Mortal Kombat Murders Competition on Sega CD – Today in History – May 26th, 1994
Mortal Kombat was the one title that did something no other title in history could. It forced Nintendo to change their staunch censoring policy. Prior to Mortal Kombat appearing on the Super Nintendo it was almost unheard of to see blood and guts in a game on a Nintendo platform. Nintendo even censored the Game Boy version – a BLACK AND WHITE version of the game. Sega was not able to escape unscathed here though, they had a little requirement that the blood and true arcade fatalities be hidden behind a code. When it came to the Sega CD version of Mortal Kombat though, all bets were off. This allowed Acclaim to have some fun with the Sega CD version.
First, this is the only console version that is uncensored out of the box. No code needed to get the blood and guts. No Game Genie required to turn grey sweat into red blood.
For added fun, Acclaim included the commercial for Mortal Kombat in the Sega CD version.
They did not stop there though.
Other bonuses fans can look forward to with this version of Midway’s take on Street Fighter include authentic arcade music. Yep, full on CD-DA audio that was in the arcade is coming out of your speakers when playing the Sega CD version of Mortal Kombat.
Also, the main theme saw a few remixes included for fun.
Mortal Kombat on the Sega CD is basically the Sega Genesis version with better music and no code required to unlock the gore. There were no real graphical improvements to speak of.
Still, Mortal Kombat was the game that forced Nintendo to change their stance on blood and gore. You could say that Mortal Kombat was the game that spawned Nintendo’s “Play it Loud” advertising campaign.
Why?
Because the Super Nintendo version of Mortal Kombat sold horribly in comparison to the Sega Genesis version. The Sega CD version probably outsold the SNES game.
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A,B,A,C,A,B,B...I'm not sure if I will ever forget that lol I was totally unaware of the Super Nintendo not having blood back in the 90's but I probably would have used it as ammo to why Sega was better than Nintendo lol
You forgot an "A" in there but yeah, that was the code. I don't think any of us will forget it. That code is probably right up there with the Konami code (remember that one?).
I remember having an SNES at this time and my friends that had the Genesis used the blood aspect to claim the Genesis was better. I would just tap my copy of Zelda III and that usually ended that argument. Lol
Yeah I used to have all of the Sonic 2 level select and debug codes in my head and when I tried to remember them last week I drew a blank....my best friend growing up had an SNES so it was trade off he got blood and I got to play Zelda lol
That is a good friendship to have. You didn't have to buy both consoles and exclusives for each.
25 years later he’s still a good friend he introduced me to steem it @skermsphotos27
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