20 Fighting Games with Brutal Mortal Kombat-like Fatalities

[@BitsBeats]

I wanted to make the game curation a little bit longer and include titles like One Must Fall 2097, Kasumi Ninja or Ultra Vortek... but it was impossible for me to emulate these games correctly. Sorry for the omissions. Enjoy the video!

[@Tortasdepeptobismol]

you can make games super smash bros clones

[@KGRAMR]

You could emulate Kasumi Ninja and Ultra Vortek via the Phoenix emulator for the Atari Jaguar. Just a friendly tip...

[@5spec]

Why'd you have to put Rimururu split in half in the thumbnail? >:(

[@rustymixer2886]

Great video

[@elmono6299]

To be honest, no body's missing out with Kasumi Ninja. Easily the worst Mortal Kombat Klone.

[@whyareyoureadingmynickname8158]

With few noticeable exceptions, most of these games demonstrate how misunderstood Mortal Kombat actually was back in the day. It was much more than just bloody spectacle, it had genuine effort put into it: it was one of the few fighting games that actually cared about story and about fleshing out it's characters, giving each one of them their own identity, as well as having unique dark and sinister atmosphere created by it's stages and soundtrack. Other games lacked those important factors and instead only focused on carnage, which is why most of them became forgotten almost as soon as they came out, while MK survived to this day.

[@greensun1334]

Exactly my point!

[@reeyees50]

Mortal kombat sucks compared to better fighting games. It only exists and its a thing because they implemented motion capture in a time when that technology was new, and graphics in video games where becoming more complex and realistic

[@gabrieltejada1697]

@@reeyees50 your opinion

[@BridgetGX]

Only a few of these are actual failed attempts to clone Mortal Kombat. Many of these games were misunderstood in their own right. Time Killers was the first to do what it did with in-battle dismemberment. It was also a really dope game. Survival Arts, while it was certainly inspired by MK, was its own game entirely, a cult classic at that. Eternal Champions was one of my most pleasant childhood memories, and the first game was tuned to competitive balance. The sequel didn't give a shit about that and just added more fatalities, a broken combo system, playable animals... Still fun though.

[@BridgetGX]

Weaponlord was also completely its own thing, and WAY deeper than it's ever given credit for. Ahead of its time, honestly.

[@chiyo-chanholocaust8143]

Wow, Ballz was brutal, I cannot sleep without having nightmares again

[@ophidianmind333]

This is a nice list and there were even a few games that were new to me in there. The ultraviolent fighting game phenomenon was quite a mixed bag. On one side you had great games like Eternal Champions: Challenge from the Dark Side, Weaponlord, Killer Instinct, and Samurai Shodown V Special; on the other side you had garbage like Time Killers, Way of the Warrior, and Tattoo Assassins. The 90s could be pretty funny.

[@giulyanoviniciussanssilva2947]

The sad thing is that Tatoo Assassins had an interesting idea, poorly executed, but that maybe a Remake would make a difference.

[@RawrX32009]

@@giulyanoviniciussanssilva2947 Sadly Data East no longer exist

[@GurdevSeepersaud]

All the brutality aside, the background spriting for Eternal Champions at 1:11 is absolutely incredible

[@bon7029]

Eternal Champions: Challenge from the Dark Side was an absolute masterpiece for its time. Amazing sprites, great soundtrack, incredible comedy at times, and of course, you could play as a damn CHICKEN.

[@bobosprinkles]

AGREED. And burning someone at the stake is not a bad stage fatality

[@JA4TV_real]

It's More Brutal Than Mortal Kombat.

[@poindextertunes]

@@bobosprinklesThe sharpened log spike through your opponent on the train tracks thoooo 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Leomerya12]

@@JA4TV_real Yes. It. Was.

[@MMTrigger]

Something you aren't telling us, Kishimoto?

[@carlosaugusto9821]

Look at the roster of Kabuki Klash

[@SerbianSpark19]

Maybe its alternate post apocalyptic universe

[@brandogg]

Someone I know actually got a copy of Thrill Kill from one of the developers at an E3 show after it got cancelled, and I got a copy from that dude. It wasn't banned, EA cancelled it after buying Virgin Interactive.

[@damiencross7334]

It was actually turned into a wu tang clan fighting game. It wasn't terrible.

[@ZEKESPILLEDINKMUSIC]

You should have shown the arcade version of Killer Instinct, because that one was more instense.

[@ZEKESPILLEDINKMUSIC]

The arcade version also showed how Nintendo got away with some surprising stuff by working with Rare and Midway.

[@Oscar97o]

And unlike the SNES version it doesn't look like ass

[@redacted2275]

@@Oscar97o Yeah, let's compare an arcade machine with a Super Nes... totally fair and not stupid at all.

[@Oscar97o]

@@redacted2275 Well I'm not saying the SNES version could look better than it did, but the arcade version obviously looks better.

[@MannuhFestIt]

I’ve always admired the look of Eternal Champions. Like I feel like it has potential to be something else that isn’t a fighting game while having this same style.

[@poindextertunes]

Eternal Champions definitely had a mood. An Atmosphere. Very Dark and arguably had gorier finishers than Mortal Kombat 👌🏻 which is what we were hyping up back then being 80s babies that grew up with bloody Action and Horror movies 💯

[@MisterX867]

I think the folks at Sega knew this too, it surprisingly had 2 spinoffs where the characters Shadow and Larcen were the protagonists.

[@gjtrue]

I certainly remember "Eternal Champions". Good Lord are the finishers in that game very gruesome. Hell, I think it outright exceeds the Mortal Kombat games at that time and now... 😗 The game also had some very good and well-written character lore. SEGA needs to revive that series. I think they're letting a sleeping giant slumber there...

[@Toaster81]

I loved Mace the Dark Age. I only played it in the arcade. Hellknight, Lord Deimos, & Executioner where my go to characters. I got to play Thrill Kill I liked its premise & thought it was fun. A friend of mine hade the disc & mod chip to be able to play it on his ps1. I wish they would remake & release it. So many games these days are far worse than why it got banned.

[@kakolicht]

Weapon lord and Eternal Champions more than deserve to be resurrected.

[@BridgetGX]

I absolutely agree 100%. Those games were ill.

[@kellenmoon3084]

is there a game that contain gore like mortal kombat + nudity ? (just askin) bcs if i see mk 9, its like they kinda want to get into it but still not wanted to cross the line yet (talkin about mileena design).

[@BridgetGX]

@@kellenmoon3084 Battle Slave Fantasia by StudioS had both very graphic violence and very graphic sexual content.

[@kellenmoon3084]

@@BridgetGX thanks mate ! i try to see it.. other than this maybe ? or is it just this one ? but thankk you so much for ur recommendation!

[@rockk9753]

Mace the dark age too

[@mr.2timez555]

Eternal champions... I forgot about that game. It gave me nightmares as a kid lmfao. But I did love the Mafia drive-by fatality lol.

[@OratoryJamesIV]

Eternal Champions was such a great game. Absolutely gorgeous artwork, and it at least had a story behind it unlike most of these other games.

[@JoaoLucasK]

Eternal Champions (the Sega CD version) was awesome. It had a nice soundtrack, cool characters, great fatalities and lore for the characters. The gameplay is kinda clunky, but manageable

[@galvinstanley3235]

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[@patriciov.catricura3074]

MK: "Don't scream out loud, call for attention with good gameplay and story, get rid of fatalities if you don't need them, they're just the cherry on an already good cake" Clones: "Get rid of gameplay and story, focus on fatalities and call for attention by screaming out loud, got it."

[@SarahsKnight0]

You forgot one thing the Clones said: "And for the most part be ugly as sin to look at."

[@rockk9753]

Samurai shodown, killer instinct and Mace the dark age are not even mk clones just because they had finishers like mk doesnt mean they were trying to be like mk youd know that if you ever played them, killer instinct added combo breakers and more complex combos, mace implemented the 3d fighting style much better than mk4 ever did it was more like tekken than mk, samurai shodown is more like street fighter with fatalities than it is like mk, primal rage is its own thing too, you should try playing some of them before talking out of your ass

[@Oscar97o]

@@rockk9753 Red Earth especially has absolutely nothing to do with Mortal Kombat.

[@rockk9753]

@@Oscar97o most of these games arent even mk clones just because they have finishers that are like fatalities theyre now "mk clones"

[@IllusionMaster17]

Mortal Kombat was the beginning and fame of intense violence in fighting games. So it is actually surprising there were much more ripoffs that tried to mimick the game's most popular factor, which actually was the reason most of th were forgotten so quickly. Samurai Showdown, Red Earth and Eternal Champions proved that ther is room to innovate or offer some good content, while the rest simply fails and focuses mostly on intense gore. Mortal Komabt was awesome not only for it's prerenderized graphics and violence, also it's eerie ans fitting scemario and well written and developed characters and story that stays interesting even to this day. And my god to think that Naughty Dog actually did a MK clone before breaking the sales with Crash.

[@rockk9753]

You obviously never played Mace the dark age that was a badass game

[@bansagenab8699]

I was waiting for this video since I saw the community post

[@user-bm6wu9zw9m]

I remember Eternal Champions, underrated game.

[@kuunami]

I agree. Incredible game. I had the Genesis version

[@elmono6299]

Of all the Mortal Kombat clones, my personal favorites have to be Killer Instinct, Samurai Shodown V Special, and Primal Rage.

[@cesarflamenco9484]

Literally all those games you listed, and probably also Eternal Champions were the only games on this video didn't suck hard for the most part.

[@brogoram]

Samurai Shodown is not mk clone

[@wyldelf2685]

Samurai Shodown is Not a MK clone , , it's a SF clone with MK kill moves but it's iconic now , , , Killer Instinct arcade machine was produced by RARE and MIDWAY ,you know the people that Made Mortal-Kombat, , ,

[@elmono6299]

@@brogoram I'm completely aware of that. I just added it because it was on the video. I humbly apologize for that mislabel.

[@elmono6299]

@@wyldelf2685 yes I'm aware of that mistake. I just added it because it was on the video (which the video itself mislabels it as an MK Klone). Honestly Samurai Shodown is just a unique fighting game of its own. Just a Frankenstein consisting the mechanics of King of Fighters, predating the weapon base combat of Soul Calibur, and the gore of Mortal Kombat (most notably the 5th game). If anything, the game I would argue is closer to Samsho is the old computer game, Barbarian the Ultimate Warrior - a weapon base fighting game released for home computers back in the late 80's in which you play as a Conan the Barbarian wannabe decapitating palate swaps to save a Rock & Roll album cover babe from an evil wizard. Anyhow, I apologize for my mistake.

[@sergiovillanueva4807]

That thumbnail........why rimururu?

[@wew123tttt]

cause she's annoying?.....

[@aliceinmansonland448]

Lovely! My personal favorite will always be the acid piss Chaos did in Primal Rage! Love the thumbnail BTW! Talking about splitting your gal up the middle!

[@gurvmlk]

As somebody who actually had a 32X, Cosmic Carnage was one of my favorites growing up.

[@GroovyFlacko]

Ayyyye same here!! Nasty soundtrack and I loved the gore. Such a fun game

[@gurvmlk]

@@GroovyFlacko I also really liked how some of the characters could be customized with different equipment that would alter their stats and moves, but with the drawback compared to characters without that option that their equipment could be shattered, thus inhibiting them. Making it the very first fighting game I ever played with any form of character customization.

[@GroovyFlacko]

@@gurvmlk come to think of it. This might’ve been my first custom fighter too😂 never had that perspective before But I fully agree with you! I remember The different armors would grant you different moves! This game was ahead of its time if you ask me. The 32X was such an underrated gem!

[@gurvmlk]

@@GroovyFlacko Agreed about the console being underrated. I had no idea the 32X was an utter failure of a console until the internet brought it to my attention less than 10 years ago. All I knew is that I had it, and between games like Cosmic Carnage, Knuckles Chaotix, and Blackthorne, I absolutely loved the thing. Honestly, the only real complaint I ever had with the 32X was the problem of plugging it in, which pretty much required a power strip or extension cord of some kind due to using two AC adapters.

[@BridgetGX]

I only discovered that game later through emulation, and you're absolutely right. It fuckin' slaps.

[@impofstpete727]

A couple of corrections: Primal Rage, while encouraged by MK's success, was not inspired by it. The game was a massive gamble and had a costly production. All characters were filmed from wire framed, covered miniatures. The filmed movement was then rendered. It created fluid movement. Weaponlord was Namco trying to create a fighter for home. It didn't land right but they used the attack formula again, for Soul Calibur. Tattoo Assassins was never released. It was advertised heavily but never made it past a few soak test alphas. It was a good example of what happens when a game designer tries to overreach. Major financial loss.

[@figment1988]

One thing that stood out for me with Primal Rage was that it also was an attempt to capitalize on the resurgence of interest in dinosaurs thanks to Jurassic Park (while the simian characters of Blizzard and Chaos may have been inspired by Planet of the Apes)

[@soulreaver1983]

This channel is absolutely 💯 epic!!!!!!!😎👊👍🤘

[@FagnerLSantos]

5:54 Just a reminder that Capcom already did this style of graphic violence before in Darkstalkers series, so I think Red Earth just followed it.

[@carlosaugusto9821]

But DS has a cartoony violence. It's different from RE.

[@FagnerLSantos]

@@carlosaugusto9821 No, it's actually the same. For sample, Bishamon can split the opponent in half as a finish much like Leo did in the video.

[@RedRanger2001]

Darkstalkers is rated T for "animated violence"...

[@baalfgames5318]

It's hard to hate on Xenophage too badly. The idea of these weird aliens fighting each other is pretty cool, plus the fact that it was shareware, and now freeware, is also cool.

[@valutaatoaofunknownelement197]

Barney was also in this game. As an ultra weak joke character. But still, since Xenophage is freeware today, sounds like it is a good time to optimize and overhaul the base game, and if possible, add some mod characters.

[@wobblingpixels3921]

I am to late :D I had this video for a long time on my list. As always nice selection and there are three games that I didn't even know.

[@jackylee5850]

In the first 4 samurai shodown games Nakoruru (and later Rimururu) weren't subjected to fatalities, SNK probably didn't want that image of a cute girl being cut in half in their mind, especially since Nakoruru is the official poster girl for the franchise. But sometime after the 4th game they threw that ideology out the window, and now she and Rimururu are just as susceptible to fatalities as well as giving them

[@minakohiashi8882]

Mortal Kombat more violent than ever but for the most part we don't get violent bloody games anymore. i think it because our video games look to real even in anime

[@ShadowX40]

Did they just use the SNES version of Killer Instinct instead of the arcade version? What on bloody hell?

[@KenMasters.]

The SNES port is basically for anyone who can't afford a good PC to emulate the arcade version.

[@BitsBeats]

The list has many arcade games, I wanted to make a diverse and representative selection. I agree that the arcade version is the original and most brutal, although the SNES version is the most popular

[@gaming4life551]

I find this video to be a testimonials example of how Mortal Kombat 2 and Street Fighter 2 were on that next tier level for game quality.

[@tepoztlitlacatl634]

Absolutely not ..KI was on a much higher league at the time ..it was way more complex

[@bobosprinkles]

Even Primal Rage had better fighting mechanics than MK2 (and better AI)

[@carlosaugusto9821]

SF2 and MK2 weren't above everything else, but it's true that they were above most minor fgs.

[@bjnt92281]

9:05 I remember a holiday ad for this game that said “Tell Santa you want Ballz for Christmas” 😄

[@Nochoice677]

The atmosphere in thrill kill was so claustrophobic it’s cool

[@gustavonunez5959]

2:29 How wonder will they bring that game for the PS4 & PS5... 4:08 What was that in the censored scene...? Almost make a mini list of matured fighting games with decapitations during the rounds.

[@reubenc3830]

Awesome! I thought Darkstalkers would be featured, but that's a nice selection anyway.

[@BitsBeats]

I agree with you, it deserves to be on the list!

[@RedRanger2001]

Darkstalkers don't have fataities.

[@greensun1334]

I like your videos, always nice lists of cool games! But, Eternal Champions does a better job than Mortal Kombat? Not agreed!

[@neintimesthegeek1337]

It did. The portrayal of blood and gore, and the creativity put into them ups even most of modern hyper violent games

[@greensun1334]

@@neintimesthegeek1337 your opinion 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@neintimesthegeek1337]

@@greensun1334 dude... It's not an opinion, it's a legit fact.

[@greensun1334]

@@neintimesthegeek1337 they handle it different. I like the MK fatality system. Dude.

[@gabrieltejada1697]

@@neintimesthegeek1337 a legit fact you say? can you prove it? Where is the evidence, stats, history, mechanics and the general consensus on what people thought about the game. If you can show us these things they you will have proven that it is a legit fact otherwise what you are stating is nothing more than an opinion no different from the other guy.

[@wyldelf2685]

Old-school MK Fan here , I freaking Loved WarGods MORE than the embarrassment that was MK4 , , ,

[@autobotstarscream765]

Does MK 4 have Samurai Ronald McDonald? I didn't think so!

[@wyldelf2685]

@@autobotstarscream765 Do they keep you medicated or are you undiagnosed ? ?

[@wyldelf2685]

@@autobotstarscream765 Kabuki Jo is worth 20 of you , , oh and Samurai Shodown has Kabuki warrior KYOSHIRO , , did you remember I didn't think so , , ,

[@autobotstarscream765]

@@wyldelf2685 Kabuki Jo is worth more than all of us as the Ranru god.

[@viket8316]

Only 9 of these games understood the gameplay is important than LOOK IN LUR GAME YOU CAN KILL PLS GIVE MINEY

[@uncleflansy5621]

As someone old enough to remember when these were new, it's funny to think about how hyped these games were in the GamePro and EGM type magazines back in the day. Every time one of these turds came out, it was previewed as the Mortal Kombat killer.

[@billydeez25]

I was intrigued when I seen these back in the day. So many copycats lol

[@MKF30]

Nice ahh the 90s so many MK clones lol only a few of which were decent. Fun times.

[@brianboniuk1072]

Just the fact that half of these clones came out in 1994 alone, right at the zenith of MK popularity. Crazy times I tell ya

[@evilblader7]

Way of the warrior? Naught dog? Estamos hablando del mismo naughty dog? D: el MISMO de the last of us y Crash bandicoot? D: Time killers me daba risa porque sentía que era como esos juguetes que están averiados y se les cae el brazo o la patita jajajajajajajajajaja.... xDDDD Si metiste a balls, pensé que ibas a meter art of fight 1 y 2 (el original de Neo Geo claro, porque los ports lo censuraron) allí aunque no es un voladero de tripas, si se podía ver el daño, en el rostro de los peleadores, moretones y sangre. A balls lo recuerdo por dos cosas: 1. Por ser mal juego (me sorprende que haya tenido tantos ports) 2. Por el sonido "noporgrafico" de la tipa que se escucha al iniciar el juego en SNES 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣👌 eso era de rezar que tus papás, no escucharán eso mientras estuvieras jugando 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣👌 Ok. Ya en serio... Al igual que con la NES se quiso reprochar mucho la forma de Castlevania, aquí se intento lo mismo, subirse al carrito del éxito, pero creo que Mortal Kombat triunfo tanto no solo por ser un voladero de tripas sin sentido, sino porque tenía su propia personalidad, un lore atractivo y buena jugabilidad, cosa que varios de estos no tienen, ese tatoo Assassin's por ejemplo es bastante grotescos y no me refiero a la temática sangrienta, si no a la forma que vendieron el juego. Debía tener personalidad propia para triunfar, por eso Samurái showdown es bastante querido, tiene su propia identidad... Creo que esa es la palabra correcta.

[@BitsBeats]

Sí, los mismos, los mismos... no tuvieron unos inicios demasiado prometedores (mira su antiguo logotipo de empresa para saber a lo que me refiero jaja)

[@evilblader7]

@@BitsBeats Si... Me doy cuenta de eso 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣👌 no todos nos levantamos del lado derecho de la cama si entiendes lo que digo xDDDD no sabía que ese desprolijo existía jajajajajajajajajaja... xDDDD Supongo que todos tienen su oveja negra, Capcom con el Street fighter live y Nintendo con sus Zeldas y Marios de Philips CD, tan vergonzoso que hacen como si eso nunca existió jajajajajajajajajaja.... xDDDD

[@piratescove4]

Really hope that a cross over character goes from Killer Instinct to be featured in Mortal Kombat. Also, we need a new KI.

[@giulyanoviniciussanssilva2947]

If I were to give MK Like an attempt I would go in a Red Earth and SamSho direction that harks back to Ninja Scroll and other violent anime from the 90s and 2000s.

[@gokith1119]

Underrated channel

[@Zeeblud-Music]

That super Nintendo killer instinct is looking ROUGH

[@darnellhagood1052]

But it was glorious lol…and funny part, it was the only home port of killer instinct

[@rootkid_official]

love your vids!

[@DeVineFate]

Thrill Kill.... ah the nostalgia. What a game. Had so much fun back in the day.

[@shaneh7129]

Man BioFreaks was a great game.

[@ArcadiaToursSRL]

I remember a fighting name in 90s if you can help me find it.. The caracthers were a knight, a goblin, a werewolf, a vampire, an elf and more. The knight had a big sword and his armor was white like a cruzader.. The goblin was green and small. I think the name of game starts with BLOOD. This game was on 3D like tekken or virtua fighter. I played this game on PC. I searched everywhere but i cant find it.

[@joelizzi4445]

I think its advanced dungeon and dragons iron blood, i played it on psx though.

[@ArcadiaToursSRL]

@@joelizzi4445 yes i found it. Its iron and blood. Thanks.

[@ravagedDust]

Primal Rage is more of a gem than most people realize.

[@PChamileon97]

um. the timestamps in the description are a bit jumbled. When I tapped on the Blood Warrior, it showed Tattoo Assassins and the Tattoo Assassins timestamp was Blood Warrior

[@BitsBeats]

I'm going to fix that. Many thanks!!!

[@SadikiStGeorgeangemon44]

Samurai Showdown V Special to this day does it 10 times better than Mortal Kombat ever could

[@mrCetus]

With few noticeable exceptions, most of these games demonstrate how misunderstood Mortal Kombat actually was back in the day. It was much more than just bloody spectacle, it had genuine effort put into it: it was one of the few fighting games that actually cared about story and about fleshing out it's characters, giving each one of them their own identity, as well as having unique dark and sinister atmosphere created by it's stages and soundtrack. Other games lacked those important factors and instead only focused on carnage, which is why most of them became forgotten almost as soon as they came out, while MK survived to this day.

[@ShadowRod1988]

Nice list but, why is balls in it? Even clay figther 63 1/3 would have been a better option

[@rooty83]

No Cardinal Syn??

[@adzleyazzahari4753]

Sometimes i don't understand. I remember people complain about yu-gi-oh about nudity and weapon. Why people never complain about these kind of game? It's not appropriate for child. The creator of these game are psychopath?

[@AO968]

They did. In fact, Mortal Kombat (indirectly) led to the forming of the ESRB.

[@Metaphrastes]

It can be say that Mortal Kombat started with all of this. But after that, you can also be sure that there were others who did the same thing and left their mark in that sense too! 😳😐😐😉👍🏻

[@eklypised]

Primal Rage is the first game i remember seeing that was like Mortal Kombat after is had come out

[@Xenobears]

Man, I hadn’t played BIO FREAKS in so long I’d forgotten the name until you showed it in the video-but I still remember the name of Minatek, the robo bull and the lore that they had about each fighter being genetically engineered to have extreme regeneration (explaining how they get their limbs back between fights) and how it would wear out over time-so the older fighters would supplement themselves with cyborg parts until they were practically robots.

[@rockk9753]

Mace the dark age was a badass game I loved that game, it was like MK but like in ancient times

[@aznpikachu215]

Hmm..never knew there were so many MK look alike games. Only one I knew was Killer Instinct. Yet, MK is the true one that survived to this day.

[@knocked_for_six]

Samurai Shodown too.

[@rock-o-bang]

Where is Сardinal Sin on PS?

[@aquilesfelics]

The trivia in the yellow bar goes too fast and is blocked by the You Tube reproduction.

[@TammyBunderballs]

Red earth and samurai showdown was the only 2 worth playing

[@MistaMoon_]

I like the lil few seconds of Perturbator's "Humans are such easy prey" in your intro lol

[@BitsBeats]

😉👌

[@weiyunchi]

Ahh yes, classic Balls.

[@elmaster27428]

Might wanna bring that sledgehammer on power book 2 ghost season 4

[@casedistorted]

I played a lot of these games, Primal Rage I loved as a kid and had a bday party in a local Mall Arcade one year, and we played Primal Rage and Mortal Kombat 2 as they were brand new at the time. Also Eternal Champions I owned on the Sega Genesis, and I really loved Cosmic Carnage on the 32X we owned. It was too bad Cosmic Carnage had bad framerate issues because it was original and a lot of fun.

[@conorl1894]

You should’ve had in barbarian from the c64, the granddaddy of them all!

[@sanguinecalamus191]

Darkstalkers also had some gory attacks that basically ended the match in a NRS-style Brutality.

[@carlosaugusto9821]

It's kinda like a cartoony violence though. The Capcom 2d game with gory finishers was Red Earth.

[@S.A.B294]

The arcade version of Killer Instinct is a little more brutal

[@bp2000k]

The Mortal Kombat Impact Is Real Yo💯

[@XtotheK]

I am genuinely amazed that I had never heard of Red Earth before. I used to live and breathe Capcom games back in the day.

[@redacted2275]

It was only released in the arcade and never had any home ports until this year on the "Capcom Fighting Collection".

[@ПашаЗорин-д8п]

Unpopular opinion: samsho 5 so doesn't need to be so violent

[@YeldellGW]

Agreed. The old fatalities were enough.

[@AbominusRules]

Blood storm was Timekillers 2, they just didn’t name it that way. Thrill Kill wasn’t even finished before they pulled the plug on it. I’m sure you can find a somewhat playable rom out there but years and years ago, it was difficult to find.

[@dbycrash]

Virtua Fighter has these all beat… probably the most brutal game ever

[@ronnisatterwhite8272]

Happy 30th anniversary go all those games that came out in '94. 😆

[@Super121830]

I want to point out that Time Killers was actually a response to the success of Street Fighter, TK came out roughly at the same time as MK. You could say this is like the case of Fatal Fury being a SF clone when they came out at the same time too.

[@damiencross7334]

I don't care what anyone says. Eternal Champions was dope. Bloodstorm looks like spawn comic rejects. Time killers was also dope. Killer instinct, do i need to even say anything? Primal rage is probably R-kellys favorite fighting game.

[@宮本マリオ]

ガキを真っ二つなんてことは本邦ですらヤバくて規制されたくらいだから、西洋では尚更衝撃でたまらなかっただろうな。 児童虐待防止団体から苦情が相次ぐだろうしデモまで発展するかもしれない。

[@figment1988]

Regarding Tattoo Assassins, this was actually made by Data East. Namely, their pinball division which is now known as Stern Pinball. As for the game's creation, it all began with an idea by Bob Gale (yep, the same guy who wrote the Back to the Future movies) who would give his screenplays to Joe Kaminkow who was friends with him following the creation of the Back to the Future pinball games (which explains one of the fatalities where the opponent is run over by a DeLorean DMC-12), And one of those screenplays involved tattoos coming to life.

[@alcoholjunkie666]

This was a nice trip down memory lane...If I could reclaim the money I pumped into Primal Rage and the Samurai Shodown series I'd be a millionaire! I would've removed Tattoo Assassins and replaced it with Cardinal Syn, though.

[@Glaugan]

6:16 3D? That's 2.5D at best, MK Mythologies Sub-zero looked better

[@MR.SANDMAN1030]

Great list.... plus gave me new games to look for like weaponlord for the genesis

[@ThatGuyInTheBack007]

Eh...People calling Red Earth and Samurai Showdown "MK clone" in the comments is a bit of an insult to their actual roots imo.

[@Kensuke0987]

Red Earth has the prettiest cross section stuff i've seen for a game at its time the anatomy is kinda well-thought out/designed it even has them for non-human beings

[@davidquintana591]

And still today mortal kombat is still here today making money and still making more games, out numbered all of these games on this list, and out of all those games time killers was my favorite, since thrills kills wasn’t released

[@jorgebellidolavado6382]

its bad to see only old figthing games that are similar to mortal kombat (i wont count guilty gear because those finisher are just famility friendly or pegi13 at best)

[@Lilfate91]

.. some of these shouldn’t even be on here, they were wack when it comes to their version of fatality. Eternal champions will always be peak

[@ryankim9203]

All nothing but cheap knock offs from mortal kombat.except some of those.

[@caiusmadison2996]

One of these games, ks notorious for NOT having finishers, yet is in the list.

[@plasentaman6061]

Eternal champions was a fun game I love that you can't spam some move over and over if you taunt it took away the opponent ability to use special moves

[@cfu5305]

Damn. There's a Naruto vs Alien game?

[@dankhoo5583]

My brother and mother went to a workshop when I was younger and made an arcade that had tons of games on it and I think cosmic carnage was one of them

[@7Tomb7Keeper7]

Half of them at least are superior to MK. pfff sorry (not sorry !) mk is a lousy excuse for a fighting game

[@xin0]

Ridiculous! I've only heard 4/5 of those games. Rest look like cashgrabs. Ridiculous. No thoughts into making some of those games, they just wanted to sell violence for cash.

[@Glaugan]

Eternal Champions was one of my goriest first games I ever played

[@d20Fitness]

So what is the pixilated thing in the Blood Warriors if the rest is just a pile of gore and we show that? It's at 4:07

[@Kos4Evr]

Outside of weaponlord, eternal champions, primal rage, red earth, killer instinct and samurai showdown, these are basically just mk clones.