For those that were born later, you really have to imagine the photorealistic sprites that looked VERY real in an age where we knew only cartoonish graphics when it comes to fighting games. The pounding music, the somewhat dark undertone, the chilling mystery of those two ninja's and last but not least the fatalities. It was really something back in the day.
Yeah most people don't 'get' that it was scary as hell. The arcade I played it in was dark and it was turned up pretty good, it was like playing a horror film.
I don't think it's possible to have another experience like that, unfortunately. I'll never forget the 1st time playing it in an arcade. The graphics looked so realistic - not to mention the presence of blood in an arcade game. Still my favorite "klassic" game to this day & I play it quite frequently.
Yes..like Virtua racing..and all big arcade games. Back then..we can afford a nes..snes..genesis..some neo geo..but the real arcade stuff were almost impossible. In French magazine the 'Combo A.V' panel supergun was presented as a 'arcade jamma console'...that was a childhood dream. After 1995 and specially after the dreamcast..ps2..arcade were not a big stuff anymore...except for the feeling..the 'fight'. High score girl is a nice anime on Netflix about the arcade in Japon in the middle of the 90s. Now I keep my precious..I try to buy some just to finish series...but it's expensive..and I play sometime on mame essentially..sometimes on jamma..on real arcade cabinet. It's always better..like a old 35mm movie on theater.
I couldn’t agree more as I grew up in that time. This game scared the shit out of me in those darkly lit arcades with the sound cranked up and the mysteriousness of the game. Felt like the game came out of nowhere. I still To this day feel it has the best sound and music of all the MKs.
I was around 5 when I went with my parents on holiday at the sea, and there was a bar where my parents liked to sit with their friends and eat/drink/whatever. I remember when I first saw the MK arcade. I spent like a hundred for credits through a week or so, but managed to win Endurance match and accidentally made Scorpion's fatality. And yeah, it looked photorealistic, at first it scared me a bit, but then I was in love with the blood as any kid would be. Fell in love with Scorpion since then.
The good ol' days are gone for good. I was born in '89 and I remember going with my older brothers who were born in '81 and '83 to the arcades and it was so awesome. It was a great experience even though I was a little squirt.
My 1st memory was 1 and 2 were already out. I was at a local Pizza Hut and they had Mortal Kombat by the door. I had a few quarters so I checked it out. I already knew of the blood based on word of mouth, but I didn't know about the fatalities until I played for the 1st time. I was using Johnny Cage, I was facing Raiden (Rayden back then, unless there's some sort of Mandella effect I don't know about). So my mom was walking up when I lost and before she can ask what I was playing, time stopped around me, the screen went dark, Raiden shoot electricity out his hands and towards Cage's head, his head explodes into a pool of blood, time speeds up around me and my mom starts screaming WHAT ARE YOU PLAYING?!? I still laugh at that story to this day.
Hahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!! That’s a great post dude, I can remember the line going into this arcade at our shopping mall, and everyone was grouped around this phenomenon called Mortal Kombat. Raiden took center stage because they got his character from the movie Big Trouble Little China. We were hooked instantly!
I was very lucky, my dad owned an arcade & will still have MK, MK2 SF2 Champion edition, Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo Killer Instinct, OutRun. All of our machines apart from the original SF2 Champion edition because of the amount of people holding the buttons too cause more damage. All are original pcb's, in their original cabinets. Part of history & inheritance for my kids.
I was too old when these hit the scene to be scared of it, lol, but I was certainly in awe of it. Thanks for sharing this! Hearing the sound as it was in the arcades and seeing it on a monitor really bring back the memories - thanks for sharing!
When MK came it I thought it was cool. But when MKII came out I was completely in awe! I was just captivated with every sight and sound and the story of Mortal Kombat. This MK cab of yours is beautiful, and I'm incredibly jealous lol. One day, I dont care how long it takes, I will have an authentic MKII cab in my home. For now, my Arcade1Up will do the job...
I was born in the early '00s so I wasnt around when this game first came out, but I remember going to a boardwalk arcade when I was like... five I think and playing this with my buddy Adam. Looking back on it I see now how awe-struck people were, because it truly is (and was) something special. The Mortal Kombat series has and always will be one of 'those' classic (or should I say 'klassic') series where its just timeless. Now the only thing left to say is.... GET OVER HERE!
I remember when 2 came out and then 3 came out... people were still crowded around 2, and 3 was already out! Craziest thing I'd ever seen. They'd wait in line to play either.
1992. One year that USSR collapsed. We don't see this arcade machines, we don't know about that thing exist!!! We played MK only on pirate cheap megadrive consoles... USSR was garbage, no progress, no technologies, only poornes. In USSR ordinary people don't have video player or camera, not have good tv's. Nobody knows about consoles and modern computers...
Man the sounds on this game were intimidating as a kid 😂 I freaking love this game! I can’t get into the newer mk games they just don’t do it for me but mk1-3 is the best for me.
That picture of Johnny cage on the side of the machine is one of the greatest pictures of all time I'm surprised that's not the picture that they use for the original mortal combat when the first came out😊
loved this arcade game so much and i still do, i loved the way the game looked, wish all the other mks had the same graphics as part1 had, for some reason it just looked way better in my opinion. still play it today on my retropie on a big old tv.
Used to love playing this game on Genesis, and I used to play it at a bowling alley arcade sometimes too (Treasure Island arcade at St. Clair Bowl in Fairview Heights, IL) Price for MK there was: 1 CREDIT / 1 COIN 2 CREDITS TO START 1 CREDIT TO CONTINUE
2 CREDITS TO START and 1 CREDIT TO CONTINUE was the default price setting for another 1992 arcade game: Konami's LETHAL ENFORCERS! This setting where it was 1 credit more to start than to continue was known as "premium start" on Konami games of that era. Funny thing is I remember seeing a Lethal Enforcers cabinet at the St. Clair Bowl arcade once back in January or February 1999, but the machine was turned off and no guns were attached to it. That was the ONLY time I saw that game at that arcade.
This game is a true classic! Only got to play it once in the arcades back when it was released! And MAN...what a experience! These days though, I play it using MAME with my Quanba arcade stick!
When I first started playing in the arcades, MK II had just came out, so this one sat over there alone all the time, and rarely had anybody play it. It was dark in the arcade, it was by itself over in an area, with the sound cranked up... the game was actually SCARY to play.
@@LyonsArcade yeah around 1995 i played this and mk3 i don't remember did i try mk2 but it was around in the arcades and yeah after school i played it for hours was scared as shit but from mk3
Feels like the kumate..those drums.. boom boom boom .graphics are so good on arcades ..nice nostalgia.i was timid around that suker to . Once mk1 came out . There wasnt anything like it . With that raw photography graphics look...the way they move and look it felt so real .
There was like 2 or 3 guys that would just dominate and know all the moves as well as all the fatalities and they would be just beating the hell out of the would be combatants and there would be a group watching them do this. The arcade was a phenomenon
Good old 1992. Mortal Kombat 3 was my favorite though because I got to practice it allot as a kid on my super nintendo then go to the mall and whoop everyone's ass. Back then, everyone stood around watching and you put your quarter up on the edge of the screen to show you wanted to play the winner. If you won, you got to play the next person for free, if you lost, you just lost yourself 50 cents. You knew, if your mom or dad gave you a couple bucks, you better make it last by trying your hardest.
i wasn't part of the old gen but i started playing mk9 and fell in love with the series and for christmas got a sega genesis (with games on it already) with mk 1-3 and was just in awe the whole time
You play mortal Kombat the exact same way I do, play scorpion then just uppercut constantly lol. I could never get into fighting games. Nice cabinet though.
I usually play him if i'm filming it or something because I can remember his finishing move, can't remember if I did it on this video or not though, LOL
Yeah, Im only 15 and itsmy dad's but its fun to play and the graphics are unique. My dad said it was fun back in the day to go to the arcade and he said he killed everyone using scorpion. He also told me they banned this move by Sonya, do you know what move?
I was born in ‘79 and Revenge of the Ninja was my all time favorite movie easily watching it 100 times or more and I can’t put into words how I felt walking into the old WalMart and seeing this up front! I remember just standing there in awe… it was literally the best thing I’d ever seen! My brain couldn’t handle it and every single time anyone would be going to Walmart I would go just so I could watch this being played… I had a few quarters here and there, but what I’d give to have one of these!!! I mowed yards and squashed cans and pre ordered the sega genesis version from EGP soon as it was available and boy was that a disappointment! ❤
Joe i think you would be surprised at how many of us could relate to being mildly "scared" as you say (or mortified) the first time we saw the fatalities. Kano's especially scared me. I was 12-years-old so it was, admittedly a more innocent time, but Its funny now thinking about it because the graphics now are far more vivid and realistic and its still like no big deal. By the way, i was pullin' for you on that last "pit stage" you played vs Raiden! You got a flawless on round 1 and if you got a 2nd flawless on the 2nd of that stage then you would have unlocked the secret fight with reptile (the green ninja). He's hard to beat because he moves faster and has all of scorpion and sub-zero's moves, but you get 10 million points if you can beat him! Anyways, great presentation as always! 🤘
Thanks Wesley, It's such a well done game and I think a lot of people overlook how much the music, and the dark nature of most arcades helped it scare the hell out of all of us :)
Good souvenirs! I am from 1980. I always hated all the other Mortal Kombats after this one. What made me love this game was 1)The powerful bass sound when you hit a character. 2) The huge uppercuts causing massive loss of blood. 3)The Scopion spike in people's throat, this was freaking amazing! 4)The photo-realistic characters, sooo cool. and finally.......the crazy finishing stuff, I just could not believe my eyes the first time I saw sub Zero decapitating a guy...wow! But honestly......it was a sick game and the newest ones are just too sick and I don;t think they should allow this to be out. I noticed that It was making me violent as a kid.......so today as a dad, I stop my kids from going anywhere near such games!
Did all of these MK1 side arts fade from the sun? I don't remember them looking so washed out and colorless. I remember them being bright and largely red. Edit: He just talked about this lol. I thought I was going crazy.
Here's the thing, if it's been a mortal kombat the whole time, the lights have faded the artwork (or the sun)... but some of the Mortal Kombat games after a year or two were changed into another game, and they painted over the sideart. The original sideart is pretty high quality, except it'll fade. So what happens is, if the game has always been a Mortal Kombat the sideart will be faded.. .but if they painted over it to kit the cabinet into another game, if you strip the paint off the side of the cabinet, the original sideart will be underneath it and in great shape, because it was only exposed to lights for a year or two before they painted over it! It's high quality enough too that you can usually strip the paint off of it and it doesn't damage the sideart underneath.... and then you can reinstall a Mortal Kombat PCB and control panel artwork and have a really nice Mortal Kombat again (deconvert it from whatever it was turned into)
I only got to play the actual stand up machine once in my life. Mortal kombat 3 was actually out by the time and I spotted a MK1 cabinet and i ran to it like people ran to the newer games when they came out. I let everyone else play 3 and I had the first game all to myself. =) Then I never got to play it again besides through emulation.
Justin Osborne i am 15 years old and i know what a vcr is. I had ' i was younger. I have some very "interesting" friends. One of my friends don't even know what a CD is. What a sad world!
Back then that was high tech...with grunge,rap and eurodance all around. Now it's always funny. A new one with same,remake will be great. MK9 was great,my favorite with the first one. I will try XL and 11 soon. One day I will have this cabinet..with all MK games in it,a bigger lcd screen with freimemaster and just one more button...same stuff with SF2..King of dragons (with all beat them up capcom and all). And to finish a Neo red cabinet..New astro..Blast..and Viewlix probably...so just 5/6 arcade. It's not the same feeling with arcade stick from the couch on a home cinema..(objectly better..but not the same old school fetish).
Looks good overall. Does look like the monitor deeds a degaussing coil for the top right of the picture. Sorry if you mentioned this in the video, I kept getting interrupted here and might have missed that.
I think I moved the cabinet to the side a little bit so it'd look good in the shot and it threw it off a little bit... when I was done with the video I slid it back square with the wall and it went back to normal...
I still own my Jakks Pacific Plug and Play Mortal Kombat. It is almost arcade perfect but the backgrounds are all stills and not animated. The music is off and in midi format. Still the gameplay, character animations and fatalities are all there. I still play it sometimes.
Dude I have one of the OG mortal kombat cabinets at my house it was my dads he bought it from the mall it used to be in and when he was a kid he played so much he just bought it before the place closed and it’s almost perfect condition except for I need to fix the power cable but it’s so cool I have mortal kombat one for free at any time I’ve spent many hours on it and my dad and uncles initials are in the top ten on it😎
Oof.. Shame about the sun fading on the artwork.. That was always such a striking cabinet.. Another childhood favorite, though admittedly I played it on SNES first before any of the arcades near me actually got one for some reason.
I just got my Mortal Kombat arcade delivered yesterday, but trying to figure out how to open up the control panel. Do you know how? Want to replace the joysticks and a couple buttons. What buttons and joysticks do you suggest I use for Mortal Kombat?
They just weren't quite powerful enough to replicate the arcade hardware, it was a very powerful system and only had to display the 1 game... the home systems had to be more versatile and didn't cost as much. The arcade PCB's were 1500 or more back then, very powerful.
Esta maquinita me quedaba a 2 casas y jugaba saliendo de la escuela y .en la noche pues serraban alas 10 pm y jugaba en ocaciones ya solo y si dava miedo la risa .que sale en el juego..que recuerdos por aya del 1998😬
Trying to replace the t molding but having difficulty putting it on the bottom. I am using a mallet to tap it in but can’t do that on the bottom. Any suggestions?
We just tip it wayyyyyy over and have somebody hold it up while we tap it in. If you mean it just won't tap in, the bottom gets smashed on these cabs sometimes, you may have to clean the groove in the mdf out with a screwdriver blade or something.
@@LyonsArcade thank you. I had a feeling that is what I had to do, but didn’t know if I had to remove all the innards of the machine before I did that. But if all I have to do is tip it over, I will just have my wife help me. Thanks again!!
HELP! I don't know if you have ever had this issue. I was playing today and the screen just turned into a jumbled mess of colors and the game just failed to continue. Have you had this problem? what should I do? (I've tried turning it off and on, unplugging,)
Any chance this fantastic as gift to me? @14ofFebruary,my birthday? Played Part2 first @Trocadero-SEGA Center(London). The sound and magic of it,I willl never forget forever.
We do have some, we put them in full sized cabinets though. Mortal Kombat unfortunately doesn't play very good on the Pandora's Box, about half of the frames are missing... so it looks really choppy.
Have you seen the latest Mortal Kombat and its DLC Aftermath story mode? If so, what ending do you think is canon and who do you think will be in MK12? Who would you want in MK12?
Hi Laura... we have been selling them locally for many years so usually people call us and offer to sell them to us... so we don’t do much hunting for them they usually get offered to us for sale. Thank you for watching!
For those that were born later, you really have to imagine the photorealistic sprites that looked VERY real in an age where we knew only cartoonish graphics when it comes to fighting games. The pounding music, the somewhat dark undertone, the chilling mystery of those two ninja's and last but not least the fatalities. It was really something back in the day.
Yeah most people don't 'get' that it was scary as hell. The arcade I played it in was dark and it was turned up pretty good, it was like playing a horror film.
I don't think it's possible to have another experience like that, unfortunately. I'll never forget the 1st time playing it in an arcade. The graphics looked so realistic - not to mention the presence of blood in an arcade game.
Still my favorite "klassic" game to this day & I play it quite frequently.
Yes..like Virtua racing..and all big arcade games.
Back then..we can afford a nes..snes..genesis..some neo geo..but the real arcade stuff were almost impossible.
In French magazine the 'Combo A.V' panel supergun was presented as a 'arcade jamma console'...that was a childhood dream.
After 1995 and specially after the dreamcast..ps2..arcade were not a big stuff anymore...except for the feeling..the 'fight'.
High score girl is a nice anime on Netflix about the arcade in Japon in the middle of the 90s.
Now I keep my precious..I try to buy some just to finish series...but it's expensive..and I play sometime on mame essentially..sometimes on jamma..on real arcade cabinet.
It's always better..like a old 35mm movie on theater.
I couldn’t agree more as I grew up in that time. This game scared the shit out of me in those darkly lit arcades with the sound cranked up and the mysteriousness of the game. Felt like the game came out of nowhere. I still
To this day feel it has the best sound and music of all the MKs.
I was around 5 when I went with my parents on holiday at the sea, and there was a bar where my parents liked to sit with their friends and eat/drink/whatever. I remember when I first saw the MK arcade. I spent like a hundred for credits through a week or so, but managed to win Endurance match and accidentally made Scorpion's fatality.
And yeah, it looked photorealistic, at first it scared me a bit, but then I was in love with the blood as any kid would be. Fell in love with Scorpion since then.
Mama always knew where i was at in the mall. The arcade room was my life especially mortal kombat. Good ole days!!!
Rob I used to go and just watch other people play, so fun back then because there was stuff hidden in the games that we'd never seen before...
The good ol' days are gone for good. I was born in '89 and I remember going with my older brothers who were born in '81 and '83 to the arcades and it was so awesome. It was a great experience even though I was a little squirt.
At least you snuck in there a little bit at the end! A lot of people will never know what it was like.
Borginator yeah I am 83 and I loved mk1 mk2 mk3 in the arcades now play it on my phone
My 1st memory was 1 and 2 were already out. I was at a local Pizza Hut and they had Mortal Kombat by the door. I had a few quarters so I checked it out. I already knew of the blood based on word of mouth, but I didn't know about the fatalities until I played for the 1st time. I was using Johnny Cage, I was facing Raiden (Rayden back then, unless there's some sort of Mandella effect I don't know about). So my mom was walking up when I lost and before she can ask what I was playing, time stopped around me, the screen went dark, Raiden shoot electricity out his hands and towards Cage's head, his head explodes into a pool of blood, time speeds up around me and my mom starts screaming WHAT ARE YOU PLAYING?!? I still laugh at that story to this day.
She thought she was raising a little terrorist, lol. Funny stuff!
Joe's Classic Video Games nah, she knows the kind of husband and dad I have become. She and I still laugh about it.
that fatality has the most blood too haha
Ricky Lucas lol I bet some mom had it banned from pizza hut.
Hahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!! That’s a great post dude, I can remember the line going into this arcade at our shopping mall, and everyone was grouped around this phenomenon called Mortal Kombat. Raiden took center stage because they got his character from the movie Big Trouble Little China. We were hooked instantly!
I was very lucky, my dad owned an arcade & will still have MK, MK2 SF2 Champion edition, Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo Killer Instinct, OutRun. All of our machines apart from the original SF2 Champion edition because of the amount of people holding the buttons too cause more damage. All are original pcb's, in their original cabinets. Part of history & inheritance for my kids.
That's very cool, he kept all the good ones!
Damn your dad owned an arcade? and I thought my dad was cool because he owned a bakery.
Where is your dads arcade ?
@@Jackpot77777 he had it in Birmingham opposite the ramp to the Palasades 89 - 97
I was too old when these hit the scene to be scared of it, lol, but I was certainly in awe of it. Thanks for sharing this! Hearing the sound as it was in the arcades and seeing it on a monitor really bring back the memories - thanks for sharing!
That's what we're going for!
Lots of quarters dumped into this beast back in the day. Probably my all time favorite arcade game.
It was definitely something special :)
I know I’m 6 years late to this video. But this is the coolest thing I’ve ever seen. Thanks for sharing!
When MK came it I thought it was cool. But when MKII came out I was completely in awe! I was just captivated with every sight and sound and the story of Mortal Kombat. This MK cab of yours is beautiful, and I'm incredibly jealous lol. One day, I dont care how long it takes, I will have an authentic MKII cab in my home. For now, my Arcade1Up will do the job...
I was born in the early '00s so I wasnt around when this game first came out, but I remember going to a boardwalk arcade when I was like... five I think and playing this with my buddy Adam. Looking back on it I see now how awe-struck people were, because it truly is (and was) something special. The Mortal Kombat series has and always will be one of 'those' classic (or should I say 'klassic') series where its just timeless. Now the only thing left to say is.... GET OVER HERE!
I agree 100%
30 years ago....how time passes so fast. I remember the launch of Arcade as if it were today, full of people watching the launch
Very very very very very good !!!
Thanks Silvana :)
I got a roll of quarters, skipped my college classes all day, went to the dirt mall where I lived and played this game all day.
Mk was the crowd hangout in the mall.. Man oh man i missed the 90's. That machine drew new attention and from other machines.
I remember when 2 came out and then 3 came out... people were still crowded around 2, and 3 was already out! Craziest thing I'd ever seen. They'd wait in line to play either.
1992. One year that USSR collapsed. We don't see this arcade machines, we don't know about that thing exist!!! We played MK only on pirate cheap megadrive consoles... USSR was garbage, no progress, no technologies, only poornes. In USSR ordinary people don't have video player or camera, not have good tv's. Nobody knows about consoles and modern computers...
Man the sounds on this game were intimidating as a kid 😂 I freaking love this game! I can’t get into the newer mk games they just don’t do it for me but mk1-3 is the best for me.
Yea i feel u
That picture of Johnny cage on the side of the machine is one of the greatest pictures of all time I'm surprised that's not the picture that they use for the original mortal combat when the first came out😊
it looks awesome, man... a crt screen is a must... just how it was back in the days
The LCD's don't bother me too much, but I can't stand when the aspect ratio is wrong...
loved this arcade game so much and i still do, i loved the way the game looked, wish all the other mks had the same graphics as part1 had, for some reason it just looked way better in my opinion. still play it today on my retropie on a big old tv.
It was something else when it came out!
I agree they never got it quite right after MK2.
I don't play the games anymore but still like the cartoons and movies.
Fun times, I don't play the games too much anymore either .
The first time I've ever seen Scorpions fatality I was inpressed and scared too😂😊
I love Mortal Kombat, a whole lot. Every weekends, I use to go to the boardwalk, and play it a lot. I spent at least $10 on it to finally beat it.
$10 is a small investment for memories that last 20 years!
I'd like to own my own Kombat arcade.
Used to love playing this game on Genesis, and I used to play it at a bowling alley arcade sometimes too (Treasure Island arcade at St. Clair Bowl in Fairview Heights, IL)
Price for MK there was:
1 CREDIT / 1 COIN
2 CREDITS TO START
1 CREDIT TO CONTINUE
2 CREDITS TO START and 1 CREDIT TO CONTINUE was the default price setting for another 1992 arcade game: Konami's LETHAL ENFORCERS! This setting where it was 1 credit more to start than to continue was known as "premium start" on Konami games of that era.
Funny thing is I remember seeing a Lethal Enforcers cabinet at the St. Clair Bowl arcade once back in January or February 1999, but the machine was turned off and no guns were attached to it. That was the ONLY time I saw that game at that arcade.
This game is a true classic! Only got to play it once in the arcades back when it was released! And MAN...what a experience! These days though, I play it using MAME with my Quanba arcade stick!
When I first started playing in the arcades, MK II had just came out, so this one sat over there alone all the time, and rarely had anybody play it. It was dark in the arcade, it was by itself over in an area, with the sound cranked up... the game was actually SCARY to play.
Dude build yourself a MAME arcade machine.
@@LyonsArcade yeah around 1995 i played this and mk3 i don't remember did i try mk2 but it was around in the arcades and yeah after school i played it for hours was scared as shit but from mk3
So awsome. Loved this game when i was 11.
Me too!
Me too con only 10 years.
beautiful machine
Thanks Pterrordactyl!
Bruh I have nostalgia for mk2 even though I’m 11 I’d love to play the original arcade cabinet where it shows all the special moves of the characters
It's hard to find one but you'll run into one eventually to try out! Thanks for watching Dank Wisard...
Joe's Classic Video Games maybe in the future I’ll save up for a arcade 1 up
Fantastic to see. Thank you.
Brings back memories. Excellent work.
Thank you!
Feels like the kumate..those drums.. boom boom boom .graphics are so good on arcades ..nice nostalgia.i was timid around that suker to . Once mk1 came out . There wasnt anything like it . With that raw photography graphics look...the way they move and look it felt so real .
Man, i've seen this one a couple of times here in Argentina. Glad to see that you are taking it back from the dead.
Thanks Lisandro, glad you enjoyed it!
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There was like 2 or 3 guys that would just dominate and know all the moves as well as all the fatalities and they would be just beating the hell out of the would be combatants and there would be a group watching them do this. The arcade was a phenomenon
Yup at my place too a couple guys were great and everybody else would watch!
Good old 1992. Mortal Kombat 3 was my favorite though because I got to practice it allot as a kid on my super nintendo then go to the mall and whoop everyone's ass. Back then, everyone stood around watching and you put your quarter up on the edge of the screen to show you wanted to play the winner. If you won, you got to play the next person for free, if you lost, you just lost yourself 50 cents. You knew, if your mom or dad gave you a couple bucks, you better make it last by trying your hardest.
Yup! I was always one of the kids standing around watching :)
This was our game. The good old days. We would play it at the arcade under the pier. I kicked ass on it!
i wasn't part of the old gen but i started playing mk9 and fell in love with the series and for christmas got a sega genesis (with games on it already) with mk 1-3 and was just in awe the whole time
It's a very cool series, that's cool that you can see the value in the older generations of the game!
@@LyonsArcade i find it amazing! just from how it started all the way to what it has became
That's my best MK classic.
It was more serious and scary! than the other ones....
I always go back to the classic mk arcade
One of the best ever!
Nice find, Monitor is good too. MK 2 was my favorite. Those cabinets were in a lot of pizza places. alongside NBA Jam. Remember them well.
I love this arcade Mortal Kombat
It's a classic!
You play mortal Kombat the exact same way I do, play scorpion then just uppercut constantly lol. I could never get into fighting games. Nice cabinet though.
I usually play him if i'm filming it or something because I can remember his finishing move, can't remember if I did it on this video or not though, LOL
Goro LIVES!
This is so cool, I actually have one at my house!
Very cool. A real classic!
Yeah, Im only 15 and itsmy dad's but its fun to play and the graphics are unique. My dad said it was fun back in the day to go to the arcade and he said he killed everyone using scorpion. He also told me they banned this move by Sonya, do you know what move?
I was born in ‘79 and Revenge of the Ninja was my all time favorite movie easily watching it 100 times or more and I can’t put into words how I felt walking into the old WalMart and seeing this up front! I remember just standing there in awe… it was literally the best thing I’d ever seen! My brain couldn’t handle it and every single time anyone would be going to Walmart I would go just so I could watch this being played… I had a few quarters here and there, but what I’d give to have one of these!!! I mowed yards and squashed cans and pre ordered the sega genesis version from EGP soon as it was available and boy was that a disappointment! ❤
such a classic game
Yeah, it's one of the best ever!
Awesome!
We think it is too!
Joe i think you would be surprised at how many of us could relate to being mildly "scared" as you say (or mortified) the first time we saw the fatalities. Kano's especially scared me. I was 12-years-old so it was, admittedly a more innocent time, but Its funny now thinking about it because the graphics now are far more vivid and realistic and its still like no big deal. By the way, i was pullin' for you on that last "pit stage" you played vs Raiden! You got a flawless on round 1 and if you got a 2nd flawless on the 2nd of that stage then you would have unlocked the secret fight with reptile (the green ninja). He's hard to beat because he moves faster and has all of scorpion and sub-zero's moves, but you get 10 million points if you can beat him! Anyways, great presentation as always! 🤘
Thanks Wesley, It's such a well done game and I think a lot of people overlook how much the music, and the dark nature of most arcades helped it scare the hell out of all of us :)
thx a lot for bringing back such great memories
Thanks Morad, see you on the next video!
0:24 - Sounds like Ron was doing his impression of the title screen theme for that game! Pretty good, Ron!
Thank you Matthew!
Mk1 is so original and fun compared to the later games except for mk9 and mkx those two are fun too.
Yeah it was like nothing else when it came out!
Well MK Komplete Edition ("9") was a remake of the first original 3.
@@democrazy69 so much for original lmao
All MKs are fun
Good souvenirs! I am from 1980. I always hated all the other Mortal Kombats after this one. What made me love this game was 1)The powerful bass sound when you hit a character. 2) The huge uppercuts causing massive loss of blood. 3)The Scopion spike in people's throat, this was freaking amazing! 4)The photo-realistic characters, sooo cool. and finally.......the crazy finishing stuff, I just could not believe my eyes the first time I saw sub Zero decapitating a guy...wow! But honestly......it was a sick game and the newest ones are just too sick and I don;t think they should allow this to be out. I noticed that It was making me violent as a kid.......so today as a dad, I stop my kids from going anywhere near such games!
In this game you have to learn his ultimate combo which is kick spear Upper cut😊
Raiden's calls when doing his flying torpedo move sound hilarious:
"Cajingjingdigaaa!" "Bajingbabadaaaay!"
I want that arcade machine!
They're getting harder to find!
Yeah, i found a original for 2800$ but in need for some restore
That is just beautiful boss!!!!
cool mortal kombat arcade i love it! :)
Thanks Tomy Power!
@@LyonsArcade you're welcome!
9:00 liu Lang was the easiest hold block rotate release
I can't do it on Genesis.
No one really likes Liu kangs fatality but I do
Thank God for M.A.M.E!
You can say that again :)
Did all of these MK1 side arts fade from the sun? I don't remember them looking so washed out and colorless. I remember them being bright and largely red. Edit: He just talked about this lol. I thought I was going crazy.
Here's the thing, if it's been a mortal kombat the whole time, the lights have faded the artwork (or the sun)... but some of the Mortal Kombat games after a year or two were changed into another game, and they painted over the sideart. The original sideart is pretty high quality, except it'll fade.
So what happens is, if the game has always been a Mortal Kombat the sideart will be faded.. .but if they painted over it to kit the cabinet into another game, if you strip the paint off the side of the cabinet, the original sideart will be underneath it and in great shape, because it was only exposed to lights for a year or two before they painted over it! It's high quality enough too that you can usually strip the paint off of it and it doesn't damage the sideart underneath.... and then you can reinstall a Mortal Kombat PCB and control panel artwork and have a really nice Mortal Kombat again (deconvert it from whatever it was turned into)
awesome !
Who's playing Mortal Kombat in 2018
We still are!
Got one in my home "arcade" with all thr Mks in it in a switcher.
When people say mkx is the best I'm all like "bitch, MK deception, MK 1, 2, and 3...."
tell 'em man. KIDS AINT KNOWIN
love the game
It's a legend!
yes it is also love the game's music
I only got to play the actual stand up machine once in my life. Mortal kombat 3 was actually out by the time and I spotted a MK1 cabinet and i ran to it like people ran to the newer games when they came out. I let everyone else play 3 and I had the first game all to myself. =) Then I never got to play it again besides through emulation.
But you still remember it!
MobileDecay You can find it on pc computer online. Otherwise the sega and super have crappy versions in comparison.
Cool! It's Old school.
... and Old School... is COOL
Joe's Classic Video Games Yeahhh! Awesome!
man i always wanted this machine..
I was scared of this game in the arcades and also mk3 scared me
nice i own an artisanal cabinet with pandora box i send to create mk1 stikers
Some people have never seen it. I know teens who don't even know what a VCR is.
Next time you're around a kid ask them who Elvis is, it'll blow your mind nobody knows anymore.
And here I grew up around LaserDisc, Beta, and CED.
Justin Osborne i am 15 years old and i know what a vcr is. I had ' i was younger. I have some very "interesting" friends. One of my friends don't even know what a CD is. What a sad world!
Yeah im 15 and I got a vcr at home, and mortal kombat arcade at home
Justin Osborne or laser disc, or a discman even lol.
Back then that was high tech...with grunge,rap and eurodance all around.
Now it's always funny.
A new one with same,remake will be great.
MK9 was great,my favorite with the first one.
I will try XL and 11 soon.
One day I will have this cabinet..with all MK games in it,a bigger lcd screen with freimemaster and just one more button...same stuff with SF2..King of dragons (with all beat them up capcom and all).
And to finish a Neo red cabinet..New astro..Blast..and Viewlix probably...so just 5/6 arcade.
It's not the same feeling with arcade stick from the couch on a home cinema..(objectly better..but not the same old school fetish).
Definitely man!
I played this back in the days in arcades after school i was all day in arcades playing this
Looks good overall. Does look like the monitor deeds a degaussing coil for the top right of the picture. Sorry if you mentioned this in the video, I kept getting interrupted here and might have missed that.
I think I moved the cabinet to the side a little bit so it'd look good in the shot and it threw it off a little bit... when I was done with the video I slid it back square with the wall and it went back to normal...
Thanks for the videos joe! Im having this issue with my simpsons cab. But when i move it its fine. Why is this? Is there something wrong?
Very cool !
It really is Antoine! See you on the next video!
I still own my Jakks Pacific Plug and Play Mortal Kombat. It is almost arcade perfect but the backgrounds are all stills and not animated. The music is off and in midi format. Still the gameplay, character animations and fatalities are all there. I still play it sometimes.
Very cool :) Yeah they did a good job with some of those plug and plays...
i never played an arcade console, it mustve been hard to play
It's a little different but you get the hang of it.
Dude I have one of the OG mortal kombat cabinets at my house it was my dads he bought it from the mall it used to be in and when he was a kid he played so much he just bought it before the place closed and it’s almost perfect condition except for I need to fix the power cable but it’s so cool I have mortal kombat one for free at any time I’ve spent many hours on it and my dad and uncles initials are in the top ten on it😎
That's very cool! It's a great game to have in your house, what a classic! Take care of it!
Oof.. Shame about the sun fading on the artwork.. That was always such a striking cabinet..
Another childhood favorite, though admittedly I played it on SNES first before any of the arcades near me actually got one for some reason.
I remember when it came out for Super Nintendo I pre ordered it and it was like 80 bucks! Great game...
A GEM
I just got my Mortal Kombat arcade delivered yesterday, but trying to figure out how to open up the control panel. Do you know how? Want to replace the joysticks and a couple buttons. What buttons and joysticks do you suggest I use for Mortal Kombat?
Nostalgilily!!!!
Ain't that the truth!
My mom won’t even worry about me when she did the laundry I was all over this !!!!
Those were the days! They had a captive audience in those laundromats made a fortune!
Your mom is cool with letting you play gory video games.
Quick question, the dragon logo(s) on the front panel (where it says “Midway”) are backwards from the top ones. Is that how they all were originally?
I believe so, this one was original.
The arcade graphics were never replicated on snes and genesis nor playstation. Wonder why
They just weren't quite powerful enough to replicate the arcade hardware, it was a very powerful system and only had to display the 1 game... the home systems had to be more versatile and didn't cost as much. The arcade PCB's were 1500 or more back then, very powerful.
Maybe. But even on ps2, they still couldnt replicate thw grpahics when they did the trilogy release
I just ordered this on sega genesis an the 2nd one
Very cool, we sell them here in our shop locally too. The genesis versions seems scarier than the Super Nintendo versions!
Hey! The monitor it is original or you changed with a brand new?
MK Alex That's the original one, Alex! We rebuilt it by changing all the capacitors, the flyback, etc.
LyonsArcade Good job! Thx!
Was that a Nintendo Space Firebird cocktail lurking in the shadows? I happen to have one. What are they worth?
I think we sold our last one for $900... we're a retail shop though so your mileage may vary.
Esta maquinita me quedaba a 2 casas y jugaba saliendo de la escuela y .en la noche pues serraban alas 10 pm y jugaba en ocaciones ya solo y si dava miedo la risa .que sale en el juego..que recuerdos por aya del 1998😬
Buena jugada.
Gracias Amigo!
Trying to replace the t molding but having difficulty putting it on the bottom. I am using a mallet to tap it in but can’t do that on the bottom. Any suggestions?
We just tip it wayyyyyy over and have somebody hold it up while we tap it in. If you mean it just won't tap in, the bottom gets smashed on these cabs sometimes, you may have to clean the groove in the mdf out with a screwdriver blade or something.
@@LyonsArcade thank you. I had a feeling that is what I had to do, but didn’t know if I had to remove all the innards of the machine before I did that. But if all I have to do is tip it over, I will just have my wife help me. Thanks again!!
LOUD OR NOTHING ! LET IT JAM OUT!
I AGREE!
I watched Mortal Kombat Movie already came out in 1995 This is based upon video game since 1992.
HELP! I don't know if you have ever had this issue. I was playing today and the screen just turned into a jumbled mess of colors and the game just failed to continue. Have you had this problem? what should I do? (I've tried turning it off and on, unplugging,)
Any chance this fantastic as gift to me?
@14ofFebruary,my birthday?
Played Part2 first @Trocadero-SEGA Center(London).
The sound and magic of it,I willl never forget forever.
I don't have it anymore unfortunately Mario :)
Hello Joe,its pity but understandable.
The beautiful memories remains forever ;)
Greetz from Germany
Do you have a Pandora's Box? This was one of the games that the Arcade Console would have .
We do have some, we put them in full sized cabinets though. Mortal Kombat unfortunately doesn't play very good on the Pandora's Box, about half of the frames are missing... so it looks really choppy.
Have you seen the latest Mortal Kombat and its DLC Aftermath story mode?
If so, what ending do you think is canon and who do you think will be in MK12? Who would you want in MK12?
Where do you get your arcade machines do you buy it from other stores or do you get them online or in trade deals or something
Hi Laura... we have been selling them locally for many years so usually people call us and offer to sell them to us... so we don’t do much hunting for them they usually get offered to us for sale. Thank you for watching!
Thanks also I've just been on your website and the mk machine is sold is any other person offering one to you
what size monitor did it come with "stock" ? Thanks !
a 25" Wells Gardner K7000.
nice !
How do you do that
in my country no arcades here sad 😦😦😦😦 but i was born in 85
You might have to start building some of them! Thank you for watching!
I burned through $10 dollar rolls of quarters in this game every Saturday for many years.
I remember those days well.
@@LyonsArcade So cool that you restored this game!
How much will you sell for mortal kombat 1 arcade
We already sold it, I believe it was $1299.
Joe's Classic Video Games oh ok thank you for telling me
No problem, good luck.
Ya ll have a website?
+Kenneth Kreeger Jr Yes sir, it's on all the videos, we're at www.LyonsArcade.com .
Thanks