[2] The games have appeared on every major video game console produced since its debut including every console created by Sony and Microsoft, every console produced by Sega since the Sega Genesis (as well as the Master System in Europe and South America), and every console produced by Nintendo, bar the Wii U, since the Super NES.
Turbo Technologies Inc. (TTI) was offered exclusive rights to Mortal Kombat but NEC turned it down.
[3] Since their release, many of the video games have been re-released on multiple platforms or included as part of compilation packages.
Along with the video game series three feature films, an animated and live-action television series, two books, and several comic books have been produced for the franchise.
The first feature film was considered a major success and grossed roughly $70 million in the United States, and an estimated $122 million worldwide.