stackyFACTSBefore it became the reason your parents thought video games would turn you into a satanic murderer, it was just a failed celebrity endorsement deal.
Before it became the reason your parents thought video games would turn you into a satanic murderer, it was just a failed celebrity endorsement deal. Midway Games originally pitched a fighting game starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, but the deal fell through. Instead of scrapping the project, the developers just changed the martial artist into a character named Johnny Cage, added a ridiculous amount of digital blood, and birthed the most controversial fighting franchise ever.
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