From: shulick@yankton.ucs.indiana.edu (Sam Hulick {Tarador})
Subject: MORTAL KOMBAT MOVES (yes, the real ones)
Organization: Vallen Software
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 19:15:32 GMT

In article <1992Sep3.134125.2275@wheaton.wheaton.edu> jrundle@david.wheaton.edu (John Rundle) writes:
>   Well here they are, ALL the death moves in Mortal Kombat, remember
>   you saw them here first (not in EGM).  I will be following this
>   article up with a focus on each character(maybe) including their moves
>   and their combos(for all versions 1,2,3,4.)  But remember, you have
>   to win to use 'em.
>
>Johnny Cage:  Knocks your victim's head off.
>              His death move is one of the easier ones to pull off.
>              Move right next to your victim and tap towards him/her
>              THREE + times and finish it off with a high punch.

Are you sure you don't have to hold down block?  Cage just staggers forward
three times and does a lame hit.

>
>Kano:         Rips your victim's heart out(nice touch with the beating)
>              I have yet to perform his death move but my friend can
>              and does all the time to me.
>              Get next to your victim and then tap towards once and then
>              perform a half circle starting away from your victim and then
>              finish up at the move closest to him, then hit the high
>              punch button.

No need for this extra tapping.  Just do a Ryu fireball w/ low punch.
(Ryu fireball = duck then spin to --O)

>
>Sub-Zero:     Rips his/her head off with the spine intact.
>              A couple different ways to do this one, I'm printing the 
>              easiest here. Get next to your opponent and perform a
>              quarter turn starting at duck and moving it towards your
>              victim, finish it off with a high punch.

Exactly like his freeze attack, except with highpunch, rather than low.

>
>THE FOLLOWING THREE REQUIRE YOU TO BE AT THE RIGHT DISTANCE WHICH IS
>ABOUT 2 CHARACTER LENGTHS AWAY. ONCE YOU FIND THE RIGHT DISTANCE YOU
>CAN GET IT ABOUT EVERY TIME.
>
>Liu Kang:     Does a double-kick thingy and uppercuts.(not real impressive)
>              No comments, just spin the joystick (forgot which way
>              right now, try spinning the joystick both ways, there's
>              a 50/50 chance you'll get it right.)
>
>Raiden:       Electrocutes your victim causing his/her head to blow-up.
>              My personnal fave character.
>              Tap TWICE towards your victim and then THREE times away
>              from him/her then hit the high punch.

Positive?  All times I tried it, Raiden just jittered around and the victim
collapsed before there was even time to complete this sequence.

>           
>Scorpion:     Pulls his mask off and burns his victim.
>              The other easy one to pull off.  Hold down block and tap
>              up TWICE.
>
>SONYA'S DEATH MOVE CAN BE PERFORMED AT ANY DISTANCE.
>
>Sonya:        The "Kiss of Death" charrs her victim to a crisp.
>              I just learned this one about a week ago.
>              Tap TWICE towards your victim and tap TWICE away from
>              from him/her then hit the block button.&Ev

Another "staggerer" and time-waster that doesnt' seem to work.

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