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Game » consists of 6 releases. Released Nov 18, 2002
Mercenaries, Soldiers for Hire, have been found fighting in conflicts since the dawn of human warfare. These hired guns show a desire to turn their talent in the art of death to a more profitable profession.
A fighting game concept in which a player using a particular character can fight against either the CPU or another player using the same character.
Muay Thai is a form of martial arts that is the national sport in Thailand. Modern kickboxing is a derivative of Muay Thai designed specifically as a counter to it.
Skeletons that are directly controllable by the player; a concept that spans across multiple genres.
Who needs 2D when we've got 3D? 3D, or 3 dimensions, is what we're used to seeing in almost every game these days, letting us do all sorts of awesome stuff like run in circles!
Games that allow the option to let the computer to pick the player's character.
The option of allowing the computer to pick the stage/map, seemingly at random, for play.
You and your allies (faction/realm) fight against a common enemy.
A boss that players fight multiple times throughout the game. They usually follow the player as they progress.
The Red Dragon are a centuries-old criminal organization in the Mortal Kombat series.
RenderWare is an API and graphics rendering engine made by Criterion Games.
Reptilian humanoids are a common motif in mythology, folklore and fantasy. As a race, they are sometimes cited to be extremely old, even older than men and elves. Examples: Lizalfos (Zelda), Lizardmen (Warhammer) & Argonians (The Elder Scrolls) They generally walk upright like any other humanoid and sport some kind of tail.
Characters that are designed to be scantily-clad.
The Roundhouse is a kick taught in many martial-arts, though believed to have originally been conceived as part of a developed fighting system by monks for Shaolin Kung-fu. Notable real-life users include Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris, Jackie Chan, and Jet Li.
A sequel (also called a follow-up) is a game that carries forward the gameplay concepts, and often the story, of a previous game to which it is officially linked.
A ninja clan in the Mortal Kombat universe. The clan had a fierce rivalry with the Lin Kuei before they were defeated by them.
While completely normal from the neck down, these characters seem to be lacking a bit of skin up top. Creepy.
Slashing weapons are designed to cut and slice rather than causing blunt trauma. Examples include swords, axes, claws, naginatas, or even whips.
SNK fighting games are notorious for boss fights of ludicrous difficulty. Common symptoms of SNK Boss Syndrome include absurdly high attack priority, overpowered special attacks, and AIs that read button inputs. Though it's most common in SNK games, the syndrome has also appeared in games by other companies.
Spamming, in video games, refers to the rapid, repeated use of the same item or action. For instance, "grenade spamming" in COD4 is the act of a player throwing a large amount of grenades in succession into an area so that they may get a lucky kill or simply distract the enemy.
Featured mainly in fighting games, special attacks usually require more than just pressing a button to activate. They are usually unique or at least varied between characters.
Elite and specially trained/equipped military troops and law enforcement tasked with carrying out specific and dangerous/sensitive objectives beyond the remit of regular military personnel. Many games feature special forces operators or units as protagonists or enemies.
A Stance may grant player characters access to unique abilities and attributes.
Event to describe the "Test Your Might" event from Mortal Kombat.
Characters who are influenced and clearly modeled after the late Jeet Kune Do Master, Bruce Lee.
What lies ahead, and is distant from the present.
Throwing weapons include knives, shurikens, axes, darts or even explosives such as grenades and molotov cocktails.
A game mode that allows you to train for combos, moves, etc.
The turkey call is a Bruce Lee-esque sound made by characters in fighting games (notably Marshall Law, Forrest Law and Liu Kang).
Extra objects, characters, or content in a game that can only be accessed after completing a certain task such as completing the game, or by using cheat codes.
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