Question: What is the genre of the earliest Mortal Kombat game ?

text: Mortal Kombat
Media -- Video games

Mortal Kombat is an American media franchise centered on a series of video games, originally developed by Midway Games' Chicago studio in 1992. The development of the first game was originally based on an idea that Ed Boon and John Tobias had of making a video game starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, but as that idea fell through, a fantasy-themed fighting game titled Mortal Kombat was created instead. Mortal Kombat was the first ever fighting game to introduce a secret fighter, reached if the player fulfilled a set of requirements. The original game has spawned many sequels and spin-offs consisting of several action-adventure games, as well as a comic book series and a card game. Film producer Lawrence Kasanoff licensed the rights to the game in the early 1990s and produced the first hit movie ever made from a video game. Lawrence also produced the second movie, animated TV series, live-action TV series films, the first one million platinum-selling album and a live-action tour. Mortal Kombat has become the most successful fighting franchise in the history of video games and one of the highest-grossing media franchises of all time. The series has a reputation for high levels of violent content, including, most notably, its Fatalities (finishing moves allowing the player to finish off their defeated opponent). Controversies surrounding Mortal Kombat, in part, led to the creation of the ESRB video game rating system. Early games in this series were also noted for their realistic digitized sprites and an extensive use of palette swapping to create new characters. Following Midway's bankruptcy, the Mortal Kombat development team was acquired by Warner Bros. and turned into NetherRealm Studios. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment currently owns the rights to the franchise, which it rebooted in 2011.
Title Release Original platform Ports Notes
Mortal Kombat 1992 Arcade Various The original Mortal Kombat game
Mortal Kombat II 1993 Arcade Various Second main game . Sequel to Mortal Kombat
Mortal Kombat 3 1995 Arcade Various Third main game . Sequel to Mortal Kombat II
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 1995 Arcade Various An update to Mortal Kombat 3
Mortal Kombat Trilogy 1996 PS1 , N64 , Saturn Windows , Game.com , R-Zone A game based on the MK3 engine , incorporating all the characters in the series up to that point
Mortal Kombat Mythologies : Sub-Zero 1997 PS1 , N64 N/A First of three spin-off games . An action-adventure game starring Sub-Zero . Prequel to the first Mortal Kombat
Mortal Kombat 4 1997 Arcade PS1 , N64 , Windows Fourth main game . Sequel to Mortal Kombat 3 . Last game to appear in arcades
Mortal Kombat Gold 1999 Dreamcast N/A An update to Mortal Kombat 4 , made for consoles only
Mortal Kombat : Special Forces 2000 PS1 N/A Second of three spin-off games . An action-adventure spin-off starring Jax . Prequel to the first Mortal Kombat
Mortal Kombat Advance 2001 GBA N/A A port of Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
Mortal Kombat : Deadly Alliance 2002 PS2 , GCN , Xbox GBA ( 2003 ) Fifth main game . Sequel to Mortal Kombat 4
Mortal Kombat : Tournament Edition 2003 GBA N/A Special version of Deadly Alliance , exclusive to the GBA
Mortal Kombat : Deception 2004 PS2 , GCN , Xbox N/A Sixth main game . Sequel to Deadly Alliance
Mortal Kombat : Shaolin Monks 2005 PS2 , Xbox N/A Third of three spin-off games . An action-adventure spin-off starring Liu Kang and Kung Lao , set in an alternate timeline between MK and MKII
Mortal Kombat : Armageddon 2006 PS2 , Xbox Wii ( 2007 ) Seventh main game . Sequel to Deception , and the final title of the original main series
Mortal Kombat : Unchained 2006 PSP N/A The PSP version of Deception
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 2007 NDS N/A Another port of UMK3
Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe 2008 PS3 , X360 N/A Eighth main game . A non-canonical crossover title set in an alternate timeline between MKII and MK3
Mortal Kombat ( 2011 ) 2011 PS3 , Xbox 360 Vita ( 2012 ) Ninth main game . Reboot story combining plots from the original Mortal Kombat , Mortal Kombat II , and Mortal Kombat 3
Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection 2011 PS3 , X360 Windows ( 2012 ) Compilation of MK , MKII and UMK3 ports