the original mortal kombat takes the cake for me. i mean, when i first got it for the genesis, we were the talk of the neighborhood. everyone wanted to come play it. then we played it, and were in awe of the gore and blood that was involved, which was pretty much unheard of in them days. over the years, each sequel has gotten better and has stayed true to the ones before it. i still have MK3 for my super nintendo. so MK takes the cake for me