PLEASE NOTE: This article contains MINOR SPOILERS for Mortal Kombat 1.The Mortal Kombat franchise has been around for over 30 years now, and as is the case with all long-running video game franchises, Mortal Kombat has undergone several different phases in its lifetime. Of course, the first Mortal Kombat phase was its classic arcade days, where the original Mortal Kombat trilogy thrived alongside some of the greatest early 1990s arcade titles. Then there was the transition to home consoles in the late 1990s, and the start of the NetherRealm era in 2011, which all culminates in the most recent entry, Mortal Kombat 1.