John dives deep into the long history of MK development, I'm excited this should be a good one.
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DF Retro: Mortal Kombat - The Legend, The Arcade Tech, The Console Ports
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Another hugely enjoyable episode of DF Retro. I always watch them immediately when they appear in my YouTube subscription feed.
John's love of these classic games and the hardware they're running on always shines through.
John's love of these classic games and the hardware they're running on always shines through.
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The first 5-10 minutes of this remind me:
Folks should look into Insert Coin. That movie is going to have a lot of fans on this forum.
Folks should look into Insert Coin. That movie is going to have a lot of fans on this forum.
Oh man, that looks amazing.
It was Kickstarted too huh? Man, I wish I could try that some day. If I had more than a week to do a video and the ability to travel around for shoots, it could be something really special!
Josh and the crew did a top-notch job; the idea of a studio-focused documentary feature is brilliant.
Looking forward to finishing up the DF Retro today!
Toasty! Really enjoying it so far! Man I can remember when MK hit arcades, well. Like Street Fighter 2, it was a huge hit.
Thank you so much Dark1x! Do you plan on making your own YouTube channel? Your content is amazing i just wish we had more lol
Oh hell yes. DF Retro is my favorite DF. Not enough retro channels focusing on the tech-side of old games.
Great video ! Also made me realize I was 11 when me and my friend first started playing this in some random pool hall in town .
I remeber my parents let me take off school and have my friend come over to play the day it came out for genesis. We weren't too impressed lol
I remeber my parents let me take off school and have my friend come over to play the day it came out for genesis. We weren't too impressed lol
Whew, just finished, fantastic video.
I remember that another significant reason people liked the MD version over the SNES one were the DULLARD cheats, remember people discussing the flags at school. Though the blood was defo the primary reason lol.
I'm surprised such a late day DOS port used LA synthesis over GM for midi. I wonder if it had any CM-32L exclusive samples? Will have to try that.
I remember that another significant reason people liked the MD version over the SNES one were the DULLARD cheats, remember people discussing the flags at school. Though the blood was defo the primary reason lol.
I'm surprised such a late day DOS port used LA synthesis over GM for midi. I wonder if it had any CM-32L exclusive samples? Will have to try that.
Dark1x Awesome, as expected. Those pirate Famicom versions were a trip, to say the least, and it's shocking that the plug 'n play version held up at all.
I know that the USF2 video went into it a bit, but given the highlight on the PC ports of SF2 that feature in the video here, dare I dream of what would likely be an hour+ of covering the many, many, many versions of that game?
I know that the USF2 video went into it a bit, but given the highlight on the PC ports of SF2 that feature in the video here, dare I dream of what would likely be an hour+ of covering the many, many, many versions of that game?
The doc premieres at SXSW; not sure when it'll be made available to purchase just yet. I'm waiting to buy a copy, myself.
It's always a treat when Dark1x descends from Retro Olympus to bestow upon us another lovingly crafted deep dive into classic gaming.
His work is necessary and valuable and I'm certain videos like this will be enjoyed by many for years.
Thank you again, John. You've brightened up my MONTH!
MK1 is a herculean accomplishment in terms of what they got done within a very short span of time. Going from the public knowing nothing of MK to a million selling multi-console release within a YEAR was an astonishing achievement for all involved at Midway/Acclaim. Think about it, MK1 only started to get traction by late 92 - yet they had a decent (not amazing) and playable home release accompanied by a catchy marketing scheme in less than one year.
According to dark1x, Probe/Sculptured probably only had less than 6 months to prep their ports in order to satisfy the long cart manufacturing schedule for a Sept 93 release. Just an amazing thing to consider.
His work is necessary and valuable and I'm certain videos like this will be enjoyed by many for years.
Thank you again, John. You've brightened up my MONTH!
MK1 is a herculean accomplishment in terms of what they got done within a very short span of time. Going from the public knowing nothing of MK to a million selling multi-console release within a YEAR was an astonishing achievement for all involved at Midway/Acclaim. Think about it, MK1 only started to get traction by late 92 - yet they had a decent (not amazing) and playable home release accompanied by a catchy marketing scheme in less than one year.
According to dark1x, Probe/Sculptured probably only had less than 6 months to prep their ports in order to satisfy the long cart manufacturing schedule for a Sept 93 release. Just an amazing thing to consider.
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Excellent video as always. John always delivers!
Also I loved the SubZero sprites 'dont talk to me or to my sons ever again'.
Also I loved the SubZero sprites 'dont talk to me or to my sons ever again'.
Damn good video, John.
I kept waiting for you to bring up the Midway Arcade Classics (which I have on PS2), before finally remembering that it doesn't actually include the original, just MK2 and MK3.
I'd love to see you keep going with this, but there's probably not as much to talk about with the sequels and of course they're not as influential as the first game was. I first got into it playing MK2 and MK3 in arcades and really got into it when I got MK3 on the Genesis and later PS1, and MKT on PS1 and N64 (I had both). I had a few of the later titles on console, but it seems I got rid of most of them over the years (something I don't do any more).
I kept waiting for you to bring up the Midway Arcade Classics (which I have on PS2), before finally remembering that it doesn't actually include the original, just MK2 and MK3.
I'd love to see you keep going with this, but there's probably not as much to talk about with the sequels and of course they're not as influential as the first game was. I first got into it playing MK2 and MK3 in arcades and really got into it when I got MK3 on the Genesis and later PS1, and MKT on PS1 and N64 (I had both). I had a few of the later titles on console, but it seems I got rid of most of them over the years (something I don't do any more).
It was included in the PC version, but it had exactly the same problems as all the other incarnations based on MAC. I fixed the low volume for the second stage myself, but damn, did they test it at all?
It's so annoying that the classic MK games still don't have perfect official releases. MAME's an option but I'd like to be legit.
My first experience with MK was my uncle buying me MK1 on Genesis....as a Genesis kid what do i have to do to get the upcoming MK collection to feature the Genesis soundtrack, which is superior to the original MK1 OST?
Agreed. I still can't get over the fact they did release the Arcade Kollection, which should be pretty simple in this day and age, and still managed to fuck it up.
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Yup. It's pretty remarkable how bad those ports are, I was hugely disappointed. I'm still hoping we get a much better release of the arcade games on console sometime in the future.
Seeing Mortal Kombat 1 in the arcades for the first time was amazing. The first time I played it, I was being pick pocketed by an older kid. I didn't give a shit and just kept playing.
The gameboy versions of MK1 and MK2 were thoroughly enjoyed by me. I also enjoyed MK1 on Amiga despite the disk swapping. And the MK2 port for SNES was amazing.
The gameboy versions of MK1 and MK2 were thoroughly enjoyed by me. I also enjoyed MK1 on Amiga despite the disk swapping. And the MK2 port for SNES was amazing.
Thank goodness. This port rarely gets called of for it.
John is the man.
Ah. I was hoping he addressed the unblockable uppercut after a blocked jump kick. And the lack of the fall back animation which would break a cornered fighter setting them free from blocking punches. Without that animation, a player has no choice but to block until all their energy is drained.
I posted a few production notes since the episode was so massive and a few fun things were left out just to keep time and pacing perfect. I only really helped out capturing footage and scripting out portions of the episode but it was a lot of fun and I love the Digital Foundry crew.
