The inclusion of Napalm Death's " Twist the Knife ( Slowly )" on the Mortal Kombat soundtrack brought the band much greater visibility, as the compilation scored a Top 10 position in the Billboard 200 chart and went platinum in less than a year.

For example, the six button layout of the arcade games Street Fighter II or Mortal Kombat cannot be comfortably emulated on a console joypad, so licensed home arcade sticks for these games have been manufactured for home consoles and PCs.

Luthor is also a playable character in 2008's Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe, sporting his trademark battle armor.

A known side effect of this policy was the Sega Genesis version of Mortal Kombat selling over double the number of the Super NES version, mainly because Nintendo had forced publisher Acclaim to recolor the red blood to look like white sweat and replace some of the more gory graphics in its release of the game, making it non-violent.

Nintendo allowed the Super NES version of Mortal Kombat II to ship uncensored the following year with a content warning on the packaging.

The Nintendo DS also has violent games, such as Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, Dementium: The Ward, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 and Resident Evil: Deadly Silence.

In reality, as stated by Steve Snake, creator of NBA Jam, NBA Jam T. E, and Mortal Kombat II, these games were seriously pushing the limits of the console even though they looked like minor enhancements.

This period spawned numerous popular fighting games in addition to Street Fighter, including the successful and long running franchises Mortal Kombat and later Virtua Fighter and Tekken.

Mortal Kombat even allows the victor to perform a gruesome finishing maneuver called a " fatality ( Mortal Kombat ) | fatality ".

Beginning with Midway's Mortal Kombat released in 1992, the Mortal Kombat series introduced " fatalities " in which the victor kills a knocked-out opponent in a gruesome manner.

Super Fire Pro Wrestling X Premium was the first game to include such a feature, and later fighting games such as Fighter Maker, Soulcalibur III, Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, and Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 adopted the concept.

Many American developers tried to capitalize on the template established by Street Fighter II, but it was Chicago's Midway Games who achieved unprecedented notoriety when they released Mortal Kombat in 1992.

The home version of Mortal Kombat was released on September 13, 1993, a day that was promoted as " Mortal Monday ".

The Mortal Kombat franchise would ultimately achieve iconic status similar to that of Street Fighter with several sequels as well as movies, television series, and extensive merchandising.

With only three buttons, it was easier to learn than Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat, having six and five buttons respectively.

Meanwhile, the 1993 title Mortal Kombat II captivated American audiences, and was considered the best Mortal Kombat game in retrospect during a 2008 review.

* The character of Camille in Cassandra Claire's Mortal Instruments series may be based on Carmilla, given the similarity in their names and descriptions.

* Magnus Bane, a character in the Mortal Instruments and Infernal Devices series by Cassandra Clare

Stalker Shrike is a central character in the Mortal Engines series by Philip Reeve.

By 1995, the dominant franchises were the Mortal Kombat series in America and Virtua Fighter series in Japan, with Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors ' Dreams unable to match the popularity of Street Fighter II.

* Shao Khan and Raiden of the Mortal Kombat video game series have both used a type of war hammer in battle.

In Philip Reeve's Mortal Engines series of books, there is a range of volcanoes named the Tannhäusers.

Martial films include The Karate Kid, Kung Fu Hustle, Fearless, Ninja Assassin, Ong-Bak, Shanghai Noon, Kill Bill, Fist of Legend, Iron Monkey, Drunken Master, Enter the Dragon, Mortal Kombat, Flashpoint, Champion of Death, Karate Bearfighter, Doberman Cop, Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon and The Street Fighter series.

In 2004 Numan took control of his own business affairs again, launching the label Mortal Records and releasing a series of live DVDs.

* Autolycus is the name of a midget submarine owned by the Lost Boys, the thieves of Philip Reeve's Mortal Engines series of books.

Throughout his entire career, Taylor has produced albums for countless bands and artists including Randy Stonehill, Riki Michele, Tom Howard, The Altar Boys, Crystal Lewis and Wild Blue Yonder, Jacob's Trouble, Scaterd Few, Deliverance, Mercy River, Starflyer 59's Leave Here a Stranger, Fine China's You Make Me Hate Music, Mortal, Poor Old Lu, Tourniquet, Rich Young Ruler, Derri Daugherty, an assortment of children's records including the MegaMouth series and the Harry Whodunit?

* Mortal Kombat, a series of fighting video games developed and published by Midway Games, and later Warner Bros

* Mortal Kombat, a fighting game series

* Johnny Cage, a fictional character from the Mortal Kombat series of video games

§ 131 has been used to confiscate horror movies and to ban video games like Manhunt and the Mortal Kombat series.

Liu Kang, the main character in the Mortal Kombat series, is a Shaolin monk, and Kung Lao from the same series, is also a Shaolin monk who seeks to avenge the temple's destruction, ( led by Baraka in Mortal Kombats story ), they were so popular, they were turned into their own video game, Mortal Kombat Shaolin Monks.

* Jace Wayland, a character in the Mortal Instruments book series

* James Remar ( 1971 ) – actor, notably in Mortal Kombat: Annihilation and Dexter.

As with other bloody U. S. based fighting titles of the time ( most notably Mortal Kombat ), Primal Rage sparked considerable controversy due to its violence level, depicting gory fatalities and the live devouring of humans.

Jerome has played in several bands notably with industrial rock band Mortal and Fold Zandura, with long time musical partner Jyro Xhan.

* " Kangaroo " ( or " Kanga Roo "), a song by Big Star from the album Third / Sister Lovers, notably covered by This Mortal Coil and Jeff Buckley

He has been in several bands such as Jyradelix, Cush, Juggernautz, but most notably Mortal and Fold Zandura.

In contrast to the original, the remix is far more widely known, and has been featured on several movie soundtracks ( most notably Mortal Kombat, Hackers, CKY2K and Mean Girls ).

As of August 9, 2011, Freddy is a downloadable character for the 2011 Mortal Kombat video game.

Freddy Krueger later appeared as an extra playable character for Mortal Kombat ( Komplete Edition ) in 2011 / 2012, where he was voiced by Patrick Seitz.

In 2011, Complex included it on the list of ten " most blatant Mortal Kombat ripoffs ", but added that it was " one of the more successful faux-MK fighters " and " the only thing that sucked was the difficulty.

* This Mortal Coilset ( 4ad Records ) NOV 8, 2011

In late September 2010, Nick van Dyk announced that work had begun on a fifth Redemption record, entitled This Mortal Coil, released Oct 11th 2011.

* This Mortal Coil ( Oct 2011, InsideOut Music )

Though reception for Sheeva has been relatively positive, she was ranked as seventh goofiest Mortal Kombat character by Topless Robot in 2011.

In 2012, GameFront ranked her " Stripped Down " Fatality from Mortal Kombat 2011 as the third best in the series, while her " Stripped Down " was included on the list of the best Fatalities in MK2011 by 1UP. com, and her other Fatality was also ranked as the ninth best in this game by Paste.

Sindel was ranked as third goofiest Mortal Kombat character by Topless Robot in 2011.

" In 2011, GamesRadar ranked it as the second most absurd Mortal Kombat offshoot.

* Mortal Kombat ( 2011 )

In 2011, Complex included it on the list of ten " most blatant Mortal Kombat ripoffs, adding " If anything, it was like a more brutal version of Soul Edge.

In 2011, 1UP. com featured the series in the article " The Top Ten Times Mortal Kombat Went Wrong ", calling it " a terrible, one-liner-packed train wreck of a kids ' show.

* Mortal Kombat ( 2011 )

In 2011, 1UP. com featured the Malibu comics in the article " The Top Ten Times Mortal Kombat Went Wrong ", calling it to be suffering from " sloppy artwork, a truly baffling sense of human anatomy, and strange lapses in continuity ".

* This Mortal Coil ( 2011 )