MK1 - MK2 did NOT have dial-a-combos. In MK2 you really had to work on timing the combos. I used to be able to do some sick ones with Kitana. The devs were very influenced by Killer Instinct, thus MK3 had the pre-programmed combo system.Originally posted by: AyashiKaibutsu
MK 1-3 sucked and I can't comment on ones that came after but they probably suck too. The combat lacked fluidness. It was all about doing a preset combo/move moving out of that combo meant certain death since you would stop sit there for a second before moving on to what you told the character to do.