Mortal Kombat is an American media franchise business centered on a collection of video games, initially created by Midway Gamings in 1992. The advancement of the very first video game was originally based upon a concept that Ed Boon and John Tobias had of making a video game starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, yet as that idea fell through, a fantasy-themed fighting video game was developed instead. The designers instead paid homage to him with character Johnny Cage, a fictional film star whose personal style looks like Van Damme's. Mortal Kombat was the very first fighting game to introduce a secret competitor, reached if the player satisfied a set of demands. The initial game has spawned several sequels and also spin-offs including a number of action-adventure video games, along with a comics collection as well as a card game. Motion picture manufacturer Lawrence Kasanoff accredited the rights to the video game in the early 1990s and generated the initial motion picture of the franc...