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Could the Simpsons be an inspiration for Mortal Kombat?

In this particular episode Bart and Homer are playing a boxing video game called Super Slugfest. Notice at 0:47
when Bart's character punches Homer's character .There is blood coming out of Homer's in-game character like how blood comes out of a MK character when you hit them. No other game at that time fictional or real has such a trait. Now notice at 1:14 where Bart'c character uppercuts Homer's character's head off. Looks familliar to what Johnny Cage does in MK1? This was in 1990. Then in1992 Mortal Kombat came out.
 
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Roy Arkon

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I think it was a coincidence, maybe only a very slight help if anything. We all know about the Jean-Claude Van Damme thing regarding how MK was created.

Nice find though.
 
I think this more that Tyson punch out game more then mk .
I didn't say that Super Slugfest was similar to MK per se. I was only saying what if it was possible that the decapitation in Super Slugfest inspired the people( who created MK.) to make a first-of-it's kind game with finishing moves.
 
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