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It wasn't Mortal Kombatto start out with And this is probably thegreatest story of Midway...

It wasn't Mortal Kombat
to start out with And this is probably the
greatest story of Midway Ed Boon and John Tobias

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It wasn't Mortal Kombat to start out with
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And this is probably the greatest story of Midway
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Ed Boon and John Tobias.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:33:57
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.
[John Tobias]- I think the first time I met him was... - Insert Coin 00:04
[John Tobias]- I think the first time I met him was...
He kept coming next door to us, - Insert Coin 00:08
He kept coming next door to us,
"Sounds too loud." - Insert Coin 00:05
"Sounds too loud."
"Hey, is that too loud?" - Insert Coin 00:06
"Hey, is that too loud?"
[Neil Nicastro] - We had about a three-month gap - Insert Coin 00:06
[Neil Nicastro] - We had about a three-month gap
And they said, "We can give you a game." - Insert Coin 00:05
And they said, "We can give you a game."
"A new game in six months to fill the gap." - Insert Coin 00:11
"A new game in six months to fill the gap."
And I thought, wow, that would lend itself - Insert Coin 00:06
And I thought, wow, that would lend itself
In the early '90s, - Insert Coin 00:05
In the early '90s,
There was Van Damme, and then there was Steven Seagal. - Insert Coin 00:04
There was Van Damme, and then there was Steven Seagal.
We thought, wow, we have to get one of those guys involved. - Insert Coin 00:04
We thought, wow, we have to get one of those guys involved.
- And we're gonna use Jean-Claude Van Damme's image - Insert Coin 00:11
- And we're gonna use Jean-Claude Van Damme's imag...
- We wanted him to come in to do some videos - Insert Coin 00:07
- We wanted him to come in to do some videos
What I remember is he just wasn't cooperative - Insert Coin 00:13
What I remember is he just wasn't cooperative
"Tell these guys, make up their own characters - Insert Coin 00:09
"Tell these guys, make up their own characters
"Forget about Jean-Claude Van Damme." - Insert Coin 00:05
"Forget about Jean-Claude Van Damme."
Like, I thought the freedom to sort of create our own story - Insert Coin 00:09
Like, I thought the freedom to sort of create our own story
The first character we taped on Mortal Kombat - Insert Coin 00:05
The first character we taped on Mortal Kombat
- I remember first showing up to the first day - Insert Coin 00:15
- I remember first showing up to the first day
[John Tobias] - When we taped the Johnny Cage character, - Insert Coin 00:10
[John Tobias] - When we taped the Johnny Cage character,