"You lost $40 million": Dev had Mortal Kombat rights yanked away because he went on a family vacation when the publisher believed he "should have been" chained to the studio
Software Creations co-founder Richard Kay discusses how the company lost the rights to develop Mortal Kombat for home consoles. This decision was reportedly made by Acclaim's chairman due to Kay taking a vacation during a critical development period for another game, leading to an estimated $40 million loss in royalties.
Retro Gamer
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- Kevin Provenzano
- Acclaim
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- Software Creations
- Mortal Kombat
- Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge
- Game Development
- Probe Software
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