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Arcade Attack Retro Gaming Podcast

Desert Island Diskettes with Sam Dyer (Bitmap Books)

Arcade Attack Retro Gaming Podcast · March 24, 2026

Shared from search: Mortal Kombat

00:36:28 - 00:36:42

It's great. Street Fighter II. How does it fare against something like Mortal Kombat? Mortal Kombat was another one that I think was one of those moments in the arcade where I was like, "Wow, this feels like a big jump."

In Context

... But all the outfits were the wrong colors. So I know later, obviously, they added all the Ken and Green and whatnot. It was solid. You put in 20p and then you just lose the first game. I've seen another 20p. It's great. Street Fighter II. How does it fare against something like Mortal Kombat? Mortal Kombat was another one that I think was one of those moments in the arcade where I was like, "Wow, this feels like a big jump." What do you mean? Because I think with Mortal Kombat, I was never a massive fan of it. I'm not a fighting game aficionado or anything, so I'm not approaching it from that sort of standpoint. ...

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