Back in 1994, before EA snapped up exclusivity of just about every sporting series in existence, the now defunct Midway made some of the most user friendly basketball games ever known, in the form of NBA Jam & NBA Hangtime.

Keen on raising awareness for another of their franchises, Midway created the above Mortal Kombat themed ‘kourt’ to be included in one of the games as an unlockable bonus in the home console versions.  Sadly the NBA poo-pooed the idea and so the level never saw the light of day.  MK co-creator Ed Boon, who revealed the image via his Twitter feed, said this about the level:-

“Would’ve been fun!”

Would’ve been fun indeed, especially in they snuck a MK team in their too.  Just imagine this, Charles Barkley is about to go for the dunk, when all of a sudden “get over here” as Scorpion harpoons him and drags him across the length of the court and uppercuts his head off and clean through the basket…  2 points.  I’d have paid good money for that!

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