Fascinating :) MK is not a game, it is a philosophy. Huge fan (understatement) since day 1! Blessed, cause i have 6 or 7 Ed Boon autographed MK games here in my collection. CHOOSE YOUR DESTINY!
Super rare find, and also Ed Boon’s comment on this being for kids too. Oh oh oh! Thank goodness the ESRB didn’t see that back then. Heh. It’s ancient history now but wow all the archive footage is awesome. A completely different time in gaming, when the limitations of the time pushed for creative solutions. 🎉
Interviewer: "This isn't really meant for kids though is it?" Ed: "Actually it is" US Gov.: "Am I a joke to you?" and thats my friends is how ESRB exists.
Wow this is so long ago I feel old. I play mortal Kombat 1 and 2 and 3 on my android phone I like mortal Kombat. I even play mk2+ and umk3+ on my phone with my moga controller.
These guys knew what they were doing. Kids of all ages loved mortal Kombat but it was definitely more geared towards older kids like 10 and up. The moves were complicated. I remember when mortal kombat came to genesis and I had to do a special code to get blood. I still remember that code. Abacabb. I remember my mom being concerned over the blood and I told her. Mom it's make believes it's not real. And my mom was like it's looks real. I'm like mom that blood from that one uppercut is more blood than the human body has. It's cartoonish. I was clever as a 10 year old. I just didn't want her to take the game away.
Dear God I did the same shit, and it WORKED!!! Didn't fair so well with some other games, but in this case worked like a charm, been my favorite franchise since.
Please more like this videos!!!. Awesome to see when MK was MK, with guys like Daniel Pesina, Divizio, Ho Sun Pak, John Tobias, when there were no troubles at all.
Amazing footage! It’s crazy to think that Ed Boon has been involved with Mortal Kombat since day one until now! I don’t know many other game creators with such longevity.
@insertcoindoc it saddens me that places like Dave & Busters have lame arcades or what a TH-camr would call them kiddie casino arcades. There are some places that have retro arcades like MK, Street Fighter, etc. but where I am currently in Albany, NY I haven’t found a place that has REAL Arcades.
Check out galloping arcade in Chicago. Prob the biggest in usa , 930+ 80s,90s,2000s, arcade cabinet type games. I want to drive there 4my birthday this year. I'm in Brooklyn NY. 12 hrs drive lol
@@jfitnesshealth I’ve seen the place on TH-cam. I hope to go to Chicago and go there and hopefully NetherRealm Studios. I’ve been to the Barcade in NYC and Billy’s Midway Arcade in New Jersey, I just can’t believe Albany got nothing though.
@@KenMasters.I’d say it shattered the story at the end, and the music was semi-bland in some places, but I get you. It just felt like campy fun, and controlled really damn well. X got dumb, story wise, and the OST was rancid, but the gameplay was so damn smooth. :)
@@K12machinima MK's gameplay never fails to impress. But X though… It was like if Kathleen Kennedy of the Star Wars Rey Saga became the CEO of NeatherRealm. The only "progressive" thing that everyone actually liked was how the Asian characters actually look and sound Asian this time. The sucking thing is that MK is now too woke to be silly and comical, Raiden no longer yells *Furaingu Sandaa Rei!!!* (Japanese: "Flying Thunder Ray")when tackle-flying at his opponents because "it’s mockingly offensive to Japanese people". As a Japanese-American, they can just STFU and stop patronizing me.
2:08 this is interesting. He must’ve played the game and thought Kano was Asian until he met the actor. I wonder if fans thought this of any other characters. In the original arcade games, not many of the characters were actually Asian. Liu Kang, certainly. Not Kitana, not Shao Kahn, not Sindel, etc. They were played by Caucasian actors and styled to be ethnically ambiguous, originating from fantasy world with blends of many eastern and western influences. They never tried to make Kitana Asian in the games or movies until MKX.
Yeah, I’m pretty sure it was a press thing, because they’d already gotten the footage they needed for the animations at that point, as Ed mentioned he’d already coded to the footage. I mean, to be fair, MK was one of the first games to fully utilize digitized sprites, and make them look good, so, showing people how they did it was a smart idea, as far as press goes. :)
@@insertcoindoc it's a good point but seriously i would believe it's 1992 because i'm not sure if the game was fully developed and playable around 1991
❤❤ the best Mortal Kombat , wish they would release an arcade mk 1-4 pack release for the new consoles (switch, ps5, Xbox) maybe with HD update option .
Yup that is the one I play it cost a quarter at the laundromat, no tutorials no manuals, I was loosing and freak out, push all the buttons and did a fatality 😂 no I had no idea how I did it, but all the people there yo wtf was that 😂 I did got really really good at it, I will go to the mall and there be a line trying to beat me, the owner of the arcade will come over and say, take a brake let them play, good old day, on that note where is Kano on mk1 what is up with that ?
That reporter has no idea how they worked on mortal kombat they don't record the fights like that each one do what ever move they can use in the game and it's programmed and its edit from the editor in to the game
Mortal kombat was a blockbuster such was his hit around the world that these nowdays generation play them too jhon tobias was the brain and soul of mortal kombat world 😊
There’s a surprising amount of quality footage of early MK behind the scenes. Even as far back as the first game. They documented everything well.
Such clear footage, what a treasure of the origins of Mortal Kombat!
Great footage. Shame about the interviewer
They didn't know it but they were on the verge of gaming history....
Homie with the cigarette is a true MK veteran haha.
This footage is super clear and well preserved, especially for the year 1991. Awesome footage!
MK1 is from 1992.
@@xmini-ul7je Correct, but this is development footage from 1991. The game was developed in 1991. Released in 1992 to arcades and the public.
@@xmini-ul7jeknow it all
Beautiful footage. The beginning of a legend.
Also, all the actors and the crew are super nice.
I really prefer this cast over the ones from the 1995 movie,
in which Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa's Shang Tsung carried everything.
Wild footage. Cigarettes and arcade machines, what a vibe
16 year old in me who spent hours in arcades playing MK is screaming right now.
I'm stressing my muscles trying to be born ten years earlier
Omg a buudy and i spent all oyr allowances every weekend playing this and when MK2 come out we spent more
These dudes still hang out together and to all types of conventions, it's really cool to see
This is so cool to see. I’ve only seen the short video with the MK cast. This extended version is so much better. Thank you for sharing 🙏🙏
I came from the short
Fascinating :) MK is not a game, it is a philosophy. Huge fan (understatement) since day 1! Blessed, cause i have 6 or 7 Ed Boon autographed MK games here in my collection. CHOOSE YOUR DESTINY!
Super rare find, and also Ed Boon’s comment on this being for kids too. Oh oh oh! Thank goodness the ESRB didn’t see that back then. Heh. It’s ancient history now but wow all the archive footage is awesome. A completely different time in gaming, when the limitations of the time pushed for creative solutions. 🎉
This is so amazing to see.
Amazing footage guys!
Interviewer: "This isn't really meant for kids though is it?"
Ed: "Actually it is"
I'm dying lmao. Man I miss the 90s.
Ed: "Actually it is" and two seconds later he made a fatality, Pure GOLD !!!
This game was for everybody not only kids
Ed Boon wasn't an idiot. He knew what kids wanted and it was this.
Interviewer: "This isn't really meant for kids though is it?"
Ed: "Actually it is"
US Gov.: "Am I a joke to you?"
and thats my friends is how ESRB exists.
I was 7 in 1991...I did not know there were cameras this good back then
This quality is amazing...4k of it's time!
5 year old me loved this in the arcade remember playing it back in 1992
:) goodtimes
Wow this is so long ago I feel old. I play mortal Kombat 1 and 2 and 3 on my android phone I like mortal Kombat. I even play mk2+ and umk3+ on my phone with my moga controller.
These guys knew what they were doing. Kids of all ages loved mortal Kombat but it was definitely more geared towards older kids like 10 and up. The moves were complicated. I remember when mortal kombat came to genesis and I had to do a special code to get blood. I still remember that code. Abacabb. I remember my mom being concerned over the blood and I told her. Mom it's make believes it's not real. And my mom was like it's looks real. I'm like mom that blood from that one uppercut is more blood than the human body has. It's cartoonish. I was clever as a 10 year old. I just didn't want her to take the game away.
Dear God I did the same shit, and it WORKED!!! Didn't fair so well with some other games, but in this case worked like a charm, been my favorite franchise since.
That went incredible to me when I first seen it as a child.
WOOOOW, this looks so crystal clear like it was filmed just today. Thanks very much for sharing :)
Please more like this videos!!!. Awesome to see when MK was MK, with guys like Daniel Pesina, Divizio, Ho Sun Pak, John Tobias, when there were no troubles at all.
This is still the best mortal kombat they ever created ❤ happened now nowhere good what they did back then
This a rare gem we all wish the kid in us wanted to see in the 90s
[Part of Video Gaming] History in the Making right here folks.
Part of history is over there. Great quality.
Legends ed and john
never seen this before, only the footage that daniel posted a few years ago
Amazing footage! It’s crazy to think that Ed Boon has been involved with Mortal Kombat since day one until now! I don’t know many other game creators with such longevity.
Has he done anything else besudes MK?
The show was 'Wild Chicago'. I remember watching it when I was younger!
Mortal Kombat 1,2,3,Trilogy is best games
Really rare footage I liked it. very good quality.
Outstanding!
incredible video quality. thanks!
Amazing footage.
I thought that was Tom Green in the thumbnail at first, about to do some pranking at an MK video game shoot. 🤣
"It looks so real."
2024 : It looks so real
4578 : it's real
Look at how young ed boon is that is wild to see! Amazing footage
Any unseen behind the scenes footage of Sareena for Mortal Kombat Mythologies
From :11 to :14 those are the guys who we get Noob Siabot right?
This must be an AI video. This is better quality than 2008 videos
You sound stupid
Divizio is just my favourite
always love to see him in this bts
they started something that became the most popular fighting game of all time
When the guy asked to be shown the proper joystick inputs Ed and John were quick to show him
Video with Good Quality❤
@insertcoindoc it saddens me that places like Dave & Busters have lame arcades or what a TH-camr would call them kiddie casino arcades.
There are some places that have retro arcades like MK, Street Fighter, etc. but where I am currently in Albany, NY I haven’t found a place that has REAL Arcades.
Check out galloping arcade in Chicago. Prob the biggest in usa , 930+ 80s,90s,2000s, arcade cabinet type games. I want to drive there 4my birthday this year. I'm in Brooklyn NY. 12 hrs drive lol
They have a youtube channel too
@@jfitnesshealth I’ve seen the place on TH-cam. I hope to go to Chicago and go there and hopefully NetherRealm Studios. I’ve been to the Barcade in NYC and Billy’s Midway Arcade in New Jersey, I just can’t believe Albany got nothing though.
@@mortalkombatarcadelover4479 yea, u would think New York would be THE place for all that stuff. strange times
Great quality!
I am here. already 41. Nostalgia i say. ❤
Awesome!
Wonder what kinda camera was used for this footage.
Not woke costumes, not micro transactions, not DLC, not reboots, not “another timeline”, just Mortal Kombat 🔥
MK9 was the last game in the franchise to not have any of that "modern" bullsh!t.
@@KenMasters.I’d say it shattered the story at the end, and the music was semi-bland in some places, but I get you. It just felt like campy fun, and controlled really damn well.
X got dumb, story wise, and the OST was rancid, but the gameplay was so damn smooth. :)
@@K12machinima
MK's gameplay never fails to impress.
But X though… It was like if Kathleen Kennedy of the Star Wars Rey Saga became the CEO of NeatherRealm.
The only "progressive" thing that everyone actually liked was how the Asian characters actually look and sound Asian this time.
The sucking thing is that MK is now too woke to be silly and comical, Raiden no longer yells *Furaingu Sandaa Rei!!!* (Japanese: "Flying Thunder Ray")when tackle-flying at his opponents because "it’s mockingly offensive to Japanese people". As a Japanese-American, they can just STFU and stop patronizing me.
Tobias hair is a Flawless Victory.
2:08 this is interesting. He must’ve played the game and thought Kano was Asian until he met the actor. I wonder if fans thought this of any other characters. In the original arcade games, not many of the characters were actually Asian. Liu Kang, certainly. Not Kitana, not Shao Kahn, not Sindel, etc. They were played by Caucasian actors and styled to be ethnically ambiguous, originating from fantasy world with blends of many eastern and western influences. They never tried to make Kitana Asian in the games or movies until MKX.
I wonder if Johnny T. was a big Morrissey fan back then.
The game looks finished. I wonder what they were getting ready to shoot that day. Maybe it was just for this TV press piece.
Yeah, I’m pretty sure it was a press thing, because they’d already gotten the footage they needed for the animations at that point, as Ed mentioned he’d already coded to the footage.
I mean, to be fair, MK was one of the first games to fully utilize digitized sprites, and make them look good, so, showing people how they did it was a smart idea, as far as press goes. :)
Back when boon and tobias and the crew cared before it became corrupted by bilion dollar mutual fund share holders
Richard DiVizio,Daniel Pesina
Look to la luna
Is there an extended behind the scene of the T2 stuff?
Yes
Amazing footage , a young ed boon looks like a young degrassi Drake lol
i am 30 dam dam i was born 1993
Caraca, nao fui notificado, que video foda que perdi
I’m trying to guess what year this footage happened. I wanna guess early 93 or late 1992.
We believe it was 1992
@@insertcoindoc 8:42 monday 26th august so it was in 1991
@@alecloz oooh, thanks!
@@insertcoindoc u welcum bru
@@insertcoindoc it's a good point but seriously i would believe it's 1992 because i'm not sure if the game was fully developed and playable around 1991
back when MK was good
I was 12 when i saw the arcade for the first time and i thought it was real 😂
Incredible!!!!!!
The interviewer was kind of a dick at times... but the MK team just kept it fun! Would've loved to meet these guys, they're heroes to me.
Was this made before mortal Kombat 1 came out
❤️🔥
Roger Sharpe secret appearance!
sure this is 91? the game looks pretty close to final
Who is the person That is Johnny Cage? And Who is the Person That is Liu Kang?
In which month in 1991 this footage ??
game looks finished, i wonder what theyre doing
❤❤ the best Mortal Kombat , wish they would release an arcade mk 1-4 pack release for the new consoles (switch, ps5, Xbox) maybe with HD update option .
This was the worst MK from a controls and gameplay standpoint.
❤
Feel like it was filmed days ago lol
Hahahaha the warehouse workers did not speak English 😂
1992 actually
test your might
No pensé que veria esto.
John Tobias is the real Johnny Kage that hair is glorious.
He has the fair, but not the body.
Yup that is the one I play it cost a quarter at the laundromat, no tutorials no manuals, I was loosing and freak out, push all the buttons and did a fatality 😂 no I had no idea how I did it, but all the people there yo wtf was that 😂 I did got really really good at it, I will go to the mall and there be a line trying to beat me, the owner of the arcade will come over and say, take a brake let them play, good old day, on that note where is Kano on mk1 what is up with that ?
Richard Divisio is so sexy!!!
I was only 9 years old
when i first play this game.
N_ *ice* footage ! and in the end ... Sub-Zero wins !
That reporter has no idea how they worked on mortal kombat they don't record the fights like that each one do what ever move they can use in the game and it's programmed and its edit from the editor in to the game
I love how clueless game journalists are no matter wich decade you're in
Todo eso para que reiniciaran la historia
And now these same devs are corporate bootlickers it’s a shame WB owns them and midway is gone
The soul of MK John Tobias. To bad MK1 sucks now.
Boon Tobias…
Noob Saibot.🤓
Holy shit the MK team even had HD cameras before they were invented.
Ngl the reporter was annoying af
3:56
Its like God and Jesus reading The Holly Bible.
Annoying derp derp reporter or guy who asks stupid questions.
Mortal kombat was a blockbuster such was his hit around the world that these nowdays generation play them too jhon tobias was the brain and soul of mortal kombat world 😊
Is Ed Boon Drakes dad? 😂