Mortal Kombat 1 - Secret Boss Fight: How To Challenge Reptile

[@justrev6755]

I don't know if this was how the guy in the arcade I was playing unlocked Reptile more than 20 years ago but the double flawless on the pit is part of it. It was a really strange moment all of us that was not playing anything were watching it like it's a big moment in history. And it's still to this day one of the biggest moments in gaming history for me.

[@MG-kw1kb]

I nearly crapped my pants the 1st time i found Reptile while playing Mortal Kombat 1 in 1993... pity i was the only person in the store & NOBODY believed me when i told them about it & i had no clue how i managed to do it, so i obviously couldn't re-create it to prove it to my mates... (This was before we had widespread internet in SouthAfrica, so i couldn't even search for it online to see if anybody else had come across this)

[@arthurremington6703]

I know Im kinda randomly asking but do anybody know of a good website to watch new tv shows online?

[@kharinathanael4849]

@Arthur Remington flixportal xD

[@arthurremington6703]

@Khari Nathanael thank you, I went there and it seems to work :) I appreciate it !

[@kharinathanael4849]

@Arthur Remington No problem :D

[@ShadyLizack]

the fact that reptile is the first secret character in fighting game history makes him a F'N legend

[@Iamworm]

If only they realized that in like any game after trilogy

[@fuckthisstupidasshandleshit]

Akuma.

[@ChevyboyCaprice_]

I agree. That's part of why I love him so much, and I love his Deadly Alliance version

[@wompsonearth]

imagine being a 13 year old kid in the 90's and being good at this game, and you find Reptile on accident.

[@evanmiller2562]

Youd either be super excited and proud of yourself or shit yourself unprepared and pissed off

[@konakoala]

I wasn’t 13 but it happened and I beat him

[@Goremasterhelsing]

I was 6-7 years old when I encountered him and obviously won because I had mastered the game and from that day on he's been my favorite but they have treated him like shit FCK Ed boon

[@daredevilseyes7493]

I was actually 9 years old when this happened, although my older brother was the one who did it by accident, and he and I lost our shit lol

[@Mezmonster]

I’ve been there. That’s exactly what happened to me. Was super rare to find him and had no idea how..

[@JeriDro]

if you weren't around the arcades at the time this game came out, you just don't understand how big this is in vg history

[@billdoor3140]

This game was so ahead of its time.

[@DernRern]

We had one at the video shop... I was always Kano

[@noxealga]

For those not understanding the moveset, the reason he was called reptile is because reptiles shapeshift. He can use all the ninjas moves.

[@BuddhistRajput]

And then he was made an actual reptile

[@NeoGamemaster]

Damn. All the ninja's moves? All 2 of them?

[@ihateshills]

"Iz he seriouz...? He aint serioiz... He... Aint... Seriois." "Omgaud. oh my gaud he on x games modeah"

[@noxealga]

@@BuddhistRajput He’s better as a human

[@noxealga]

@@NeoGamemaster Yep, ice ball and spear. Lot of moves I know.

[@goldcanyon340.]

Ah, those memories. Long before cell phones & social media. Imagine what it must have been like seeing this mysterious character named Reptile randomly appear out of nowhere & then deciphering how to access him. What it must have been like to be out on a Friday night in 1992 at your local arcade, bowling alley, amusement park or whatever, surrounded by friends & getting to fight Reptile at the bottom of the Pit in MK1 after deciphering these mysterious clues. Truly a Generation X experience! So around here got to fulfill that? Share your stories. Perfection is the key👍

[@Sauerkraut404]

Oh boy old timer here is a D1 yapper 🙄

[@Imforpedophilerights]

@@Sauerkraut404fr

[@Sir_J4ck]

Heh I was there. SUmmer 1993, Italy, just some bar by the beach. Game was a hit but without the internet, the only way to know about reptile was magazines and stuff. I remember falling in love with the arcade, no one could get past the endurance rounds. Then one day this nerd comes in and pulverizes everyone. He was a big deal, even the bullies would respect him and leave him alone since he was so good. Skip forward a couple of weeks, I was next to him playing and I see the UFO flying by the moon and say "wow dude look!" He smirked. I remember then him trying extra hard, like bending on the arcade etc, obv he was going for the double flawless. When he got to fight Reptile I started shouting and everybody came and watched him battling this thing. I think he won very narrowly, but his legend that day became immortal among us. I'm sure if I somehow managed to ask all the kids from back then they would remember this scrawny nerd and his Iron Maiden shirt. Dunno where you are now mate, but I remember you. I hope life gave you enough happiness and love.

[@ElBloeTigre]

​@@Sir_J4ckthat was beautiful man

[@Riky_Jones]

Actually there was cell phones then unfortunately

[@jasonmoody2162]

This happened to me at age 9. A few days earlier, I had accidentally discovered fatalities by accidentally ripping Sonya's head off with Sub Zero. I was hooked. I played every day after school. And then, out of nowhere, the green Ninja challenged me. (I believe I was Raiden). Fun times.

[@Toomnyusernae]

Man I remember there being so much mystique behind this guy. Did he come before Akuma as secret character? Looking back now, it's amazing how they used the announcer voice for emperor Shao Kahn.

[@tonitoniversus]

Since SSF2T was released in early 1994 and MK1 in 1992, Reptile must have been the first secret boss character in a fighting game.

[@georgeliquor1236]

@@blank5210 Source?

[@hype5456]

​@@georgeliquor1236 reptile appeared in mk1 1992 and akuma appeared in 1994

[@demonjmh]

@@hype5456 asking for a source has always been annoying. As if these people are incapable of doing their own research

[@dogerandy101]

Isnt reptile the first secret character in general?

[@onedaxster]

Damn son. 10 million points if you beat this guy? I don't play Mortal Kombat, but I would be so satisfied to get that many points at once!

[@onedaxster]

And can you still fight the other bosses after you beat this guy? I don't know crap about this game.

[@WizardOfWor]

Peja21000 You have to perform a fatality on him in order to get the points, though. :)

[@rekius328]

ThatOneDaxSter yep. It goes normally after you beat him.

[@carsonblair489]

Bruh one time i had the shadows over the moon, i didnt know what they were i just thought they were cool easter eggs.

[@Quickcat21MK]

Its Santa. Special shadows.

[@DoctorChocolate]

As a kid with friends we actually sat down and performed this step by step only on a RUMOR that it would even work. Reptile then became my favorite character.

[@Almostdead187]

I remember playing this at the circle k. Trying to learn the moves with no internet and just a game pro magazine

[@Nightingale1986]

Funny how he beheaded Scorpion out of the Reptile

[@jordanpeterson5038]

Ah the days when video game secrets were so pure.

[@Nicksolo85]

What I do is this (Arcade perfect PlayStation 2 & PlayStation 3 ports)... Do 3 VS (2 player) matches in a row (the 3rd should be at The Warrior Shrine). At the end of the 3rd VS match, let the continue timer run out & then end up in 1 player mode (most likely at the 1st opponent) where the fight will be at The Pit. If I don't see any shadows, I press Start on controller 2 to go back to 2 player mode where it's rinse & repeat (the 1st 2 player match will be at The Courtyard so again only 3 matches are necessary) until you see shadows fly across the moon at The Pit. If you own the Sega Genesis and/or Sega CD versions of this game, enter the DULLARD code to activate the cheat menu & at least activate Flag #2 (flags are numbered 0-7, so it's technically the 3rd 1 down on the left hand side) so shadows will always fly across the moon at The Pit. If you own the Super Nintendo version of this game, you simply just have to be at The Pit in 1 player mode (no need to wait for shadows). But in all 3 of those home console versions, winning with a double flawless, no blocking & doing your character's fatality are still required.

[@docdoom719]

I had this on SNES and had no idea who reptile was. Nobody had said anything about the fighter but I had played the damn game so much and one day I just got the match. Had no Idea how I did it and was completely in awe I nearly shit myself. Keep in mind this was before the internet was mainstream and I was just a 9 year old kid. NONE of my friends believed me and I could never repeat it.

[@dannycolverson6944]

I was around arcades all the time in the early 90s and I literally never saw this being done once. There were rumours about Reptile, but no one actually saw it. I bet 99% of MK machines never had a player unlock Reptile! Amazing to see

[@Kalgon1]

fighting reptile was better than beating the game.

[@MLawrence-z9k]

Facts , u didn't even need to defeat him , it was just mind-blowing to discover such a cool secret character & the very first in VG history so that alone made it a million times better than the actual game itself because in the back of your mind , u didn't care about beating the game , u just wanted to discover this secret over & over as u played until u got to see him again wich was almost impossible back then especially without any cheats or strategy guides or Internet around ❤

[@MCastleberry1980]

The SNES version at least made it easier to fight him. Just needed a double flawless on the pit and a fatality and not have to wait for shadows.

[@elsalte]

Mortal Kombat: Best game ever. Period.

[@darkbonnie87fan]

Back when reptile had Scorpion's name and Had Scorpion & subzero attacks

[@brapperdan]

Everyone used to flock to the arcade on the weekends and stand around the MK machines. People would put a quarter up on the screen to signify that they were playing next. Most of us would just want though because the bigger kids were too good at it.

[@brokebackfountain]

Mortal Kombat was the only game besides Super Mario World me and my brother had. He got incredibly good at the game. I still remember the moment of shocked silence we shared when the screen flashed. That was the best summer night ever

[@KenMasters.]

Before Chameleon, there was "Scorptile".

[@KarlSturmgewher]

Reptile debuted as an npc opponent here. And in the story of MK 2011, he's your first opponent as Johnny Cage!

[@pancytryna9378]

and also he is used as a jobber in every new game

[@beavisbuttgoblin]

​@@pancytryna9378disgusting how dirty they did Reptile.

[@inendlesspain4724]

I've been trying to make him appear for weeks, but the freaking shadows over the moon wouldn't appear no matter how many times I tried! I never thought about letting the timer go down and start over until they do appear, it kinda makes sense since an arcade machine would remain turned on all day so maybe the game is programmed to increase the likelihood of the shadows appearing the more rounds were played, or something. Anyway, now I'll try this out and see what happends.

[@christopherlovellette1356]

You might of figured this out by now but the shadows appeared every 50 matches played

[@MG-kw1kb]

I nearly crapped my pants the 1st time i found Reptile while playing Mortal Kombat 1 in 1993... pity i was the only person in the store & NOBODY believed me when i told them about it & i had no clue how i managed to do it, so i obviously couldn't re-create it to prove it to my mates... (This was before we had widespread internet in SouthAfrica, so i couldn't even search for it online to see if anybody else had come across this)

[@Erokuson64]

the good old age of darkness. You witness stuff, no one believes you. Unless you find an article about it in a gaming magazine xD

[@Quickcat21MK]

Not mentioned. Santa needs to be flying by to find him. You can double flawless all day. No Santa, no reptile. 1/20 pitts gets Santa.

[@getoverhere1225]

A lot of the details in this video are not necessary. most versions of Mortal Kombat 1 when you see the Shadows going across the moon on the pit stage you want to get a double flaws and finishing move. you can uppercut and get the stage fatality that will count as well. Not sure if it's okay to tap block. Definitely if you block a move it will take away health so no Flawless victory. The Shadows appearing are just random. Some arcade versions and I believe the Super Nintendo version allows you to get to reptile every time when you get to the pit without shadows going across the moon.

[@getoverhere1225]

Yes do not tap Block.

[@kayster9516]

@@getoverhere1225 I'm having issues performing fatalities. For instance, I always play as Sub-Zero and even though I get close to the opponent and do the move I either end up freezing them or punch them in the face. Any tips?

[@getoverhere1225]

@@kayster9516make sure you stand right next to your opponent and tap forward, down, forward, High punch. if you're playing on a Home console check your button settings to make sure they're at default. make sure you're not doing a rolling motion with the d-pad that they're doing all taps only.

[@kayster9516]

@kevin Leonard it is much more clear now, thanks a bunch! I've actually played the game again today, and I was able to pull off a couple of fatalities, it seems that I'm still doing something wrong though, because now when I don't perform the fatality I just punch the enemy in the face, I'm playing with the analogue stick on my Xbox One controller, and it's imprecise at times, I guess that might be the reason why...unless by tapping you mean pressing F, D, F, HP in quick sequence instead of rotating the stick from right to left to right again without interruptions.

[@tuanbom008]

So that explain why i was so easy to challenge Reptile in SNES version! Thanks bro!

[@alikeremtas1946]

00:11 That is Santa Claus?

[@tonitoniversus]

Yes. XD

[@NikolaGen]

Back in the days, i would envy those who saw the "green ninja"😂 thanks for the up

[@Ruben-y2l]

Secrets like this that will actually something worth doing awesome I wish we were back to those days again oh I forgot I'm creating a game

[@Artbymirach]

*Reptile used to copy subzero and scorpion's style. As time went by, Reptile found his own style and became original.*

[@dallasclayton3001]

Imagine playing your friend and he always picks johny cage and only does the same flying kick over and over the whole match

[@menaceIIsociety187]

Core childhood memory unlocked 🤯

[@kingrobotnik6950]

One of the few things people would to come to see at an MK cabinet, a fight with reptile Side note, bet you there was a guy who tore this game apart inside and out, spending all their money, playing each and every day. They know every character inside and out, they win tournaments, fatality every fight. The only time they get upset is if they fail personal challenges like getting hit, not winning in record time, not fighting reptile whenever possible.

[@MLawrence-z9k]

The very first video game I was ever introduced to as a 7 year old & the very first introduction to a "Secret Character" in history & in video game history because I didn't even know what a "secret character" was till I played this game in 1994 & I believe this is the very first true "secret character" also so Reptile is so legendary for that reason alone!!!!! I kinda wish they never brought him back in any of the sequel games or movies because of the particular reason alone!!!! I did think he was shown perfectly in the original MK film as well because nobody expected him to pop up in that film at least as a actual battle/fight/match/ninja form so he will always be the he greatest most legendary"secret character" that will ever exist in human history ❤ This also has to be the hardest "secret character" to unlock 🔓 in video game history also!!!!

[@jakelam5089]

When I discovered how to fight Reptile, I couldn't believe how easy it was to find him and beat him

[@aaronmilic5916]

Reptile, also the best fight scene of the MK movie.

[@zzzzxxxxxz6017]

I was mad when they didn’t reptile these moves in Mk2

[@Hallowedpoint85]

I'll never forget i did this by accident as a kid, and i lost the fight to reptile and was never able to find him again lol

[@soldabadguy7866]

UM......OKAY????I MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO DO THAT XD

[@GabrielOnuris]

Nowadays the only thing you need is a credit card to buy the DLC...

[@Chapolinho316]

I remember accidentally getting to fight Reptile on SNES when I was like 10 years old. I didn’t know how I had done it. My friends didn’t believe me cause I couldn’t reproduce it Only years later did I get to show them that it could be done

[@jackjax7921]

No wonder why Reptile has 4 million views with the new MK1 trailer.

[@Sleepy_Phantom8288]

one time I was fighting reptile in TV games before

[@jw81687]

This was known back in the day.

[@Ztrawby]

Funny how just naming this "Mortal Kombat 1" is def going to get it a million times more traffic

[@BringMeTheDisco]

Yeah lol

[@mikalsweeny3143]

Mortal kombat I was my fav. I think it was MK II that you can be a character that can switch to whoever you want. I would turn to sub zero freeze them as last hit then turn into scorpion and burn em - lol. My signature kill

[@haroldbellande9950]

That is strange, when Johnny cage finished Reptile, his head had a yellow mask, what the

[@SleepyMook]

Harold Bellande Reptile is just a green scorpion. However his moveset was both scorpion’s and sub-zero’s in one.

[@xsystem1]

that background is brutal

[@name1585]

Secrets in fighting games now: just a reskin fighter or a character skin. Secrets in fighting games in the 90s: green ninja with scorpion and sub zero moves that also moves quick

[@falconeshield]

To be fair it was a joke in the early days of MK that a new character is basically a reskin of Scorp or Subzero

[@prithvisinghpanwar007]

he was not reptile he was subpion

[@BradMcleod-dw1xb]

Or scorzero

[@Brian-wl4ndt]

Bro, the pits were low key gory for its time.

[@robertlefeaux]

Back when surprises existed...

[@RaulVaghettiJúnior]

Keith Cookie el gran maestro 😂

[@craigdawson9391]

I accidentally got the Reptile fight on the Mega Drive version, and think it only requires a Double Flawless and Fatality on The Pit. I don't think you need to lose.

[@refinedsugar]

When times were simpler. Jumping thru hoops to get to a hidden character ... with an incorrectly titled name. Another palette swap. Didn't have his own moveset. Apes the other two ninjas. Only to be correctly named when defeated.

[@kpbergey]

Reptile is like a fusion of Scorpion & Sub-Zero

[@dereksullivan0824]

Wait.... Was that Santa Claus riding his sleigh in the background????

[@tonitoniversus]

Yep, haha.

[@Imran.alleyezonme]

Im 41 and i only found out about this now gosh

[@pure.precision]

This is impossible to figure out by accident, the developers HAD to leak this information somehow

[@jesseg8298]

The best looking reptile. They then turned him into a kinky lizard in dominatrix.

[@CTTMFF]

You would think… how easy it would have been to just have his name in the life bar as Reptile and not Scorpion 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@supermario3345]

But his name is scorpion and has sub zeros and scorpions powers?!

[@tonitoniversus]

Yeah, oh well.

[@ThMindFdr]

No internet, word of mouth,or a random cheat book..❤

[@mariokid5449]

I like mortal combat I play this game

[@misteroldschoolguy]

Only once did I get to Reptile on the Genesis version. I don’t even remember if I beat him.

[@Arcadeallyear]

One guy came with the tip once and we were finding ways to beat the cpu especially at this point you face only rayden or liu kang which were a pain but yeah the whole challenge is hard

[@labanemodise1606]

Once experienced this on the arcade machine one guy who was playin the accidentally unlocked reptile on the same stage he was playin as sub-zero

[@brianreid4567]

This old game was cool sun zero was my favorite

[@hackerloko4215]

Lembro da primeira vez que chamei o ninja Verde, era muitas pessoas ao redor e eu jogando, quando consegui chamar, todo mundo vibrou, imagine a comemoração de brasileiro é outro nível, quando ganhei do ninja Verde, foi uma festa, fui um dos primeiros a conseguir o feito na época.

[@iam4026]

If he didn’t exist in this game, Shang Tsung might finally have enough memory to be his own character instead of also shapeshifting

[@tonitoniversus]

But Shang Tsung is so cool because of that, plus he got the skull attack.

[@captainchrispy1407]

Why does it label him as Scorpion on the health bar? It should say Reptile shouldn't it?

[@tonitoniversus]

I know. Development oversight maybe.

[@captainchrispy1407]

@@tonitoniversus could be. this must be arcade. It's just one of those things where you can only put so much data in to a game. Like not only did they seem to not have time to input his name but they also rushed making him because he doesn't have his own moves in this one. The way it looks to me like they just took the color palettes of scorpion & sub zero & made it green & then just mixed their powers together & they were just like ok this is a new character, the end. But this is the very first release so I mean we all make mistakes. I just find the origins of reptile really intriguing

[@mresturk9336]

Reptile was apparently secretly programmed in over the course of a single afternoon by Ed Boon. It was a bit of a rush job being he wanted to keep it a secret even from his co-workers. From a data perspective Reptile doesn't technically even exist as a character in MK1. He's just an internal flag switch that tells the AI to swap Scorpion green and give him access to Sub-Zero's special moves when toggled on.

[@evanmiller2562]

@@captainchrispy1407 It would be exciting if he had his moves in the later games, spitting acid, turning invisible and his head eating fatality think how many people would of shit themselves back in the day? ;)

[@rubemortenson1724]

I didn't realize "jump kick" was Johnny Cage's entire moveset.

[@tonitoniversus]

Plus few sweeps and an uppercut

[@DualityDustman]

The requirements to fight me are Double flawless without blocking only using special moves. You must wait for Dan forden to pop in and say toasty. Press the first 4 buttons of the Konami code when he says toasty.

[@wesleyhempoli5548]

You can press block but you cant take damage. Blocking attacks means taking small damage and ruining your flawless and that's why it says dont block. Hitting block alone doesnt ruin your chance to fight smoke. Sorry but you dont know what you're talking about, pal

[@JoshWallace-i3l]

Spam that jump kick 😂

[@BigGs_StopMotion]

I always thought reptile was never in this game.I’m sure most people agree

[@mr.o3708]

So I remember finding reptile as a kid, I just don't remember doing all of that to do it. Its possible I did though, game informer was a thing then and I know I used to live and die by stuff like that.

[@kristiemcintosh5783]

I beat him on the SNES On my first try Because the SNES does not have the Shadow What i did: Character: scorpion 1: double flawless 2: toasty fatality 3: pit stage 4: not blocked 5: defeat reptile

[@joaopaulobg]

This is so cool

[@ASHAH925]

Still trying to figure out why his name is still scorpion after the announcer said he’s reptile 😂

[@juanchovilla9225]

You dont need a double flawless you just need to score a certain amount of points

[@elzazofuturama854]

Reptile's head becomes Scorpion one's when ripped off...

[@boilerhousegarage]

10,000,000 points, then you switch the Mega Drive off.

[@gerardmillar1680]

I played the SNES version and it actually said reptile. Did the arcade erfer to him as Scorpion in the health bar?

[@tonitoniversus]

Yes

[@muhammedibili43]

Reptile seçilmiyor mu ?

[@burntheobedient4473]

As this was the shiz back in the day, its amazing to think about every time you played it. Dudes used the same move, over and over and over again. It was so lame!

[@EnricoPanebianco]

Oh yeah!, its true; Reptile is secret character on Mortal Kombat 1; and instead on MK2 the secret character was Smoke and Kintaro was not a secret character, but he appeared on Shang Tsung's fatality, holding or blocking a key for the entire 2nd Round.

[@waltermelon5672]

On the Snes it was only required double Flawless victory + no block. No need for all the other stuff or Fatality.

[@Deallyy]

Wow santa Claus and the reindeer in the background 0:10.

[@jmedlarec4824]

Tf? Reptile is Scorpion?

[@hunternichols9463]

Crafted Noscopes lol looks like it

[@sophiadesousasilva1949]

2 em 1 !

[@edvaldosantos5157]

Reppion

[@MG-kw1kb]

Reptile is Scorpion & SubZero

[@nathanielmathieu5088]

It depends of the version

[@rafbhayat6451]

Reptile is the mixture of scorpion and subzero but he is different in MK2 3 and the rest.

[@Alex-Gamer-2134]

Sub Zero x Scorpion (They have their son Reptile)

[@davidzel2]

Dope now I'm going to kick his ass, BRB....... He, uh. He won and he took my shoes.

[@macristo33]

At the 11 second mark, look at the moon.

[@TheSixteen60]

Scorpion's fatality requires holding Block. Is he unable to reach Reptile?

[@tonitoniversus]

Same with Sonya, it's okay for the Fatality

[@grind138]

Actually, you can hold any button. Hell, you don't even need to hold a button. Just, either, jump straight up, then tap up repeatedly, really fast, or, for that matter, if you're far away, and you flip forward and know you're gonna land in the spot you need to be, same thing!

[@grind138]

@@tonitoniversus But yeah, Sonya's fatality is the only exception, because of... yeah.

[@robbyjasper771]

That wasn't reptile that was Chameleon.

[@israelmartinez2203]

I tried but never see a moon shadow. Maybe my version of MK1(rev 5.0 t unit) don't have it.

[@sc30002001]

Love the intro