Mortal Kombat: 20th Anniversary
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- Опубліковано 22 тра 2012
- We track down the original cast and creators of the video game phenomenon, Mortal Kombat.
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I'll never forget the first time I was introduced to Mortal Kombat. It was during the Fall of 1993, and I was outside playing with a friend of mine, Ronnie - when suddenly he asked if I wanted to play some Sega. Of course, owning a Genesis myself, I was like "let's go!". We go into his house, and I start looking through his vast library of Genesis games. He says to me, "You ever play 'Mortal Kombat'?" I say, "Never heard of it. How do you play it?" "You just pick a character, and fight each other." "Cool!"
Ronnie pops the game into the Genesis, and fires it up. I didn't even notice, since I knew NOTHING about the game, that he had activated the Blood Code before we started playing. (I found out about ABACABB shortly after). We start playing. Very first character I ever picked was Scorpion. Ronnie picked Sub-Zero. The fight starts - and naturally, I get my ass handed to me immediately, lol. The first thing I noticed right away about this game, was something I had never really seen (as excessively) in a video game before....BLOOD! With every uppercut, roundhouse kick, punch to the face...just showers of blood! At this point, I was pretty much sold on this game. After the immense ass-beating that was administered to me, those two famous words came up on the screen, in bright red and yellow flashing letters..."FINISH HIM!!"...and THAT'S when I witnessed the most insane, brutal thing, my 8-year-old eyes had ever seen...Ronnie entered a few button commands, the screen went dark, and I watched as Sub-Zero ripped my head off, and casually held it up, with the spine still in tact. I swear my eyes grew to the size of dinner plates. At that very moment, my ONLY MISSION in life, was to obtain my own copy of Mortal Kombat. I finally got my own copy for my birthday. The thing is, it was only because I convinced my parents that there was no blood in the Genesis version of the game....but I never mentioned the Blood Code ;)
At this point, MKII had just recently hit arcades, but I knew nothing about it. Until about 2 months later. I remember walking into the arcade inside my local mall (Golden Ring Mall, in Rosedale, MD - which no longer exists), with my mom and younger brother...and I noticed a group of about 5 or 6 people crowded around this one arcade machine. I start to walk over, and I look up and notice the lit-up marquee at the top of the cabinet..."MORTAL KOMBAT 2?????" I freak out, lol. I remember managing to get a good vantage point of the screen, noticing the character select screen, and thinking "Whoa!! Look at all the characters!!" Apparently, for me, going from 7 characters in the first game, to 12 in the sequel, was a "huge leap", LOL. I never got to actually play it that day (that came a few weeks later, when I started my bowling league, and noticed they had added an MKII cabinet in the arcade area!) - but I just remember thinking, as I watched that group of older kids playing it, that it was like they had taken the first game, and injected steroids into it - in every aspect. It was more colorful, larger sprites, higher quality sound, more blood, more finishing moves...I was in love, lol. I finally got to play MKII a few weeks later, as I mentioned earlier, at my local bowling alley, and it was once of the greatest moments of my childhood...maybe my life...even now, at 33-years-old, haha. By then, I was officially a Mortal Kombat FREAK...and the rest is history. I could go on and on - like when I first saw a preview of the un-masked Sub-Zero in Toys R Us, for the upcoming MK3...or when I first saw the teaser poster for the Mortal Kombat movie, when I saw "Casper" in theaters back in 1995. But, I don't expect anyone to read THAT much...and for those who read THIS, thanks! Lol! 25 years later, MK is still a huge part of my life, and I've passed it down to my son, who loves playing all the MK games with me. A huge thanks to EVERYONE at (formerly) Midway Games, and NetherRealm Studios, for being such an major part of my life for the last 2 and a half decades. Looking forward to MK 11!! ;)
TL:DR version - played MK for the first time at a friend's house, on Sega Genesis, in the Fall of '93. Saw Sub-Zero's fatality for the first time that day. As a result, I was forever changed. Tricked my concerned parents into getting me my own copy, by cleverly not mentioning the Blood Code. Discovered MK2 weeks later at my local arcade. As a result, I flipped my shit. Finally played it a few weeks later at my local bowling alley. 25 years later, I still play MK, now with my son.
Beautiful story mate
Awesome story!!
Great story! Mortal Kombat was definitely one of the best parts of my life too
One of the staples of being a 90's kid
Rip tony still can't believe he gone smfh😭😭
Or 80S
Me too MK has a place in my heart
You right lol I've also had the privilege to work with ed boon on mk2 3 4 and Deadly Alliance
@@noeditbookreviews the first one came out in 92.
I remember walking into my local arcade to play Gauntlet or whatever and just seeing a massive crowd around this machine and after every loud grunt, smack or yell just this amazed cheering. When I finally fought through the crowd to see what the fuss was about a guy playing had just pulled off Scorpions fatality and I remember saying to myself "What the hell just happened?" I was hooked from that point on.
nonchalantstu54 same for me, i was literally shocked when i saw sub-zero ripping that head and spine off
It's so weird how many of the crew members I recognize from watching the special features all those years ago. Definitely more attached to Mortal Kombat than any other game.
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I somehow lost my account password. I appreciate any assistance you can give me
@Brooks Seth Instablaster ;)
The digitized actors who played the characters in the original versions of Mortal Kombat made the game look better than any other fighting game at the time. The actors and actresses were also real life martial artists which made the punches and the kicks in the game more realistic. But of course the main reason why this game got popular was because of the blood and guts (which was originally a secret that you had to find out yourself).
Mortal Kombat will always be in my heart
Chyene MitchellJr. Its gonna be on my heart! Gonna get a tattoo of the dragon emblem 😍
Until you come across Kano
@@koopakid715 I'm glad I'm not the only one who was thinking this. I was gonna make a heart ripping out joke xD
I was 13 when Mortal Kombat 1 came out, I'm 35 and still a fan. The first character I picked and has been my favorite is Scorpion. MKX is already reserved and soon to come home when the time comes. Thank You to all who made Mortal Kombat what it was and what it still is today. :) TOASTY!!
My history is like yours....im 36 and i cant believe it has been 20 years since i play it for first time and my mom always in my back telling me it satans game
Francisco Cruz Sweet, my Grandma bought me MK1 back then. She watched me play and liked it. My aunt predicted Liu Kangs friendship dance on MK2. When I lost to him in Mk1, he glitched moving side to side on the screen. She said Liu Kang looks like he's dancing. I got my whole Family into MK. Yeah some of my friends couldn't have MK games in their home as you said of ur mom, but hey you can get it whenever you wish now. :) , in honor of my Army Bro I'm going to New York Comic Con as Sub-Zero (Kuai Liang). Enjoy the game when it releases also be safe.
Marquan Brown Thanx Bro, So are you. :D , every game I found interesting I got my family involved. Everyone had there own fav characters so we'd created tournaments. It was always Me as Scorpion or my Army Bro as Sub-Zero at the end. The matches always got crazy but fun. At the few times he and I lost to each other we would laugh at how it happened. I use to hate for Sub-Zero than later had a liking to him, but not as much as u till much later. Have an ICE day and enjoy your weekend bro.
Very True, I still play it at times on my 360. When I put it on very easy it plays as hard mode. Not like the old days. Still fun to play as I try out everyones moves.
+Stefano Vecchiola ???
I'm still remember when I saw Kano taking off Sonya's heart for the first time... arcades crowded... and everybody screaming so loud!
Thank you a lot for that valuable moments...
MORTAL KOMBAT IS SIMPLY FLAWLESS!
Dad rented Mortal Kombat 1 for me from our local Blockbuster. Ended up hiding it to keep it, and I did. The rest is history.....still play it once in a while!
I actually opened up one of the carts and swapped out the ROM Chip with the Super Scope 6 cart I never touched ever lol. Then returned it. Never had a problem. :p
Thief!
It was all about Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat during the SNES/Genesis era. That was pretty much it. It was a social phenomenon that shaped the future of gaming.
People and circumstances truly aligned perfectly for Mortal Kombat to turn out the way it did. The actors, the creators, the arcade enthusiasts-thank you all so much!
MK was such an integral part of the video game aspect of my childhood. I still remember the first time I saw an MK1 machine in my local bowling alley: My eyes lit up and I was completely blown away by the spectacle of amazing graphics, unapologetic violence, and overall realism of the game. And when I played it, I was anything but let down at how incredibly fun it was. With that being said, I would like to thank everyone involved in creating the Mortal Kombat series. MK forever...
jaykob we are legion
man i miss the 90s`s used to bunk off school to go play arcades :D street fighter/xmen/mortal kombat/fists of fury/fists of the north star/killa instinct..... man doze were da dayz
M. O.G. a lot of us did it too bro
The world is ass fucking backwards now!! I miss the 802 and 90s so much.
Man, remember playing this on Sega Genesis with my friend as a young kid. So awesome to see these guys so successful with the series. They deserve every bit of recognition for their hard work and creativity.
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aba cabb? haha the blood code for sega, I loved that game!
Genesis... no blood...
takerdust Genesis had blood. SNES didn't have blood (it had white sweat...).
Daric I take it back. I'm glad I had my Genesis! But my Golden Axe was censored.
I fuckin love Mortal Kombat! This video really is somethin special for all MK fans.
5 years have passed. This year is now the 25th anniversary of Mortal Kombat.
This is still a great video.
They should find all of the Hi8 footage, clean them up, and redo the sprites as a HD edition.
IMDRanged And reinstate the bows and other animations that were cut due to memory limitations.
Ed Boon actually has toyed with the idea, but he doesn't want to do it because he thinks it'd just be a novelty.
@@Bl4ckD0g So what if it is a novelty. It may not be a super sales hit but I'd still do it as a tribute to the originals and thanks to the fans that have stuck around with the serie this long.
@@MaaZeus I mean, I'm all for it. It's kindof on Ed Boon. Maybe if there's a big enough outcry Netherrealm will do it.
The best fighting game franchise of all time.
Thank you Ed, John, Dan and all the guys who invented one of the best games of all time. Grateful 4ever
i wonder what this technique would do with today's technology. like 360 motion capture, HD, and stuff.
THANK YOU!!!
Guys for making my childhood one of a fucking kind!!!
I played the first mk when I was 5 years old back in 93 and I've been hooked ever since!
Ed Boon and John Tobias put their last names together backwards and you get Noob Saibot :)
No shit
+BillyBobBacon820
No Shit Sherlock?
Everyone fuckin knows that.
+BillyBobBacon820 And also, Kombat is just like Combat, but with K.
+BillyBobBacon820 *CLAP* .... *CLAP*
+TheEliminator1987 Lol he was a hidden character in the first mk, and was playable in mk2 lol
I remember playing the first mk in the arcade and i was shocked of the violence and gore and i loved it
I truly had an amazing childhood...smh that's all I can say
Somebody should make a biopic about MK starring Eli Roth as Ed Boon
Lol perfectly cast
I was thinking more in Zachary Quinto
Long live Mortal Kombat, thankyou for being apart of my childhood. Been a fan ever since the 90s and will be until my final breath.
I've been a guy standing in a crowd by a Mortal Kombat 1 and 2 arcade while other people played and also put in my share of tokens. I could write *pages* of words explaining my love of Mortal Kombat, but I'll just write this sentence and save you the time.
Ho sung pak didn't age ????? its been 20 years
Leonard Wattimena
Balanced life?
Leonard Wattimena
Balanced way of life?
vampire?
Superstar
Diet...I reckon
I got a Sega genesis in December of 93' for Christmas! But I didn't get the MK game until about 95'! I played MKII in the arcade's before I got any MK game's on home consoles! BTW I was 7 1/2 when MK 1 came out in 92'!
Amazing mini documentary 😊 God the memories of when I was 12 years old back in 1992 and my father used to take me and my younger brother to our local bowling alley and there was an arcade section and Mortal Kombat was there and I remember us 3 used to take turns and play it. Than I remember my dad getting the game for me on the Amiga a year or so later and I never put it down. That game really changed my life and I look back at those times with great happiness. Just seeing this now made me buy Mortal Kombat XL on the PS4 now. They don’t make games like this anymore. What great times 😊🙏🏼
My favorite game of all time. I was 3 when i first played and been hooked ever since
I got my little bro hooked when he was 5 he will be 25 on july 4th. His first char was Sub-Zero. We love MK like crazy.
chicago birthplace of MK!
I remember when I got my Sega genesis and MK2, some of the best memories.
Back in the day to easier and better times. I think a lot of us still play this game because it brings us back to those moments, care free, sitting at home just after school with not a care in the world. It's like a real-life time machine.
I was 5 years old in 1993, walked into a local shop with my mom, and spotted the MKII machine. The rest, like this video, is pure history.
What a franchise; a HUGE part of my childhood that still rings true even today.
"MK II is the best of the franchise."
-Obama
agreed
The A.I cheats
J. Neto agreed.
Agreed
Yup
So you didn't invite goro to join in on this video? He is gonna be pissed he missed out.
El mejor juego de la historia!! AGUANTE MORTAL KOMBAT!!
I am happy to see that the series is still going on and now even better than ever. I remember playing these game in both the arcade and at home with my cousins. Hopefully the series will continue to be amazing.
Good days... good days...
Every actor is giving good credence to John Tobias. They don't seem to like Ed Boon.
Boon was meant to be a programmer for the game but did hardly anything. After everything was done he basically spell checked it. He was more like the movie producer. They would go to him for money and support at Midway. Now he gets all the credit for something that Tobias and the cast did most of the work for.
Street Fighter,Mortal Kombat and The King Of Fighters,those were the ones that i fall in love with back in the 90's and still playing those even now,Mk1,2,3,4,Sf2,kof series.Still sad they didn't add Feddy again in Mkx since Jason was there but ok.This kind of videos showing what they were doing back in the 90's makes me cry,so sentimental and epic over the years XD-.
I was that kid in the arcade that spent 50 cents and played for hours :) I now have an original coin-op MK1 in my garage and im still undefeated. Thank you all for your hard work, great game.
I remember I was working the day the others did this interview for GameSpot. My Manager for the place I worked at just wouldn't give me the day off. SMH. I remember we tried to meet late, but couldn't get my interview in.
Thank you for your work on this game. Kano is still one of my favorites to this day!
I was born in 97 and was introduced to MM 123 as a child by my cousin and I'm now a hard-core fan. Thanks cuz
all good cuz
One of the few videos I watched from beginning to end, I usually skim through most videos but to see the guys responsible for a big part of my childhood is amazing!!!
I just love the arcade, I don't know if there's still exist today arcade places but, man, the feeling wen you was in that places was awesome. Love Mortal Kombat and this guys are genius.
Bruh have you been outside there is tons of arcades around where I live but the games are boring we don't have Mk ;-;
@@tangdynasty4779 Not in my city, but I'm happy for you :)
Even though, I was born in '96. If it wasn't for my cousin showing me this game. I'd probably wouldn't be a fan. I've been playing this before I could walk. lol
We need a 4K version with new digitized actors
GamerGee They were going to but It got canceled
@@severalcar Why ?
@@jerelminter that comment was made 3 years ago i do not remember anything about this
@@severalcar That's what Google is for.
@@jerelminter then maybe you should google it...
Loved mk 1,2 and 3. Didn't play again until mk xl. Always loved the series. I'll never forget when i saw it in the arcade and was wondering what the hell everyone was looking at. I wish they would put back the sound that made Mortal Kombat II so special. None of their games, I've listen to all of them, had such unique sound like Mortal Kombat II. You hit an upper cut and he says 'outstanding ". Hell, even the end game music at the end was amazing. Mk II just had amazing sound effects and whoo did the voice over was simply the best in the series. I want to hear that voice everytime i pick a character. His voice literally gave me chills.
38yrs old and been playing since I was around 12 - 13.. still never felt the desire to pull someones head off or heart out in real life. I always knew the difference between games and reality ...I lost interest after the games went all 3d + cartoon like. But rediscovered Mkxl and play it pretty much nightly. It's fucking awesome. Keep the quality and brutality coming guys, you keep a lot of grown up men and most likely women extremely happily disturbed with the graphic content :) finish him!!!!!
Karate Champ was a cracking little game. Two joysticks, no buttons.
dan forden is a genius listen to mortal kombat 2 soundtrack
Gives me chills everytime I hear the opening music
TOASTY!
I was 1 year old when they started developing MK. Amazing. I've only played MK4 and MKX, but I love mortal kombat. Beautiful documentary.
RoScFan If you didn't know you could actually play the first one online on a computer or laptop.
After 20 years they still remember it so well to tell you all about it. That's passion.
It would be cool to see a vid like this about Tekken.
TH3 SLEEPING Seriously! It's the 20th anniversary for that franchise this year too!
I personally find Tekken boring, idk why.
When you realize the 90s is now 30 years ago 😳
I still remember playing this in my oldest brother room on his super Nintendo and I fell in love real quick and I'm still fan and waiting for mk11
beautiful - absolute takes me back to my childhood
Kids grow today with Teletubbies and Dexter and crap. I grew up with Kano ripping his opponent's heart out. And I came up just fine :)
LesPaul2006 same here. in fact, i had specifically asked Santa to deliver me a Super NES with MKII when i was seven, before i knew that Super NES didn't come with MKII. but i enjoyed all the games in the series, since that time, one by one (the only ones i never played were MK Gold and Special Forces).
Funny because people are saying TV and games today are more violent than ever. Don't know how you came up with this conclusion, other than baselessly present yourself as "cool"
BuzzKill They are not. Believe me. They are way watered down. Maybe Game of Thrones, but that's it.
+KeoneArt he means like 4 or 5 yr olds.
Dexter is pretty violent though!
...oh. You mean the cartoon :p
The 154 thumbs down? Street Fighter noobs.
Hell ya
the movie turned me on to KMFDM as a kid and i still listen to them regularly today- i'll always be thankful for that
I'd forgotten about Daniel and Carlos doing this documentary. I met some fans in Argentina with Daniel and Philip (Johnny Cage, Shang Tsung) at a gaming con back in 2016 and was amazed at some of the heartwarming of ppl who played this game in the 90's
So they actually tried to introduce Van Dame in MK...
XNEUROTIIK thankfully that never happened. But in mk1 johny cage looked a lot like van dahm in blood sport.
yes
Tobias said they already designed a character to be the martial arts movie star. Then because it was lower budget they tried to get Van Dammes likeness so it would sell better. He refused and I'm grateful!
I played mortal Kombat since I was
6
Now I 11 and still like it
Thank you guys, for all the fun moments you gave us all!! Can't wait for the next game
Mortal Kombat is my biggest obsession out of any video game in the world. I own and beaten every MK game and still love going back and playing them over again! MK forever 🙏
i lkie this game so much
this team make the mortal kombat game in ps4
i am waiting for this
best game of all time!!
Superb! My most favorite videogame, since my childhood! Huge and infinite thanks for the creators and actors of this immortal and fantastic Fighting-game hit!
1987, Love Mortal Kombat!
To be honest my first mk game wasdeadly alliance and i was 2 when it came out, haha my dad let me play it at the age of 2.I still play today.I mastered mk2 thou
ha , I also started with deadly alliance but at 5 then deception,armaggedon,mk3,mk2,mk4,mk1,mk9,mk vs dc universe. now im waiting for mkx. the arcades where awesome
I feel old -_- but I'm glad to see new players to my favorite game franchise.
Hey you gotta start somewhere. Lol, that's how you get hooked for life. As we all are. Lol
While you was going that I was playing them all back to back like a movie. Lol, this is off MK topic, but I got a 100% grade in 7th grade for doing a report of the game Streets of Rage 3. Who's says video games aren't helpful huh. LOL
If only people who said games aren't educational could read with we wrote of it helping us in school.
Video: 20 minutes long, 20th anniversary!
Just bought mortal kombat shaolin monks for the orginal xbox and been going on a mortal kombat binge. My favorite fighting series. Great job gamespot with the video this is awesome.
Music and storytelling truly make it special!
Netherrealm studio is in Chicago Illinois? I live close to their
John Tobias!!!
ForTheBeeechh Nhoj Saitbot!
The real brains behind the game! Ed Boon did almost nothing other than putting in some of the software programming and fronting up the cash to get them started
@@monstalova whats with the hate man lets just except if they weren't all in this mortal kombat wouldn't exist
These guys are awesome! I just like to see how laid back they are knowing all they have achieved.
I am 34.I live in British Columbia Canada. We live about 12 hours away from Vancouver BC. We used to make the long driving trip every few years for a visit to the big city. We stopped at a 7-11 in a small town called 100 mile. I seen a few kids my age around a game in the corner. I walked over and watched. I couldnt believe how cool the game looked! They were using this ninja guy named Scorpion! Then....I heard the words Finish Him..rest is history :) Everytime I drive by 100 mile 7-11 I smile
ABACABB 4 Life.
Frank Coley
MK1, Sega Genesis!!!!!
Blood code nice
At first I thought you meant the Genesis album Abacab.
2, 1, 2, down up - Sega Master System
I Love Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition
I was seven years old when Mortal Kombat came out. I loved this game!! I also miss the 90s!
I’ve been a Mortal Kombat fan sense the very first one, I can still remember the first Fatality I ever saw, subzero’s head rip, from then on that’s the only game I played at the arcade. Mortal Kombat 2 for life!!!!!! Toasty!!!! Lol I love when he says that. Thanks to everyone who has ever been involved in the making of a mortal kombat game, I’m ready for the next one.
Mortal Kombat 2 is my favorite!
MORTAL KOMBAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Scorpion: COME OVER HERE !!!!!!!!
Lol xD
The shelf at 5:32 really takes me back.
I was a junior in high school when it came out. And I still delve into MK to this day.
There's a video of me from 1995
They ask what's your favorite game I say mortal kombat!
Hahaha boon and Tobias backwards is Noob Saibot one of the most bad ass mk players
Every hardcore fan knows this information Sonya and Tanya are Ed Boons sisters did you know that
loved this short doc. sucks seeing people age. 25 years now, cripes time flies. Just like Liu Kang said...feels like only a few years ago he was doing all this but 20 years gone by in a blink of an eye.
I wasn't born when this game first came out, I am 18 now, and even though I still play new generation games, I will always love this first mortal kombat game forever! Me and my cousins and brother would play this game like all day everyday when I was younger. Thanks everyone who made this game happen, seriously THANK YOU!
TOASTY!!!
Next year is the 30th anniversary
YES!
I really love this series.
my favorite character is scorpion as well. I will always be a fan of Mk. that game brings back memories.
A B A C A B B
Sega
Get over here!!!
ABACABB X or ABACABB 11
Doesn't have the same feel in you mouth AS mortal kombat
I wished they used some of the real MK actors for the movie. Like Carlos Pesina for Raiden
My first Mortal Kombat game was Deception. I fell in love with the character Baraka, and became a huge fan looking into the lore all of the characters, etc. It's been amazing, I love every character, I love the story. It's amazing, I hope it continues to thrive for many years to come.
I remember when my local video store got a MK cabinet in 1992 i was 9 years old, my older brother and i played it. I was hooked forever .One of the best memories from my child hood. We still get together 20 years later for an MK session.