What Mortal Kombat character was created based off of widely circulated rumors, but was actually an unintentional error code in the original arcade version? -Gaming
In 1991, Midway Games wrangled programmer Ed Boon, then 27, and comic book artist John Tobias, then 22, to conceive and create a fighting arcade game that would be ready for release in 10 months. Boon and Tobias rounded out their team with artist John Vogel and sound designer Dan Forden.