Mortal Kombat

Sega boldly turned the other cheek to the furore over Mks fatalities and excessive gore and gave the Genesis gaming community real bragging rights over those loyal to the conservative Kyoto company. The buzz of successfully pulling off a fatality move when under pressure from an opponent is still as great as ever. A real watershed for the 16bit era and a big up for Sega in a console war that was pretty gory itself.