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You know, we just took all this flack
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You know, we justtook all this flack, that we were sellouts,and our game sucked, and there...

You know, we just
took all this flack, that we were sellouts,
and our game sucked, and there was no skill

Full Transcript

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- You know, we just took all this flack,
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that we were sellouts, and our game sucked,
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and there was no skill.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
01:30:11
Uploaded
May 31, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
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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.
And you know what's crazy is I look at Cruis'n USA today - Insert Coin 00:11
And you know what's crazy is I look at Cruis'n USA...
The game actually is horribly difficult [laughs] - Insert Coin 00:09
The game actually is horribly difficult [laughs]
[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