35K views · 337 reactions | This Week in Gaming History: the original Mortal Kombat arcade game was released by Midway in 1992. 27 years later and you don't need pounds of quarters anymore for Mortal Kombat 11... but, a good ole GTX 1060 or RX 570 is recommended.️ Happy Birthday, Mortal Kombat! gameplay source: youtu.be/ScRpyxEMLoM | Newegg | Facebook

It was the size of any other arcade game cabinet, but unlike every other video game at the time, there were no flashy graphic designs on it. And, there was no official title across the game cabinet either. So it officially had no name. But it was called Polybius, and it may have been a government-created video game used to control the minds of the days’ youths. | Freaky History