« The History of Mortal Kombat - Episode 1 Explains the Game's Van Damme Origins »

MK Secrets put together a nice video detailing the history of the original Mortal Kombat. Did you know that Mortal Kombat was originally conceived as a game starring a digitized Jean Claude Van Damme? Since JCVD's schedule wasn't compatible, the designers ended up making the game without him. Also, the only reason that Liu Kang has hair is because the actor playing the bald monk wouldn't shave his head!

Get a look at some of the design sketches and controversies surrounding the first Mortal Kombat game after the break!

Update on Wednesday, November 2, 2011 at 2:10PM by Carmine

Ed Boon tweeted that (what I assume to be) this video is full of factual errors. And, I think he would know.