Artist John Tobias had already made a name for himself in game development, working on some of Williams' biggest hits like Smash T.V. Mortal Kombat's development was the result of one of the most famous partnerships this side of John Romero and John Carmack. The company had merged with Williams at the tail end of the '80s, and it was from them that they acquired the internal development studio that would make them a household name among gamers. It was also during this time that Midway, one of the leading names in arcade game localization at the time, was looking to bolster its name as a developer of original games. These two games helped to propel the once meager fighting game genre into mainstream success, and ushered in a new culture of competitive gaming all over the world. In 1991, Capcom released Street Fighter II, and SNK followed shortly thereafter with Fatal Fury. First Blood The beginning of the 1990s was an important turning point for arcade games.
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