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In the series’ early days, one of Mortal Kombat‘s claims to fame was its use of digitized photos of real actors rather than computer generated sprites. While games such as Street Fighter II opted for a stylized comic book style, fighters in Mortal Kombat games were more realistic, even if heavily compressed due to hardware limitations. Midway nixed the approach in Mortal Kombat 4 and all subsequent releases in favor of 3D generated characters, but it was a defining trait of the first handful of MK titles.
What we’re looking at today is a unique moment in Mortal Kombat history, in which real actors who portrayed in-game characters threw down in a faux fight for a live audience. The event took place at E3 1995 during Williams’ presentation, the division that handled the series’ North American home console ports at the time.
The three actors behind Kung Lao (Anthony Marquez), Sonya Blade (Kerri Hoskins), and Jackson “Jax” Briggs (John Parrish) appear on stage for a brief choreographed altercation before returning backstage. This is followed by some quick teases at the 1995 Mortal Kombat film, 1996 cartoon series, and loads of MK merchandise. Check it out!
