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Personal Narrative: Mortal Kombat And NBA Jam
When I was young my dad and I played Mortal Kombat and NBA Jam. The television we played on was horrible. It was one of those 1970's pop out power button the only twelve channel kind. The picture was far from sharp, but it got the job done. My Dad and I had to use a special adapter that plugged into the co- axle on the television. The TV my dad and I played on and the difficulty at which it was to set up just adds to why these games have memorable qualities for me. My father and I would play Mortal Kombat which is a game with blood and gore and finishing moves called fatalities. “Finish him” signaled the end of a round where my father would initiate a fatality. A fatality involves insane things like ripping someone's head from there neck with

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