My best friend pre-ordered the original Mortal Kombat and we waited for weeks to play it. By that time he already knew the blood code and we spent hours kicking each others butts, both in the game and out of it. During the so-called "Blizard of '96" I braved the elements in my Chevette to make it to Toys "r Us for MK3. Trilogy was okay, but by that time my interest in the series was waning.