
This is one of those games that was rushed out the door in an unfinished state. I’m also only counting standalone Mortal Kombat games and not games with Mortal Kombat guest appearances.

There’s no real reason to separate Mortal Kombat 3 from Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, for instance. As mentioned, all of these are being lumped together with their upgraded versions. So, as Baraka pulls out the Friendship birthday present to help celebrate the occasion, let’s take a look at the Mortal Kombat video game series from worst to best. Eleven of them are straight-up fighting games and three of them are spinoffs of varying quality. When you consolidate all the series’ ports and upgrades, you end up with fourteen unique entries. Oh, and there have also been a bunch of Mortal Kombat video games.


During that time we’ve been treated to three live-action Mortal Kombat movies, a live-action TV show, a Saturday morning cartoon, a novel, several comic books, a live tour, four animated movies, and a hilarious handful of imitators.
