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4 unusual facts about John Tobias


John Tobias

He worked on the original arcade version of Smash TV before finding success with Mortal Kombat.

Tao Feng: Fist of the Lotus, published by Microsoft Game Studios, was the first game Studio Gigante created, followed by WWE WrestleMania 21.

Mortal Kombat: Special Forces

Although Mortal Kombat: Special Forces was only released on the PlayStation, it was also supposed to be released on the Nintendo 64, as evidenced by an IGN interview with John Tobias.

Studio Gigante

Studio Gigante was a Chicago-based video game developer established in 2000 by John Tobias, Dave Michicich, and Joshua Tsui, several developers of Midway's popular Mortal Kombat fighting game series.



see also

Joseph Shallit

A short story, entitled "Margie Passes", was published in Whit Burnett's collection Story, and later adapted by John Tobias into one segment of a 1972 ABC television drama produced by Fred Coe, entitled "Of Men and Women" and starring Deborah Raffin.