Jolt Country

A few years back, someone dropped a broken Mortal Kombat machine in my lap. (Well, not in my lap; at the end of my driveway.) My sister's husband's boss tried selling me a broken Mortal Kombat machine for $200. When I told him I wasn't interested, he dropped the price to $100. When I told him I still wasn't interested, he said I could have it for free.

When I got the cabinet I was really motivated to get it up and running. I was even going to document the process. Here's how that turned out:

http://robohara.com/arcade/index_articl ... estoration

As you can see, the last update was in March of 2003. For 8 years, the cabinet has been sitting, disassembled, in the back corner of my shed.

Now, as I am beginning to face the reality of parting with a large portion of my collection, I'm considering trying to finish this restoration/conversion 8 years after I started it. I hope I labelled all the parts!

I'm thrilled to see you try to make some good out of it. I also like that a black man named Baraka (basically the same thing) became President before that game was restored.

I am sure there will be another presidential election before it is finished, hah.

At the last Midwest Gaming Classic, I met a guy who was developing his own Mortal Kombat-style arcade game (using actor footage). The webpage doesn't capture the full enthusiasm of talking to the guy in person, but maybe seeing it will help you get back to the game that spawned such fervor.