MORTAL KOMBAT - Why were people OUTRAGED!?

MORTAL KOMBAT - Why were people OUTRAGED!? - GAMING HISTORY

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Today, Top Hat Gaming Man discusses the history of the first ever Mortal Kombat along with its impact on popular culture and gaming in general. We will also look at the outrage the game caused and its long term ramifications!
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@JustinWhangYt 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the shoutout!

@TopHatGamingManChannel 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the entertainment!

@DigitalMorph07 3 жыл бұрын

Love both of yalls channels. Keep up the great work

@LantisSRK 3 жыл бұрын

*screaming internally by the pronunciation of Kenshiro*

@davejohn3600 3 жыл бұрын

Al Gore's wife was a key player in the music rating fight too. I don't know how much if at all these things played in the 2000 election.

@Rationalific 3 жыл бұрын

I voted for the first time in the 2000 election, and my voting for Ralph Nader was due in large part to Joe Lieberman and Tipper Gore.

@MsDarkspyro 3 жыл бұрын

I was born that year so i have no idea what happned

@PirataMundoTV 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, she literally wanted to ban hip hop. Being an 80s baby myself, it's cool looking back at the old news clips of terrified parents worried about video game violence

@mathieuwiersma1660 3 жыл бұрын

I voted for Al Goro's as president after he made a documentary about how Scorpion and Sub-Zero were causing Climate change in the Netherlands-realm.

@angrytheclown801 3 жыл бұрын

I remember being told that Bush was going to censor my video games and their shocked and angry expression cause I burst out laughing. Then I asked if Al was still married to Tipper, then laughed again with a Yeah, it's the Bushes that will try that stunt, yeah....

@LucianTheWorldGamer 3 жыл бұрын

Did you know? Goro was a secret playable character on the GameBoy port of MK1. But who would want to play that? Play as him on the MK Trilogy!

@willh3972 3 жыл бұрын

It wasn't great for sure but you could link up for two player. Also it had kano where the game gear version didn't

@LucianTheWorldGamer 3 жыл бұрын

@@willh3972 Oh yeah, of the original portable iteration the GB version is definitely my fav too

@suiken3149 3 жыл бұрын

He's playable on the NES bootleg version

@LucianTheWorldGamer 3 жыл бұрын

@@suiken3149 right! but I didn't count that as it is not official

@kevinfinney4746 Ай бұрын

Did you know you can play as reptile on the Sega by pressing start on player 2 when your in the middle of a reptile fight

@kadosho02 3 жыл бұрын

MK is a vital part of the fighting game legacy. There is something special within the game, a variety of kharacters, and their journey. And it is totally optional if you want to use Fatalities at the end. Even now it's expanded with the same koncept, with just as much dynamic graphics & visuals. 🤔And when games Krossed paths with other media. Things were messy. But the age rating system definitely changed the way titles were marketed (and still has games in limbo) Konsole ports were impressive. We had come a long way, and it was only the beginning 😎 excellent video sir! MK II coverage?! Totally! Yes!

@iwanttocomplain 3 жыл бұрын

Sega already had a rating system in place iirc.

@DarkLordNick999 3 жыл бұрын

I once drew a small picture book called “Barney Enters Mortal Kombat” back in high school. Each page saw Barney the dinosaur getting gruesomely killed by the Mortal Kombat characters. My friends loved it.

@renslo689 3 жыл бұрын

do you still have it and you should redraw it haha

@DarkLordNick999 3 жыл бұрын

@@renslo689 I wish I did. If I were to draw it again, it would better now than back then.

@renslo689 3 жыл бұрын

@@DarkLordNick999 that's a shame. You should draw it again from what you remember

@MrAdrenaline1982 3 жыл бұрын

Did you send some of your art to EGM or another gaming magazine? I remember seeing something like that years ago.

@DarkLordNick999 3 жыл бұрын

@@MrAdrenaline1982 I never did. Turns out I wasn’t the only one with that idea.

@ianeons9278 3 жыл бұрын

"The Wii U is overrated" -Top Hat Gaming Man, 2030

@djstyles97 3 жыл бұрын

Watched so many top daddy big hat videos didn't even realize he didn't do MK yet...

@JoKoKilla 3 жыл бұрын

I know right? Just goes to show how deep this genre goes! As big as MK was, it was merely a drop in the pond.

@mathieuwiersma1660 3 жыл бұрын

He's more of a SF/Capcom guy erm i mean 'bloke'.

@JaimeAGB-pt4xl 3 жыл бұрын

FINALLY AN MK VIDEO.... great. I really like your coverage as a mixture of product and fighting game flare. Thanks for the great content

@IamMarkSmith 3 жыл бұрын

I never get tired of the MK origin story and you added some excellent context to the controversy and people behind it against this and other video games of that time frame.

@WillisWheeler 3 жыл бұрын

U forgot to say that this got alot of roots in big trouble in little china

@JoKoKilla 3 жыл бұрын

That's right it did!

@Crystallums 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! It's the game that I was waiting for you to review. This game means a lot to a whole legion of fans, including myself. Its mythology, its graphics and its soundtrack ... and of course its evolution as a franchise, shows how it has distinguished itself from its competitors. MOOORTAL KOMBAAAT !!! FOREVER!!! it's outstanding... Cheers.

@leecroft7311 3 жыл бұрын

I (and many) grew up with like movies like Robocop, Predator, Nightmare On Elm, Friday The 13th... Mortal Kombat didn't even come close to the violence and gore compared to what myself (and many) were already use to when it come to home entertainment. The drama of Mortal Kombat was nothing but laughable and ended up being free advertisement for the game.

@granthedley8950 3 жыл бұрын

Says he’s going to “Man Up”, yet proceeds to show fatalities in Black and White lol

@ThomasSerruques 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for that video on MK 1. Especially the part on censorship and Liebermann. Interesting. Please do a feature on MK2 since it is a great sequel to MK1, better in every respect particularly graphics.

@naheemquattlebaum2267 3 жыл бұрын

Mortal Kombat created ISIS. What a heel.

@joeyparkhill8751 3 жыл бұрын

How so?

@naheemquattlebaum2267 3 жыл бұрын

@@joeyparkhill8751 end of the video lol

@joeyparkhill8751 3 жыл бұрын

@@naheemquattlebaum2267 No I mean why are you calling him a heel?

@naheemquattlebaum2267 3 жыл бұрын

@@joeyparkhill8751 just a tongue in cheek reference to Top Hat's real life wrestling career

@MsDarkspyro 3 жыл бұрын

Wait ISIS is that old?!

@thehound1359 3 жыл бұрын

I didn’t play this game for probably a month after it was released in the arcades. The lines to play it were insane.

@lifeonleo1074 3 жыл бұрын

I would like an MK2 video, that was the MK I really played when I was young. MK2 was basically my fighting game childhood. It was considered the cool fighting game as compared to SF

@cazrethomas 3 жыл бұрын

While I don't disagree with a ratings system its just funny about the violence thing with MK since I was super young and my parents never paid any attention to it. And you're spot on about American politics. Its been shown in a Princeton paper that government has increasingly made laws based on corporations & special interests and less for the people

@SonicSkillsMUGEN 3 жыл бұрын

I'm using your vids for my school fighting game history article, but then my teacher was like: YoU sHoUlD bE uSiNg ArTiClEs NoT vIdEoS cAuSe YoUtUbE cAn LiE. They think research can't be done through KZfaq. smh

@TopHatGamingManChannel 3 жыл бұрын

Obviously anyone can lie, be it with written articles too. I am a qualified school teacher myself! Kindly point your teacher to the referencing section in my description. Facts are sourced, even if sometimes just through wikipedia.

@JoKoKilla 3 жыл бұрын

This video really brings back memories. What a fond era in my life. I'll never forget seeing Mortal Kombat for the first time. It was at an arcade in a hotel we were staying at. The game terrified me! I had never seen anything so hard core. I LOVED it, and followed religiously until MK4. I knew the franchise was done for, once the characters had switched to polygons. It just lost its charm. I never really went back. I think MK2 was the best Mortal Kombat. MK3 felt unfinished. I'd definitely love to see a follow up of MK2... but when are you going to talk about the Real Bout Fatal Fury series? Thank you Top Hat for this upload.

@JasonMontell2501 3 жыл бұрын

The original arcade game has the best style and atmosphere of any of the games in the entire series.

@fatarry 3 жыл бұрын

100%. Got a bit much with time travel etc as time went on. Always thought a 70s style film, with bad dubbing and stop motion Goro would rock.

@e-liegoldmane4459 3 жыл бұрын

Keep making videos. we love them an you my g

@shinphatman 3 жыл бұрын

16:19 Yes, yes that is correct. He who has the money makes the rules

@DanBraithwaite 3 жыл бұрын

Had me in stitches at the end! Well done!

@jesterje 3 жыл бұрын

I LOVE the context that you pull into this. So good! Thank you for the videos.

@jhsrt985 3 жыл бұрын

I'm sure u don't care but his name was kenshiro. Prepare to see this a few more times my good sir 6:00. Edit plz do mk2 thx for all the great content

@LowellLucasJr. 3 жыл бұрын

I was the quote- unquote " targeted youth" that was supposed to be corrupted by such a game as Mortal Kombat. Unfortunately for them, we kids were ALREADY reinacting Bruce Lee/ Jackie Chan/ FOTNS and TMNT films... just like the song EVERYBODY WAS KUNG FU FIGHTING!

@AcornElectron 3 жыл бұрын

Loved this as a kid in the arcade. I remember seeing MKII in an arcade in Poole whilst on holiday in (I think) 93! Five quid in 20ps blasted in an hour 😂😂

@JamesNGames 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic Video Man! 🙏🙌🎮

@e.izaguirre2143 3 жыл бұрын

Only Top Hat can manage to fit a wrestling story into an MK video 😂

@kevinfinney4746 Ай бұрын

😅fun fact in the mk2 strategy guide it explains jaxs quadruple slam was from a time that he was in the wwf(e)

@thebotbuilder 3 жыл бұрын

Parents: Please don't post NSFW in the arcade Midway: Nah Discord mods: Please don't post NSFW in general That one person: Nah Some things never really change

@micshork 3 жыл бұрын

You should talk about “Yie Ar Kung-Fu”, a forgotten fighting game by Konami that came out before Street Fighter.

@olschoolTonyCarter 3 жыл бұрын

Karataka was another one.

@scoobaSteve-hd9pz 3 жыл бұрын

@@olschoolTonyCarter both games need a video by top hat

@alexojideagu 3 жыл бұрын

I played that as a kid in the 80's

@hiroshinagoya2469 3 жыл бұрын

Very interesting report; I never thought MK would have caused such a wave to even Al Gore lose his presidency bet.

@Twistingbullet 3 жыл бұрын

Lol, Kenshito

@The_Str4nger 3 жыл бұрын

NANI?!

@Bloodletter8 3 жыл бұрын

I hear weebs screeching in the distance.

@PaulNat360 3 жыл бұрын

for sure we're looking forward to your history video on MK2 =)

@ck552 3 жыл бұрын

Kinda funny, the games would go on to showcase every conceivable mutilation the human body could undergo, yet if it were to show bare breasts, people would really be outraged.

@drunkensailor112 3 жыл бұрын

Only in the USA will you find this amount of hypocrisy

@joeyparkhill8751 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Richard could you review MK: Sub-Zero Mythologies for the N64?

@Lord_Deimos 3 жыл бұрын

Hopefully this will turn into a full series!

@stoltobot 3 жыл бұрын

Kids of the 80s and 90s up until about MK2 had plenty of ‘auxiliary marketing’ of R rated movies and supposedly mature targeted content, such as cartoons of Rambo, video games of Predator, and action figures of Aliens. Of course kids were consuming this content, and we grew up fine, but now I feel sorry for the kids growing up wrapped in cotton wool. I bought a manga for my niece when she visited Japan and her mother wouldn’t let her read it due to it having “content inappropriate for children”. It was a kids book, but parents have been brainwashed into being overly sensitive to exposing their children to any ideas outside of Disney cuteness and happy endings, and in a self fulfilling prophecy kids are growing up to be too sensitive to deal with adult life. The next manga I bought for her, I sent it to my parents house so she can read it when she goes to Nan and Pop’s place.

@EpicLebaneseNerd 3 жыл бұрын

i remember how amazed i was in the arcade, sadly all the big kids were hogging the machine so we rarely could play it , but one day, my cousins got a megadrive and i got them MK for it since i was the eldest and could purchase it for them since i was 13 , story goes that on 1 sunday morning, my uncle came over for breakfast and he was furious...and he told me dad ''did u know what ur son got my kids ? he got them a game where a blue ninja removes the head of the other people and u could see the spine tangling from it, what kind of blasphemy is this ?'' man, it was one hell of a breakfast.......also, i was the only one in the family who could pull off the DULLARD code for it , so my cousins would be super excited when i dropped by to activate the code and play the game with the gore.....it was fun times, so simple and so happy. i on the other hand got stuck with the snes version, sure, cousins were amazed how better looking it was, but no blood, i had to wait until i got the DOS version to get the full experience at home. p.s : TOP DADDY BIG HAT HERE....PRICELESS!

@Angryhelder 3 жыл бұрын

Yes to a MK II video.

@tinargonlegarcon217 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome work as usual. More Mortal Kombat please

@GamingDreamer 3 жыл бұрын

MORTAL KOMBAT Armagadon made me outrage, I hope you will cover that shit sense you started Mortal Kombat history now for me MK4 end a good era tell MK9 fix it I think there was ok MK games between 4 and 8 but not great, and oh the not Fighting games was something else Will you cover those too?

@Invidente7 3 жыл бұрын

He will eventually cover all MK games since figthing games are his niche.

@The_Death_Owl 3 жыл бұрын

@@Invidente7 I can't wait until he covers MK VS DC...

@suiken3149 3 жыл бұрын

Shaolin Monks were pretty decent

@LupusRexRgis 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, deep dive on Mortal Kombat 2!!! 😄🤙

@TheRealDustinNunn 3 жыл бұрын

Fake murder in violent video games do not bother me. The murder in real life is what bothers me.

@biggamenerves5250 2 жыл бұрын

great video. very insightful. thanks

@BeB02090 3 жыл бұрын

Hello all. Thank you good sir for covering Mortal Kombat! I remember the first time (high school), hearing the infamous Scorpion growling "Get Over Here" I quickly honed in on the location of the sound to find a line of about eight people waiting to beat the stuffing out of each other. It appeared as if the whole arcade just stopped and all eyes went on the two MK cabinets. I will never forget the first time I saw the screen turn dark grey/black and the words in dripping blood appeared "FINISH HIM" For a split second the place went dead (no pun intended haha) silent as Kano ripped the heart of Jonny Cage. I was both in shock and awe. I left that night thinking what the frog legs did I just see. Wow.

@jesusantoniosernarascon4756 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent job Top Hat gaming,

@altlover85 3 жыл бұрын

Great video! MK2 would be great to explore as well!

@karatekid6494 3 жыл бұрын

I love your videos as always.Can you do one about Mortal Kombat 2 please?Thank you for uploading.

@tripletap007 3 жыл бұрын

The Lieberman-ISIS connection really brought it home for me, haha. Well done!!

@jaymzx2587 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic insights thanks for this vid!

@IamMarkSmith 3 жыл бұрын

Brotha @Top Hat Gaming Man you went above and beyond in this video. Extremely well done 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾!

@WalkBesideMe 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, would love to see MKII covered.

@ethanbumpus9580 3 жыл бұрын

I would in fact love to see you do a Mortal Kombat II video!

@jamesbounds 3 жыл бұрын

I love the first two Mortal Kombat games.

@armorbearer9702 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, you can find videos about the Mortal Kombat controversy, but not a lot about how they innovated from typical fighting games.

@SEiMEi_EXiSTS 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Top Daddy Big Hat!

@EnohtaN 3 жыл бұрын

Hehlow Thanks for the videos man

@GregoriusAP 3 жыл бұрын

Finally, my favourite fighting game: Mortal Kombat! Oh and I'd love to see MK II review on your channel

@kaynesantor8136 3 жыл бұрын

Do the mk2 deep dive. Please, game hat top man, you're our only hope.

@nellyp2622 3 жыл бұрын

Would love to see more MK content for sure

@kayanhashemi7419 3 жыл бұрын

Please do an Mortal Kombat 2 & 3 video, you did this Video really awesome!

@cro222 3 жыл бұрын

Mortal kombat is my favorite fighting game series thanks for covering it

@SiccDeville 3 жыл бұрын

the politicians didn't care. it was fear of being nagged by their wives is what caused politicians to complain.

@captaindeadpool980 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely brilliant video, I must ask & hope that all hard core MK fans have seen The History of Mortal Kombat full movie, by 616 Entertainment. I only knew that Van Damm was originally meant to be in MK as the Johnny Cage roll, but was working on the Street Fighter 2, but I didn't know that he, was working on another fighting game that fell through. Maybe next video if any footage of the game was made.

@troystrain2436 3 жыл бұрын

Lol So when you put it that way, it really did cause real world violence! That was an excitement video, and I'd love to see a video on the sequel(s).

@SilasMurder 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you are jumping into MK! Yes, keep it going brother! Do you follow the #17?

@rx781a 3 жыл бұрын

Love to see your take on MK 3, UMK3 and MKT

@tjstukes3837 3 жыл бұрын

Came out on my bday!!! I remember getting the genesis version

@anthonycerulli5524 3 жыл бұрын

Me too!

@stanleyteriaca2184 3 жыл бұрын

What if: There were other clone characters other than the ninjas?

@RONSTAR8 3 жыл бұрын

The daddy of youtube content!

@destho4308 3 жыл бұрын

Grew up playing the MK games then, and around the same time I watched Big Trouble in Little China and saw similarities.

@delefaleyimu5573 3 жыл бұрын

Yes would like to see an MK2 video!

@Dashyrre 2 жыл бұрын

I love your videos, but a little critique is that the character at 6:02 is called Kenshiro, not Kenshito

@Chad_Hart 3 жыл бұрын

I remember being 12 years old and my mom forbid me and my brother from playing MK. That just fueled our passion to play it more. As a young child i remember saying to myself out loud, "when i grow up im playing as much MK as i want". Now i am and i do.

@ftrwar 3 жыл бұрын

Used to play this at the dollar theater on weekends i didnt get a home pass. After going back home the restaurant called frost top down the street and id go there to play it till it hit the snes

@darianstaruk237 3 жыл бұрын

Keep going on MK!

@stanleyteriaca2184 3 жыл бұрын

Waiting for the coverage of the Ranma 1/2 fighting game series, from all three sides of the pond (You got a pure version of the first fighting game, while we got Street Combat, but you got Adeline and Bamboo as opposed to Akane and Shampoo).

@kashhusain8154 3 жыл бұрын

Love The Fast Show reference!

@Launchpad05 3 жыл бұрын

As much as I hate 'Jerry Springer', I hate 'censor happy' politicians like Lieberman just as much. Leave Daryl Hanna's ass alone.

@gabster85 3 жыл бұрын

Oh yes! I would love an MK2 video!

@richardknowlson6319 3 жыл бұрын

Admittedly, some of the games are a bit bloody and violent but as a whole, I think mortal kombat is the best fighting game series ever made. The diverse characters, the effects, the moves and the music are amazing.

@neat3468 3 жыл бұрын

Americans wanted "Gore" in their games more than "Gore" in the white-house. Ba dum tisch!

@squall116 3 жыл бұрын

- Great game,iconic in so many ways - The best version at that time was the pc version

@oldiron7147 3 жыл бұрын

Please do make a deep dive into the series

@doodoostickstain 3 жыл бұрын

top daddy big hat :D haha nice one

@cubeuhhgaming5034 3 жыл бұрын

Guys like I still find enjoyment with the games that we grew up with that's all there really is unfortunately the conglomerate video game industry that seems so out of touch to realize that they could just do these things for all gamers are too busy not paying attention to what the game is really want When it comes to gaming I can only think truly of a handful of games that really are worth mentioning