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The game actually is horribly difficult [laughs]
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The game actually ishorribly difficult So if you put it outin an arcade today, people...

The game actually is
horribly difficult [laughs] So if you put it out
in an arcade today, people would refuse to
play it, it's so hard

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The game actually is horribly difficult [laughs]
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So if you put it out in an arcade today,
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people would refuse to play it, it's so hard.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
01:30:27
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.
[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.
Mike Mika - It was trying to be this thing that was creating - Insert Coin 00:07
Mike Mika - It was trying to be this thing that was creating
It had all the makings and the trimmings - Insert Coin 00:07
It had all the makings and the trimmings
- We'll get people here that it's like, - Insert Coin 00:12
- We'll get people here that it's like,
And you can see that there's a joy in that game, - Insert Coin 00:08
And you can see that there's a joy in that game,
I always see it as sort of Ed Boon's vacation game - Insert Coin 00:08
I always see it as sort of Ed Boon's vacation game
Grid earned terribly as a single unit. - Insert Coin 00:04
Grid earned terribly as a single unit.
If you had four or the six units togethe - Insert Coin 00:09
If you had four or the six units togethe