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[Neil Nicastro] - I think everybody by this point
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- I thinkeverybody by this point knows the story aboutMortal Kombat

[Neil Nicastro] - I think
everybody by this point knows the story about
Mortal Kombat

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[Neil Nicastro] - I think everybody by this point
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knows the story about Mortal Kombat.
Duration
4 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:33:54
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.
It wasn't Mortal Kombat to start out with - Insert Coin 00:10
It wasn't Mortal Kombat to start out with
[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