When me and my friends played MK1 at a friends house, we didn't know that there were such things as Fatalities. Imagine our faces when one of us, accidentally, pulled a head with a spine off as subzero.
Yeah and then talking about it the next day or week at school. Then you started to find out more things like hidden characters, easter eggs, etc. Some sounded like rumors and some actually were haha. I feel like there's no community like that anymore.
@@strangewayfaringstranger the devs were trolls as well. In one of the games there were stats being tracked and one of them was something like Shang Tsun transformations...and he wasn't even in the game. It was just to have players speculating and replaying to try to unlock him. (actual character may have been another one)
@@strangewayfaringstranger that magic has been long gone cuz the internet sadly..... i also remember back in the days where there were no such things as online guides or walkthroughs .... you'd have to figure that shit out all by yourself or together with friends .... it was pretty awesome for sure
@@GlidingZephyr That's not Ed Boon. That's Daniel Pesina, the actor who played Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Johnny Cage and Reptile in both Mortal Kombat 1 and II. Ed Boon's bushy eyebrows are unmistakable.
Henoch Michael The game rating system came out only two years later when the ESRB was established. Either way, it was mostly kids who played MK back then anyway. I was one of those kids.
@@Hnchmchl85 We all played brutal games as kids and most of us don't go and kill people in real life. Lazy parents blame video games when they are the ones to blame for not raising their kids right.
those actors surely didnt know the masterpiece they were creating. I'm sure they were thinking tf am I doing here then after the release they realized they had created the greatest fighting game of all time lmao
@@dalehadley3283 Oww yeah, Dale Hadley... And *as for 30 years later (2022)* , the original "Mortal Kombat 🐉" game will remains as the *greatest fighting game ⚔️🎮 of all-time* right...
@@silvanusdaniel247 And so, you're joined the UA-cam on *26 days and 4 weeks ago* right? Well then, Silva. The "Mortal Kombat 🐉" franchise will always be *remains strong 30 years on* right now...👍
That moment you heard FINISH HIM then frantically mash all the buttons hoping you would do the special finishing move then end up just doing a shitty leg sweep
Wow, watching these videos is like being in a freaking time machine. never thought I'd ever see this footage. thank you for uploading, and the mortal kombat crew for documenting their journey. Just amazing.
The music was one of the very best things about the 1st three Mortal Kombat Games, especially MK2. The music made the fights more intense and put a dark and eerie realism to Mortal Kombat 1 and 2.
i went to arcade in like 3rd grade to a place in boca raton fl called wilt chamberlains( owned by him) had huge arcade and totally lost my effin mind. it was the coolest thing id ever seen in my life at the time. like a game i dreamed of. i will never forget that moment seeing scorpion do his fatality.
@@o3reporting490 I felt the same way and I was 17, college freshman at the time. I knew about digitized graphics though, being a PC gamer and computer science major, but MK was way cooler looking that just about everything I'd seen up to that point.
I always wondered back then how they were able to make the sprites look real. So cool to see all of this documentary. Definitely rare footage. Thanks for posting.
This, still to this day, is one of the most important historical gaming videos on UA-cam. Thank you for this wonderful little gem into the backdrop of our inappropriate gaming childhoods!
The stop motion actor who portrayed Raiden looked robotic and wooden in his movements, but it worked! It worked so well. To this day, because of this game alone, my favourite character to pick in any Mortal Kombat installment is him.
Fuck them.. they fucked over that fans of the Arcade Kollection.. I purchased that game and that shit is still unpatched the final battle of Goro is completely fucked up, also music from a few of the stages and other things that's completely uncalled for. You can't play the game regularly for the last pretty much 10 years, and they're still pushing out new games not even repairing anything that they made prior. Fucking sacks of shit they don't give a fuck about their fans.
Interviewer: Oh there's blood Boon: Yeah, a lot of blood Interviewer: So this isnt really for kids, huh? Boon: Oh yeah, actually it is for kids. Also Boon: *proceeds to rip a man's heart out*
*~Mortal Kombat Killer Facts~* Co-Creators *Ed Boon* and *John Tobias* are both Chicago natives and released Mortal Kombat in 1992. Ed Boon named the characters *Sonya Blade* and *Tonya* after his two sisters. *Noob Saibot* took his name from his creators John *Tobias* and Ed *Boon* 's reversed surnames.
I wonder if there’s gonna be footage of the MK3 characters available.... not talking what’s out there already but stuff with Kabal, Stryker and the replacement Johnny Cage....
8 E 8 E that’s such an urban legend! Daniel was asked to do promotion for the game and had permission from Midway and John Tobias to do it! They never had any problems with that! Look for interviews with Daniel Pesina.
Fun Fact: The actor who did Johnny Cage, Daniel Pesina, was also Scorpion, Sub Zero, and Reptile. And he then he played them again in MK2 with the addition of Smoke and Noob Saibot.
Ah, to see one's 14 year old self through 40 year old eyes. Thanks "Mortal Kombat"! 1993 wouldn't be what it is without you!❤️ (Edit: And thank YOU for the likes!)
Um there will probably be some angry parents when they play this game that has blood in it so its not really for the whole family it's more for kids and adults alike
These guys giving the interview had no idea that there would be so much nostalgia value in 2021. If you're ever part of some kind of production and you're giving an interview about what you're creating, you have to wonder if somebody's going to be watching it 30 years later with nostalgia and you're just having fun doing a random interview lol
Ahhhh the memories.:.: remember when the game came out and you’d have to read articles on your friend’s GamePro magazine.... and it was OMG! The characters are real people!!!!!!
Back when I was a ten year old and read Super Play gaming magazine, I read about Mortal Kombat and it was about the SNES version. I never thought back then that they would ACTUALLY film actors and use the images for the character sprites, I just thought they were cleaverly drawn somehow on computer. It wasn't until about four years ago I found out about the filming process which surprised and amazed me. Also, the year after in 94 when Mortal Kombat 2 was being released on SNES, I was suprised and a bit shocked to find about how gory the fatalities were (as I read the description of how they were) as Mortal Kombat 1 on SNES didn't had the blood and while the fatalities were violent, the most gory one was just Kano ripping the heart out of the oppontents' chest.
Yeah I had gamepro subscribtion also, I would look for mortal kombat finishing moves lol)) I remember when the game came out for Sega genesis, I was lucky enough to find the last copy of the game on sale in a computer store )) All other stores had the game sold out) I was maybe about 13 back then)
I ALWAYS thought the mood of the first one was the best. It was like a mashup of Enter The Dragon and Big Trouble In Little China. The outworld stuff was cool, but I still get sentimental with this one the most.
This isn't motion capture, it's digitizing which means when the actors or actresses are photographed or recorded on videotapes, which were converted into the computer and turned into 2D sprites.
Incredible find! Thanks so much for digging this up! I remember first coming across MKI in '92 at my local Ames and was instantly blown away by what I saw. Sooo hard to believe that this classic came out almost 30 years ago!!
This is unfortunate ! It would be a good thing... It is probably due, in large part, to the bad press that all "Full Motion Videos", photorealistic and rotoscopic games have received. A realistic approach with real models has always been an interesting way to bring together a cinematic experience and the interactivity of games. Unfortunately, even now there are people and media who react badly to a good implementation of this approach, without consideration for the technical complexity and artistic challenge it represents. A game like Need for Speed is a good exemple of a well executed integration of film and cinematographic ambiance in a game. Above all, Quantum Break is a major title in this aspect and an excellent game.
@@igormorgado Yeah, Daniel Pesina, who plays Johnny, Scorpion, and Sub Zero here is a triple black belt and had won a bunch of martial arts tournaments even before MK1 came out. These days he runs a martial arts studio.
@@RetroGamesBoy78 UA-cam didn't exist when i was a kid, we were living these games as they came out, can you remember how slow those uppercuts were when you played this on the gameboy? ua-cam.com/video/y0DE14j2o-Y/v-deo.html The arcade version was so cool, but very difficult and allowed you to rip someone's spine out, the Nintendo versions were rather heavily censored, as a result of playing the games rather than diving into the history i've never looked into this until now. I guess that's different for a retro gamer like you. Nowadays i'm really seeing a bit of a split between people, some prefer 3D Gaming while others like the 2D gaming interface as it used to be (same count for visiting movies at the cinema) , but i myself love it all, technology is amazing, and diving into the history of 'how they did it' can bring up amazing new facts, just like this and other videos. :)
I was a 12 yr old drooling on the screen when this came out at the arcade. I never though I'd see this making of video showing the actors doing the moves. I thought they'd have like those little "motion capture" points all over their bodies...guess not. Super insane nostalgia anyway!
So simple, still so awesome. SF The Movie had a third party company hired to do the motion capture and failed miserably. Meanwhile, Boon had everything. Well done Mr Boon. You did it!
Yea, I sucked at back then, ...but you're right. I've never wanted to play a game so badly again. Just to recapture the vibe of how innovative and 'contacty' it was.
This is like going inside an old building for the very first time that you've previously only been passing by your entire life. Seeing familiar things from a different perspective.
They should make a documentary about this. Really impressive work considering they were working with what they had back then. Sonya's and LiunKang actors are wonderful
A random UA-cam short showed some of this and I'm so glad me just randomly scrolling found this gem... Amazing behind the scenes look at one of THEE best and my favorite fighting game series
LOL at 11:20 Interviewer: That was blood! Boon/Tobias: Yeah! lots of blood! Interviewer: It isn't really meant for kids, though, is it? Boon/Tobias: Actually, it is. Interviewer: Oh my God! He just ripped his heart out! Funniest interaction in an interview I've seen today.
Johnny Cage is very mature now but even though his old, asshole times, he was helping other people perform better and teaching them martial art. Fucking legend!
Daniel Pesina (Johnny Cage) and Richard Divizio (Kano) wanted to use tag team in the game but it didn’t happened cz of the limited of space/ memory for in the game. Can you imagine they waited with that until MK9 (2011)
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I'm so glad the MK team documented all their works. So awesome to see these.
Yeah baby, that's *well played* for sure...😏👍
Wasn't so much documenting as this being the footage they rotoscoped the game sprites to.
@@Skorpychan it was documented if the original footage is still around to be viewed
they used the footage to create the game
@@EyelessEntity
moving goalposts
The dude who played Kano looks like he was really having fun with this. 10/10 would party with that guy
Kind of goofy w/ all them bloopers
@@alftanner866 No.
Richard (something) forgot his last name.
@@youraveragejoe2 Rich Divizio
@@E.J.Branham3Billion gotcha thanks.
When me and my friends played MK1 at a friends house, we didn't know that there were such things as Fatalities. Imagine our faces when one of us, accidentally, pulled a head with a spine off as subzero.
Yeah and then talking about it the next day or week at school. Then you started to find out more things like hidden characters, easter eggs, etc. Some sounded like rumors and some actually were haha. I feel like there's no community like that anymore.
@@strangewayfaringstranger the devs were trolls as well. In one of the games there were stats being tracked and one of them was something like Shang Tsun transformations...and he wasn't even in the game. It was just to have players speculating and replaying to try to unlock him. (actual character may have been another one)
what console version were you playing?
@@mr.4096 I believe it was Sega Genesis
@@strangewayfaringstranger that magic has been long gone cuz the internet sadly..... i also remember back in the days where there were no such things as online guides or walkthroughs .... you'd have to figure that shit out all by yourself or together with friends .... it was pretty awesome for sure
This is probably one of the coolest videos I’ve ever found on UA-cam.
3:30
Check it out. Ed Boon is wearing a "No Fear" t-shirt! That's how you know this is a real video from the 1990's.
@@GlidingZephyr
That's not Ed Boon. That's Daniel Pesina, the actor who played Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Johnny Cage and Reptile in both Mortal Kombat 1 and II.
Ed Boon's bushy eyebrows are unmistakable.
Feels like watching the pyramids being built or something.
. yes Hahahaha
Lol, I feel you, the part with Raiden on the treadmill blew my mind
Damn, thats so deep, bro
bible being written
jajajaja excellent comment
These guys really did a awesome job. They make a very real fight scenes videogame. Nice actors, programers, artist and more. Excellent!
Flawless?
+
THIS IS ART. Taking simple things and making a impressive product out of those, is what art is.
Ok Raiden, we want you to dive forward shouting "AIEEEEBABBALAYAAAAEEE"
Bhahaha!!! @3am...
He say "I WANT MY MONEY"
Raiden, the character you choose when you've already mastered the game with Scorpion, Lui Kang and Johnny Cage.
I heard Raiden’s voice inside my head when I read his “power” hahaha
Total fail at speaking Japanese or any other Asian language.
I wonder what the motion actors think of themselves when they watch these 25+ year old videos of themselves playing around.
They love it!!! They attend conventions in a regular basis :D
@@ElAnibal69
Well that's pretty cool
Pretty sure they feel ripped off.
@@benv8185 Why would they feel ripped off?
They don't get enough recognition maybe?
The guy who's doing Liu Kang is just brilliant,
the movement is so crisp.
Probably a Shaolin monk or something
probably started doing taekwondo before his parents introduced nappies to him.
That's Ho Sung Pak, Martial artist & stunt double in movies
@Bob Cook he was also in Jackie chan's movie Drunking Master
Ho Sung Pak also played as one of the teenage ninja turtles. I don't remember which one lol
@@argop4518 Holy crap!
Thx for the info
My favorite childhood movie
Unfortunately, All actors died horrible deaths filming the fatality scene... 3D was recommended afterwards.
F
😂😅
@@Weelki u gotta see the irony 😅
@@NAT-turners-Revenge yup, intentional ;)
I'm pretty sure like two of them survived
Sonya and liu's actors were the only ones that made it to the hospital in time
Man, never would have realized they used a treadmill for walking animations. That makes alot of sense.
I've always wanted to see this. So cool to see the actors in realtime.
6:38 How does that actor manage to make Scorpion's eyes look so eerie?
Probably the grainy camera combined with eye movement.
Daniel Pesena: Am I a joke to you?!
Reporter: "this isn't really meant for kids though either, right?"
Ed Boon: "Ahh.. well... actually it is..."
Reporter: Literally speechless xD
I disagree with Boon, it should be from 18 years and up.
Henoch Michael The game rating system came out only two years later when the ESRB was established. Either way, it was mostly kids who played MK back then anyway. I was one of those kids.
@@Hnchmchl85 I played MK since I was 4 and I'm fine. Nothing wrong with me.
@@Hnchmchl85 We all played brutal games as kids and most of us don't go and kill people in real life. Lazy parents blame video games when they are the ones to blame for not raising their kids right.
@@Hnchmchl85 I played mortal kombat as a kid and it didn't affect me in any way
Johnny Cage: actor and director
Larry Smith yes!! Co creator of the franchise
And personal trainer! HAHAHAHAHA!!!
Lol
Actor & Choreographer, John Tobias & Ed Boon were directing behind the camera
@@daneoman1000 Not much difference. They both direct, just different aspects?
those actors surely didnt know the masterpiece they were creating. I'm sure they were thinking tf am I doing here then after the release they realized they had created the greatest fighting game of all time lmao
Either that,or they were excited to see how it might look in the game, I certainly would be
@@dalehadley3283
Oww yeah, Dale Hadley...
And *as for 30 years later (2022)* , the original "Mortal Kombat 🐉" game will remains as the *greatest fighting game ⚔️🎮 of all-time* right...
Exactly
@@silvanusdaniel247
Well thanks ya, Silva 😁!
@@silvanusdaniel247
And so, you're joined the UA-cam on *26 days and 4 weeks ago* right?
Well then, Silva. The "Mortal Kombat 🐉" franchise will always be *remains strong 30 years on* right now...👍
That moment you heard FINISH HIM then frantically mash all the buttons hoping you would do the special finishing move then end up just doing a shitty leg sweep
Hahahahah
Hahahah so true
Taps with leg and opponent falls over
🖐🏾😄😂🤣 classic Esau classic
😭😭😭😭😭🤦🏾♂️
Wow, watching these videos is like being in a freaking time machine. never thought I'd ever see this footage. thank you for uploading, and the mortal kombat crew for documenting their journey. Just amazing.
Thats me filming it from my compute, WB told me to take it down. Was going to share a bunch more.
Try send the footage to the video game history foundation: gamehistory.org/ twitter.com/frankcifaldi
I'm glad you speak out about the making of the game 👍
OMG ! YOU'RE THE REAL JOHNNY CAGE !
So how were the 90-ties?
And also kool special moves you have 👍.
awesome man
Johnny Cage and the nut punch was the best lol
Man this music and seeing the characters brings back that dark eerie feeling of the original MK
The music was one of the very best things about the 1st three Mortal Kombat Games, especially MK2.
The music made the fights more intense and put a dark and eerie realism to Mortal Kombat 1 and 2.
Right? There's something so cryptic and raw about these games. That's gotta stem from the music/sound effects.
@@GlidingZephyr Shao Khan for me in Mk2 was such a beat he made me want to puch my monitor, know his a jobber lool.
@@jerrym1218 hell yes!
u aint lyin bro. ..sucked u right in
LMAO at the end
Interviewer: "...this ain't for kids right?"
"Uhhh, actually it is." 🤣
...but not if you enter ABACABB on the grey screen with white text.
*ESRB has entered the chat*
0:49
I think that is what inspired "Friendships."
Lol
Verdad!!
😂😂😂😂😂
shoulda been kano's friendship in mk11
Or a unused files or assets in the game.....
0:48 This should have been in the game
DANCALITY
*_friendship. Friendship?_*
@@Yeahboii7648 AGAIN?
It's better than ANYTHING on TikTok.
@@soldieroftruth77 jaja
The nostalgia has me smiling from ear to ear.
I remember when It came out and nobody could believe how revolutionary this videogame was.
Yep i remember too in 1992 they also tried to compare the game time killers to mortal kombat let's just say there was no comparison
Same thing with modern day peeps and mk11
i went to arcade in like 3rd grade to a place in boca raton fl called wilt chamberlains( owned by him) had huge arcade and totally lost my effin mind. it was the coolest thing id ever seen in my life at the time. like a game i dreamed of. i will never forget that moment seeing scorpion do his fatality.
@@o3reporting490 I felt the same way and I was 17, college freshman at the time. I knew about digitized graphics though, being a PC gamer and computer science major, but MK was way cooler looking that just about everything I'd seen up to that point.
I remember spending 10-20$ in quarters on this game
I always wondered back then how they were able to make the sprites look real. So cool to see all of this documentary. Definitely rare footage. Thanks for posting.
This, still to this day, is one of the most important historical gaming videos on UA-cam. Thank you for this wonderful little gem into the backdrop of our inappropriate gaming childhoods!
And this, my fellow Kombatants, is how the legendary Kombat began...
25 years later... MK11.
27...
Damn I can only remember around 20 separate games 😂😂
Mortal kombat 1 2 will always be the best 9 is close second
@@jimibarker4873 gotta give some love to MK Trilogy too! Classics I can share with my son.
Now riddled with microtransactions. Over $6k if you want all the skins.
The stop motion actor who portrayed Raiden looked robotic and wooden in his movements, but it worked! It worked so well. To this day, because of this game alone, my favourite character to pick in any Mortal Kombat installment is him.
same i always pick him
"The best way to make graphics look real is using real graphics."
🤔😎👌😎🤔
Of course with you
Facts
u mean practical
Real people
It's really something when you recognize the *EXACT* frame they used for a move or pose
Dude. Like....the "EXACT" frame!
Saying the same!
It's amazing to discover that the characters in a video game from your childhood are actually real people...this is so sick
I would like to thank everybody involved in this project for making my childhood awesome 😘
Dude, you were 40 years old when Mortal Kombat 1 came out.
@@TatankaTaylor Incorrect
The beginning of a beautiful era of gaming. Thanks Ed Boon for Mortal Kombat!!!!
And John Tobias, he designed many of MK characters
and John Pesina who played half of the cast
@@crashpal you got his last name right Dan.
Ed Boon? Are you stupid? He didn"t nothing!! Most of the work are from Tobias and Daniel Pesina
Fuck them.. they fucked over that fans of the Arcade Kollection.. I purchased that game and that shit is still unpatched the final battle of Goro is completely fucked up, also music from a few of the stages and other things that's completely uncalled for. You can't play the game regularly for the last pretty much 10 years, and they're still pushing out new games not even repairing anything that they made prior. Fucking sacks of shit they don't give a fuck about their fans.
Interviewer: Oh there's blood
Boon: Yeah, a lot of blood
Interviewer: So this isnt really for kids, huh?
Boon: Oh yeah, actually it is for kids.
Also Boon: *proceeds to rip a man's heart out*
Boon is monster to me..
@@trollx137o2 Why? He’s the reason why you exist.
@@BrassThunder981 Oh yeah...
Was thinking the same thing lol
I played it all the time when I was a kid
This made my life. Thanks. I can see them like it's 1993 in the arcade
😁😁😁😁
92
Oh God, to see Kano smiling and being silly really breaks that 4th wall in a good way.
i know he looks like a goofy jewish accountant or something up close and personal.
He was so endearing in this video!
*~Mortal Kombat Killer Facts~*
Co-Creators *Ed Boon* and *John Tobias* are both Chicago natives and released Mortal Kombat in 1992.
Ed Boon named the characters *Sonya Blade* and *Tonya* after his two sisters.
*Noob Saibot* took his name from his creators John *Tobias* and Ed *Boon* 's reversed surnames.
Damn!
You mean he designed the characters in 1987?
We pitched the game to Ed in the late 1990's.
I will never read Noob Saibot the same way again 🥲
they got a sweet new movie coming out...
This is insane! I remember playing this with my Mom growing up. A childhood classic! Thanks for the vid!
I wonder if there’s gonna be footage of the MK3 characters available.... not talking what’s out there already but stuff with Kabal, Stryker and the replacement Johnny Cage....
alejandromolinac Cage wasn’t in MK3 or UMK3.
Yeah if you search you can find it
8 E 8 E that’s such an urban legend! Daniel was asked to do promotion for the game and had permission from Midway and John Tobias to do it! They never had any problems with that! Look for interviews with Daniel Pesina.
ua-cam.com/video/rzZsQQIRJIA/v-deo.html
TheFonz Probably talking about MK Trilogy’s Johnny played by Chris Alexander.
Fun Fact: The actor who did Johnny Cage, Daniel Pesina, was also Scorpion, Sub Zero, and Reptile. And he then he played them again in MK2 with the addition of Smoke and Noob Saibot.
So basically did all ninjas
Who was raiden then? 😅
@@leonkennedy7776his brother Carlos Pesina. RAYDENBOBELEIGHHHHH!!!
Ho Sung Pak also did Liu Kang & Shang Tsung.
Ah, to see one's 14 year old self through 40 year old eyes. Thanks "Mortal Kombat"! 1993 wouldn't be what it is without you!❤️
(Edit: And thank YOU for the likes!)
We "liking" the comment share the same feeling.
Seeing it through 30 year old eyes, glad we bore witness to this.
40??! Who's FORTY??!-oh, shit....that's right. DAMMMIT!
@@Noir0rioN 😅 im 35 😴
40 and desperate for likes? now i’ve seen it all 😂
@ 11:22 reporter says that was blood...
Ed boon "damm right" 😏
Now he says " dam right " when he be censoring females...
bouncer786 *Damn
Lots of blood
@@DIP8ONE I just can't escape hearing about this, can I?
Ed Boon knows what Ed Boon is about
06:20 A legend was born
Reporter: is this game really for kids
Boon: well yes, but actually no
2020 Actually its for all the family
Um there will probably be some angry parents when they play this game that has blood in it so its not really for the whole family it's more for kids and adults alike
@Social Relativity It wasn't just MK, but also night trap, and a few other games too.
Back when the reasonable expectation was that kids are smart enough to separate entertainment from reality.
@@Usersunited Or at least no social media to magnify the issue.
1:35
That kick was so on cue with the song, I couldn't help but laugh.
_do do dooooooo!_
😅😭❤😂
These guys giving the interview had no idea that there would be so much nostalgia value in 2021. If you're ever part of some kind of production and you're giving an interview about what you're creating, you have to wonder if somebody's going to be watching it 30 years later with nostalgia and you're just having fun doing a random interview lol
This game was instantly amazing to our 9 year old eyes completely apart from Street Fighter 2, great to see the work that went into it.
Ahhhh the memories.:.: remember when the game came out and you’d have to read articles on your friend’s GamePro magazine.... and it was OMG! The characters are real people!!!!!!
Drooling over the article
Back when I was a ten year old and read Super Play gaming magazine, I read about Mortal Kombat and it was about the SNES version. I never thought back then that they would ACTUALLY film actors and use the images for the character sprites, I just thought they were cleaverly drawn somehow on computer. It wasn't until about four years ago I found out about the filming process which surprised and amazed me.
Also, the year after in 94 when Mortal Kombat 2 was being released on SNES, I was suprised and a bit shocked to find about how gory the fatalities were (as I read the description of how they were) as Mortal Kombat 1 on SNES didn't had the blood and while the fatalities were violent, the most gory one was just Kano ripping the heart out of the oppontents' chest.
I had a GamePro subscription good ol memories
Lol
Yeah I had gamepro subscribtion also, I would look for mortal kombat finishing moves lol))
I remember when the game came out for Sega genesis, I was lucky enough to find the last copy of the game on sale in a computer store )) All other stores had the game sold out)
I was maybe about 13 back then)
The dude playing Liu Kang is a legend.
Incredibly rare footage of video gaming history... especially the Test Your Might shots followed by Shang Tsung photo. Wow.
I ALWAYS thought the mood of the first one was the best. It was like a mashup of Enter The Dragon and Big Trouble In Little China. The outworld stuff was cool, but I still get sentimental with this one the most.
Agreed. MK1 gives off a dark unpleasant feeling to me. The eerie screams they give during a fatality still gives me the chills but in a good way…😃
That reporter had no idea how successful this was gonna become...
and the creators, until it hit every arcade and bowling alley.
0:49 Kano's Friendship
rly? 😂
yarly
It was fabulous...
*_FABULOUS!!!!_*
Klassic! HAHAHAHA!!!
you mean 2:39 :D
10:21 ladies and gentlemen.... the fathers of Mortal Kombat
TOATSY 🤣
@@namdrinkwaters2531 Dan Forden
Also known as *Noob Saibot*
Saibot on the left and Noob on the right.
Martial arts type stuff was super popular in the 80's and 90's. It's neat to see this too!
Classic footage.
Klassic
Kool!
Kano is my old friend Rich Devizio. He also had his own night club named Aura. Awsome guy and friend.
Ok that explains the gay 80s dance moves he did.
And a shitty martial artist oh wait he wasn’t one lol
HES SO GAY
Wake Up yo what’s the address
@@josephvincent9298 Dude, you can't kick that high and do those kind of spinning moves without having trained for at least a few years.
This video is a hidden gem !!! I dreamed of being able to see how motion captures did in those games and thanks to you, now I can see it.
This isn't motion capture, it's digitizing which means when the actors or actresses are photographed or recorded on videotapes, which were converted into the computer and turned into 2D sprites.
Incredible find! Thanks so much for digging this up!
I remember first coming across MKI in '92 at my local Ames and was instantly blown away by what I saw. Sooo hard to believe that this classic came out almost 30 years ago!!
Flawless victory for these actors/actress of MK1
This is surreal. Bits and pieces match what's burnt into my brain and it tickles.
This is awesome, so cool to see how it was made, ive still got MKII for Sega Genesis somewhere, thanks for posting!
Oh, que monada. Gracias por la recomendación youtube y gracias por compartirlo :D. Amo esta franquicia, gracias a todos los que le dieron vida nwn
Why does in this era, there are no game using real graphics like this anymore?
Because we want to play games, not real life.
@@Vigilize games are suppose to be realistic at least these types of games mostly goes in the violent and brutal category like gta
Technically now this era uses motion capture
This is unfortunate ! It would be a good thing...
It is probably due, in large part, to the bad press that all "Full Motion Videos", photorealistic and rotoscopic games have received.
A realistic approach with real models has always been an interesting way to bring together a cinematic experience and the interactivity of games.
Unfortunately, even now there are people and media who react badly to a good implementation of this approach, without consideration for the technical complexity and artistic challenge it represents. A game like Need for Speed is a good exemple of a well executed integration of film and cinematographic ambiance in a game.
Above all, Quantum Break is a major title in this aspect and an excellent game.
We have something we called now "motion capture".
Of course the only person looking like he knows what he's doing is Liu kang
Jonnhy Cage also seems a martial artist.
@@igormorgado Yeah, Daniel Pesina, who plays Johnny, Scorpion, and Sub Zero here is a triple black belt and had won a bunch of martial arts tournaments even before MK1 came out. These days he runs a martial arts studio.
Yes,Ho Sung Pak has better moves than the other actors, including Daniel Pesina,who also is a good martial artist.
@@ericjpdt And also He worked with Jackie Chan in the Drunken Master II
@@antonnybraga5929 Holy shit, he worked in one of the best, if not THE best martial arts movie evaaaaarr!!!
Remember some kid brought his gameboy to school in the 1st grade with MK. Changed my life forever.
So epic, Brings back the times I used to sprint to arcades after school, Miss those days
Can't sleep anymore, this is too exciting!!! To see the real characters, and it's the damn real thing!!! Hail for uploading this video.
Natalie Mendelsohn
Most, if not all of it has been on youtube for a while but i love your enthusiasm nonetheless ;)
@@RetroGamesBoy78 UA-cam didn't exist when i was a kid, we were living these games as they came out, can you remember how slow those uppercuts were when you played this on the gameboy?
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The arcade version was so cool, but very difficult and allowed you to rip someone's spine out, the Nintendo versions were rather heavily censored, as a result of playing the games rather than diving into the history i've never looked into this until now. I guess that's different for a retro gamer like you.
Nowadays i'm really seeing a bit of a split between people, some prefer 3D Gaming while others like the 2D gaming interface as it used to be (same count for visiting movies at the cinema) , but i myself love it all, technology is amazing, and diving into the history of 'how they did it' can bring up amazing new facts, just like this and other videos. :)
I am glad to see that one of my favourite childhood videogame was made with so much fun
Never thought I'd see Raiden on a treadmill.
I was a 12 yr old drooling on the screen when this came out at the arcade. I never though I'd see this making of video showing the actors doing the moves. I thought they'd have like those little "motion capture" points all over their bodies...guess not. Super insane nostalgia anyway!
This seriously brings a tear to my eye. I just dont know why.
I totally get it.
Because today we get a billion soulless, linear and/or overly handheld games with day one patches, 10x DLCs and overpriced Season Passes.
Nostalgia
Nostalgia
Because your mom gay and you too
From such humble beginnings, to one of the most Epic Franchises ever. Unbelievable.
I remember how i tried to recreate every sonya move when i was a little girl!, shes the best ❤
Now i don't feel weird matching Goku's stretching moves before a fight.
Director:
Ok time to film fatalities. I will show it once!
I see what you did there͡° ͜ʖ ͡ -
Just wait 9 month for babylity
ok.. finish it the work and let's get out of here and let's have a friendship time..
You can show it more than once, but not take it more than once 😏
So simple, still so awesome. SF The Movie had a third party company hired to do the motion capture and failed miserably. Meanwhile, Boon had everything. Well done Mr Boon. You did it!
This was so advanced for the time, they did motion capture before it became a thing in gaming development.
Actually, this is digitalizing, mocap is when those movements are applied to a 3D model.
@@basurerodej8501 don't have to be smart about it
@@asmir5444 how is giving a correction being smart about it?
@@brandonmottley3768 I'm guessing you didn't know that was sarcasm?
Asmir Abdijovski nah it wasn’t sarcasm u were legit angry
u just said it was sarcasm because you realized how stupid you looked
I can watch Sonya uppercutting all day.
Elizabeth Malecki. You're welcome.
I agree shes fine..
Goro has a penthouse here in Palm Springs
Vincent Martin 3:12
Wow... All those iconic uppercut follow-throughs!! 😮
I think that MK with actors was better than with computer... With digitized actors gave another feeling and was more realistic. It was better 4 me
right.
Yea, I sucked at back then, ...but you're right. I've never wanted to play a game so badly again. Just to recapture the vibe of how innovative and 'contacty' it was.
Just as a child, we believed more in miracles. But it's a good idea: make authentic MK. Ed Boon, I hope u read this!
Absolutely.The game had a creepy feel using real actors. I hope they do this style again with MK!
Totally agree with you.
You're watching history.... amazing
This is like going inside an old building for the very first time that you've previously only been passing by your entire life.
Seeing familiar things from a different perspective.
The background music is so 90's video games
I think its the original Mortal Kombat* Soundtrack.
Original track to the first MK.
@@Keys879 Kombat*
@@olifrancis14 Lol you have auto correct to thank for that one
You gotta love that
Kind of wish we had sound so we could hear the stage directions given to each actor.
Still awesome to see.
They should make a documentary about this. Really impressive work considering they were working with what they had back then. Sonya's and LiunKang actors are wonderful
Sonja Blade's Uppercut 💪
Kano is a nice guy in real life. Ironic.
He touches hearts
Kano: oh cmon luv think about it
Grapefruit Moon literally ...
Kano is a mercenary not a menace. Lol.
A random UA-cam short showed some of this and I'm so glad me just randomly scrolling found this gem... Amazing behind the scenes look at one of THEE best and my favorite fighting game series
LOL at 11:20
Interviewer: That was blood!
Boon/Tobias: Yeah! lots of blood!
Interviewer: It isn't really meant for kids, though, is it?
Boon/Tobias: Actually, it is.
Interviewer: Oh my God! He just ripped his heart out!
Funniest interaction in an interview I've seen today.
"that was blood!"
modern gamers: _kek_
This is incredibly cool! When you remember everything. My childhood. Nostalgia! 90's Ukraine
❤
The impact all this work had is amazing
Hahahah! You know it’s early 90’s when people tuck their tee into their shorts and have a mushroom haircut... sigh..: I am old....
And they were such good times.
@@SeventhheavenDK but I still tuck my tee into my shorts and I have a box fade...
@@PACKERMAN2077 nothing bad or embarassing about that dude. Do what you wana do
@@PACKERMAN2077 aaahahahahahahahaha
@@PACKERMAN2077 aaahahahahahahahaha
*Outstanding!!* 💜
MK I, so many memories, countless hours playing. Awesome video
"This isn't meant for kids" Ed Boon: "Actually it is"
They didn't know they were doing history
Johnny Cage is very mature now but even though his old, asshole times, he was helping other people perform better and teaching them martial art. Fucking legend!
Don't know what I just watched at 2:40. I just assume it was for the torpedo.
Kano was riding the lightning
Daniel Pesina (Johnny Cage) and Richard Divizio (Kano) wanted to use tag team in the game but it didn’t happened cz of the limited of space/ memory for in the game. Can you imagine they waited with that until MK9 (2011)
MKdutchkollector81 and unfortunately never did it again
Oh so that’s probably why there are endurance rounds in MK1.
"Oooo that was blood!" Yup they revolutionized gamming
And then states its probably not for kids. "Well actually..." lol