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The NBA rejected this Mortal Kombat-themed NBA Jam court for some reason

by JC Fletcher on Jul 22nd 2009 9:15AM

Mortal Kombat creator Ed Boon continues to tweet about rarities from the MK archives, this time a Kombat-themed court intended for one of Acclaim's NBA Jam or NBA Hangtime games. "The spine held up the backboard," Boon explained. "The skull was the hoop and the flesh head was the basketball. Would've been fun!"

In the following tweet, Boon offers the reason that this disgusting court didn't make it into the game. Unsurprisingly, despite the cachet the Mortal Kombat series had, the NBA declined to allow a basketball court made of human body parts into a game with its name on it.

This court works pretty well as a shorthand for the ridiculousness of the Mortal Kombat series' emphasis on outrageous, nonsensical gore. See the full image, including the hoop and ball graphics, after the break.

[Via GameSetWatch]

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Tags: ed-boon, mortal-kombat, nba-hangtime, nba-jam, retro

Reader Comments (30)

Boring sods ¬_¬

Safe =/= Kickass

You're putting the head INSIDE the skull? That don't make sense.

Because it's AWESOMER that way, duh

no, it makes perfect sense, not stupid at all. i'd approve if i see sub zero doing a slam dunk.

I know. That's what Jimmy kept screamin'.

BLOODY MURDER!
BLOODY MURDER!

hmmm...a head inside of a skull....sounds pretty meta to me

We did get codes to play as Scorpion and Sub-Zero in NBA Jam at one point, which was pretty awesome at the time. This transcends gaming though. This is...art. This is perfection.

hahahahahah that skull!! holy cow, I am laughing so hard. That is just plain silly.

So awesomely 90s. The treat of seeing that gushing blood against the mainstream conservative wing (I forget what wing) was so juicy.

Ha.. genius! Do they still do those theme fields and teams in Madden? I could go for a game against the all clown team in the big top.

Ah the days of the mid 90's gaming....

SNES VS. Genesis...

So many memories of my youth.

Back when the console wars had rules and regulations. Back then fanboys fought with honor, dignity, and acted like gentlemen on and off the battlefield.

Oh honestly, Dante's Inferno is coming out, and we get squeamish over a few severed heads?

Aw man. This would have made my SNES days that much more awesome.

The SNES days was also when the NBA was still cool.

Though they said they didn't approve of the setting, we all know that it was clearly to much 90s cool for the NBA to handle.

Oh 90s, I miss you. Please come back, I promise not to take you for granted again and take you out every now and then. And you can meet my parents.

Yep, reminds me of Mortal Kombat ...looks poor and uninspiring.

He's on fire!

FATALITY!

i played alot of both back in the day

MK vs. Shaq-Fu confirmed?

Silly NBA! Gory basketball is for everyone!

Flying skull with a humorous face? The NBA dropped the ball.

That would of been Great!

My question is : "Why didn't they use this as a mini-game in the last couple of MK games?" I mean come on we all would have enjoyed playing a B-ball mini-game with "MK" characters( who needs the NBA). I personally think it would have been better then the, **5h177y **, (crappy) chess game they had. Hell, I think it would give Shalion Monks a run for its money...

To bad, it looks like fun. I remember back when one of the football titles, can't remember which one, had the monster teams and stadiums. Any one remember the football title, was it Madden?

Was it "Mutant League"? I specifically remember that "franchise" because it replaced the "Super Mario Bros. Super Show" on my local ABC station. My after-school was never the same.

Yeah, Mutant League had two games, one football and the other hockey. But I've never ben able to find evidence the cartoon actually existed.

Reminds me of mario hoops.

Wow. That is glorious is such a bad way.

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