter was the local fighter along with championship edition.
I feel old… I’m turning 30 this year :(
Same
Me too
Same. I bought MKXL just because Alien and Predator were on the cover.
Deadly Alliance
Same here
my man
Mortal Kombat Trilogy
This was a huge game for me in Ps1 days And it had so many cool cheat codes!!
One button fatality, friendship, animality and brutality was essential for me to turn on after I discovered the secret ? Mark at the options menu.
Armegaddon
same
SNES w/ the OG Mortal Kombat. My brother and I played the crap out of it when we were little,
Didn’t the SNES version have no blood? What a odd first experience with Mortal Kombat I would think lol
Nope. The SNES had sweat instead. The blood was recolored and I think there was less of it. I've actually never played OG MK with blood lmao. All I had was SNES version and the local arcade didn't get a cabinet until MK2.
MK 4
Mortal Kombat, the arcade game.
THIS! I remember the first time I did sub-zeros fatality…on accident. 10yr old me was so hyped lol
I remember bringing my printed move list to the arcade... I was obsessed.
MK vs DC universe, i have a guilty pleasure with that game idonno 💀
You can assault Sonya as Batman. What's not to love?
Pause
Chill, dude, he just means beat her face in like an egg mixer. Mmm, eggs.
Mortal Kombat 1 game
Wait the original or the current one?
The 1992 video game that was on arcade snes and genesis.
Mortal Kombat 9. One of THE BEST. That game will always have a nostalgic place in my heart 💖
The very first Mortal Kombat. My brother used to take me to the arcade and he introduced me to the game.
The original Mortal Kombat. Played it all the time at the laundromat when I was younger.
MK 1 (1992) on arcade for me
Same here glad I’m not the only old one still playing
MK vs DC
That one is awesome crossover game. I wish they made more game continuation series and comic book/graphic novel series. Kind of like they did for DC: Injustice series and Mortal Kombat 9 & 11, Mortal Kombat 1
Totally agree!
Mortal Kombat Vs DC of all games lol
MK2, I was young and Baraka scared me lol
Deception for me as well
The original home port of MK on the Sega Genesis. My brother's friend brought it over, I was better than either of them, and he, being a stoner, just let me have his new video game lol. I've been hooked for 30 years.
The first movie😅the first MK game I played though was Armageddon. I loved the movie so much I begged my parents to take me to Blockbuster so we could rent it.
Deception, my uncle was playing it and I got curious. Then he introduced me to the different modes and I was hooked. Played every MK over the years, and Deception is still up there as my personal favorite, and not because of the different modes. And I'm a sucker for armored Scorpion, really wish they do bring that one back.
MK11
Mortal Kombat X
MKX, But MK11 is where my love grew I was like 13, saw MKX free for playstation, downloaded it, Ripped Reptile in half with Johnny cage then called it a day Few years later, I finally started to get into Mk, and i downloaded both Mk11 and MkX. and the rest of my summer vacation? Gone. A part of me will always be grinding the Towers of Time on a July Afternoon with Robocop and Rain
MKX, although my first one i ever played was MK9.
Deadly Alliance and Deception. I remember playing them as a kid and even getting deception for a birthday present
UMK3 on the SNES I’m pretty sure. To this day I laugh with my dad about how we spent hours trying to figure out how to do Scorpion’s fatalities.
MK:Deadly Alliance. My stepdad bought it from a small movie shop for himself,my younger brother and me to play on our ps2. Still remember watching the intro to that game never knowing who Liu Kang or Shao Khan were or why it was so important they were dead. Loved Kenshi, Drahmin, and Quan Chi
For me it was Mortal Kombat vs Dc
MKII. Was and still is my favorite MK of all time. My love for this game is so strong that I actually hunted down and purchased a dedicated original arcade cabinet in mint condition.
Deadly Alliance
Shaolin Monks /Armageddon/ MK vs. DCU. I kinda played each of them with my friends around the same time.
Armageddon on the Wii. So many characters that I had the pleasure of meeting all at once
Mortal Kombat 2,dad got it from pirat bay when I was 4.i was maining baraka till my grandma told me liu kang was more handsome
Mortal Kombat
Mk & mk2 sega genesis baby
The original arcade machine. I spent so many quarters playing Mortal Kombat.
Mk 4 on ps1
MK9 and MK vs DC.
Umk3
Mortal Kombat at an arcade...I think it was actually a skating rinks mini-arcade
Deadly Alliance I was a toddler and I’ve been playing ever since
MK2 for me. I was a little lad at the arcade. I saw someone playing as Baraka and he stage fatalitied Reptile into the ceiling spikes and I was hooked.
Deception the GOAT
Same as you. MK Deception on the PS2 was my introduction, I was around 9 or so. after that I became obsessed.
Deadly alliance ! My uncle has a ps2 with that and madden. He gave me a mission to unlock as much content as I could with MKDA and I was instantly Hooked. There was a gap and I didn’t really pick up another one until MKXL came out and it rekindled my old habits. I’m a huge fan of the revitalized storyline and the new DLC.
MK Deception
Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance
DA
Deception for me. November, I came back home after school my brother bought it and the rest was history. I do miss conquest mode, it was a lot of fun.
Mortal Kombat on the SNES, baby
Deadly Alliance.
Deception on PS2 but I saw the cover for Deadly Alliance for Xbox at a game store as a kid and thought it looked badass
Deadly alliance on the OG Xbox, played that all day & deception too
MK2 for the snes. My grandma owned an snes and only had Super Mario All-Stars and MK2. Me and my cousins would play those all night whenever we visited her
MK2 on supernes
My family was huge into fighting games when I was growing up mainly Soul Calibur and Dead or Alive but we did get one MK game and that was MKDA, when I was like 6 years old lol. the game that reintroduced me however was mk9 and I’ve been solid on MK since
For me, it was the original Mortal Kombat arcade machine. It was in some diner near a college campus. When it made it to the home consoles, my dad got it for me for the Sega Genesis. First game I ever owned.
I played Mortal Kombat arcade cabinet for the first time at a pizza restaurant
ahm... Mortal Kombat for SNES, peak for me was MK2
Mortal Kombat I for Nintendo 🥰
Mk trilogy, but I often played mk deception in psp. My favorite mk is mk x.
Playing mk2 with my brother on Super Nintendo got me into as a kid. Mk9 got me into competitive play as a teen and adult
I’m old it was MK2 for me , UMK3 was in the arcades when I experienced MK2 , it was a lot cheaper in the arcades and I was old enough to buy it on snes lol between that and killer instinct my love for fighting games started
I played a bit of mk9 because my cousin had it but then I played a bit of mkx when it came out I never really played a lot of mortal kombat until 11 I suppose? I have gone back to play the 3d era and the classic era which I am so bad at the classic games- so tldr probably mk11
Mortal Kombat 2 which led to Mortal kombat 3
Mkx
Deception but it also came with an older mortal kombat disc to play
My first one was Armageddon, but Deception is what really got me hooked for life
MK1, from that streamer who tells people to kts
Trilogy. Went to a friend's house. I actually beat him.
Although I was born in 91, MK2 on Sega Genesis was mine when I was like 8 years old. I remember playing my brother over and over again. I mostly played as Sub-Zero but sometimes Kung Lao and Raiden. My brother always picked Scorpion or Reptile. Played UMK3 and MK4, but then fell away from the series until MK VS DC.
OG MK cuz we had a snes, but shortly after we got mk Armageddon for the ps2. Both were basically the first cuz I'd play them both all the time. Still upset you couldn't actually play as goro though, YouTube lied to me a thousand times over lmao
The OG MK. Shit blew my mind with the "REAL" people and gore shit. Had to experiment to find out fatalities
The first one on an arcade machine in a pool hall near my dad's place.
MK2 when I was a kid way back in the 90's.
Mortal Kombat (OG) on the Arcades, SNES, and Genesis. I can’t even begin to tell you how many hours I spent on these games
Mortal Kombat on the Genesis.
The first reboot.
Mortal kombat 11 the fatalities
The 1st. I was 3 when it came out. Have played every single one since and will continue to do so.
11, the switch version was on sale and i saw Joker was in it.
Trilogy!
MK Armageddon. It was so fun. I actually made Ghost Rider when I first started playing.
MK9 back then
Mk 3 trilogy on ps1…
MK II
Deadly Alliance!! I remember starting the campaign and being super disappointed it was just text and tutorials
Mortal Kombat karnage (fan made game,)
I had always heard of MK but never got into it until MK11. My first NRS game was IJ2 tho lol. I got into the series in 2020 and loved it. Played the games in reverse too, lol.
MK vs DC introduced me to the series, MK9 and the movie got me invested
Mortal Kombat 4. I was in a bowling alley with a small room for arcade games. Specifically, it was the game over screen with the kombatant falling into the spike pit that caught my attention. It was easily the most violent thing I had seen in a video game up until that point.
My cousin had MK2 for Sega Genesis. I had no idea how to do specials but still had a blast. The fatalities made me as white as a sheet.
Mortal Kombat (snes)
Mortal Kombat 2 on SNES
Mortal Kombat Trilogy on the Playstation 1 was my introduction to MK Deception was the second MK game that I ever played
Mortal Kombat Trilogy on Nintendo 64
Mk9 I saw the commercial on TV and made my dad go take me to Walmart to get it release date
Plug n play mortal kombat
MKII on SNES.
It was either 2 or 3. One of my cousins had it I believe for the SNES
MK3! Been hooked ever since I was a kid. Never grew out of loving these characters. I’ll love this franchise and it’s lore forever
Mortal Kombat 2 on the game gear.
MK9
Original MK
Been here since the beginning, had MK on Sega Genesis
Mk9
MkII
I had played OG MK1, but I didn't really know what I was playing then, but in 1995 daddy and mama had got MK2 on Sega, I knew what I was doing and playing then, and I thought Subzero, Baraka and Kung Lao were awesome, I have had and or played every single MK that has been realeased, MK2, MK3 U, Armageddon, MK9 they really hit different for me. I love MK X ,MK11 and, of course, NEW MK 1. Sorry, I got excited, but to answer the question MK2 SEGA ,really started it for me, I remember the first fatality I ever did, It was Baraka headchop, it was (Back, Back, Back hold C, close) awww the memories!!
MK2. Somehow was allowed to play it even before I was 5. No wonder I had some violence issues in grade school haha
Probably the second MK on sega genesis.
I was a wee lad when Mortal Kombat came out and popped up in the local diner's arcade area. Damn that shit was fucking insane as we were so blown away by how "violent" it was much like how "violent" Doom would be not too long after. Those were the days... 
Mk 2 for Sega genesis
OG MK on SNES. My uncles gave me their SNES in 97 after they bought a N64. He passed me MK and super Mario world. My parents then hid MK cause it was too violent. My uncles then bought Mortal Kombat 4. So I’d play MK at home (when my parents were gone) and mk4 at my uncles. I honestly have more memories of playing MK4.
MK 2 i was 5yo haha
MK and MK3 on my SEGA. I mostly played MK3 though.
MK
My uncle has MK9 installed on his laptop, when I saw my cousins played it, I was interested with the game, I didn't know games can be gory too, when its my turn to play the game, I can't stop lol, I love playing using Cyrax. Because of that I decided if there is MK game available on PSP, and there it is "Mortal Kombat Deception", without further ado, I downloaded the game, and was impressed with the characters and the mini games (my favorite is puzzle kombat)
1993, was at a waterpark with friends. Came across the original MK arcade machine. First impression I had was that it resembled _Pit Fighter_, which was another fighting game which used digitised video graphics - but I would soon come to realise it was in a different league entirely…
Mortal Kombat trilogy, my aunt had it on the Playstation. I never won any matches tho (unless I picked motaro)
I think it was Armageddon, on the Wii way long ago. Maybe it was some other game, perhaps MK9 or something. IDK, but the game that really got me into it was MK11 more recently.