Tattoo Assassins

Data East USA Data East
Fighting
Arcade
About

Tattoo Assassins was a Mortal Kombat "clone" which never got officially fully released due to the waning popularity of Arcades in the late 90s. The game was essentially completed before it was cancelled, though it has some minor gameplay and sound glitches, and prototype cabinets were released to test markets in 1994.
Storyline

Mullah Abba is calling you. He needs you to do battle with Koldan The Conquerer. You must recover the ancient Ink of Ghize; a morphus fluid organism which transforms into real objects for brief moments when applied to humans as tattoos. Be warned!!! Koldan's legions are loyal to the death! They will not allow you to pass without first being vanquished!
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Game Info

Developer Data East USA
Publisher Data East
Game Modes Single player, Multiplayer
Perspective Side view
Themes Action, Comedy