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Mortal Kombat’s co-creator shares his original drawing for the fighting game franchise That statue still exists.īonus Kontent: recently snapped a photo of the actual dragon statue that we used… 30 years later! story behind Mortal Kombat’s iconic dragon logo: In fact, the colors mentioned in the song’s lyrics were eventually used in Mortal Kombat’s arcade cabinet design by Tobias.Īs far as the dragon itself is concerned, the inspiration came from a golden dragon statue that Vogel spotted on the desk of Midway’s general manager, Ken Fedesna. Tobias didn’t say why the duo eventually chose Mortal Kombat, but he did reveal that Dragon Attack was inspired by Queen’s song of the same title, and Boon happens to love the band. The inspiration to use a dragon as the fictional tournament’s symbol came from “Dragon Attack,” which was in contention as our game’s title before and I changed it to “Mortal Kombat.” Here’s my rough marker sketch of the marquee logo… (3/9) /g3UY2X2boX Tobias’ drawing above was digitized by Mortal Kombat artist John Vogel, and it was inspired by what could have been series’ title had Ed Boon and Tobias not changed it.
