There were finishing moves in which a player could kill his/her opponent in several different ways – tearing their spine out, making heads explode or throwing them off a cliff into a pit of spikes. This resonated with kids at the time (and now), though there was some outrage that this was, in fact, entertainment.
I'll kick the shit outta anybody in mortal kombat 2
When I was a kid me and my parents played this every night for atleast a year after dinner some of my favorite memories and a great game
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