Mortal Kombat Explained

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  • Опубліковано 26 кві 2023
  • The Road to Mortal Kombat 12 begins here. Mortal Kombat debuted back in 1992 in Arcades, as Midway’s answer to the incredibly popular fighting game by Capcom, Street Fighter 2. It quickly became a video game phenomenon that would lead the US government to pass legislations for all video games to legally get rated by the ESRB. With fun and diverse characters, lots of special moves, fatalities and secrets to discover, and beautiful digitised graphics, Mortal Kombat is one of the most recognisable video games of all time. This is the history of Mortal Kombat Explained!
    #mortalkombat #fightinggames #mortalkombat12
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  • @DonCritic
    @DonCritic  6 місяців тому +3

    Thanks all for watching this video! If you’d like to see the rest of my Mortal Kombat Explained series, you can watch it all here in this playlist,
    m.ua-cam.com/play/PL1OBedn71fCvS-Fl2gu3T9EkKu7BZSGOz.html
    If you’d like to see more games explained then check out this playlist!
    m.ua-cam.com/play/PL1OBedn71fCt6nYsng_LzCgCU93-NbOOZ.html

  • @sergoldenhandthejust1495
    @sergoldenhandthejust1495 Рік тому +74

    Liu Kang's MK fatality becomes legendary when preformed on pit stage

    • @48hourrecordsteam45
      @48hourrecordsteam45 16 днів тому

      Wish he uppercut the opponent and they flew so high they never came back down until the announcement was finished randomly sometimes not cóming back and u see a star twinkle in the back . Signaling they was gone 😂
      Or two diff Inputs gave those two diff results. Circle forward was the regular one which trigggers pit fatality also.
      Circle backwards character fly out if the screen or randomly falls down when announcement says fatality

  • @ninjawarriormystic
    @ninjawarriormystic Рік тому +20

    The Rayden “yelling yabayabaya!” Had me rolling 😂

  • @aotako407
    @aotako407 Рік тому +17

    Hoax : Ermac is real guys, his a red ninja
    Midway: write that down

  • @BSmokeyGaming
    @BSmokeyGaming Рік тому +55

    This is a brilliant video on the history of Mortal Kombat. I find it funny that MK finally come in full circles with JCVD. Back then, he turned down a role for his own game to be part of the Street Fighter movie, the Midway MK team was going to named it something else besides MK, so when JCVD turned it down, they decided the name MK and the character Johnny Cage who was basically a Bloodsport skin of JCVD. Now in 2023, Mortal Kombat 12 (MK1), JCVD is gonna be part as a skin for Johnny Cage, JCVD becomes the second actor to be part of both MK and Street Fighter franchise joining Robin Shou who played Liu Kang in the 90s MK and the Street Fighter movie of Chun Li. I’m happy for JCVD cause he finally gonna be part of MK, but feel sad for Daniel Pesina, they still got beef with that guy. FeelsBadMan LOL

    • @DonCritic
      @DonCritic  Рік тому +13

      Thanks man! Yeah I can’t wait to see what the JCVD skin looks like in MK1! It would be cool if we saw Carlos Pesina come back as Mokap even if it was just as a Kameo fighter

    • @lemuaschiks417
      @lemuaschiks417 Рік тому +3

      Am I alone in thinking since JCVD was unable to be a part of MK1 they decided to plan B with the Bruce Lee clone?

  • @michaelll
    @michaelll Рік тому +8

    I rememeber getting mk for super nintendo for christmas in 93 along with zelda link to the past. Still to this day 2 of the best games ever made.

  • @jasonbrown20
    @jasonbrown20 Рік тому +13

    Never knew that about ermac that's actually pretty considering his more fleshed out appearance in MK X.

  • @imabott7053
    @imabott7053 Рік тому +10

    I have to take this moment to defend the Gameboy version. My generation went from the Tiger Ltd hand-helds, to playing games like Mortal Kombat on the way to Grandma's house. It wasn't perfect, but it was waaay better than counting license plates.

  • @ewanbone6053
    @ewanbone6053 Рік тому +16

    Another amazing video😊

  • @vottithedon5725
    @vottithedon5725 Рік тому +9

    Already know..still had to watch..MK is KING

    • @DonCritic
      @DonCritic  Рік тому +2

      Thanks so much for still watching!

  • @the_NNPW
    @the_NNPW Рік тому +40

    Loved this video! Hoping to see more coverage on the MK Trilogy!

    • @DonCritic
      @DonCritic  Рік тому +7

      Thanks Nick!! Video on MK2 is already in production 🙂

  • @SupportGamin2024
    @SupportGamin2024 Рік тому +6

    4:00-13:13 parents and media back then getting angry over the fatalites always seemed stupid to me,Like how could they not tell Mortal Kombat wasn't a bloody game? The first clue is the title itself and also the fact the characters bleed when getting hit

  • @ragnar930
    @ragnar930 Рік тому +7

    Your channel is going to blow up when mk1 releases

  • @joncollins7730
    @joncollins7730 Рік тому +8

    Another great vid, nice one👍 I can still very vaguely remember the megadrive launch. The hype was crazy lol.

    • @DonCritic
      @DonCritic  Рік тому +2

      Thanks so much Jon! I can imagine it was, the ads are funny to look back on

  • @DiabolikalRA
    @DiabolikalRA Рік тому +8

    I've seen many videos on mk but you still managed to make your upload better than the others.
    Amazing upload mate 🤘

    • @DonCritic
      @DonCritic  Рік тому +3

      Aww that’s epic! Thank you so much mate! Can’t wait to release the rest of the series!

  • @MichaelDixon-ux4es
    @MichaelDixon-ux4es Рік тому +8

    That was a great video, and I'm looking forward to the rest of the series!

    • @DonCritic
      @DonCritic  Рік тому +2

      Thanks Mike! Next part coming in the following days

  • @gjtrue
    @gjtrue 10 місяців тому +3

    Liu Kang's Flying Kick move being canon (or was due to the utter retcon-happy rebooting MESS the series' consistency is nowadays...) to defeating Shang Tsung during the first tournament is/was awesome.

  • @niobium79
    @niobium79 4 місяці тому

    These vids are amazing 😁 cheers buddy appreciate the effort

  • @MrInuhanyou123
    @MrInuhanyou123 Рік тому +7

    The genesis port of this game is the one I played as a young kid when my uncle got it for me. The music in that version I still pull up sometimes to play. Great stuff 😎

  • @Azriel884
    @Azriel884 11 місяців тому +6

    Mk11 is what got me back into mortal kombat. I love it. I stopped playing mk titles the game after shoalin monks, but kept up with the storyline, and decided to get mk11 3 weeks ago. I love it. Im surprisingly still good at it too, despite all the changes. Story mode is awesome too. Gonna do another playthrough tonight.

    • @DonCritic
      @DonCritic  11 місяців тому +1

      That’s great you’re enjoying MK again! 🙂

    • @ViraL_FootprinT.ex.e
      @ViraL_FootprinT.ex.e 10 місяців тому +1

      For me it was the MK9.

    • @rollingbecks7047
      @rollingbecks7047 10 місяців тому +1

      I know right? I lost track of the franchise after Armaggedon, I couldn`t get mk 9 because it didn´t come out to pc, mk X just didn´t do for me, but there was something with mk11 that just made me buy the game, I love it so much story and gameplay, loved it so much that I started watching videos, tournaments.

  • @MultiClassof2010
    @MultiClassof2010 Рік тому +3

    You deserve more views! This was a great retrospective

  • @lemuaschiks417
    @lemuaschiks417 Рік тому +3

    Here's hoping your channel takes off. With MK11 wrapping up and a new MK1 on the verge of release there should be plenty of MK based searches. For the algorithm!!
    Edit: ABACABB for Sega blood code is done during the screen where there is a text section where you see the text appear word by word. When done right Scorpion yells his iconic "get over here" and the text turns a red orange. On the title screen that has arcade and option screen enter down, up, left, left, A, right, down. Once this is entered you get another special set of options as well as other miscelanios things you can interact with. Good fun

  • @long060
    @long060 Рік тому +3

    I don't think Donkey Kong and Pac-Man were really dominating the arcades in 1992. More like Konami and Capcom beat em ups and big multiplayer racing cabinets like daytona usa

    • @DonCritic
      @DonCritic  Рік тому +2

      *1991 at the beginning of the video when talking about arcades, I mention Donkey Kong and Pac-Man as they were two of the biggest arcade games of the 80’s and still would’ve been recognisable brands in ‘91. Certainly you also had early beat em ups like Final Fight, TMNT and River City Ransom, but Daytona USA didn’t release until 1994

  • @kaneriwarren1473
    @kaneriwarren1473 11 місяців тому +1

    Just took a tab and now I’m in for a hell of a playlist 🙏😂❤️

  • @tio5933
    @tio5933 Рік тому +2

    Good work with this amazing video!

    • @DonCritic
      @DonCritic  Рік тому +1

      Thanks so much mate! I’m working hard on getting the next episode out as soon as possible 🙂

  • @Mitsu2040
    @Mitsu2040 Рік тому

    Love this! Brief but excellent and informative!

  • @T.Maximus
    @T.Maximus Рік тому +4

    Thanks for this vid. I first played in 1993, glad to see another perspective on my favorite franchise.

    • @DonCritic
      @DonCritic  Рік тому +2

      You’re very welcome! Super glad you liked it, hope you enjoy the rest of the series!

    • @T.Maximus
      @T.Maximus Рік тому

      @@DonCritic thanks I will check out the rest here soon when I'm off work! Cheers

  • @AtomicFlounder42
    @AtomicFlounder42 11 місяців тому +1

    What a nostalgia stirring intro

  • @paulywoodtheprince
    @paulywoodtheprince Рік тому +1

    A friend of mines older brother handed me a folded up paper on the Bus when we were in 3rd grade...
    It was ABACABB ...
    He explained how to Input the code and I was off and running

  • @zalybrainlessgenius503
    @zalybrainlessgenius503 Рік тому +1

    Midway: Gorro was made by using the stop motion technique 💪
    NRS: Horse too hard 😭

  • @genesismultiverse4896
    @genesismultiverse4896 8 місяців тому +1

    Now i will imagine johnny talks like guile did in street fighter

  • @eklypised
    @eklypised Рік тому +2

    We had the Sega Genesis version

  • @ericduncan7908
    @ericduncan7908 Рік тому

    6:33 the backgrounds behind their portraits have always reminded me of the backgrounds you could in the 90s on your yearbook photos. sure there's the blue and the green but If your mom really loved you shed spring for the backgrounds with lazers

  • @gamervet4760
    @gamervet4760 Рік тому +3

    I was 5 when it came out. Course I don't have any memories of playing it in the arcade. We rented the Genesis version before eventually buying the Sega CD version. We even had a 32X. 😂😂😂

  • @ungratefulninja4535
    @ungratefulninja4535 Рік тому +1

    Raiden is based on the villain character in the 1980s movie Big Trouble in Little China.

  • @JesusStJamesDR
    @JesusStJamesDR Рік тому +2

    Everyone born 75-85 remembers hearing about Sonya's "Nude-ality" 😂 and that was like, before the internet. We are a silly, stupid species.

  • @LucianoAassis
    @LucianoAassis Рік тому

    Great video

  • @MrZombieUK
    @MrZombieUK 2 місяці тому

    Both the arcade and mega drive version are responsible for me learning how to memories things lol

  • @bjornervig3795
    @bjornervig3795 10 місяців тому +1

    Arcade Collection should include MK3 and MK4.

    • @DonCritic
      @DonCritic  10 місяців тому

      Including MK4 would’ve been great, it’s hard to play that game these days without using emulation

  • @pelgervampireduck
    @pelgervampireduck 8 місяців тому

    I think the best home version in the 90s was the PC version. You didn't show it, when you mentioned PC I think you showed Amiga, but that was based on the Genesis port. (Amiga and PC are different kinds of computers. Both are computers, but the architecture is so different it's like different consoles. At first in the 80s Amiga was superior by far, but in the 90s X86 DOS/Windows PC with VGA and Sound Blaster was already 32bits and superior to Amiga). The PC version looked almost arcade perfect, had no censorship, the gameplay was good and didn't have the weird lag the snes version has. MK2 was great on PC too, again almost arcade perfect except for a few details like Scorpion's walking instance not being correct, he walks like Sub Zero not with his arm up. (He has the right pose when he's standing still).
    I wish they made a PS1 port of MK1.

  • @josephridley9992
    @josephridley9992 Рік тому +4

    Love the channel and the contents all the best but no called sub zero a scryomancer it's just a "cry o mancer" just letting you know brother

    • @BluCarnage
      @BluCarnage Рік тому +2

      Cyromancer is what I would call Cyber Sub-Zero

  • @INSINEgg742
    @INSINEgg742 Рік тому +3

    Could you do one video for every mk gmae?

    • @DonCritic
      @DonCritic  Рік тому +2

      Yes! Mortal Kombat 2 is in production already and I’ve started writing MK3 & MK4 videos 🙂

    • @INSINEgg742
      @INSINEgg742 Рік тому +1

      @@DonCritic i'm hyped thanks i love your videos i watched the 99 mk characters like 10 times

    • @DonCritic
      @DonCritic  Рік тому +1

      Thanks so much for your support!! My Mortal Kombat 2 video is uploading right now so keep an eye out 👀 🙂

  • @THAC0MANIC
    @THAC0MANIC Рік тому +1

    Nice to know that the guy who is basicly Johnny Cage is also Subzero and Scorpion lolz I remeber hearing that the same guy played Subzero and Scorpion didnt know it was Johnny cage thought it was some other guy

  • @RealAlphaDrum
    @RealAlphaDrum Місяць тому

    Note: The MK Kollection in 2011 was not a remaster, but rather straight emulation.

  • @ThejokerNSorrow99
    @ThejokerNSorrow99 10 місяців тому

    Nice he got one for all of em, he just got to do mk 11 and it dlc then he golden

  • @Floon364
    @Floon364 7 місяців тому +1

    Good video

    • @DonCritic
      @DonCritic  7 місяців тому +1

      Thanks for watching!

    • @Floon364
      @Floon364 7 місяців тому +1

      @@DonCritic thank you for commenting

  • @Nickatlrke1014
    @Nickatlrke1014 Місяць тому

    I just don’t understand why ST’s sword decapitation wasn’t utilized.

  • @MetaSynForYourSoul
    @MetaSynForYourSoul Рік тому

    I love the fact that Sonya Blade looks like an aerobics instructor because the actress that played her was an aerobics instructor. 😂

    • @DonCritic
      @DonCritic  Рік тому

      Wow I didn’t know that! 😃

  • @nehemiahpouncey3607
    @nehemiahpouncey3607 Рік тому +1

    Pit figher died so this could walk.

  • @vikramchouhan2840
    @vikramchouhan2840 9 місяців тому

    Man i want Mortal Kombat to get Anime adaptation i hope this dream comes true soon.

    • @DonCritic
      @DonCritic  9 місяців тому

      That would be cool, I guess the Mortal Kombat Legends movies are the closest we have to that

  • @jackjax7921
    @jackjax7921 11 місяців тому +3

    More MK videos Don before you doom us all.

    • @DonCritic
      @DonCritic  11 місяців тому +2

      Thanks Jack! I’ve got all the way up to MK Vs DC already on the channel 🙂 click the link in my pinned comment for the whole set

  • @mr219gip5210
    @mr219gip5210 Рік тому +1

    👏👏👏👏👏👏

  • @ViraL_FootprinT.ex.e
    @ViraL_FootprinT.ex.e 10 місяців тому +1

    I've never known any parents to ever care about that rating system 🤣🤣🤣
    Whether it was older parents who just didnt even know anything about ot or modern day parents who grew up playing MK themselves, amd just do not care about them 🤷🏾‍♂️

  • @marcosmata8233
    @marcosmata8233 9 місяців тому

    Concept
    What if #mortalkombat had hotel oblivion from the umbrella academy of it own?

  • @jonnywalker3208
    @jonnywalker3208 Рік тому

    I was 6 when I first played it, as were MANY of my mates in Salford, yes yes we knew we shouldn't but we didn't care 🤣 if our parents allowed it? So be it! It immediately became my favourite game (a far cry from Alex kid in miracle world and monaco GP on master system I was used to!) ... the jig was up though when every playtime at school, we'd kick lumps out of each other pretending to play MK ... and I may have once threatened a young lad by saying "ill rip your head off with the spine still connected!!!!" 🤣 the school sent letters home and it was banned in all aspects ... it did not work!

  • @MICcinema1393
    @MICcinema1393 Рік тому

    #MortalKombat

  • @FoxHoundV
    @FoxHoundV 9 місяців тому

    I want you to review Blastman. 🤓

    • @DonCritic
      @DonCritic  9 місяців тому

      Sonic Blast Man? On the SNES?

  • @EndarkenShrine
    @EndarkenShrine Рік тому

    Oh , MK on the game boy was atrocious XD. The game gear version looked and played much better and 2 and 3 were even worse, but were still very popular.

  • @BIGwillTHEGAME
    @BIGwillTHEGAME 11 місяців тому

    MORTAL KOMBAT

  • @Spartan443
    @Spartan443 Рік тому

    I got you 69 likes

  • @theultimatespaceghost6065
    @theultimatespaceghost6065 8 місяців тому

    Sneaky there genesis. The code abacabb. 😅