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I'm sure moms were walkingthrough the living room and looking at thegame that their kids...

I'm sure moms were walking
through the living room and looking at the
game that their kids were playing, and writing
a letter to their Congressman like, "I bought
Mortal Kombat thinking "it was a fun fighting game." - It's crazy to me how some
people don't see the humor in Mortal Kombat

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- I'm sure moms were walking through the living room
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and looking at the game that their
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kids were playing, and writing a letter to their Congressman
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like, "I bought Mortal Kombat thinking
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"it was a fun fighting game."
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- It's crazy to me how some people don't see the humor
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in Mortal Kombat.
Duration
19 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:59:56
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 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
It had the A-B-A-C-A-B-B, the main blood code, - Insert Coin 00:10
It had the A-B-A-C-A-B-B, the main blood code,
And yeah, so the Genesis version was the version, - Insert Coin 00:09
And yeah, so the Genesis version was the version,
We wanted to make the point that we weren't - Insert Coin 00:07
We wanted to make the point that we weren't
- Sega used the slogan like, we do what Nintendon't. - Insert Coin 00:04
- Sega used the slogan like, we do what Nintendon't.
And there's something like - Insert Coin 00:13
And there's something like
[metallic slicing] [body parts plopping] - Insert Coin 00:10
[metallic slicing] [body parts plopping]
- There's an ad for a poster in the Attract Mode - Insert Coin 00:05
- There's an ad for a poster in the Attract Mode