People have asked me to play some of these MUGEN titles for years and I've never got round to it. If I've missed out any key information about some of these games, please let me know! Defenders of the Earth in particular I'd love to revisit for more 2v2 or something.

This comment might get lost in the comment section. I am the developer of MKP Revitalized 2 Definitive Edition (R2DE). Unlike many other MK MUGEN’s I focus on quality over quantity. I’m so happy of the praise you give and even the suggestions. Thanks for finally covering MK MUGEN! However we must give praise to the man who build the updated MKP engine. Borg117 practically built a new MK MUGEN engine from its old buggy mess to how it is now. My game is essentially the MKP engine but with extra content, hence the name Revitalized. So yeah, big props to Borg117.

I know all Latinos saw Don Ramon and El Chavo del 8 on the roster

I haven't played MK Chaotic but I already know it's the best for one reason. Pantherk.

"It feels like this game is a general container for all these fanmade characters" Yup. That's pretty much what Mugen is at it's core. You can do AMAZING things with it. You can also download a skin, throw in a bunch of characters and have a blast.

Mugen games with large roster feels like a collectible trading card game when we were young and the kombat are like when we slapped those cards onto one another to know which card wins

It's really cool how MK has such a big fanbase that they're willing to use their talent to make cool fanmade projects.

The reason why Chaotic felt so weird and unpolished to you is likely due to the fact that most MUGEN "projects" are slapped together with loads of plagiarized characters and stages and barely any thought put into how any of those things mesh together. On the bright side, at least it has _PANTHERK._

As a member of the mortal kombat project community, I'm glad you covered these

Shoutout to Gstar321!

"Without maximum damage, who knows what kind of infinites would have been possible?" *casually juggles Tremor for 50% with no end in sight*

You guys did the unthinkable! I've always wanted to see you visit the fan games and MUGENs, but never thought you'd actually do it one day. I'm glad you did!

To explain a bit more, Mortal Kombat Project had about the same roughness and jank as Chaotic. The first time an MK MUGEN actually looked like it was made by competent programmers and artist was Mortal Kombat Trilogy Extended (MKTX) . The first time it featured impressive sprite work, sound design and it wasn't trying to be this weird mishmash of MK and KOF since most MK fanworks at the time were from the South American scene.. It would have been a full-fledged release had someone in the dev team not backstabbed them at the last second. So what we ended up with was an incomplete but still competent build and most of the work was transferred over to Project.

I highly recommend checking out Mortal Kombat Trilogy Extended, if you can. It stays true to the klassic MK formula, while having its own unique sprites and fatalities for the entire cast, even the bosses.

Defenders of the Earth is in a lot better of a spot now. The camera even Dynamically zooms the camera in and out the further and closer you get. Making it feel and look a lot better. Its becoming my favorite Mugen.

When it comes to MUGEN MK Games it's a real mixed bag. I've personally played "MKP Season 2" I think(?), not the same one as you played. It's a little bit more traditional while adding some modern visual elements, QoL stuff and some more combo potential. It has a few non-2D characters too but the creator Borg117 seems to have tried to fit them in with the classic style. It's been a few years since I last played it though so I have no idea where it's at now. What I enjoyed was messing around with the files which let me customise it as I wanted. Didn't like a character? Take them off the character list. Add a new character? Do it. Remove half the stages because you want to keep things traditonal? Why not. I even re-arraged the roster screen because I thought my order worked better.

If there's a 2v2 arcade ladder or something similar for Defenders of Earth, I think it'd be fun to see K&M smash it.

Dang, I miss gstar. Im still subscribed to him. Hoping one day he will return. "Absolutley Disgusting" -MrGstar321

MGStar321's MKChaotic videos are hilarious. I'm glad you played it! Bear Sub Zero is my favorite character in that game lol

It’s amazing seeing what fans of a series can do. It’s crazy seeing how much effort was put into these

Just found your videos from your competitive chameleon video. Love your style! Thank you for the effort you put into these, they are very well made.

Glad to see mk mugen games being talked about. I've been into these kind of 2d mk fangames ever since 2007. It blew my mind to the point I'll download every mk project game with cool looking rosters and the same janky old engine, including mk chaotic. I soon stopped since most the mk mugen games were the same thing, but different visuals. But then around 2014 or 15, I noticed mktx, which wasn't out at the time but shown in test videos was being made and that peaked my intrest. Then 2017 came along. Mkp season 2 made by borg was out. I looked at some gameplay and notice the engine and visuals were improved. That also reignited my love for these mk mugen games. Im glad to see it get it's recognition. Thanks for making this video!

This will be a bit long, but hope you still read it. Its Nice to see a mugen video. I am a mugen creator. Most mk mugens are all the same and are all garbage for the most part. Basically, There was a project that was in the works called "the mortal kombat project" that released a few betas and the community absolutely ripped it to shreds. And by that I mean people downloaded it, made tons of edits, and re-released them as "their" creation. Soon enough, everyone else done the same thing. So now there is literally 1000000 versions of the same engine. Then people, much like the the case with chaotic, add general mugen characters from other projects which causes tons of bugs, crashes and broken gameplay As mentioned, I was creating 2 games called "ninja kombat: kirisute gomen" and "mortal kombat rebirth" at the same time, which totally broke that mkp stigma mold. I had everything. From basic mk3 style combos, 3d era style branches and monks/mka style air combos. I also was the first to make use of the wakeup game and the breaker system. It's also a well known fact (though Nrs may not admit it) that nrs totally copied my vision for tremor for his debut in mkx. I was a victim of the mkp effect. I released a few private betas and one of the people leaked it online and tons of people stole some of the characters and mainly my coding to use in their projects. Any mk mugen game you play that has the 3 breaker system, came from my coding. The game was getting massive attention and traction and I pulled the plug due to the leak. I've made small updates to it here and there over the years but just cant devote the time it needs to be 100% finished. If I get the chance, maybe I could send you a copy of it to play and try out.

The creativity of some of the weirdo characters is off the charts....I remember someone commenting how they played Homer Simpson in "Beer Riot" mode where he chugs a huge beer at the beginning of the round and gains even more special moves but takes away half his life. :D Just....wow.

Using the Mugen engine in tandem with fighter factory allows for some craaazy stuff. I enjoyed the coding side of things and making my own character palettes for characters. Adding screenpacks, lifebars and different fonts also makes for a unique experience. As a fan of MK, you guys and Mugen, I'm really glad you decided to finally take a look at some of them. They're definitely their own unique thing in terms of gameplay and representation. But that's what makes the MK fandom so special. A large group of creative and passionate people showing love for their favorite franchise. The more people that can experience Mugen the better, there are some AWESOME fan projects out there

Thank you so much for this video!! I too have been watching these KZfaq videos of Mugen MK and wanted to try one myself, keep doing what you're doing man👍

This is the content I LOVE. I grew up playing MUGEN games and always sought out the good quality Mortal Kombat characters. Thanks for making this video! I knew about Chaotic but not the others

Awesome video dude, thanks for putting this together. Am a huge MK fan and I've heard about these just never played them or saw them so thanks for the footage and time 🤟..

thanks for giving fanmade MK games a lightspot. MK Mugen and MKP (the base engine that is used for all three games in your video) came a long way since 2007 i guess. yeah some of the versions built upon that basis are quickly slapped together without care for balance, others however still care for what they add.

jesus Christ that first roster had me _crying_ 🤣

Ketchup: *laughs at Ronald McDonald* Me: *Rivals of Aether Vietnam flashback*

Fun fact! Mortal Kombat project 4.1(season 2.9) by BORG117! Is the best mugen so far! My god the community has come soo far thanks soo much KNM

Great video. Love the narration man! Keep up the kontent

Great review! At some point, I'd like to see you try MK Shinobi!

that ending part about when you start with sector and then going to rain can be applied to blazblue cross tag too hahah

Glad you got into the Mugen games! Hope you play a few others.

4:41 We got every color of the rainbow for the ninjas. blue, yellow, green, purple, red, grey, squid's ink ... what else? but have you seen the Cheetos flavored ninja yet?

Maaaaan I remember MK Project way back when they added Hidra as a secret character in version 4.2 I believe?. Their intent was always to recreate MK3 but at some point Project was renamed to "Extreme Mortal Kombat 3" and then just dropped altogheter in 2014. Anyways, nice to see MKP live on even if the original team is gone. I remember way back when they were trying to make a full spritesheet of Fujin by combining MK3's Liu Kang and MK2's Kung Lao, and now they have like Kotal Kahn, Kenshi or Drahmin? That's crazy lol.

Oh, I remember watching Kane vs Satan on RAW. Too bad they turned off the cameras when Kane did his fatality. I love Mugen, but it's a lot of work to find/make a set that's balanced and not filled with memery like Omega Tom Hanks. The pack I like most is SvC Mugen 3rd Battle Edition, which is a mostly vanilla SNK vs Capcom experience, despite the fact that I've shoved in Evil Ryu/Ken, Goku, and Ichigo. I do like the attention to detail in this one, especially the small quakes every time Tremor hits the ground from a jump or what have you.

I like to imagine MK Mugen being an alternate timeline where instead of making the universe seen in MK1, Liu Kang decides to make the new timeline a huge shitpost with Homer Simpson and The Undertaker

Man this channel is amazing glad you covered mugen

MK mugen is by far the best mugen to play. Especially the 2v2s. I have tons of hours playing different mk mugens with my brother. We need mk mugen meta.

Why is anybody talking about him not mentioning "El Chavo del 8"? lol

I'm definitely maining Bear Sub-Zero.

MK Trilogy X... that’s what I wanted to see you play, it’s beautiful

This is a cool video! I myself have had little knowledge of these games, other than Chaotic I guess, but they all look unique. MK Defenders of the Earth looks like a normal fan-game, MK Project looks like if you cross-bred Trilogy and Armageddon, and fed the baby nothing but steroids, and MK Chaotic looks like... Well, MUGEN. I actually kinda wanna pick up MK Project myself...

The most important part of gaming used to be the people you met in the arcades, now it is sitting at home in the name of convenience. I feel for kids today never having the arcade experience.. it was such a crucial part of developmental life, social skills and learning to control one’s emotions in a healthy way. Even learning the importance of respect.

Good Vid I've pretty much played every MK game that has been made I got into the Mugen games years ago.To me Chaotic is a crazy one but still pretty fun. I do love project it to me has a more realistic MK feel. Over all I do like them for their creative settings, an gameplay.

3:08 that combo was sick

Some of this footage had me dying!

I wonder why the dev group behind DotE chose to go with that scale. I'd love to know. Hoping some of the devs and K&M fans.

Very good video, congratulations!!

Glad to see some robo hydro in this video 🤣

Maybe one of the previous versions of mk project is what hes looking for since they have a mk trilogy feel of multiple character versions across franchise history

If you liked the level of polish that MK projekt has, then you need to try MK solano edition 3.1. That one is really well done.

Wow that Defenders of Earth 2v2 reminds me of Melee, a lot more space to maneuever and strategize

Doink for MK11 dlc

This is beautiful the MK community is always bringing fresh ideas to the franchise with this type of Mugens

Leo Messi was one of the characters lol. i want to see his move list

I’m amazed I’m saying this about a mugen project, but the second game looks amazing!

Yay!!! MKA getting props for the amazing work on Revitalized 2!

5:07 ah yes, Kenshit Akashi, my favourite character

Mortal Kombat Project has changed a lot from when I last saw it. (five years ago in a video from MrGSTAR321) Its really cool to see how much it changed.

Can’t wait to play UMK3 on the PlayStation. Just found out about the Set plans to remaster the MK Arcade Trilogy. Hype!

Perfect. I’ve been in the same boat for a while.

I love the way he says Doink.

You guys should stream a mugen game and run some sets, it would be fun to watch!

Wow defenders of the earth looks fucking stunning !! Definitely need resizing as you mentioned but that one is just orgasmic to stare at

I remember the MUGEN days when it was so popular and anyone could use it since it was an open source fighting game creator and you can use any character from almost any fighting game and if the character wasn't available eventually they would be since ppl always uploaded them on the internet when you can download them easy and put them in. You could also tweak settings like make boss characters have more health or more power. And if the characters were different in size like going from Marvel vs Capcom to Mortal Kombat you could adjust the size of the character in the settings and make them the same size and make things look cohesive.

Please make more videos about fan MK games!

Hey nice of you to try mugen. Revitalized 2 will be getting an update soon. I agree with you on defenders of the earth. If you were okay with the variety of chaotic I recommend the remake of mk anthology it's less of the characters without polish and they make it work.

@5:23 is that Diablo 2 music in the background??

mortal kombat 3 defined a style of gameplay that could have taken the franchise in a very satisfying direction with fast and brutal combos. Unfortunately with the failure of the MK4 they abandoned this progress and adopted other forms of gameplay that ended up leading the game to have these strange animations and without impacts, with boring combos to be seen and looking like a street fighter hybrid with Tekken only worsened. Muguem are the fans' attempt to bring that feeling of impact back. As much as you show bone breaking in one punch, without frames of decent impacts, there is no way to sell this idea of ​​brutality.

dayum that roster thou !

Where can I find these at? These look pretty fun to me

Wassup wit cyber hero? Voltage short from the rain?

Can't wait for the Competitive Character History for PANTHERK

Defenders of the Earth looks amazing, it's like MKX - MK11 with old school graphics but they messed up by zooming ALLL the way out. I hate the way it feels and looks. If they were gonna do something like that, at least make it like the Art of Fighting or SNK fighters that zoom in and out. Just feels way too barren yet boxed in.

The new update to defenders of earth shortend the screen size and added new chracters

Where is the full intro music at?

I love these fan games

You should totally try out MKTX. Best one out there so far, though it never got fully finished

How can I get these games? Only via computer ? Thanks! Great Video

Quan Chi was in a 2d game, Mythologies Sub Zero, that's the version they used on the mugen

You gotta play that UMK3 Solano edition that is goddamm everywhere on Facebook 😤😂

That rain combo at 3:00

I love MK but I’m totally lost. How do I get and play these fan version? Someone help

Have you thought about getting/modding an arcade 1up MK cabinet? I bet you'd love it, if you haven't looked into it.

Rain in the second game looks badass

I want to play these games but when I download them I can’t play them, do I need an emulator or thing for these?

Competitive History of Pantherk when?

5:45 dang these street fighter titles are getting crazy

Characters in MUGEN used to have over 10 finishing moves, you didn't mention it

Mugen MK always have some Sonic oc levels of characters, like the palette swap ninjas.

"While I did commentate professionally, I used to play Mortal Kombat competitively!" - suddenly getting hype at the twins' Cyrax vs Sektor matchup in MK9 and MKX 2015 Evo makes me feel old.

damn...they ran the train on Skarlet at 12:06

I had no idea chameleon was your favorite THATS fuckin great man. Chameleon is also my favorite and I feel kinda alone in that opinion.

You should try defenders of the realm mugen. truly top tier.

I am glad to hear you laugh.

You need to try Dong Dong never die :D