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That intro is like James Bond meets Cowboy Bebop. Amazing.

It's interesting to go back and watch these early eps after getting into Wha Happun? during 2021 - Matt's much quieter, there's no direct quotes from devs/PR people, there's hardly any music playing during script portions, no furs- I mean funny Matt avatar moving around the screen and gesticulating...the series has definitely come a long way in the 3 years both in terms of quality (not that this wasn't entertaining, mind you) and in building its own identity and personality. Props for that, Mr. Muscles.

The scene of Subzero walking down the stairs with his head down singing some Type O Negative always makes me laugh. 🤣

That intro had NO BUSINESS being that good, my god.

7:47 Just a heads up, the guy you have pictured as *Dave Michicich* is actually *Tommy Tallarico* , video-game composer and former host on Electric Playground. The picture is from the thumbnail of the video where Tommy interviews Dave. The more you know lol

"And that's Wha Happun" but man, I am sitting here I watched the video twice and I still think you are bamboozling me with that funky Black Dynamite intro this game had.

Rewatched this episode because of the Mythologies Sub Zero video, it's so cool to see how much your writing and editing has improved over the years. The jump in quality between this and one the more recent What Happend episodes is gigantic, keep up the great work Matt!

"So what kinda effect do you want for your opening to the game?" "Yes"

Matt I really want to thank you for saying the MK:SF intro was good! I made that in 3 weeks (with all the other cinematics for the game i worked on), and it was inspired from a scifi (syfy) channel show we liked called Good vs. Evil. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j9t-a6-qx8_RkoU.html which was inspired by Charlies angles. So i worked at Midway full time from 97-2000 doing cinematics for game and marketing/advertising, then did some freelance work after that (including the MK:SF game intro and cinematic). A year before that game was released, it was a very different and way, way better game. Like i game i was impressed with when i would play test it. What destroyed that game, was they had a great programmer who was doing some amazing stuff in the game (it had real time water refraction in '98, which did not exist in any other game at the time, or anything for several years later), and he left with the other MK guys to start the other studio and was replaced by a programmer who was way in over his head. And all the cool stuff in the game went away and ended up the way it was released. So what killed that game was not some of the artist leaving, it was the really good programmer was gone, and they had no support after that. The guys who were left tried their best, but with no only 1 sub-par programmer, it was the death of that production. it was really sad to see that happen.

Still waiting on that Drake of the 99 Dragons LP, Matt!

I don't believe a game intro so amazing could be attached to a game so bad.

At least Shaolin Monks was good. That was an important piece of entertainment in my formative years. That said, I hadn't played Devil May Cry or God of War yet, so it was all new and exciting to me.

Can we take a minute to acknowledge how cheesy awesome the MK4 Commercial was? Good times. Special Forces was definitely crap. I'm glad they did try again in the action adventure genre (or beat'em up genre) with Shaolin Monks.

At least we got Tremor in MK X

I wonder how butt hurt john tobias is now because MK franchise is super huge and ed boon racking in millions of dollars

That Wrestlemania 21 footage looks familiar...It's kinda making me a bit rustled!

Man that moment in Wrestlemania 21 on the ladder is literally one of the funniest things I've ever seen in my life. It was perfect.

Matt, you're a luminary and a saint. I can't tell you how much I love you for doing this.

11:35 Stranglehold being a commercial failure really upset me. The game was super fun, and had Chow Yun Fat.

Aw memories at that Kurt Angle , Rey Mysterio glitch

Dude, that game intro was sick! If it were a TV show, I'd have watched it.

While everyone else was busy developing for the upcoming new console generation, MK: Special Forces kept PS1 alive in the west.

And yet the character of Tremor became a very requested character to be added in the main titles for some reason

1:09 I guess that MK Mythologies Sub Zero isn't as good, then.

MK Shaolin Monks was awesome. I’d love a remaster of that.

Final Fight Streetwise would be great for this. From seven sons to Trent's released concept art video you can see a lot of heart would've gone into the game had they both given the proper time and resources.

Matt: The intro is great. Me: I don't believe you. (watches intro) Me: I'll never doubt you again.

You could do a video about Hybrid Heaven for the N64. Is very haard to find any information about this game, and its super unique.

You have the best channel Matt

That intro is Venture Bros. Af

@8:01 The guy on the left is Tommy Tallarico, not Dave Michicich.

I literally found your channel a week or two ago and I love everything about it! Keep it up man and I can’t wait to watch everything on my days off

stranglehold was actually pretty dope

I played this game when i was a kid and i loved it. Now watching this video i can only think that i was a innocent child who just wanted to play every game that got into my hands

2:18 - Always happy to see Qui Gon Chi make an appearance in a video.

I'm confused, isn't that Tommy Tallarico in that one image labeled Dave Michicich?

That was not a picture of Dave Michicich. It was from an interview of Dave Michicich and the other main Mortal Kombat team by Tommy Tallarico, on Electric Playground TV on G4 in 1998. The man pictured was Tommy Tallarico who was a host and now leads Video Games Live.

Kombat time

This is a series that I never knew I wanted, and I would love to see more!

I got Dr. Muto as a kid and I remember really enjoying how creative and fun it was. It probably doesn’t hold up now, but the memories will always be there.

just stumbled on your channel by i can't remember how, but i like your content. keep it up dude.

I'm really enjoying this series! I hope you make some more. Cheers

I bought if for $20 and beat it that night! Glad you put in the intro, worthy of seeing. Loved Midway for their arcade sports, racing titles

Love the editing style. Real excited for more :D

4:55 i LOVE that he has the EXACT same joke in here that's in the most recent mortal kombat sub zero mythology episode that made me laugh my ass off

9:53 that intro is gold

Hey Matt! I have to say that me and my friend enjoyed watching this and we would love to have more Kontent like this! Please keep it up and we love you!

I'm still waiting for the original story of Special Forces to be released to the public

Love the videos matt, keep making great content

I always wondered what happened to John Tobias. Thanks Matty!

man i love this show and there's soooo many. Mmmmm. One of those moments when you find a well of goodness to binge.

Love this series. Great work

now we know where Archer got its intro from

LMFAO the intro is just funny i dont know how anyone took this game serious if they did cuz Jax doing that while turn around pose with the gun has me weak

Showed up late to your work, but man, I'm loving your videos. Do you ever plan to do Tao Feng?

That would explain Jax's Friendship from MK 11

This is the greatest name for a series, great video btw.

Oh boy Daikatana is next. 20 years later and it's still a joke.

Bro that intro SLAPS holy shit

dude awesome video! I have the same amount of love for MK always will!

On the plus side they did FINALLY get it right with Shaolin Monks!

I remember renting this one time. I was mad that week.

The thing I remember most about WrestleMania 21 is the goddamn awesome-looking Judgement Day arena. Something about how the stage lights looked in that game was just super-cool. I don't know how to explain it but I've never seen anything else like it.

Man, I might be the only person on earth that played mk mythologies and actually had fun.

The old into for Wuh Happuh makes me feel like I'm having a stroke

The stories behind these massive disasters and flops are always so interesting

I played this a few years ago and I thought I would never see this game again... until now.

1:03 Oh past Matt, if only you knew

I would love to see a video on Clive Barker's Jericho and Undying.

A "Wha Happun?" for Final Fight Streetwise would be really cool. Or maybe "Bad Day L.A." Something from the same era as BMX XXX. There was lots of trash on the PS2 lol

I feel like it's worth mentioning that now John Tobias works at Zynga. You know, those people that make those Facebook games. Oh how the mighty have fallen.

That's not Dave Michicich in the picture at 7:49, that's a picture of Tommy Tallarico.

I can't wait to see you tackle _that_ game next.

Your simpsons references are always on point and crack me up! I get the vibe that you watched a lot of the simpsons and love it as much as i do.

I actually loved Mythologies on Playstation. But man was it frustratingly rockhard to finish.

While I know it's likely not a game series that Matt's particularly invested in, I'd love to see him tackle the death of the X-COM franchise prior to Enemy Unknown resurrecting it; Terror from the Deep was a hurried attempt to cash in on the success of the original that was essentially a reskin with some terrible design ideas but decent atmosphere, Apocalypse was pretty good but rough and with a kind of odd art direction, Interceptor and Enforcer were laughable dogshit, and then it all died before Alliance and Genesis came out. And then there's the debacle of the Bureau.

This game's intro is what happens when The Martin Lawrence show and a chummy 007 flick have a kid - it was a mistake in the best & worst of ways. I love it lol.

One of the good things I can say about this game despite me never playing it is the music!

What on god’s green but mostly blue earth was that MK Special Forces intro? I had to stop the video and look up the intro to make sure you weren’t goofing around. In a bitter sweet kinda way, you were not kidding.

The intro is amazing.

That intro is amazing wtf

4:56 subzero just got told by Quan chi that he isnt going to be in special forces

Stranglehold was a good fun game though, even though it didn't do to well. At least to me it was.

This is my new favorite game review channel

Is this where the jax sax friendship came from?

I don't know if I should be happy or sad that I can guess Daikatana just from that quote

Me: (watches MK Special Forces intro) Also Me: ...I don't want to live on this planet anymore!

Please don't stop these videos Matt, they're the fucking hypest shit!

I've watched about 5 of these now and I can't stop asking myself. Did you do an "ad break questionarium" for OSW years ago?

11:22 fuck that made me jump Great video, didn't know the dev team took that big of a hit, I always thought it was just Tobias that left and everyone kept doing their thing and then later reunited. If things turned out differently, Special Forces could've been a fun dumb coop game if they kept Sonya and a lot of the things they took out, like a proto Shaolin Monks

As much as I love mortal kombat, the series has always suffered from wasted potential, be it spin offs with interesting concepts like this, or just characters who didn't get the chance to be as cool as they could have been.

the graphics for that wrestling game looks amazing

Great work sir spot on haha

You keep putting TR: Angel of Darkness clips in and I'm just waiting for that to be on Wha Happun

Stranglehold was a childhood favorite of mine. Now I'm so curious about Wha Happuned to it...

Hey Matt, an idea: “What happen: Midway edition” lol

10:06 Wow amazing intro to a game!

Did that jax intro have a dog barking sample 😂 it was the style of the time

I like the intro because I'm listening to the pumping music instead of the actual intro.