Mortal Kombat 1 Behind The Scenes

[@GlitchG00D5]

Back when using real pictures of people for games was revolutionary

[@СергейНаврожин]

The game that did it again (and was revolutionary as well) was L.A. Noire (projecting captured frames on moving geometry). We're still far far away from having realistic looking human beings in games... Static screens could look good enough, but whenever it comes to animation everything falls into uncanny valley...

[@irontomato3835]

+Ladical Rad the Highlander Technically yes.

[@danbolivar3564]

Do you even comprehend what the word "revolutionary" means? Something that moves something in a direction it hasn't moved before. Something that upturns it, makes it do a 180... a revolution.

[@theomegawerty]

Stanley54 imagine a remake in 4k 60fps

[@DeAthWaGer]

Pit Fighter did it first. 2 years earlier.

[@BuzzKirill3D]

I wonder where all the original costumes are. Can you imagine what they would be worth to a collector?!

[@AZNSallad]

The original costumes probably belong to Ed Boon or to the actors they played as either way it would be cool to see them again today!

[@daroachdoggjr7497]

Billions

[@almacamc9152]

i have the real sub zero costume that was used in the video game

[@nerfenforced8008]

ALmac AMC awsome

[@iamangelo1324]

BuzzKill I think that some of them are at NetherRealm studios.

[@PirataMundoTV]

Fun Fact: The faces on the trees in MK2 living forest was Ed Boon

[@NotInThisDimension]

cool 😉

[@thebrodeadpoolmkvids2803]

I didint know that and I'ma Mk master

[@NotInThisDimension]

the bro deadpool mk vids same.

[@NotInThisDimension]

the bro deadpool mk vids What character do you use the most?

[@PirataMundoTV]

Yeah we didn't have internet in those days just strategy guides and gaming magazines like Electronic Gaming Monthly and GamePro to get all the inside scoops

[@NodDisciple1]

I wish someone would do a "where are they now" for these actors.

[@reijiminato8762]

Dan Pesina = Kung Fu instructor in Chicago Carlos Pesina = Lead Animator at NetherRealm Studios Elizabeth Malecki = Unknown (maintaining a low profile) Ho-Sung Pak = Still a stuntman

[@UltimateBallaPOM]

+Reiji Minato thank you!

[@Aquascape_Dreaming]

@Illuminating kitty it's ok if you're jealous that someone has answers when you don't.

[@rainbowrabbit]

@@reijiminato8762 Elizabeth Malecki is a nurse now.

[@MichaelYT23]

100th like

[@ericstewart0921]

This was actually way ahead of it's time. Gotta be one of the first instances of using real people for motion capture.

[@hoodzeo]

Ifoldthenuts pit fighter did it first, but mortal kombat did it better

[@PhilShary]

Yeah, so much effort went into it!

[@maninredhelm]

Indeed, Atari's Pit-Fighter came out 2 years before Mortal Kombat and looked very similar. It was so early though that it even came out before Street Fighter II, which created the winning formula for the fighting game market (partly accidentally: combos were an unintended glitch). Mortal Kombat mostly just married Pit-Fighter graphics with Street Fighter II gameplay. Its bigger accomplishment was the aura it created around itself with its aesthetics, fatalities and secret codes. That may never be duplicated again, given how hard it is to create shock value now and keep secret codes secret for long.

[@GerNomico]

It wasn't even mocap, they literally used those images in the game... *roll safe*

[@PhilShary]

Yeah, they call these "digitized sprites".

[@LiftedSeven]

This is so fascinating. I thought first 3 MK games were a work of art. Now even more. Makes you appreciate what you were playing as a kid

[@stelkin656]

I certainly don't hope that Johnny spend 500 dollars on those sunglasses.

[@VTH223]

stelkin656 Nice reference.

[@stelkin656]

This is where you fall down.

[@mrh3894]

They look like what I wear when I'm weed whacking

[@DavenHiskey]

Ha ha so true

[@dirkdiggler2430]

Mr H I'm a Mexican gardener and I approve this comment 😂😂

[@vatarants]

Wow, this is very important and valuable video. don't lose it.

[@SadlySorrowful]

The guy that plays liu king is in drunken master with jackie chan he's one of the bosses.

[@SadlySorrowful]

***** He is a good fighter but i can kick his ass.

[@jerjameswoj]

Mike Arima Star Warrior!@!

[@RepyZep]

Mike Arima Liu Kang* = _ =

[@Korgoth9]

+jerjameswoj Superstar.

[@deftones2625]

Mike Arima oh that's right lol

[@james4592225]

HOW IT ALL STARTED!!!

[@pajokamikaze]

Probably with a script, this is somewhere at the end of the development, those are the finished graphics, they probably used beta/test sprites.... Sorry, i'll see my self out off here... ._.

[@samuraigames2667]

OH MY GOD! YOU USED CAPS LOCK.

[@tenkiuuusomuch]

Ikr

[@dylanpatterson3975]

"Johnny Ceehhhgge is not afraid to Diiiiaaaahhhh" lol that was amazing

[@jaym5118]

I always wished that they had the technology to allow the actual gamers to motion capture themselves and be put in the game. Even if it's through frame by frame photos. This is the game that caused me to obsessively want this as a kid. And I STILL want it. I always thought Sonya's exercise outfit was incredibly odd.

[@JonnyRocksAW]

One of the coolest finds on KZbin

[@joeyb6285]

Kano falling over all the time was hilarious

[@AlissonSilva-ox4uz]

Joey B I bet kano was a drunk man XD

[@MiguelMem]

@@AlissonSilva-ox4uz They kidnapped a drunk Aussie and made him play the role of Kano

[@intensellylit4100]

​@@MiguelMemwould be funny, since Kano wasn't Australian until years after the first game

[@MiguelMem]

@@intensellylit4100 Yeah, it because of his actor in the movie

[@swish007]

i remember my 13 year old self was completely amazed by this game.. it was really one of the most violent games out at the time and me and my friends were at that age where we absolutely adored it. i remember that the game was in all the arcades in town (which honestly i lived in a small-ish town so there weren't too many arcades), but there were always HUGE lines to play it (and fights would even break out over it occasionally). but my brother and i found a couple of random places like grocery stores that had the arcade game; like near the claw machines that were everywhere in the 90s.. and we would drive across town to these random grocery stores just so we could play mortal kombat and not have to deal with a crowd. but the game was still so massively popular that other people would do the same thing hah. so there would always be like 3 or 5 people hanging out at the mortal kombat game in some random ingles. god i'm old

[@McRonson]

Awesome - been waiting years to see this kind of stuff. Mortal Kombat is my fave fighting game of all time and MK Trilogy on the original Playstation is my favourite.

[@FLex1987]

I agree and i hope new MK X not to be so suck as is the rumors about MK X

[@geminiman7791]

Johnny Cage MKX Is great

[@FLex1987]

Z D Nascarperson yes I agree MKX is great

[@geminiman7791]

Johnny Cage How did feel from being pasted into a game into being animated?

[@FLex1987]

Z D Nascarperson I am just wanna say MK 1 this game I am grow up its my childhood, new MK ofc better and this is time different

[@stonedrider15]

I played MKI, II on arcade, MK III, Ultimate on SNES and Trilogy on the 64. When they started to use 3D graphics I quit.

[@quay537]

Welp you didn't know what you missed when mk9 and 10 came out! ^^

[@thecoderedkid1608]

+Kingbud 2k 10 is absolute garbage but 9 is amazing.

[@stonedrider15]

TheCODE REDkid which one has the x-ray thing? I played it once I think

[@GlitchG00D5]

9 and 10 both have X-ray moves

[@stonedrider15]

oh OK

[@jasontodd8071]

The actors were part of something original and groundbreaking!

[@nuke97]

My childhood! I'll never forget leaving school and being handed a flyer about Mortal Kombat 1 coming out! Right on my birthday too! SEPT 13. back in 1992. I was in 2nd grade....SUCH AN EPIC FUCKING TIME ! THE TECHNO MUSIC was the icing on the cake. The game blew everyone's minds away.

[@nickp9406]

I wanted to see Sonya do some moves

[@gwynjustice6664]

they didnt put it in 'cause shes a dancer who would look silly trying to look like she knows how to fight..

[@martingarciaarvidson6684]

WOOSH

[@salamychannel6230]

She did some fight moves

[@fartmerchant762]

She can give me a sloppy fatality any day, probably still a milf too

[@DiffuseOne]

I wish they made another game using this format. No 3D animation, just high quality images. I'm sure we can achive realism with the technology of today.

[@edRPD]

Wow amazing to see how the actors played such a huge role in the development of this masterpiece of a game.

[@kazuhirala]

Took my years to realize that the guy that plays Liu Kang, stars in The Legend of Drunken Master w/ Jackie Chan

[@aimfuldrifter]

The world is a small place, isn't it? :D

[@bestestinventions7032]

hey you're right, i thought he looked familiar at first but didn't recognize that till i read your comment!

[@DaniBlazin]

I did not know that! Thanks!

[@richterbelmont2463]

this actually hit home. i remember being 6 years old playing this on the Genesis.

[@qarcon3247]

Crazy how a 90's video game has better human like graphics than most games now

[@Nafeels]

That's why I'm proud to be a retrogamer and a Kombatant.

[@THEsyntheticFresh]

***** sorry but its a little crazy, this game was programed only by two men...

[@renessm9916]

Yes, but actually the technique gives great results, like how Mortal Kombat 3 looked better than Mortal Kombat 4.

[@MegaRayland]

Granted you are comparing early 3D engines to digitized frames from video. Compared to something like MKX the comparison is much more favorable for the CG characters. With that said, for as rough as MK4 may have been you suddenly had dynamic camera moves and 3D movement which was not possible with the digitized characters. Or you ended with a game like War Gods which used blend of both techniques.

[@sonofMegaAlexandros]

it is ture, but not legal ! it is not allowed to make beatem up such realistic.

[@specterRaven]

This is dope seeing this after all these years. The humble beginnings of MK

[@techromancer1]

Daniel pesina I trained with him back in the late 90's I still talk to him he is an awesome guy and a great sifu

[@insomuchas1]

i googled him, weird to see him now in his 50s. Time goes too quickly for us all.

[@tokyolives964]

Otakutech why you always lyin? why tf you lyin?

[@ryan1303a]

I also trained with him since I used his character in MKII. Down down forward forward LP. Goodbye torso!

[@johnnycage4959]

NOSSA!O MELHOR DE TUDO É PODER VER ESTES JOGADORES QUE MARCARAM MINHA INFÂNCIA NA REALIDADE...QUE LEGAL!PARABÉNS...SAUDADES...

[@MixerVM]

I think it's funny how MK started in the arcades, yet the screenshots and music are the Genesis version.

[@jgaines3200]

man i used to play the hell out of this game on genesis when I was a kid...I remember the damn blood code to this day and i'm 30 now....wtf haha ABACABB YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!!!!

[@d1234583]

Thanks, I was just about to search it up lol

[@daminmancejin]

I still play the sega genesis mortal kombat 1

[@rokaine7334]

Timothy Then Scorpion yells GET OVER HERE!!!!

[@zac3740]

abacabb yes! interesting vid

[@dreday5880]

And the debug code Down Up Left Left A Right Down on the menu screen

[@lavozdelaaficion]

the escene with kano is very funny jajaja, great video, i see that from Mexico

[@koban4max]

I would like them to use real people again.

[@hatt-jn7lu]

Ehh I wouldn't look that good to today's standards

[@BortaMaga]

koban4max They use real people for motion capture though

[@egreggergfewrgre7128]

Matthew Ricco lol yea they tried it in street fighter and we all kno howthat went hahaha

[@koban4max]

BortaMaga NFS yeah but..you know...mortal kombat was original about realism beating each other game... i dunno..that's my imo.

[@UnleashDaBeastClan]

koban4max lol no. MK use people for Motion Capture. And it'll look just weird now adays.

[@JAWZMUZIK1]

Mortal Kombat certainly was a game changer. today this stuff is common place, but back then we didn't know computer was being used this way. these are some of the earliest projects like this.

[@iTzRocKeT]

I met (master daniel pesina) aka Johnny cage. Cool guy and even signed my SEGA MK1 and MK2 . 🙏

[@68SSCAM]

Came for the video, stayed for the soundtrack!

[@thinksmart4703]

I remember when mortal combat came out (I believe early 90's), I always told myself and others how the graphics were so real (close to human) compared to other games at the time. This reminds me of my childhood :-)

[@i_am_ergo]

Holy crap, that took a lot of work.

[@MaximMichaelMaxim]

Sonya Blade is The Best. She is my favorite character of all time in Mortal Kombat. I Love her. I always had a crush on her ever since I was a kid. MK1 Sonya is my favorite form of her. Liz Malecki is my favorite Sonya Blade actress.

[@omarbernal2408]

Nice, taking a video of an actual person and their punches, like, and stunts, no wonder mortal combat looked so realistic. Better than street fighter. Great idea.

[@chrisleearies484]

I love watching the behind the scenes of Mortal Kombat. The enjoyment and hardwork that goes into it

[@Seahawkfan1108]

"I'M JOHNNY CAGE, *mch* NO CONTEST!" *MOOOORTAAAL KOMBAAAAAT!!!* Fucking hype......

[@cfbcfbcfbcfb99]

Man this is legend in the making!!

[@RiffRock51]

TEST YOUR MIGHT

[@Skyrilla]

This is amazing, haven't seen this before. Long time MK fan.

[@NPC13377]

Fun Fact: Johnny Cage is modeled off of Jean Claude Van Dam. He even has the groin punch move.

[@devotion3037]

Funner fact: Johnny Cage is not afraid to die

[@yugen]

Fuckin awesome video. This game changed my life. When I discovered this in 4th grade I was forever changed. Seeing that blood, the dark music, hearing Scorpion say "GET OVER HERE", seeing the first Fatality? Oh man. It was INSANE. I was obsessed with this game, constantly thought about it all the time and obsessed with it at school.

[@PhirePhlame]

0:19 ...those sunglasses look so bad...

[@Arz2003]

282 Gamer i want to buy a pair

[@FinalBaton]

+72speedway I think you meant to say RAD!

[@patrickt5685]

72speedway just say Johnny cages glasses look so bad..he wears them in different times of the clip

[@chupatripa]

Are RAD.

[@ankushshetty]

Brian Belcher aahahahahahhaah

[@fireheartis1]

Haha I used to have this sound track at the age of 14. Man the memories of being a young nerdy teenager in the early 90's. Funny how I used to jam out to this with my best friend.

[@lucemonfalldownmode]

Where is Goro? I want to see Goro doing motion capture for his moves!

[@randaldominguez4139]

lucemonfalldownmode He was made out of clay. There was no actor for Goro.

[@lucemonfalldownmode]

You´re lying, I´m sure that a four armed man did Goro´s moves.

[@randaldominguez4139]

lucemonfalldownmode 😂😂😂😂😂

[@heywannaplay6094]

lucemonfalldownmode 😂😂😂

[@gufranceleb8391]

lucemonfalldownmode is roboter

[@techpsy]

Ed Boon, the "Powder Man"! :D Amazing to see this, after all these years. :)

[@Modernww2fare]

sonya's hot!

[@Patrick19833]

The Sonya from Mortal Kombat 3 is much hotter.

[@Modernww2fare]

Patrick Lange true

[@marcr110]

justinjacques766 from mk9 you mean carly baker

[@Modernww2fare]

Master who?

[@NeoHoshi]

justinjacques766 Sonya's hot what?

[@takingoutthetrash1512]

CLASSIC! Early 90s! I remember sitting on the floor as a poor kid and watching my brother play this game, along with streetfighter lol

[@Nerfherder3]

6:00 Kano's backflip stutter kick was the bomb

[@Danny-vm6ul]

Very cool!!! Thanks for sharing!!

[@michaelterry4290]

Who’s here after the Mortal Kombat 1 announcement trailer today

[@Frankcastlepunisher74]

Daniel was awesome as Johnny!

[@JohnnyCagePro]

god why did they have to fire daniel pesina, his characterization of johnnycage was so memorable, he IS the fucking johnny.

[@Skazellino]

Because he did something really stupid posing for a cheap shitty knock off game claiming Johnny Cage plays Bloodstorm "The fighting game for real fighters"

[@brainimp]

Not exactly true, he had already partied ways with Midway when he did the Bloodstorm advert, the game he was advertising was actually made by guys that were former Midway employees that had worked on Mortal Kombat with him too.

[@LordArikado]

If it's anything like the reason the original Sonya left, it's probably unpaid royalties.

[@asiaoharasbutterflies9425]

This is a real treasure.

[@renekenshin6573]

God, this brings too much good childhood memories T_T

[@isakemanuel1786]

Nenhum mortal Kombat acompanhou o msm nível de realismo dos lutadores em toda a franquia..esse foi o mortal que marcou uma revolução nós fliperamas

[@AntonAdelson]

Love the music! Really sets the whole early 90's mood. What is it called?

[@ThePsychoguy]

It's from an old Mortal Kombat soundtrack released back in the early 90s to promote the game. I still remember having it on cassette tape and jamming to it when I practiced karate as a kid.

[@rostislavb39]

The Immortals - Mortal Kombat The Album (1994) www.discogs.com/Immortals-Mortal-Kombat-The-Album/master/325648

[@nightmaresand808s]

i need that last track title in this video.

[@PILMAN]

I remember my cousin gave me a Mortal Kombat mix tape and I recognize all these songs plus i'm from Chicago where Mortal Kombat was developed :P

[@mohammadrezaalipour1863]

This vid show why MK is the world best fighting game Thanks Ed boon for creating this fantastic game for children and adults to know about mortal arts and enjoy good moments😘😘😘 from Iran MK gamers

[@Star_Sn1per]

I wish they still did the games like this today lol

[@Drake_Ice7]

Wooooow, it's awesome watch this and miss 90's so much. Love video's music, soooo 90's

[@wjp666]

Wow... tell me more about this 'video tape' technology!

[@SandmansHate]

This is awesome. This game was the shit back when I was a little kid. If you are a 90's kid, you know all about this game.

[@Modernww2fare]

Man, I wish MK would go back to using real people again. It'd look 1000x more realistic

[@Farscryer0]

justinjacques766 Mortal Kombat was so "realistic" when it first was released that it wound up starting the ESRB as a side effect. If you start making seriously realistic games with its level of explicit brutality, and it somehow doesn't get nixed in the alpha stage like Thrill Kill did, then you'll be facing an even more stringent ratings system. One that is actually backed up with jail-time or heavy fines.

[@ogenesis]

+Farscryer0 Heavy fines??? to who? the kid who plays it? I mean obviously the store is not going to sell it to them but do you mean the store that sold it would get fines?

[@zlayersmagicalkite8146]

They could do that with unreal engine

[@larontaylor4975]

justinjacquez766 word

[@polorican369]

Met Daniel the other Day at Comic Con Chicago! Great guy!!! Get over here!!!!

[@wushucoach]

Haha, I thought they took all my videos down before people could do load. Nice

Hehehe... I have this video here on my computer! Very cool! :)

[@drfunk1986]

"Johnny Cage isn't afraid to die!" LMAO

[@Guernicaman]

I wish someone made a game today with digitized graphics. With the amount of memory modern consoles & PC's have, they could come up with something that looks & plays great. Something like that Mortal Kombat Subzero game (but with better controls, please) would be REALLY awesome. BTW...Was this music ever in any of the games? I don't remember ever hearing it.

[@sc30002001]

the original theme for character selection was in the arcade the music where Daniel Pesina starts speaking was on Sega Genesis the SNES version was totally different.

[@sc30002001]

same with Mortal Kombat 2 the music was different.

[@popixel]

I was just coming down to the comments to say the same thing. Only I was going to say I wish they would make a new MK going back to the roots using newer technologies. They have come such a long way and I'd love to see what they can do now.

[@RIDDICK0911]

SegaVsNin actually NRS and Other Ocean Interactive made HD versions of the original trilogy using digitized graphics and new actors. It wasn't impressive but still. No one knows why Arcade Kollection was released instead.

[@popixel]

Well, that's a bit disappointing. Don't get me wrong I enjoyed the Arcade Kollection along with my MK Arcade Joystick. That is a beautiful joystick.

[@nasanchez964]

Waiting for this from 1992. 21 years later I can finally see it! Thanks youtube, and the uploader.

[@FJOGHS]

Sonya is hot!!!

[@demartaylor1070]

yes she is total hott

[@ffh313]

FJOGHS fun fact, she was a stripper

[@driunsss7562]

😆👉👉👉👌

[@Macsleal]

U pervert

[@NathanWerewuff]

FJOGHS (Was)

[@jarekaensland9324]

wow I never thought I could find this on KZbin :D

[@puipui7382]

Johnny cage is not afraid to die

[@offended323]

True

[@CarlosGonzalez-fh9sl]

True artists: actors and programmers. They realize a jewel with the resources that exist in this age. Thanks

[@Official_Cyberwolf_Ledgic]

Where the music in the video from or was it made for the behind the scenes. Whats the title of the song?.

[@ShasOKais]

The Immortals - Use your might and other songs of this group.

[@trickySK]

And the LEGEND was born.

[@PoisonousPen]

This explains why Sonya looked like she couldn’t kick for shit.

[@fauxtosell9875]

as someone else said, this reeks of the 90's...god...yes it does

[@SoulsSliders]

@2:05 Van Damme: "Hold my beer"

[@vandamme6379]

akechi mitsuhide I can't...I'm too busy doing the splits.

[@СергейЖуравлёв-к4к]

Thx for that video) This series of games its my love)

[@hiramguerra6257]

I wish they left the characters like real life instead of all these cartoons they have now.

[@yrussq]

Awesome! Those sweet memories!

[@benzmanken]

211 people got finished..

[@reijiminato8762]

Fatality!

[@kevinsetiawan22]

Flawless victory

[@reng935]

Sonya has a great voice (and hot). Liu Kang also is so cute.

[@PabloCruise91]

Sonya looks like Joy from My Name is Earl

[@adrianleon6615]

she does

[@killergreek55]

Not even close

[@MentalRaptors]

Great footage! It might look kinda silly by today's standards, but this paved the way for so many sequels and similar games that it has to be recognised IMO.

[@xbox.j2367]

5:34 Song name?

[@Arz2003]

Johnaxe i know that soundtrack tho lol

[@xbox.j2367]

Arz2003 I found the song I just searched up kanos theme and got it xD

[@Deniiel]

tell me name please :)

[@xbox.j2367]

Kanos theme.

[@Deniiel]

Johnaxe thx!

[@LJLMETAL]

The first Mortal Kombat is the best one! I just wish the Reptile from this one would be payable. That would be awesome!

[@davevandenschkonen1244]

Noob Saibot = Ed BOON & john TOBIAS

[@docksudavellaneda9173]

Gracias desde Argentina so awesome many memories

[@pinkfloydmeddle6692]

give a like if Johnny cage is your favorite.

[@Skazellino]

Raiden, sucka!

[@roncash5311]

This is freakin' awesome, MORTAL KOMBAT! ! !

[@DominatorBuilder]

MK > Anime

[@f-pac2005]

Not even close, m8

[@anon-kc1bk]

+Payday 2 Walkthroughs yeah usa should have drop more bombs to japan to prevent animes

[@DominatorBuilder]

tavolorgia It's an opinion.

[@jundialhaqiqa9907]

I love Mortal Kombat, what a classic.

[@Nepente333]

Johnny Cage's so hot. Damn!!!.

[@ultimate.funkypunky]

Nepente333 ikr

[@BIGGIEDEVIL]

And very very gay

[@drewblackmatter6669]

And this is who the legend of MORTAL KOMBAT was born

[@cksnah252]

Sonya blade looks like she smells lolz

[@MrParkerman6]

She smells like heaven

[@j.o.t.b3017]

That's awesome so much respect for the grind that created a phenomenon!