Behind the Scenes Mortal Kombat 4

[@gpuppy1234]

The 90s were so badass

[@dolgy3762]

it was an exciting time.

[@iana.dickson5464]

gpuppy1234 YA THINK?

[@cheesesteak2795]

I wish I was born in the 90s 😔

[@mardosavage6426]

I wish I can go back 2021 suck ass 💩💩😔😔 all this technology we have Society still acting like a moron idiot

[@bobbygould1960]

Yes they were.

[@Cheloluis2003]

To be honest I like this game. Not my favorite of the franchise but It has a place on my heart. The 3D was pretty cool at that time and it was one of first videogames that I had on PC. Thank god they go back to the old formula on MK9

[@fireninja10]

whoever made the music back then was a legend

[@MattKittredge2112]

That would be Dan Forden, who has composed the music for every single MK game since the beginning, and still does!

[@Zbot665]

Dan is a Chicago legend

[@HypnoSwag]

I went to a summer day camp that was located behind a game arcade/miniature golf course, and I use to sneak over to the arcade just to play MK4. Good times.

[@thelittlepasty8360]

+Rockman IXA i envy you sir.

[@blakenapier3125]

Blood Gore Brutal Violence Brutal Sweat Tears Hardcore Dirty Language Causing Cursing and No Holds Barred Martial Arts Wrestling Boxing Brawling and Fighting is so Awesome

[@scalpey6962]

mk 4 was awesome

[@JohnCillian]

+scalpey said no one ever

[@blakenapier3125]

All of Them is so Damn Best

[@crews-lj3ph]

Burnpro Burn STFU dumbass

[@stupidliverfailure]

@@JohnCillian It's anyone's opinion

[@oDJOldskull]

"Kids already love it", "Kids this kids that", while...gallons of blood on screen, veins, spines and heads ripped off :"D

[@miaouew]

We knew it was make believe. Just like every sane individual.

[@fudge8cakez780]

This was the first time I've ever heard of mortal kombat as a kid. I saw my older brother playing as one the characters. Dont which one but, I remember that one the guys blew one of their heads off and I was just blown away(lol). Mk 4 is what got me into the mortal kombat franchise

[@viewmaster617]

Mortal Kombat is the best longest franchise ever hands down

[@tuberoyful]

It's GREAT ON THE SEGA DREAMCAST

[@Jerry4050]

I was 15 when I was playing MK4 so far I thought it was the best 3D MK game to debut and to intoduce me the most bad ass character Quan Chi. Way before Kratos

[@TheLoneWolf-cd7cw]

Hi, u still active?🎉

[@inactivemirgannerdz]

I'm not gonna say MK4 didn't have problems, but it's still one of my favorites for the sheer nostalgia factor alone.

[@davidmthekidd]

I LOVED MK4!

[@natedoggcata]

MK4, MK Mythologies, MK Special Forces, MK Annihilation Yeah... its easy to see why the franchise almost died at this time.

[@turboz2001]

hey mk4 was pretty good

[@edward7434]

Don't laugh at me but... I like MK4, MK Mythologies: Sub Zero, MK Special Forces and MK Annihilation... i actually like those so much.

[@tovolume]

Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero and Mortal Kombat 4 were good fun games

[@YAS9112]

true Mk1,MK2, MK3 were the only ones were and will always be massive commemorative legendary games of MK sequel

[@johnrockernewsted8571]

Special Forces was the only bad thing that they made.

[@Dustie1984]

i was never a fan of mortal kombat but i played mk4 with my friend for hours and hours on end... it was this game that you weren't sure if it was done right or not so much, but we just got addicted to it with all it's flaws and absurdities, which oftentimes made us crack up really hard... and whenever you got pissed at yourself, your co-player or the game, you'd get over it in a second and go back to playing, that's what this game was for me.

[@woti1337]

MK4 is still the best MK for me becouse at it came out on Playstation 1998 i was 14y old and i spend so much time with playing this great 3D game :-) i loved it realy to beat all my friends :D:D

[@RuggedTheDragon]

MK4 blew my mind back in the day. 3D graphics, more blood, more gore, awesome fatalities, and it cleaned up the game in terms of reducing the roster a bit and getting rid of the stupid animalities/brutalities/babalities/etc. Personally, the best version of MK4 was on PS1 due to CGI endings.

[@tuberoyful]

Rugged Savior NOPE DREAMCAST

[@johnnymaximum3828]

shit sucked. UNK3 wins 3-9

[@TheSkullcrusher73]

MK4 was awesome I think . For its time it was one of the coolest game ever. And they were gonna have 3d arenas anyways

[@mikeg.8904]

I love the over confidence at the time. Lol. Mortal Kombat was about to go into a dark time.

[@diegosilerio4554]

I used to play this game all the time as a kid and I definitely enjoyed the gameplay and cutscenes! "Mortal Kombat is about change!" *Money rains down* I get it 😁😂👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@Star_Sn1per]

It was all downhill from there, even back in 97 when it came out i still preferred Mk1-2-3

[@Adar252]

Johnny Utah I agree, even tho mk4 was darker than the first 3 games imo

[@Starredmediasoft]

To me MK 3 sucks too. Awful characters and fatality, built in combo and many more...

[@Toasty667]

4 was the start of copy cat characters and established movesets getting butchered. But it did fix the terrible AI, the soundtrack was great and the whole thing had a much more darker, fitting atmosphere.

[@enexe6229]

I like an athmospere and their soundtracks of MK4.

[@FoxBoy1992]

Yeah I never liked this new either. I enjoyed them all until this.

[@dazwannawzad9272]

Me and some friends were lucky enough to test this on the mk4 road your at frankies fun park in SC !!! While I was not happy about the change to 3D, it was cool to play something before it was released !!! Shout out to Klum and DBO who were with me on that amazing day !!!

[@cruz68]

mortal combat 4 was my favorite video game to play wen I was a kid. I used to play it a lot.

[@bobbygould1960]

That was the first MK game I played ever since I was a kid & it is such a kick ass.

[@ChrisCXK]

Its sad arcades have mostly died.

[@blakenapier3125]

Why is it Their Fault

[@blakenapier3125]

Can't believe that for a Minute Time Machines will be Coming always Go Back in Time to Fix things

[@charlesleeiii]

Yea, WB56. WB now owns the Mortal Kombat franchise.

[@lonniedickerson4139]

at a minute and 45 tobais must be a bulls fan wearing that cap

[@RejectedManiac]

The news lady at the beginning is the news castor sally wiggins from pittsburgh pa. Pretty cool

[@specterRaven]

If only they knew how much MK annihilation sucked....

[@ozyrysjr3171]

True

[@TheLuisberg]

Before this I always thought that there were three. But when I went to the store only to see MK4 I immediately bought it. Was not disappointed

[@Jayy997]

I didn't know that Mortal Kombat 4 was that popular. The first time I played it was on sale for PC years after it came out.

[@MKF30]

MK 4 is awesome, such an underrated game. First fighter to go places other franchises would be too scared to go, N64 version still the best version of home port of MK 4 by far.

[@natedoggcata]

I actually went to see if mk4. com is still up. Its not but I would have laughed if it was

[@Geistesabwesend1]

The wayback machine actually has mk4. com saved.

[@blakenapier3125]

They still got it

[@RobSlasherDJ98]

mortal kombat 4 i was 6 year old i played all time in NG64 And PS1 is cool All MK4

[@Gunaselan88]

my 1st MK4 whn i was kid... and i love it.. until i play 1,2,3... and straight wnt to PS2 era!

[@cheesesteak2795]

When was this taped?

[@TheDonPalumbo]

in the arcade where i go in italy all me and my sister used to do is play this game!

[@Noneyobusiness7822]

im not convinced.. i need more morning news shows talking about it before ill be sure

[@Anradak]

@CaptainARR i loved that game! i used to get impressed with the graphics. they were great for that time

[@KlassicMKArcadeKollector]

I own all 4 Mortal Kombat arcade machines and 4 is my least favorite of the bunch. MK2 is my favorite

[@tuberoyful]

1st time it went 3D

[@grimknight1452]

Does John Tobias ever age? He looks the same in interviews now as he did when he first created mk1.

[@joeswanson733]

john tobias was born Aug 24 1969. so during MK 4 he was only 28 years old. he's 53 as of 2023.

[@artofmore7197]

I bet Ed Boon and John Tobias were scalp-high in million$ by this point.

[@joeswanson733]

i recall that someone mentioned that they made easily six figure salaries by this point and had bonuses that were greater than their annual salary. ed boon is estimated to be worth $12 million john tobias estimated net worth is $4 million

[@fatefatefate]

Why does Midway think every little thing they do is "revolutionary" or "amazing". Basically every time they comment in this video it's like "We released a game nobody has ever done that before it's revolutionary and better than anything ever done in history ever"

[@charlesleeiii]

I feel like Ed Boon didn't think Mortal Kombat would blow up.

[@buddah13]

all i remember when this came out is that no one liked it at all, they ditched it for 3

[@blakenapier3125]

Using Their Own Weapons Against Them

[@Wesley_C]

A 3D Kombat has begun!

[@DacDaMan710]

MK4 IS AWESOME !!!!!

[@agentuhmw8212]

at the end were they playing the psx intro theme

[@ColbertAwesome]

1:06

[@ColbertAwesome]

3:02

[@ColbertAwesome]

2:58

[@ColbertAwesome]

2:19

[@ColbertAwesome]

5:28

[@DsLink1306]

mk4 was so important that it reinvented fighting games on first 3D consoles, ed boon actually didnt want to continue the mk series. So you should appreate what this game did cause without it we wouldnt have MK 9

[@brendaboyd7987]

Mk 4 had the best control of any Mk game I've played to date. Better than xl. Burns yes? Thanks

[@DacDaMan710]

How the hell could anybody say this game sucked knowing how popular it was?

[@crews-lj3ph]

DacDaMan710 cause they stupid

[@itslouiemoo8018]

The only MK game where you couldn't jump at anybody, it was the easiest game to jab someone out of the air when they jumped at you

[@cutthecheck]

back in the day's

[@fatarry]

i love this game

[@badgerkins1991]

was it normal for videogame releases to be on the news?

[@IronMan-jj2fd]

Not at all

[@thefearofg0ds758]

1:10 What's crazy to me is that when Deadly Alliance came out I remember them going on about the advancement in tech allows them to create better characters models, yet(imo) MK4 had better and more realistic models(especially in the face). The characters all looked like plastic dolls in Deadly Alliance(the females looking the worst). Sub-Zero and Quan Chi had the best models in DA and looked like that's where the majority of the work went.

[@DacDaMan710]

Ya damn right it was!!!

[@RuV9999]

i love the voice in MK4.i dont know its so funny to hear that :

[@0nintendofan0]

i love mk4

[@DacDaMan710]

I Know right!?! And they only put in Quan Chi from MK4 -__- Ed boon needs to bring this game back!!!

[@trapstar73086]

Don't know why they didn't make the new one more like that...

[@trapstar73086]

I agree

[@otaking3582]

I like how they keep saying "kids" followed this thing and played. I saw no "kids", and "kids" shouldn't be playing it, so wtf?

[@M3lw4r3]

Maybe by kids they mean like 15-20 years olds, idk english is not my native language

[@iana.dickson5464]

Otaking Mikohani STOP Listening to their Beliefs, You have your BELIEFS and They have theirs. DON'T FEED INTO THEIR BELIEFS and DON'T LET YOUR EYES LITERALLY DRIFT DEEP INTO What they say because I AM SORRY TO SAY this but it doesn't apply to you.

[@iana.dickson5464]

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[@SquishyEggo]

Wait a minute, are you telling me that MK: Annihilation actually came out in theaters???? HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA

[@trapstar73086]

Mk4 was the best

[@Lightblue2222]

The last MK arcade game.

[@randomxstory]

I don't know, i loved MK4. All these people are tripping shit. I think whatever came after MK4 was pretty bad.

[@norrisjohnson6032]

Except MK gold which is an extension of mk4

[@charlesleeiii]

I feel like the guys who created Mortal Kombat (which was created in the '90s) were in such good moods, because Michael Jordan was winning championships for the Chicago Bulls.

[@joeswanson733]

mortal kombat as per ed boon was supposed to be just another regular old project. another game to put out. they never envisioned it becoming this big and having such a long shelf life. after MK 1 they wanted to make other games but their supervisor was the one that told them to drop everything and work on a sequel.

[@charlesleeiii]

@@joeswanson733 Yes, NetherRealm Studios (before they were called that) wanted to purchase licensing for Star Wars and make a Star Wars fighting game, but the higher ups asked them to make a sequel to Mortal Kombat.

[@entityedgenetwork2252]

Mortal Kombat in general help build the internet.

[@Lupo32]

Entity Edge Network It helped build the esrb which now pegi

[@dmaster20ify]

For a bunch of computer nerds they know how to charm people. Even making a crappy game look like the best. The Mortal KOmbat team is the best at advertisement.

[@MattKittredge2112]

I think many fans disliked MK4 for the same reason many fans disliked MK3 : huge change in direction compared to the previous titles. MK1 and MK2 had pretty much the same type of feel and fighting mechanics (although MK2 was much faster and smoother)...then MK3 comes out, and now suddenly there's this new combo system, where you have to memorize all these individual button combinations for each fighter (which was indeed very tedious!)...the "Run" feature...introducing cyborgs into the mix...all sorts of changes - many of which were not received very well by many hardcore fans of the first 2 games. Then around the time Ultimate MK3 and MK Trilogy came out, many of those fans had actually began embracing the newer look and feel of MK - although many others had long since abandoned the franchise. Then a couple years afterwards...BOOM...we get MK4. And once again, the look, feel, and mechanics undergo a complete overhaul. And once again - MK fans were divided. It really just comes down to the extreme changes that MK went through, every 2 - 3 games. Some people embrace change, others prefer familiarity, that's all.

[@909990999900]

best mk untill 2011 mk came out

[@blakenapier3125]

Choose Your Destiny

[@darkfalz4443]

2:53 can someone explain to me wtf he's talking about!? 10 times more powerful!? dayum, this chip can be the next gen of fighting game

[@BorysBe]

All those kids... They are now adults :)

[@dolgy3762]

1.2 million polygons per second... sounds a bit exaggerated.

[@RhoadsRafa]

The number of polygons was like the number of bits for the previous generation. I think olny after sega model 3 the arcade boards could really generate 1 million polygons with texture and shadows in real time.

[@dolgy3762]

Yeah I think it may have been an exaggeration. But that was the big thing back then, full 3d games were still fairly new. An exciting time.

[@donsam2681]

This is where MK legacy when downhill

[@crews-lj3ph]

Sam S bullshit

[@coltgun876]

No it didn't dumbass. That was MK Vs DC.

[@TurboLazer007]

you know you did check that ww.mk4.com didn't you :) :) :) :)

[@KenMasters.]

The biggest mistake in MK’s games: Ever since MK4, the designers at Midway went with the same bland and generic 3D graphics as they used in their other failed fighting games like War Gods and Bio F.R.E.A.K.S., instead of upgrading and revolutionizing the live-action motion capture gameplays after Mortal Kombat 1, II & 3.

[@MrFrostien]

MK4 was awesome I dont know why too many people here say it kill the franchise. After that I didnt play Deadly Aliance Deception or Armageddon thoose were the ones I really hate

[@danasaeed9018]

Mk4 i think was released in 1999 not 97.

[@itachi-hf3kv]

DANA SAEED maybe for home consoles but it was on arcades in 1997

[@jerelminter]

It was 1997

[@tc_iraklis8508]

1998 for PSX and N64 , 1999 the Dreamcast version MK Gold

[@knightsplice]

Maybe "change" wasn't the best thing.

[@fishmarkholmes1834]

MK1, 2 and 3 was the best,MK4 and beyond was a disaster. 😖

[@NawiTheCore]

The biggest problem with MK4 is that the new characters introduced were extremely unintersting. Even the boss was a huge let down compared to Shao Kahn. Jarek was a Kano wannabe, Kai was forgetable at best and a bad Kung Lao replacement, Tanya a boring generic female warrior. Reiko, who? You mean the Noob Saibot reskinned? Also, only a handful of stages, like 8 or 9... and their look was very poor and lacking details, probably due to tech limitations.

[@timothydrake5183]

I liked MK4 more than MK Deadly Alliance. I freaking hated Deadly Alliance.

[@vanchuvega3696]

The pc version was a shit. I don't now why. because there were graphics cards like 3dfx and ge force at the time the game came out

[@prodigy84bg]

I loved UMK3 and couldn't really get into MK4. The technology wasn't quite ready for a move to 3D, and to me MK4 looked uglier than the 2D MKs. Also, the character roster was pretty weak.

[@holderbee7811]

The team seems nowhere near as excited as during MK3.. perhaps MK4 should have been a further evolution of the 2D graphics

[@Educationscience]

That's what I thought.

[@PantsStanley]

Poor Sammy the Clown.

[@auser2719]

Idk why this scares me

[@ultraedi]

mk4 didn't suck t was awesome

[@SurvivalHorrorMaster]

For God sake, the game's good, the other ones are much better, but it's still not a bad game wtf is wrong with you guys?

[@CaptainARR]

This game was so awful, brings back good memeories

[@bobbygould1960]

MK4 >> MKX & MK11

[@Keaggan]

MK4 was such a let down.

[@IAPD3000]

Great video! But MK4 Gold was the worse game because you can't play it on N64, which I own, and drove Sega for bankruptcy.

[@charlesleeiii]

I wonder what Joan Faux is up to these days.

[@mutalix]

lol! @ 5:38 ......He is the.... *Webmaster*