The History of Mortal Kombat Part I - The Original Trilogy.
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- Mortal Kombat is as big a part of my childhood as anything. My brother and I would gather around the SEGA Genesis for hours at a time, mashing buttons trying to pull off the dreaded 'Fatality' finishing moves. This is part one of a documentary chronicling the history of Mortal Kombat, from start to finish. I hope you enjoy it.
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You did good by expecting interest in mk to be revitalized with the new movie coming out and adding this. Awesome series btw I have been binging on this stuff since I played armegedon and trilogy when they came out but didn't play the rest so I wanted to contextualize myself more like the nerd I am. Thank youuuu
@@isawuzhere9140 Thank you for the kind words. And yea, I'm probably a little late on adding a pinned comment, but, what the hell, hahaha. Thanks for watching!
Just got done watching it it was great
@@zkg150 Thanks for watching!
Gonna be honest man. Already watched the series a while back, but so good watching again. Excellent work man. Love it!
Babalities and Friendships weren't necessarily meant to humiliate your opponent. They were meant to be a slap in the face to the censors losing their minds on account MK was as popular as it was, given all of the violence baked in. They were Boon and Tobias going way overboard on something cute and cuddly for the game, on purpose. As a teenager at the time, that message alone hit home with us and we used to laugh at the ridiculousness of it all. Pretty genius and ultimately funny way to flip the bird to censorship.
NAH- THAT MEANS U GOT U GOT 2 FLAWLESS VICTORIES ☝️
In my neighborhood ppl rarely saw those performed so I made it my duty to learn them😃
And besides, I think the best way I've heard it described is "Friendships are basically you saying GG, babalities are basically you saying EZ game".
Whatever the reason, it was worth it to see Shang Tsung create a rainbow with a goofy grin on his face, and hearing Shao Kahn say, "Friendship?!!!"
Facts.
I remember when Mortal Kombat hit the arcades in 1992. I was ten years old and was amazed when I first seen this game. They had it at a bowling alley that we used to go to. One day my friend and I walked into the arcade area in the bowling alley and there it was, Mortal Kombat!!! There was a kid playing it, and he knew all of the moves and fatalities. We were in awe when we seen Sub Zero rip off his opponents head with the spine still dangling and dripping blood. Kids today have no clue what the arcade experience was like back then. That was the first place you got to see a new hit game. Then you waited and prayed for a home console version. Haha!!
Dude, 100%. I was born in 1990, so I saw the very tail end of the arcades, but I really wish I could've seen that era.
So true
Hi sub zero
I always think of those good times when i collect my loose change. While i look at the year on the newer quarters.
There's a retro arcade near my house that has all the machines set to free play. They have MK2 there which is great for two players but some total bullshit alone haha. It's a good thing that I don't have to put quarters in. My 6 year old loves that place and while he plays a kiddie game, I get in a few rounds of MK, the best in the series to me
Steve Ritchie wasn't just a pinball designer- he was the voice behind MK 2's 'FIGHT, FINISH HIM, FATALITY' soundbites
Shao Kahn's voice in MK2, MK3, UMK3 and MKT
And Shaolin Monks
When I first say MK1 in 1992, I actually believed it was a MOVIE and not a video game... I was shocked how realistic it looked.
This man is good man. He didn’t put like 50 ads in his video
No need for all of that!
Darwin Lieu even if he did doesn’t make him a bad man we get up everyday to make that cash 💰
MY CHANNEL I appreciate this sentiment.
Otherwise the money from the ads would've came out of your pocket, huh?
hahahahahahahhaaaaaaaaa i remember the first fatality that i shared on scool was from mortal kombat 3, liu kang: the arcade machine hahahahahahahaha hoald block, then press: up, down, up, up, then quickly press block plus run. hahahahaha and from striker that. 2 times down and forward, then block and. if you shared back at the time fatalitys, you are the man then! hahahaha and i remember also this, when that fatality from liu kang workt? in the room, everyone was screeming hahahaha as if your standing on a soccer field hahahahahahahha
I got MK2 on Christmas of 94, I was 10 years old. What a great time to be a kid.
Mr Lex mine was the Genesis too!
Yes!!!
My dad bought a Sega Saturn for my sister and I in 95, because my sister had surgery; and couldn't swim. He bought MK2 with it, and we were instantly addicted. Our NES didn't even compare. Later on we bought UMK3, and Trilogy. He was an alcoholic bookie, and wasn't home often; but sometimes he'd wake me up when he got home from drinking and we would spend hours playing MK. Of course I was never allowed to tell my mom. Our secret lasted until the night he beat Shao Kahn. We starting screaming, my mom thought something seriously wrong happened. Boy do I miss those days.
I got it on Christmas of 1994 at age 11. I lost my shit when I unwrapped it and saw what it was.
Damn your parents were cool i gad to settle for beauty and the beast
I remember when the whole Nudealities myth got started. There was always someone's cousin or younger brother who found a way to make it work, even though it was completely made up.
Hahahahaha, 100%.
“I SWEAR, dude! My brother’s friend’s cousin did it!! You have to press AAABCBCBBBBAAAABBBBCCCCBBCBCBCBCBAAAAA UP DOWN DOWN DOWN LEFT LEFT RIGHT START when the Sega logo pops up!!”
It only works on the sega logo on the nintendo version though
We used to call it stripper mode back then and according to us every game that had hot chics in it had one hahahahaha
Correction: Sub-Zero's finishing move in the MK version of SNES was not just a "punch". He froze you, then punched you into a hundred pieces.
That's what I was thinking. I had the SNES version. Some of the censored fatalities on that were still cool. Raidens was cool
Also they didn't turn the blood into "sweat". The developers changed the color of the blood spray to grey and removed the extra blood droplets and splatter.
I'm surprised more people aren't mentioning this. It actually shows Genesis footage when he talks about it. Say what you will about the SNES version, but they at least showed some give-a-shit with his revised fatality, so it's weird to see someone get it wrong.
The crazy part is that you weren’t guaranteed a chance to play. Only the best players would play, kids would be lined up waiting to play as they crowded the arcade cabinet. If you were a younger kid, often times the bigger kids wouldn’t let you play and you would just watch in awe.
Hahaha I definitely waited like 10 years for my turn
I lived in a nothing town of a few thousand people during the reign of MK and MK2, so there were rarely lines for me to wait in. It was pretty awesome.
Yep but don't forget about the rolling betas of mkii that had half the players with fatalities, and if my memory serves right some that ended up changing
I remember when I was a kid that was so hard to get a chance to play it. And when you did play it was against and an experienced player, then would immediately lose and had to walk away in shame as the guy behind you had his coins ready.
Arcades were the digital version of pick up basketball. Not just anyone can jump on the court. You better have some level of skill otherwise you’ll get embarrassed and schooled on the court.
Gather round the fire kids while Grandpa tells you about the “Arcade”
LMMFAO Hahahahahaha nice one mate
Alladin's Castle was the name of the arcade at our mall back in the 90s. I had a friend that worked there and I still remember playing games like Killer Instict, Soul Caliber (the first one), Primal Rage, and Mortal Kombat.
Me too! Then it turned into a Time Out. Where you from? @@pjstartv6798
My aunt & uncle had a pool hall/pizza place/arcade like 2 blocks from my house. i wasted my life there lol
THE GUD DAZE 😀
MK Trilogy is, to this day, my favorite in the series.
Not a bad choice.
Although I love it's roster, I just CANNOT figure out how to do the kombos, I much prefer the "just hit the buttons" from MK1 and MK2.
@@TheSmart-CasualGamer I was 12 when the game came out where did the time go
@@TheSmart-CasualGamer facts I like mortal kombat 2 the best but the only thing is less characters
@@TheSmart-CasualGamer here's a hint:
Your button inputs... more accurately, how fast you press the buttons, has nothing to do with the movement you see on the screen... in other words, you can be done with the button combination input well before your character has finished his/her combo... just make sure you get the first hit in the combo correctly, then tap the rest of the inputs as fast as you can!
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 is what Mortal Kombat 3 should have been in the first place. Don't know why they left out so many characters in Mortal Kombat 3.
great point. I think the combo system bogged them down. I love mortal Kombat but if I had to only play one fighting game for the rest of my life its Killer Instinct arcade, next would be mortal kombat trilogy
@James Ervin thank you plus you got the classic versions of charters.
Great fucking point JAMES!
Time. Midway was rushing the development team to get the game out to arcades. So they ended up having to cut quite a few characters. Many of them were actually finished in time but moves and finishing moves were still being implemented and thought of period
I've started to think more recently that the original MK3 had that roster on purpose...
1. Johnny Cage left Midway and attempted a new fighting game with another company, which had fatalities. I figured he was killed off during 2nd tournament.
2. Scorpion wasn't in 3 because he'd already forgiven sub-zero in the first game (he didn't actually kill him, hence the scar). Sub-zero had originally entered the first tournament to fight Shang Tsung (a hefty amount of money). He returns in 3 w/o Scorpion because Scorpion either got killed during kombat or left the earth realm after defeating sub-zero.
3. Mileena, Kitana and Jade were not characters (they were probably killed in previous tournament as well).
4. Baraka and Raiden are missing. Baraka was probably killed off (or secretly designed as Kabal, as Baraka was meant to have hook swords in early development). Raiden for some reason says he cannot compete, yet he was in the first two games as well as trilogy and 4. Makes me think he was killed as well (Shao Kahn).
5. Some of the story in MK 9 (reboot of trilogy) tells the story in a different light...some similar to movie take of story(could've been accurate, depends on what Ed and John think), while the rest of the mk9 story opens up the possibility of an alternate universe.
6. If there is an alternate universe, that means that MK3 was the bad universe where Liu Kang turns zombie, while Ult. MK3 was another reality. Then the rest of the games are then affected by it to some degree.
I personally never understood how a game like Mortal Kombat, where each character kills one another after each fight, that so many of the characters (good and bad) kept returning to enter the next tournament. One could argue that Liu Kang didn't actually kill anyone during his fights (first game fatality isn't really fatal). I'm sure they never really thought of a fully fleshed out story but I wish they actually did .
so true, Ultimate MK3 is awesome.
I love announcer voice. Flawless Victory... Fatality... Brutality.. Amazing :D
Yeah, loved the sound of that announcer as well, lol
*Outstanding*
Isn't Shang Tsung the original announcer? >:3
I always loved when he's say "friendship, friendship?" as if he's doing an audible double take. Or he might throw out "Friendship, Friendship? Again?" Like you are ticking him off.
Mortal Kombat is the Jurassic Park of video games. It set the mark and was the first video game to have realistic “real” looking characters
Hahaha, I like it.
Not sure if you would still read this comment more than 4 years after releasing this video but thank you for creating this series has bought me so much comfort after splitting from the mother of my children. I think I've watched the entire series at least 10 times. Brings back great Childhood memories.
I’m not 616entertainment but, i’m glad that you’ve found something to ease your pain. Hope you are doing well sir.
I skipped school to play mortal kombat in the 90´s
With your Austin 3:16 shirt on
we all
Aaron Ganga I played mk2 the whole time my mom shopped at vons
I skipped school to study the strategy guide for MK2 and learned everybody's moves. They're still etched in my brain today.
Me too!!!!!
Hi: I greatly enjoyed watching your documentary on the first trilogy of the "Mortal Kombat" video games series. However, as the original creator of of the stop motion animation models of both Goro and Kintaro, I'd like to point out a minor error: Goro and Kintaro's original sculptures were created in clay, but the final painted castings that you see in these photographs were made in foam latex. Thank you again for sharing your excellent videos. Take care.
Oh shit, you made those?!? Dude, we need to talk! @IDS616 tweet at me, let's figure something out for a podcast.
@@616Entertainment Yes. E-mail would be better: CurtsArt@gmail.com.
Holy shit man! That's so cool! You still work for Netherrealm?
@@switchblade6 You mean Midway? It was called that before
@@evantaylor2935 Yeah my bad my bad.
So many fond memories of playing MK back in the 90s as a kid. I'll never forget how bigger than life MK was, especially circa 1993-1995. Without a doubt the peak of it's popularity.
See it feels like the peak of it's popularity, but the games sell even better today than they did back then. Crazy!
It says something about MK's enduring popularity and legacy that it's still popular today and wins over fans both old and new.
I spent the whole day and a $100 playing MK3 at a water park, didn't swim once.
This popped me good.
Hahaha nice comment
lucky!
I remember my friends went to a kid's birthday party at an amusement park, and we spent the entire time in the arcade playing this game. The kid cried to his mom after that we didn't go on any rides.
lol lucky! @@iSpeed64
So Nostalgic ... sighs... the good ole days when kids actually meet & discuss your button smashing feats.
@Sandy V. Please shut the fuck up
I remember walking into the arcade and seeing MK2. My parents never would let me have that game so we would go to the arcade to play. Now I’m 33 and I look back and realize two things; one is how incredibly innovative and original MK was and 2nd that I’m getting old. I’m glad I grew up when kids still played outside and snuck into arcades to blow quarters!!
Dude those were the days, right?
Who remembers Sub Zero’s Deep Deep Freeze in MK2? It broke the arcade game, they had to reset the game every time people did this. They took the move out after a few weeks lol
5:47
This is the Genesis version. The SNES version had a variation on the "Deep Freeze" fatality, IE Sub-Zero freezes his opponent and then shatters them.
Corrected this in a recent video. Brain fart.
@@616Entertainment hahahaha
Outstanding job! Missing the good old day! 🎮🙌🏽
RE: No internet. That was a real reason to be buying game magazines. All the fatalities and similar things for games were often in special features or cheats sections. Those were the days. And you'd get a demo disc on most magazines too. Nowadays its pricier to buy magazines and they come with nothing.
Remember those VHS tapes that'd come with Nintendo power sometimes?
Man I totally forgot about that! I was a longtime sub to game pro and they came with discs sometimes! Hell yea those were the days! Didn’t have everything just had to figure some stuff out!
Lol I remember I wrote down the blood code and all the fatalities on a small piece of paper real nice, wrinkled it up, lit the edges on fire, and dyed the paper in tea, rolled it up in a scroll to make it look all old and legit to my friends as a kid!!! Was a legend when I broke that out and blew their minds!
I remember those magazines with demo discs. That's where I got to test games like StarCraft, Diablo, Oddworld, and Resident Evil 2. Even if they were just demos, it really ate a lot of my PC time even with a meager PC setup.
Dave Birkhead I print them not as many these days but we still print ps4 Xbox mags
Nothing beats the original mortal kombat. It blew my mind in 1992.
The combo system in mortal Kombat 3 was direct response of games like killer instinct, soul edge and other contemporaries. I do like mk5, mk6 and mk9, those games along with the original I still play today. The original is 30 years old! Wow!
26 years ago
Damn I'm getting old
Dude I know, man.
MasterMacLeod 26. You’re still a baby. 42, LoL!
@@CaspersSVT no I mean this was years ago, I'm not that far from you at almost 38.
"I gotta call the fuckin cops, I can't be that old."
@@CaspersSVT you’re 43 now 🤣
For those youngins: im 36, when i was a boy, arcades were full of people. There would be crowds of up to 50 people huddled around mortal kombat 2. The only people that ever got to play were the best of the best. Also, mk2 came with an extra monitor on top so people 30 feet back could see the action. Mk2 had a sound system that woukd penetrate the entire arcade. It was the focal point of every arcade in america. To young boys, nothing matteted except mortal kombat 2 the arcade game. Mk3 was good, but it didnt create the same stir as part 2. Mk2 the arcade could never be duplicated on console. Consoles miss out on the arcade sounds and bits of graphics are missing. If you cant play mk2 the arcade game then you're not actually playing the game, just a cheapo imitation of it...
James jonas
Well that being said, there are 4 different revisions of the arcade, so those original arcade revisions are less accurate than the PS2, Xbox, Ps3, Xbox 360 versions are compared to the final revision of the arcade.
Were those not the days...
That first time you saw the newest mk front and center, I can still feel shao kahns voice rumbling my chest...
@@futureofhistory181 my first time seeing mk2 my brother and i were 15 feet back and we saw kung Laos torso split fatality. Our jaws dropped. It looked so unreal. Soon after that we saw reptile swallow a skull. The game looked so crazy and attractive from the very first moment.
james jonas it's still the same game you just don't have 50 guys breathing down you neck when you play
I never saw in arcade cabinet with an extra monitor on top? Do you mean the arcade put in extra monitor on top, or that the actual cabinet had 2 monitor?
"This is child abuse!"
That made me laugh so hard. Remember back when the Simpsons was gonna "ruin American culture as we know it" because IT was the most shocking animated sitcom to hit television? Good times of overly sensitive FCC groups and soccer moms.
Everyone always has to complain about something, right? Thanks for watching.
Just look at the fucking bullshit that happening right now in today's climate.
Me too literally laugh out loud😂😂😂😂 child abuse ridiculous 😂😂😂😂 compare this to today's culture
In fairness, videogame violence back then was a serious matter. Back then, people had no way of knowing of how violent a game was. And because of this, many parents ended up exposing mature content to their children. People were understandably concerned about this. They couldn't just ignore this. Thankfully, now with the ESRB, people have a way of knowing how violent a game is up front.
@@cadethumann8605 That's true - I don't think there was a rating system like there is today. Kids just went to the arcade and got exposed to a lot of games. Still, saying that it's "child abuse" is so petty it made me laugh.
Mortal Kombat was everywhere when I was a kid. It was so cool, and had that whole 'forbidden' allure as well because of the violence. My parents forbade me to play it, then when they realized that didn't work, they got me MK3 for our PC. Good times. Seeing that this series is still going strong today is absolutely beautiful.
Great video! One small note, though: The Sub Zero “finishing move” shown when hilighting the SNES censorship was actually the non-blood code version from the Genesis.
Sub Zero’s SNES “finishing move” was actually pretty legit: he puts them in a deep freeze, then shatters them (not all that different from the MKII fatality, minus the explosion of innards of course).
I fucked that part up, my fault. Thanks for watching!
I used to play at the local candy store. They had MK1, SF2, and NBA jam
NBA jamz was the shit I'd always put in a code to play as Bill Clinton lol
Nfl Blitz was great too !
The local bar would let us go in and play. Had mk1, time killers, so racing and some shooting game
@@MsDawnKeyballs oh man I remember time killers
You forgot in MKII if you hold down after knocking your opponent on the ceiling spikes they slide off, and if you hold down after knocking them into the pool of acid, it makes an “uh-wuh” sound
I didn't know that, thank you master 🙇
LatinSuspect4LIfe Lol there’s tons of secrets and glitches in MK. My fav is for MK 1 the arcade.. if you fight Shang Tsung with Raiden, when Shang Tsung throws fireballs, teleport behind him, immediately duck and keep throwing kicks while crouching, the arcade will lockup then reset. 😂
LatinSuspect4LIfe czcams.com/video/4D8aBBItVx0/video.html
Yup i did that
You also forgot about ermac, how he was a glitch in mk1, he was actually just reptile but instead of green he was red. The computer code was in error and instead of reptile it would say ermac, which meant Error Macro. By mk3 they made him an actual character.
I still comeback every once and a while and rewatch this. This is Ian's best work by far. Also most interesting to me.
Thanks man. I think I’ve definitely done better than this in the last 4 years, at least I hope I have!
I remember spring of '93 was when I first saw MK2 at a bowling alley after seeing MK1 just a few months prior. I was so awe struck that I left my cousins at the lane and went over to the arcade to watch older kids play. I remember my grandmother calling me over to take my turn but I was much more interested in the game! LoL.
I never realized that scorpion wasn't in mk3 until he said that. Lol
He is in Ultimate MK 3 though.
@@subzero8679 UMK3 was made due to people not liking MK3 as much as MK1 and 2
That shit pissed me off when I found out he wasn't in MK3. But yeah he was in UMK3.
@@TheAmpharosFreak Cause MK3 wasnt as good as the first 2 MK.
josh johnson right... which like I said is why they made UMK3 to fix it
Absolute pleasure to watch and to revisit my childhood. Well made. Thanks!
Thank you so much, guys,for creating the game. This was my childhood.
"MORTAL KOMBAAAAT!!!!!" What a great game. Growing up in the 1990"s was EPIC ❤️. Great game this & the music just wow. Ta for great upload mate 👍✌️😎
I was obsessed with this game when I was a kid.
Weren't we all!
Same here. I was spending hours and hours to learn new moves, tricks, fatalities, etc.
Toastyyyy!
Yeah same here haha. On that time though, I only had Trilogy on ps1 and MK2 on Gameboy but I enjoyed them so much
I was hoping you would mention Mortal Kombat Trilogy. Playing that on the N64 made some of my best childhood memories.
The spikes at the bottom of the bell tower could be due to Outworld merging like with Shao Khan’s tower.
Also, in MK2, in the kombat pit, if you hit them up into the spikes and immediately hold down on both controllers, their body will slowly slide down and fall back onto the floor with a good thud lol
Yes indeed, lol
This is the best mortal kombat retrospective on CZcams brings me back to my childhood watching these definitely a flawless victory lol
5:39 That's Sub-Zero's Fatality in the Genesis version if you don't put in the ABACABB blood code. On the SNES version of MK1, Sub-Zero deep freezes the opponent and then smashes them into ice cubes.
Jason Sikes You know what’s funny, I realized this later but it was too late. You’re the first to catch it! That also makes sense as to how I remember that Fatality, as I was a Genesis kid. My joke writing got in the way of accuracy.
@@616Entertainment No worries. Your history vids are enjoyable nonetheless.
Jason Sikes Thank you! Glad you’re enjoying them. Part V will drop in early December, and the next doc is in pre-production.
Yeah, and showing arcade clips for genesis fatalities kills me as well. Genesis had the blood, but looked and sounded like shit. Good videos though. And good eye.
I unfortunately grew up with the SNES version. As an adult on genesis the blood code was imperative, so I had NEVER heard of this clean uppercut fatality until now.
oh man, I remember.. my brothers in 92, were out to buy a NES, I was 9 years old. And they came back with the Sega Mega Drive, with sonic 1 and MK1 included, and I got pissed because I wanted to play Double Dragon 2 on the NES (and Mario 3), then they told me, shut up... and booted up MK1 with the blood code... man.. my mind was blown.
Thank you for watching!
genesis does what nintenDONT
What a awesome memory. In the immortal words of Ice Cube, "It was a good day."
@@edwardiii8409 yeah man< I heard what you said about losing your dad, I feel you man take care just know he is in a better place looking down on you.
Diurno MX
93 not 92 ;-)
I liked three the best. Combos changes everything
I didn't know of your channel before and just randomly clicked on this and i'm so impressed, such an indepth and interesting series of videos, i'd love to see more like this for other franchises. Most 'history' videos are too short and just tell me things i already knew.
I've done 'History Ofs' on the WWE SmackDown! games, Mortal Kombat, and am in the process of WCW video games. Stick around!
The last mortal kombat I played was mk trilogy. I'm old. My main charcters was kabal and nightwolf.
MK Trilogy for the PlayStation was the best one ever made to this day.
@@jesselewis525 fuck no
@@evantaylor2935 it certainly wasn't any of them before or after.
MK9 takes that award imo
Trilogy is the best mk ever
Randy Bonilla I disagree, but I respect your opinion. I mean it’s got a great roster for sure, not bloated by the PS2 era additions. Fun gameplay, too. What exactly makes Trilogy your favorite?
Randy Bonilla trilogy was the most fun , it’s better than the ps2 era
The crazy combos ,fatalities and the roster of characters there was no game like it (characters worth playing) after trilogy the other mortal kombat wasent the same it felt as if it was trying to be like other fighting game when mortal kombat was in there own playing field
@@616Entertainment maybe is nostalgic but is that feeling that you out to beat your friend savagely n brutal as possible as you run to your opponent hit em with chain of combos n see blood everywhere and the screen vibrating with avery hit back then the most aggressor win the game after trilogy mk turn more passive i dont mean the gore but game play opponents playing footsie with each other on the neutral game
Randy Bonilla Alright, I see where you’re coming from now. There is something rewarding about pulling off one of those insane Trilogy combos, isn’t there? They weren’t easy, either.
You don’t understand how much I’ve actually watched this entire documentary, but this video in particular. Back in March 2021, my friend bought me and one other Friend of ours Mortal Kombat X. At the time, I had only played Mk once or twice in my life. I knew very little about the games as a whole. We had fun with it, but at the end of the day, I was the one who got into this series BIG TIME. After playing mkx, I got mk11. I spent the most time on that game for sure, mainly just because of the towers of time. I began to look up the history of the series as a whole and I’ve seen so many videos and done so much research, it makes me jealous for everyone who was able to experience this series first hand back in the 90’s and early 2000’s. I’ve now played every game in the series apart from mkvdc and I have yet to properly play mk4, though I plan on doing so soon. I even bought a mini arcade1up that has mk1, mk2, and mk3 along with 9 other midway classics! This video is what truly sparked my hyper fixation on this series back when I first got into it, and now it’s one of my favorites franchises ever! I still play one of the games practically daily. Whether I’m just relaxing playing any of the arcade ones, or want something grittier and play any modern game. I just wanted to share my story of how I got into Mortal Kombat and just how many times I’ve seen this video. There was a period where I watched it 7 times/day! I’m not sure how you’ll take this, but I also find this video in particular and your voice along with it, very calming. Ive been falling asleep to it every night for the past 2 or 3 weeks recently. But thank you for all the info on this franchise and making me feel like I was actually there when it kicked off! I’m only 19, soon to be 20 and I wish I could’ve experienced this sooner. My favorite mk game, in terms of gameplay, has to go to Mkx. In terms of story? Mk9 for sure. X and 11 are good don’t get me wrong, but something about mk9 FEELS nostalgic to me, even though I never played it when I was younger. It also helps that it was able to tell the story of the original games without me having the opportunity to figure it out earlier. Great GREAT documentary man! Thank you for really helping me get into these games beyond just a couch game to chill with my friends as well.
I think my list for my top 5 goes as follows. Though it feels like a cheap shot to the classic games. The modern ones just have so much more and the kombat is undisputedly better. So it's hard to try and rank them above any of the latest releases. Perhaps Mk2 would be higher if that AI wasn't utterly BUSTED! I've beaten Mk2 ONCE and i do not plan on trying again LOL
-Mkx
-Mk11
-Mk9
-Mk2
-Mk1
Thank you man, I appreciate the kind words. I hope you've checked out my other History Of, I assure you, they're even better than this one. =)
@@616Entertainment Oh for sure! I'll be checking them out and hopefully I'll be doing so with one of my best friends. We're HUUUGE wrestling nerds and are excited to see what you have to say about some of the games and what not. We've been into wrestling since we were kids and though, we're not too into it nowadays due to some more obvious surface level reasons, we are still huge fans at heart. He's also a big film guy, and the "History of Halloween" is a must for us. We just have a hard time scheduling these types of things. Much love, brother! Keep up the good work :)
I love it bro, excellent and informative. I could watch stuff on the OG MK games all day. Thank you for sharing this 👊🏼
23:46 I remember when I was maybe 4 or 5, my dad was playing MK Trilogy on the PS1 and he’s was playing as Scorpion and just playing ladder matches when he’s up against Sheeva in the Pit 3 and he loss, so Sheeva did the stage fatality in the Pit 3 and the nostalgia was when Scorpion is falling down and all I remember was he landed in the blades and my dad turned off the game
Hahahahah, classic dad move.
When I was kid, we had a friend who had the magazine with the codes for the moves. We(me and my 2 older brothers) would take paper to his house and write down the moves for our favorite characters. MK2 was my favorite fighting game of all time. The run button on 3 was what killed me. Our friend would own us, with out us landing a punch. He owned it, and we played it at his house. He made sure to use the run button and never let us figure out how to do it. I probably played mk3 2 hours of my entire life, where MK2 it's hundreds of hours. When we had the $2 to rent a game, we always went for MK2. Great video!
Great stories, man. Thanks for watching!
MK was some of my first memories of gaming. Everyone was playing these games back in the early 90’s. I even remember the song being played on the radio all the time. Good times
This guy just “gets it.”
Fantastic video.
Thanks buddy.
This took me back! Awesome! My family took a trip to upstate New York and saw the MK1 arcade for the first time way before it became mainstream. We saw it before anyone else did back home in Anderson, SC. I fell in love with the franchise right then and there. I’ve already preordered the Kollector’s Edition of MK11.
Most excellent retrospective Sir, really enjoying this!!! Kudos!!!
hey it's that guy that is in my recommended always
Dude, I'm glad you liked it! Thanks for watching! More to come. =)
@@bigfootbuthesmokesweed6766 CZcams recommends me???
@@Larry yeah, I keep getting your Kickstarter videos in my recommended, though I've never subscribed to you. good that CZcams recommends you tho
@@Larry sadly. But its all good because you make good content.
Very good Work ! Thx you for the video !! It was what i was looking for !! Bravo
Thank Andy!
I have been playing since the very beginning!❤️ I’m 32 now and have my kids addicted now☺️ Thank you for making this video... You brought some good memories back😍😇
Lovely Eve thats fucking badass dude my parents did the same👌🏽
This makes me so happy. =)
MK 2, in my opinion, is the best one among the original trilogy.
I think mk2 had the best art style of the the og trilogy, but yeah like the other guy said it's fuckin hard after like the 3rd fight
As a kid, I really liked Ultimate MK3 at the arcade and MK Trilogy/MK4 on the PS1.
Even without Kano and Sonya Blade, MK2 reigns supreme today. It's possibly the Empire Strikes Back/Wrath of Khan/Two Towers/The Dark Knight of the original trilogy.
Its among the hardest too
It sure is...
2 is the best, and the snes port is probaly the best home version. the PC port is closer to the arcade but it has a couple of annoying details like walking pose of scorpion is wrong, he doesn't walk like scorption, he walks like sub zero. I'm sure it was done to save memory.
the best ports in my opion are
1: PC
2: snes
3: genesis/megadrive (the snes one looks better but plays horrible)
4: PC
This is that good shit. You did a great job summing up the original games, man. The various versions of MK3 always threw me off as a kid, haha. I loved reliving all this stuff, and I'm really looking forward to the upcoming parts and learning about some of the games I never got familiar with. Great work!
Captain McKay Random Thank you, brudda. I’m glad you enjoyed it. I’m working hard on my MK stuff, I can’t wait to see yours. =)
@@616Entertainment I played a lot of MK Trilogy growing up, and human Smoke and Kameleon were cool but I distinctly recall a female secret character similar to Kameleon. She had the appearance of Jade but had the powers of Jade, Kitana, and Mileena all rolled into one and would randomly cycle through them just like he did for all the ninjas. I'm surprised you didn't mention her.
Perv Umbreon Khameleon was an N64 exclusive character for Trilogy, yes. I didn’t include her because I grew up with a PlayStation, and I didn’t want to talk out of turn on something I didn’t personally experience. Good catch though, I appreciate that!
@@p.v.7269 that mk trilogy on the ps1 did the job. Good times especially on a Friday night after school with the buds.
I guess Ed Boon gave MK3 the Street Fighter III treatment. In other words, he didn't overly milk the game like Capcom did to their Street Fighter II games.
Thank you so much for the history of Kortal Kombat videos. It let's me know the history of the series I couldn't be a part of due to age. I am a huge fan of the series and you are great for this. Thank you so much!
Thank YOU for watching!
The Sub Zero SNES fatality wasn't just punching the opponent "really really hard". He froze them solid, then shattered their frozen body. Much cooler, and made more sense than the original decapitation fatality, IMHO.
Agreed, it suited his gimmick much better. They should have given the spine rip to Johnny Cage, since his fatality is just a watered down decapitation anyway.
The original Pit.....the only time Liu Kang's fatality is cool. lol
i bet it stunk down there
AMEN. To think they brought that garbage back for MK2...
@@balkcsiaboot3297 the worst part about that is it doesn't work as any of the stage fatalities in MK2. I wouldn't have minded it if they made that his stage fatality animation.
To be fair, story wise, as a Shaolin Monk he's supposed to be averse to killing, however in MK2 after they slaughter the monks in the Wu-Shu academy he assumes a more violent outlook.
@@nurse425 its the reason why his fatality in MKI the screen dosent go dark, it is implying that he doesnt kill them
Thank you for bringing back good memories of my childhood.And I love how in depth you went throughout the games you talked about. And I even learned something new about the spriting that went into the games like how they use sprites made from real actors instead of just making them from scratch.
Jam 2 Nachoz Thank YOU for watching. It’s funny how when we were kids we didn’t think much of the amount of work that went into the digitization, and looking at it now, it’s crazy.
Thanks 4 sharing this video. ☺️🙏
This entire series was fantastic and I highly recommend anyone who watches this to binge the whole set.
Thanks man, I appreciate that.
I played MK1 at the age of 6 for the first time and I couldn't win a single match lol
It's a hard game i played mk1 last night for the first time in years and died like 25 times when fighting goro
Dude...this is an awesome retrospect of the early - mid 90's era of Mortal Kombat! I remember first playing the original MK at a friend's house on Sega Genesis (ABACABB ;), back in the Fall of 1993, and I was officially hooked. Been a huge fan of the franchise ever since. Now I'm 33, and I got my son into the amazing world of Mortal Kombat these days ;) Bring on MK11 in 2019!
Hell yea!
I remembered I have to write codes, secrets, moves, and fatalities on the back of the menu. Internet wasn't the thing back then. Magazines like egm, game pro and game fan would show secret, codes and mini walkthrough.
Appreciate you taking the time to do this,i know how hard it is to edit and gather all footage and information,keep up the good work :)
Thanks for watching, my friend.
I can't believe I watched the whole thing! Great video
This is just Part I, you've got six to go through, lol. It's like 3 hours.
I love the way this guy tells the story! Well done and very entertaining!
Thanks Timothy, means a lot to me.
I remember hearing rumors on the school bus about secret codes, and kids who swore they had done this or that. Good times.
The best memories.
My first mortal Kombat game was MK2. I was blown away right away. Still to this day, it's still my favourite fighting game.
For me MK3 is the best of the series and still my favourite of them all. I loved the speed of Kabal and his combo with an uppercut in the end, that took half of the opponent's energy. Also loved UMK3 with Jade's kick combo.
Dude Kabal and Jade are NASTY if you know what to do with them.
So they just did an “Everyone Is Here” in Mortal Kombat Trilogy?
Pretty much!
Neat 👌👌👌
They did it again with Mortal Kombat Armageddon for PS2 and Xbox
@@616Entertainment Armageddon was even crazier with like 63 charecters
It was like the precursor to Armageddon.
Dude we created memories today, of memories past, I thank you.
This is why I love CZcams, Television quality entertainment covering anything I find interesting.
Highly appreciate that, Ben. =)
Well done video I’m going watch all your mortal kombat videos get some history love the movies
I was 12 in '92, I rented the SNES version while my friend owned the Genesis version. I very much remember how the SNES version sucked and had no blood, but the Genesis version was awesome and bloody!
I only had the SNES version of the game and after watching this video, I now feel cheated. 😔😔😔 My love for MK still grew tho. Currently playing MK 11 Ultimate 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
I was there when TMNT blew up arcades and Street Fighter 2! But nothing, NOTHING drew a crowd like MK! Once 2 came around everyone had heard of it and the series really peaked in terms of nerds gathering around. It was something to behold, before Pokemon and all that, there was going to the arcade to play the newest games and the three games i mentioned were pure FIRE!
Very informational man, I'm gonna watch every episode.
Highly appreciated, my dude.
Great video, love it. Also, just subbed. Cheers and game on my friend!
I've been playing it since i was 9 years old. Everyone in my class was talking about it. I grew up playing this game.
Outstanding job sir. IMO MK Trilogy is still the best MK game of all time.
FACTSSSSS
@@skinnymac45 I respectfully decline due to the fact that Trilogy was a hodgepodge of the classics combined and was never created by original creators themselves, but rather a port of the classics onto home console for a cash grab. Not to mention the characters from 1 and 2 were awkward looking when they ran or performed dial kombos. The Pit stages were also a joke on Trilogy...
I respectfully disagree with that, it was a rushed half assed version of UMK3!
ive just followed and liked your video bro.. it brougt back all my memories back in 90s..
and i played them all ❤️❤️❤️
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"I wipe my own ass!"
"...Me too."
I just started your video series and am loving it so far. I was born in '83 and grew up with MK.
Hell yea, dude.
CALViN born in 84 my brother in 83 By Christmas 1993 we had it boy these where good days
I remember when Midway beta tested this at Diversions arcade on Chicago's far north side. We had this game for a good couple of months before the rest of the world got to experience it. We also found a lot of funny bugs that you show here. the Johnny Cage fatality glitch was in early revisions. My friend pulled this little trick on one of the game's authors (can't remember if it was Ed Boon or John Tobias) at a local game convention and he was pissed. The glitch was patched out a month later.
Oh man that's an excellent memory. Thanks for sharing!
the Prize was a white T-shirt with a Mortal Kombat dragon logo surrounded by a bunch of Mortal Kombat pins. If memory serves, when my friend beat him with the glitch fatality, the guy looked down for sec then grabbed a shirt and chucked it at him and said " here now get the fuck outta here." Hilarious.
What did the glitch fatality do ?
Reset Player glitch fatality was when playing as Johnny cage you could uppercut opponents head off twice in a row instead of once.
@@papmaster Thanks bro
this is like, one of the best videos i've ever seen on youtube. thank you very much
Thank you for watching. =)
Trilogy will always be my favorite
I want to thank my grandma and my aunt for playing this game with me
Awesome can't wait too watch the others thumbs up 👍
Thank you!
Have have I only just found this channel 🤩🤩🤩 these videos are incredible, the nostalgia I got from the wwe videos is crazy
THIS VIDEO IS EVERYTHING! Classic MK FTW!! Epic🤩 I used to watch my older brothers slay in the arcade and tried to to do the same.. wasn't at their level, but I still love me some MK!
The fun and memories is the best part, forget the skill level. Thanks for watching!
@@616Entertainment that's the truth! The priceless memories
one of the main reasons the game was so good was the speed and precision of the controls.
"It's child abuse" 😂
That part made zero sense like wtf? Lol
couldn't help but pick up on that as well . No , real child abuse is where adults do things like that to kids in real life and then it used to go largely unnoticed or ignored
Damn politicians don't know shit about video games. Too busy stealing money and scheming for themselves
What a dumbass
That cracked me up so bad lol
Annnnnnnd back here because of the new Evolution of Sub-Zero! LOL great upload! 🔥
Doing my second watch of your MK series and I'm already having a nostalgia overload.... Damn I love MK lore and I think the living forest is the most iconic level of all time LOVE IT
Highly appreciated. =)