it happened in 1993
also, look at the gleefull insanity of the original poster i found on wiki upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1f/Mortal_Kombat_game_flyer.png
( monstrinho do biscoito GIT YOUR LUVVERLY TSHIRTS HERE! WWW.NOGUNARMY.COM, Thu 14 Feb 2008, 16:55, archived)

I miss when game adverts
and posters were like that :) I was watching the Tim Burton Batman film on video again the otehr day and there is a brilliant Amiga advert at the beginning of it!
( Redsushi! Wogan Wogan! Wogan Wogan Wogan!, Thu 14 Feb 2008, 17:12, archived)