STACK #126 Apr 2016

GAMES

FEATURE

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20 Mortal Kombat 4 signalled the change from digitised character graphics to motion-capture. 21 Anti-video-game activist Jack Thompson sent a letter of complaint to Midway after Mortal Kombat: Armageddon featured a kreate-a-fighter system that allowed players to create a character undeniably similar to Thompson. 22 Mortal Kombat: Deception was changed to Mortal Kombat: Mystification in France; Déception in French translates to disappointment. 23 Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe was the last game developed by Midway Games before the company filed for bankruptcy. 24 Midway had to tone down the violence in MK vs. DC Universe to align the content with the DC standard. 25 The PS3 version of the Mortal Kombat reboot in 2011, Warner's first entry in the Mortal Kombat series following the Midway Games acquisition, can be played in stereoscopic 3D.

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series, was due to make a cameo appearance in the film. 16 Jean-Claude Van Damme was asked to play the role of Johnny Cage. He refused. 17 Chris Casamassa was originally hired as a stuntman for the film. Producers were so impressed with his performance he was hired to play Scorpion. 18 A follow-up movie was green-lit in 1996, but Paul W.S. Anderson wisely chose to avoid Mortal Kombat Annihilation in favour of helming sci-fi horror flick Event Horizon. 19 Steve Ritchie, who originally came up with the name 'Mortal Kombat' was still designing pinball games when he was asked to voice Shao Kahn. He did on five MK titles.

1. As well as featuring as a stuntman in films such as Nightcrawler and Transformers: Age of Extinction , who was the voice of Liu Kang in Mortal Kombat II ? 2. Blade Swipe, Blade Spin and Scrape Kick are signature moves of which character? 3. Whose FATALITY involves transforming into a dinosaur and chomping your opponent in half?

4. Phil LaMarr and Richard Epcar both feature on the upcoming Mortal Kombat X as the voices of Kotal Kahn and Raiden, respectively. But which other fighter title (published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment) did the pair star in together? 5. Which Mortal Kombat arena (almost) shares its name with a Marvel character played by Ryan Reynolds?

6. Which MK title held the first appearance of “Babalities” – Fatalities that turn the opponent into a baby form of themselves? 7. Dana Lyn Baron, listed as an ADR performer on The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 , is also the voice of which Mortal Kombat fighter? 8. Who is the guest fighter playable in Mortal Kombat X, made famous in Friday the 13th ?

9. Sub-Zero has been voiced by many an actor over the years – which one was also the voice of the villain Vilgax in Ben 10? 10. Ed Boon and John Tobias are credited as being the original creators of the Mortal Kombat series. Playing around with their surnames will give you the name of which fighter?

10. Noob Saibot.

9. Steve Blum

8. Jason Voorhees.

7. Sonya Blade.

6. Mortal Kombat II

. 5. Deadpool

2. Baraka 3. Stryker 4. Injustice: Gods Among Us

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Quiz Answers: 1.

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