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But critically, actually, it took a lot of flack
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But critically, actually,it took a lot of flack, because it was more of acasual player's...

But critically, actually,
it took a lot of flack, because it was more of a
casual player's driving game

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But critically, actually, it took a lot of flack,
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because it was more of a casual player's driving game.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
01:29:37
Uploaded
May 31, 2025
Genres
documentary
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Movie Summary

The oral history of a team of geeks and misfits in the back of a Chicago factory creating the biggest video games (Mortal Kombat, NBA JAM, and others) of all time.
Actually appealed a lot to girls. - Insert Coin 00:04
Actually appealed a lot to girls.
Like teenage girls loved the driving mechanic - Insert Coin 00:09
Like teenage girls loved the driving mechanic
- The startup cost to going to play a fighting game - Insert Coin 00:08
- The startup cost to going to play a fighting game
You might be lookingfor a machine - Insert Coin 00:05
You might be lookingfor a machine
- You know, we just took all this flack, - Insert Coin 00:07
- You know, we just took all this flack,
And you know what's crazy is I look at Cruis'n USA today - Insert Coin 00:11
And you know what's crazy is I look at Cruis'n USA...
The game actually is horribly difficult [laughs] - Insert Coin 00:09
The game actually is horribly difficult [laughs]
[voice speaking on overhead] - Insert Coin 00:08
[voice speaking on overhead]
- When I interviewed Ed and John about Mortal Kombat 3, - Insert Coin 00:09
- When I interviewed Ed and John about Mortal Kombat 3,
"Are you tired?" - Insert Coin 00:04
"Are you tired?"
- [Ed Boon] To some degree, - Insert Coin 00:09
- [Ed Boon] To some degree,
We know how to do all the throws, and the filming. - Insert Coin 00:05
We know how to do all the throws, and the filming.
- [Ed Boon] So in that respect, we're like, you know, - Insert Coin 00:05
- [Ed Boon] So in that respect, we're like, you know,
- Apparently, there was at the time a pitch - Insert Coin 00:05
- Apparently, there was at the time a pitch
And when we started talking about - Insert Coin 00:06
And when we started talking about
They needed to shift gears out of Mortal Kombat - Insert Coin 00:06
They needed to shift gears out of Mortal Kombat
And I really believe that that's what The Grid became. - Insert Coin 00:04
And I really believe that that's what The Grid became.
The Grid was a six-player competitive death match game - Insert Coin 00:11
The Grid was a six-player competitive death match game
- And then it had all these sensibilities - Insert Coin 00:06
- And then it had all these sensibilities
- You've got two minutes to get five points. - Insert Coin 00:05
- You've got two minutes to get five points.