Mom VS Mortal Kombat in 1992 - CENSORED VERSION 🚫 

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Whoever put mortal kombat in that community center was a boss lol

My parents were war refugees so the violence was no where near what they had experienced. They didn’t have any issues with us playing it. They gave us constant reminders to draw a line between reality and entertainment.

Mortal Kombat was next to Street Fighter 2 at my local video store. My dad would give my brother and I some coins to play after we had picked out our videos. He didn't care at all how violent it was! I got it later on the Mega Drive. Great times. R.I.P Dad.

I was a 7 year old second grader when this game released and my classmates and I would pretended to be Sub-Zero, Scorpion, and other MK characters pretend fighting against each other. That’s how big of an impact this game was back then. It was incredible.

the great thing about mk is it took the fun and camp of 80s action and martial arts flicks and pop culture (big trouble in little china, blood sport etc) and made a hard R fighting video game out of it. The novelty of digitized graphics of the time helped a ton as well. What's not to love? No wonder it became the cultural phenomena it did.

I remember my mom asking me “what game are you playing all day at the arcade?” I explained it, it in gory detail. Her follow up question? “Are you winning?” She is one of a kind.

I think all of our moms would look on us in horror if they saw the new mortal kombats

Hats off to the guy who okay'd and/or decided to have both MK and SFII arcade cabinets installed in the community clubhouse. Dude is a legend.

the OG Mortal Kombat arcade was just amazing - that F-Bomb story was just hilarious 🤣couldn't stop laughing. Great video and the tie in to Big Trouble and Little China was just the "chef's kiss"

A community center with swimming pool, table tennis, Arcade etc..... sounds like a great place to live !

My parents had gotten MK for my brother and I on Game Boy. We went to my grandparents one time and brought it with us and played it that night. The next morning the game was gone and neither of my grandparents knew where it went. I’m pretty sure either they or my parents got wind of the violence in the game and threw it out. Never did get 100% confirmation on that even though I asked years down the road.

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I remember my local Pizza Hut had a Mortal Kombat 2 arcade cabinet. And my mom bought me the game for SNES. It wasn’t until after the 2nd one that I saw the 1st at my babysitters house, on SNES. The sweat instead of blood thing turned me off.

I turned 7 after that summer..i had 2 older cousins that i played games with..they got me into it..but when it came out to SNES i couldnt tell you how many controllers we went through..i mean during the weekend it was all out war..i can still see the 2 milk crates in front of my bedroom tv lol.. these stories and videos bring back so many good memories.. thanks for sharing

I was 11 in 1992 when mortal kombat came out in arcades. I played a lot of street fighter before that and I saw mortal kombat not knowing what it was and of course I lose to subzero and the computer ripped my head off and I never stopped playing. I'm 41 now and still play mortal kombat and look forward to the next one. About the only game I play anymore lol

still my favorite fighting game to date, and MK1 looks super crisp and dope

My mom never said anything about it -- she couldn't have cared less about video games and had no opinion on them one way or the other. My dad fluctuated between, "I *never* want to see you playing this filth!" and "It's OK if you play it...just keep in mind that it's all fantasy." -- it really depended on his mood.

But I didn’t say fudge…. I say THE word… the Queen Mother of dirty words… the F dash, dash, dash word 😂

“Buy me BoneStorm or go to hell!” lol

It may look dated now but in 1992-1993 with Mortal Kombat and its digitized graphics it was pretty shocking. I was only 8 years old at the time. I remember walking into a time-out at the mall and seeing MK 2 in the wild for the first time. No internet back then so I didnt even know there was a new Mortal Kombat. Its a core memory for me.

Mortal Kombat was a true phenomenon. You'd have to have lived it to understand the hype at the time. I think about those "good ol days" every day! Now I'm 40 years old, and wondering where all the time went.

I’m around the same age you and I remember asking my mother to let me have a copy back in the 90s. Thing was my mother didn’t really care at all what I played/watched as long as I was quiet. I was watching Robocop, Aliens, Total Recall and all that good stuff back then so she was instantly like “yeah whatever ya want”. Probably not the best parenting choice but I turned out ok! But it probably helped me become the gory horror-movie loving metalhead guy I am today, and still playing MK! 🤘🏻 😆

Honestly as a parent I can’t blame your mom for feeling that way because during that time video games were portrayed for kids and MK original was the original Pioneers of Blood and gore

Always a great day when we get a new My Retro Life video!

These stories are like opening a time portal that only stays open for a few seconds and then closes. Those few seconds are really really awesome though.

From what I remember my Mom didn't have a problem with me playing the game, I think she realized early on what it was, I was the lucky few, I knew too many Mom's that said "NO!"

Great story of your exposure to this iconic game. When Mortal Kombat came out i was six years old. I played the Genesis version first without blood, then SNES and in 1993 i played the non sanitized arcade version. Still an excellent game to this day. I would play the game with my dad in 1995 and in my mid 20s.

Man, remember when every mom in the neighborhood had an opinion on Mortal Kombat? Our neighbor across the street told ALL the neighborhood parents that her kids weren't allowed to play Mortal Kombat at our houses if any of us had it (all of us had it). My mom turned to me, an 8 year old, and said "Okay. You can play it, but listen to me (most sarcastic voice possible) - I better never hear of you ripping someone's heart out of their chest at recess, ok?". It wasn't desensitization, I think her mocking the game and how over-the-top it was made me realize it wasn't something worth mimicking. The mom who banned MK in our neighborhood is still to this day a crazy religious person who constantly conflates political views she disagrees with as opposing religious views. Guess I dodged a bullet in the Mom lottery :)

The good old simple days where anything went. A slice of pizza and pop for $3, still leaving a few quarters to play MK with greasy pizza hands lol. Oh man how I miss those days. I own all the MK arcade machines and the original MK is still the one I play the most. It's partner in crime SF2 HF sits right beside it and one I play frequently. These games are not just games, they are memories etched in our minds forever. Thank you for sharing, really enjoyed this!

Watched the initial video already, watching this again to support your great channel!

It sucks that they censored the original video. RU-vid puts ads on horror game gameplay why would they take ads away for simple game violence. RU-vid is weird. Cool video. ^_^

Hey man this video really made my day brings back so many memories you nailed it with this upload got all these chills and vibes. Thank You Sir.

Mortal Kombat got us a couple months without being able to rent a Super Nintendo. And then the next time we rented a Super Nintendo, we could only rent Street Fighter II. We took Mortal Kombat to our family Christmas gathering and got in trouble.

I think you’re about 5-6 years younger than me, but around 1988 to 1996 was the very peak of my gaming obsession. I had a NES, a SNES, a Genesis, a Sega CD and a Game Gear. In addition to playing games in arcades at times. I was always more of a Street Fighter II fan, but I also liked Mortal Kombat. And I absolutely acknowledge it’s cultural significance. It essentially created the rating system for games. And it stirred such controversy. There was just nothing quite like it at the time. I was never very good at MK, but it used to be fun for me to just watch other people play it at arcades. I never actually owned a copy of it on a home console, but I rented it sometimes for my SNES. And I saw the live action movie in 1995. Which at the time, I really did like. Even though today it looks very dated.

Awesome memory dude! Just found your channel, really enjoy it.

I still enjoy the Mortal Kombat franchise. I remember going go the arcade as a child to watch the grown ups playing the game. This game was certainly not for children to play. As I grew older, I played more of the game especially the first, second, and third one.

Great video as always keep up the hard work. Love the video keep them coming

Im 43. I love your videos for the 90’s fashion, oversized spectacles, perms and poodle haircuts. Good times 👍🏻

Really enjoying your channel. I remember bringing home Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 for SNES and leaving the box on the counter. My dad or mom put a bookmark on it that said something like "I have more fun than violent video games, I read books". Being a rebellious child, I of course put the box over their well intentioned bookmark. Fortunately, I loved to play video games AND read, so it wasn't so bad for them 😆

I was 19 when MK came out, I remember the first time I saw the game at my local arcade. There was a crowd of people around it all night, so I didn't get to play it. The next day I came in early to check it out and I ended up playing against the Acrade owner lol He kicked my ass pretty fast, but I loved it. He told me he hasn't had a game so popular and made him so much money since Dragons Layer came out. a couple weeks after summer ended he ordered a 2nd machine and still after school hours and the weekends there was a very long line to play it. By the end of 1992, he had three machines and kids would skip school to play it. Parents complained so much that the police would visit arcades that had the game during school hours. I saved a lot of money once it was released on Sega but it was never as good as the arcade version

Nice footage you archived! In the UK we only have one similar photo to show for our arcade history.

You is funny 😂the story about the “teenager’s saying the “F” word had me rollin 🤣🤣

What's crazy is, I had mk2 on Sega when I was a kid. And was not bothered by the gore at all. I really didn't think anything of it at the time. Killer instinct used to scare me tho

Thanks for mentioning Big Trouble...I used to tell all my friends that's where Rayden came from.

My mom didn’t know I was next door playing MK😂 I had the ultimate Mortal Kombat for the Super Nintendo a couple years later. One of my favorite games back then

This may be my new favorite channel

My first introduction to MK was in middle school in the 90s. I joined a computer course and my teacher had it (MK1 - DOS version) installed on his PC. He would let us playing it after we finished our task. I knew Street Fighter before but MK was something else. I was hooked instantly and became a die hard fan until now. 🙂

Well said great video 👍🏼my first experience was running into it at a arcade area at a six flags fiesta Texas was in shock watching older kids play it to watching a hearing them talk about the moves and fatalities 😮i was hooked a fighting game with blood and gore😮 and to add so much mysteries to the games secrets it truly was a special time in fighting games history I always thought that too about big trouble in little china and Mortal Kombat 💪🏼✌🏼

I'm glad you had a great retro game childhood. even though I was never given the luxury gaming experience like you and your family, but watching your videos allow me to experience it with you...and I rather have that than buying all the retro games to make up lost times. Because of your videos, I can now move on to other amazing things in life, like reading or history. You are consider a mature gamer to me because of your childhood gamming experience and how you are dealing with it now. You are a rare retro gamer because most retro gamers are still seeking closer either by, collecting or reliving it. You are content with it and that is rare, I only seen 3 people like you....and your the 3rd.

You're a great story teller and sounds like you had awesome parents and a wonderful, memorable childhood. Keep up your great work. Fyi, I grew up as a kid in the 80s too, so we share nearly the same age. Great times!

I liked hearing your back story on mortal kombat. My parents were fans of mortal kombat I remember they use to play and so did I we had every single mortal kombat game that came out

Imagine if MK11 fatalities existed in 1992 🤯🤣

The ptsd I have from my mom not letting me play Mortal Kombat made me dress up as Scorpion for like 5 halloweens straight... I couldn't own a MK game until I was 18 lol. It came out when i was like 10.

I need to ask! Was “House of the Dead” a part of your gaming life? I would love to relieve the nostalgia of that game!

They should see today’s video games !!!! Cammy 🍑 😂

Oh Dude, My mom was just like yours when Mortal Kombat came out, it was all over the news and got a bad rep, people were talking about the brutality of it and how it influences kids in a bad way. My mom freaked out and forbade me playing it or watching the movie.

I remember my Dad wouldn’t let me play Mortal Kombat as a kid. When I got older, he didn’t mind.

My first real experience with Mortal Kombat was when my older brothers played Mortal Kombat II on Genesis owned by our neighbor. The Super Nintendo Version of Mortal Kombat 1 was the censored version from what I've heard.

And here my 9 year old. Is loving MC 11 😂. And is super hyped for 1lol

Pretty sure the guy that installed Mortal Kombat in your daycare was trolling so hard haha

MK also has come to my attention back when I was 6-7 years old (between 94-95). Not sure if my dad played it first on our SNES or if I saw it at the arcade. But I never got in trouble for a very simple reason: it terrified me. I was a very impressionable child, so violent stuff, even cartoony, scared me a lot. So I was always more of a Street Fighter person, haha.

When MK1 came out in arcade’s I was 12 years old. There was a Biker Bar a few hundred feet from my house and the owner was cool enough to let us in and play MK1. My friends and I were the only ones playing the game. So it was nice having a MK1 arcade just a few steps away from home.

Lol. I asked my grandma the same question about the same exact word and I remember it well. Funny. She said after a second, "it means to go up inside someone". LOL! LMAO! How weird

i remember talking about mortal combat 4 in 3rd grade and realizing my childhood was different from other kids. i got exposed to things very early.

I love your videos man keep it up for ur Dad

Best retro show love this channel

My step grandmother worked for midway in the 80s making pinball machines! Blew my 25 year old mind finding out Midway was established in my hometown. I was born at the wrong time 😢

Gotta love the soccer moms of mainstream news talking about stuff they think they know anything about.

I remembered in the mid 80's this commodore 64 game which you could win by decapitation (almost like an Atari/Coleco graphic style Mortal Kombat). It was shocking then when seeing it. Who knew years later this would come out in the arcades.

I was 4 or 5 when I first played MK1 on the SNES. I rented it and played it while my parents were busy working downstairs as independent business owners. They were too busy to care about child censorship. Life is too short and they didn't shield us from anything...feels like a lifetime ago. I distinctly remenber doing a projectile as Sonya and got excited and ran downstairs to tell them, they were like whatever! Didn't have a clue about fatality. 😂

MOM didn't fuck around 😂😂💯💯💯👏👏👏👏👏👏

I really love your videos.

I remember getting Street Fighter 2 when asking for Mortal Kombat, guess they thought SF2 was a less violent version of the same type of game. But ended up loving street fighter all the same.

i played this one at the arcade and on my sega mega drive and didnt get so impressed over the gore and violence but i know what ure saying..it was definitely ahead of its time!

You don't normally Get Mom and Mortal Kombat in the same sentence.

When you were talking about the “F” word I thought you were talking about fatality😂🤣

my dad was a big fan of james bond movies, which lead my dad to allow me to play more mature rated games, since both my dad and i loved playing 007 mp and mortal kombat 4 together.

I was 12 when I first saw Mortal Kombat at a video store. It really was like nothing before it. The digitalized actors made it something so completely different. SF2 was cool, but I wasn't really as into that. I STILL play Mortal Kombat 1, 2 and trilogy today on my PC.

My parents bought me one of those personal hand held Mortal Kombat games in the 90’s from Tiger, I cried when I accidentally left it in a restaurant. I’ll never forget that.

My mom never kept us from playing violent video games or watching violent movies. We were actually the first to rent MK on SNES at our local rental place. They were barely going to put it into their system.

I had SNES at my dad's and Sega Genesis at my mom's and I remember playing MK on the Genesis and my mom walked in and saw the blood and had to have a discussion with me haha; "You need to know this is just a game, it's not real. We don't do things like this in real life."

For as violent as the game was considered at the time, I remember there being one right in the middle of my local Pizza Hut where everyone in the place could see it while they were eating. And I guess no one ever complained because it stayed there for at least a year and a half or more.

I was your age and my older brother would take me to 7-11 during the summer to either watch the older kids play or occasionally play it. My parents didnt really "trip out" about the game, they always told us that videogames/movies were "pretend" and the you dont really do those kinda thing in real life. Good times though, the game line was always around 4-6 people deep.

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I was 5 years old when I was exposed to the original MK. I was at a Mexican restaurant with my cousins and uncles. I see this arcade cabinet and my cousin tells me”this is the new MK” (he was 9 y/o) and ever since I’ve been hooked.

When I was 4 yes we were all talking about MK and having MK themed fights every recess it was a phenomenon we all became like possessed, and I was a ninja for like 3 Halloweens straight.

One of my first life memories is watching my big brother play Mortal Kombat 3 on the Sega Genesis in 1999, i was 3 years old and i remember watching the Jax fatality that he becomes a giant leg and crushes the other player... Omg i had nightmares for like a week and cried every night and ended up sleeping in my parents bed in the middle of them because of that... And my parents forbid me to watch my brother play, i remember my grandma was always watching me so i didn't watch my older brother play... Ahh the memories, the world felt so huge and different when i was a kid.. Anyways you shouldn't let your kids watch mortal Kombat until they are at least 9 or 10 i think. You man are the real boss for not having nightmares while watching kids play MK when you were 6 haha well you were a little older than me but still haha. I love your videos man im 10 years younger than you but still relate with sooo many stuff from your videos of the late 90s early 2000s

At that timeline when Mortal Kombat first debuted there was no ESRB rating system yet and basically all ages played the game.

Got this game for Christmas for sega genesis. I don’t think my mom knew what she was buying 😅😂😂

It's so interesting when you realize that not everyone grew up dirt poor.

Lol, after what I've seen of your dad, of course he had to " investigate" MK. Lololol! He was hooked once he saw and played

I first saw Mortal Kombat at a local Putt Putt gold course growing up and it blew my mind lol

I hate hearing stories of kids asking their parents what a swear word means and the parent gets furious at the kid for "using a swear word". Sometimes punishing or hitting the kid. This just discourages kids from asking their parents about things in the future. I'm surprised your parents didn't try to get Mortal Kombat removed from the community center. Or banning you from the community center.

I thought you were going to ask your mom "What does FATALITY means?"

I was 8 when this came out. My mom was pretty hip to know that I was old enough to understand fantasy vs. reality, so she let me play.

Dude I thought you were going to say “fatality” to your mom not that lol.

Your dad was a top G for not banning you lmao

My mom mostly didn't pay attention to my games, but one day she walked in while I was playing MK2. She wanted to take it away when she saw me beating up Kitana, and I guess beating up girls was a bad thing. I got to keep it because I only had three games for the 32X.

I would have been terrified like hell during my childhood.