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I remember seeingTV ads for the games that partly fueledthe kind of concern that parents...

I remember seeing
TV ads for the games that partly fueled
the kind of concern that parents had
about Mortal Kombat, because it always emphasized
gangs of like young kids running around streets
yelling, "Mortal Kombat!" - Mortal Kombat!

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- I remember seeing TV ads for the games
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that partly fueled the kind of concern
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that parents had about Mortal Kombat,
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because it always emphasized gangs of like young kids
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running around streets yelling, "Mortal Kombat!"
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- Mortal Kombat!
Duration
17 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:58:24
Uploaded
May 31, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
N/A

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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.
- I think parents felt there was a revolution - Insert Coin 00:07
- I think parents felt there was a revolution
That somehow their kids were involved in this weird thing, - Insert Coin 00:11
That somehow their kids were involved in this weird thing,
- You know, the home games, when they came out, - Insert Coin 00:08
- You know, the home games, when they came out,
- Actually, when I think back - Insert Coin 00:05
- Actually, when I think back
- [Reporter] After a $10 million advertising campaign, - Insert Coin 00:17
- [Reporter] After a $10 million advertising campaign,
- So now moms and dads are looking at their kids - Insert Coin 00:13
- So now moms and dads are looking at their kids
- I'm sure moms were walking through the living room - Insert Coin 00:19
- I'm sure moms were walking through the living room
I think that humor was essential to its success, - Insert Coin 00:10
I think that humor was essential to its success,
It was the latest thing for the previous generation - Insert Coin 00:11
It was the latest thing for the previous generation
And that is exactly what-- - Insert Coin 00:12
And that is exactly what--
- The game narrator instructs the player to finish, - Insert Coin 00:17
- The game narrator instructs the player to finish,
- I personally delighted in it, - Insert Coin 00:17
- I personally delighted in it,
And if we happened to have something in the arcade, - Insert Coin 00:07
And if we happened to have something in the arcade,
- And we hope very much that you step ba - Insert Coin 00:14
- And we hope very much that you step ba
- Then you had the issue of Nintendo and Sega. - Insert Coin 00:06
- Then you had the issue of Nintendo and Sega.
- We were starting to encroach - Insert Coin 00:05
- We were starting to encroach
And one of the reasonswas that we were appealing - Insert Coin 00:06
And one of the reasonswas that we were appealing
And part of that older age appeal became Mortal Kombat - Insert Coin 00:06
And part of that older age appeal became Mortal Kombat
- the Nintendo version was very neutered - Insert Coin 00:06
- the Nintendo version was very neutered
So I thought that was a silly thing to do - Insert Coin 00:13
So I thought that was a silly thing to do