I wanted to make the game curation a little bit longer and include titles like One Must Fall 2097, Kasumi Ninja or Ultra Vortek... but it was impossible for me to emulate these games correctly. Sorry for the omissions. Enjoy the video!
Eternal Champions: Challenge from the Dark Side was an absolute masterpiece for its time. Amazing sprites, great soundtrack, incredible comedy at times, and of course, you could play as a damn CHICKEN.
With few noticeable exceptions, most of these games demonstrate how misunderstood Mortal Kombat actually was back in the day. It was much more than just bloody spectacle, it had genuine effort put into it: it was one of the few fighting games that actually cared about story and about fleshing out it's characters, giving each one of them their own identity, as well as having unique dark and sinister atmosphere created by it's stages and soundtrack. Other games lacked those important factors and instead only focused on carnage, which is why most of them became forgotten almost as soon as they came out, while MK survived to this day.
Mortal kombat sucks compared to better fighting games. It only exists and its a thing because they implemented motion capture in a time when that technology was new, and graphics in video games where becoming more complex and realistic
Only a few of these are actual failed attempts to clone Mortal Kombat. Many of these games were misunderstood in their own right. Time Killers was the first to do what it did with in-battle dismemberment. It was also a really dope game. Survival Arts, while it was certainly inspired by MK, was its own game entirely, a cult classic at that. Eternal Champions was one of my most pleasant childhood memories, and the first game was tuned to competitive balance. The sequel didn't give a shit about that and just added more fatalities, a broken combo system, playable animals... Still fun though.
I’ve always admired the look of Eternal Champions. Like I feel like it has potential to be something else that isn’t a fighting game while having this same style.
Eternal Champions definitely had a mood. An Atmosphere. Very Dark and arguably had gorier finishers than Mortal Kombat 👌🏻 which is what we were hyping up back then being 80s babies that grew up with bloody Action and Horror movies 💯
Mortal Kombat was the beginning and fame of intense violence in fighting games. So it is actually surprising there were much more ripoffs that tried to mimick the game's most popular factor, which actually was the reason most of th were forgotten so quickly. Samurai Showdown, Red Earth and Eternal Champions proved that ther is room to innovate or offer some good content, while the rest simply fails and focuses mostly on intense gore. Mortal Komabt was awesome not only for it's prerenderized graphics and violence, also it's eerie ans fitting scemario and well written and developed characters and story that stays interesting even to this day. And my god to think that Naughty Dog actually did a MK clone before breaking the sales with Crash.
A couple of corrections: Primal Rage, while encouraged by MK's success, was not inspired by it. The game was a massive gamble and had a costly production. All characters were filmed from wire framed, covered miniatures. The filmed movement was then rendered. It created fluid movement. Weaponlord was Namco trying to create a fighter for home. It didn't land right but they used the attack formula again, for Soul Calibur. Tattoo Assassins was never released. It was advertised heavily but never made it past a few soak test alphas. It was a good example of what happens when a game designer tries to overreach. Major financial loss.
One thing that stood out for me with Primal Rage was that it also was an attempt to capitalize on the resurgence of interest in dinosaurs thanks to Jurassic Park (while the simian characters of Blizzard and Chaos may have been inspired by Planet of the Apes)
With few noticeable exceptions, most of these games demonstrate how misunderstood Mortal Kombat actually was back in the day. It was much more than just bloody spectacle, it had genuine effort put into it: it was one of the few fighting games that actually cared about story and about fleshing out it's characters, giving each one of them their own identity, as well as having unique dark and sinister atmosphere created by it's stages and soundtrack. Other games lacked those important factors and instead only focused on carnage, which is why most of them became forgotten almost as soon as they came out, while MK survived to this day.
As someone old enough to remember when these were new, it's funny to think about how hyped these games were in the GamePro and EGM type magazines back in the day. Every time one of these turds came out, it was previewed as the Mortal Kombat killer.
I want to point out that Time Killers was actually a response to the success of Street Fighter, TK came out roughly at the same time as MK. You could say this is like the case of Fatal Fury being a SF clone when they came out at the same time too.
If I were to give MK Like an attempt I would go in a Red Earth and SamSho direction that harks back to Ninja Scroll and other violent anime from the 90s and 2000s.
I remember playing bloodstorm and mortal kombat everyday after school in the arcade. Kids now have more impressive tech, but will ever beat the feeling of those newly violent arcade games.
@@neintimesthegeek1337 a legit fact you say? can you prove it? Where is the evidence, stats, history, mechanics and the general consensus on what people thought about the game. If you can show us these things they you will have proven that it is a legit fact otherwise what you are stating is nothing more than an opinion no different from the other guy.
The list has many arcade games, I wanted to make a diverse and representative selection. I agree that the arcade version is the original and most brutal, although the SNES version is the most popular
I love your videos, they bring back a lot of memories playing these obscure games in my childhood. I wish you would keep the little blurbs at the bottom of the screen just a few seconds longer. I always have to go back or pause to read them fully.
Whether good or bad, if you grew up when these games were relevant, it was a good fun time. Wish they would release blood storm, time killers ect today digitally. Still my fingers are crossed
I got exposed to Time Killers after the SF and MK games, and I was so terribly confused when the AI cut my head off in the middle of a round when my healthbar was still full. I still don't think I get it.
Holy shit, I thought I wouldn't find anything worse than Time Slaughter, but Blood warrior is definitely a fuckup... well, it's made by Kaneko, the same company that produced Power Athlete... they should be imprisoned for that.
Sometimes i don't understand. I remember people complain about yu-gi-oh about nudity and weapon. Why people never complain about these kind of game? It's not appropriate for child. The creator of these game are psychopath?
Thrill kill should be released its tame by today's standards, plus how many games had a 4 way fight with violence most is one on one fights or a team of one of one fights, never 4 characters fighting in a stage. The only game that comes to mind is Def Jam fight for NY for the Ps2.
04:15: "Now, let's brainstorm here: How do we get people to take our fighting game seriously? Wait, I've got it! One character will make squeaky fart sounds when they jump and dash, and the other character will make wet, whoopie cushion fart sounds when they get knocked over! HOLY S*** I'M A GENIUS!"
Someone I know actually got a copy of Thrill Kill from one of the developers at an E3 show after it got cancelled, and I got a copy from that dude. It wasn't banned, EA cancelled it after buying Virgin Interactive.
This is a nice list and there were even a few games that were new to me in there. The ultraviolent fighting game phenomenon was quite a mixed bag. On one side you had great games like Eternal Champions: Challenge from the Dark Side, Weaponlord, Killer Instinct, and Samurai Shodown V Special; on the other side you had garbage like Time Killers, Way of the Warrior, and Tattoo Assassins. The 90s could be pretty funny.
I certainly remember "Eternal Champions". Good Lord are the finishers in that game very gruesome. Hell, I think it outright exceeds the Mortal Kombat games at that time and now... 😗 The game also had some very good and well-written character lore. SEGA needs to revive that series. I think they're letting a sleeping giant slumber there...
Eternal Champions (the Sega CD version) was awesome. It had a nice soundtrack, cool characters, great fatalities and lore for the characters. The gameplay is kinda clunky, but manageable
is there a game that contain gore like mortal kombat + nudity ? (just askin) bcs if i see mk 9, its like they kinda want to get into it but still not wanted to cross the line yet (talkin about mileena design).
MK: "Don't scream out loud, call for attention with good gameplay and story, get rid of fatalities if you don't need them, they're just the cherry on an already good cake" Clones: "Get rid of gameplay and story, focus on fatalities and call for attention by screaming out loud, got it."
Samurai shodown, killer instinct and Mace the dark age are not even mk clones just because they had finishers like mk doesnt mean they were trying to be like mk youd know that if you ever played them, killer instinct added combo breakers and more complex combos, mace implemented the 3d fighting style much better than mk4 ever did it was more like tekken than mk, samurai shodown is more like street fighter with fatalities than it is like mk, primal rage is its own thing too, you should try playing some of them before talking out of your ass
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I wanted to make the game curation a little bit longer and include titles like One Must Fall 2097, Kasumi Ninja or Ultra Vortek... but it was impossible for me to emulate these games correctly. Sorry for the omissions. Enjoy the video!
you can make games super smash bros clones
You could emulate Kasumi Ninja and Ultra Vortek via the Phoenix emulator for the Atari Jaguar. Just a friendly tip...
Why'd you have to put Rimururu split in half in the thumbnail? >:(
Great video
To be honest, no body's missing out with Kasumi Ninja. Easily the worst Mortal Kombat Klone.
All the brutality aside, the background spriting for Eternal Champions at 1:11 is absolutely incredible
Eternal Champions: Challenge from the Dark Side was an absolute masterpiece for its time. Amazing sprites, great soundtrack, incredible comedy at times, and of course, you could play as a damn CHICKEN.
AGREED. And burning someone at the stake is not a bad stage fatality
It's More Brutal Than Mortal Kombat.
@@bobosprinklesThe sharpened log spike through your opponent on the train tracks thoooo 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
@@JA4TV_real Yes. It. Was.
With few noticeable exceptions, most of these games demonstrate how misunderstood Mortal Kombat actually was back in the day. It was much more than just bloody spectacle, it had genuine effort put into it: it was one of the few fighting games that actually cared about story and about fleshing out it's characters, giving each one of them their own identity, as well as having unique dark and sinister atmosphere created by it's stages and soundtrack. Other games lacked those important factors and instead only focused on carnage, which is why most of them became forgotten almost as soon as they came out, while MK survived to this day.
Exactly my point!
Mortal kombat sucks compared to better fighting games. It only exists and its a thing because they implemented motion capture in a time when that technology was new, and graphics in video games where becoming more complex and realistic
@@reeyees50 your opinion
Only a few of these are actual failed attempts to clone Mortal Kombat. Many of these games were misunderstood in their own right. Time Killers was the first to do what it did with in-battle dismemberment. It was also a really dope game. Survival Arts, while it was certainly inspired by MK, was its own game entirely, a cult classic at that. Eternal Champions was one of my most pleasant childhood memories, and the first game was tuned to competitive balance. The sequel didn't give a shit about that and just added more fatalities, a broken combo system, playable animals... Still fun though.
Weaponlord was also completely its own thing, and WAY deeper than it's ever given credit for. Ahead of its time, honestly.
I’ve always admired the look of Eternal Champions. Like I feel like it has potential to be something else that isn’t a fighting game while having this same style.
Eternal Champions definitely had a mood. An Atmosphere. Very Dark and arguably had gorier finishers than Mortal Kombat 👌🏻 which is what we were hyping up back then being 80s babies that grew up with bloody Action and Horror movies 💯
I think the folks at Sega knew this too, it surprisingly had 2 spinoffs where the characters Shadow and Larcen were the protagonists.
Eternal champions... I forgot about that game. It gave me nightmares as a kid lmfao. But I did love the Mafia drive-by fatality lol.
Eternal Champions was such a great game. Absolutely gorgeous artwork, and it at least had a story behind it unlike most of these other games.
The atmosphere in thrill kill was so claustrophobic it’s cool
I find this video to be a testimonials example of how Mortal Kombat 2 and Street Fighter 2 were on that next tier level for game quality.
Absolutely not ..KI was on a much higher league at the time ..it was way more complex
Even Primal Rage had better fighting mechanics than MK2 (and better AI)
SF2 and MK2 weren't above everything else, but it's true that they were above most minor fgs.
Mortal Kombat was the beginning and fame of intense violence in fighting games. So it is actually surprising there were much more ripoffs that tried to mimick the game's most popular factor, which actually was the reason most of th were forgotten so quickly.
Samurai Showdown, Red Earth and Eternal Champions proved that ther is room to innovate or offer some good content, while the rest simply fails and focuses mostly on intense gore.
Mortal Komabt was awesome not only for it's prerenderized graphics and violence, also it's eerie ans fitting scemario and well written and developed characters and story that stays interesting even to this day.
And my god to think that Naughty Dog actually did a MK clone before breaking the sales with Crash.
You obviously never played Mace the dark age that was a badass game
I remember Eternal Champions, underrated game.
I agree. Incredible game. I had the Genesis version
A couple of corrections:
Primal Rage, while encouraged by MK's success, was not inspired by it. The game was a massive gamble and had a costly production. All characters were filmed from wire framed, covered miniatures. The filmed movement was then rendered. It created fluid movement.
Weaponlord was Namco trying to create a fighter for home. It didn't land right but they used the attack formula again, for Soul Calibur.
Tattoo Assassins was never released. It was advertised heavily but never made it past a few soak test alphas. It was a good example of what happens when a game designer tries to overreach. Major financial loss.
One thing that stood out for me with Primal Rage was that it also was an attempt to capitalize on the resurgence of interest in dinosaurs thanks to Jurassic Park (while the simian characters of Blizzard and Chaos may have been inspired by Planet of the Apes)
With few noticeable exceptions, most of these games demonstrate how misunderstood Mortal Kombat actually was back in the day. It was much more than just bloody spectacle, it had genuine effort put into it: it was one of the few fighting games that actually cared about story and about fleshing out it's characters, giving each one of them their own identity, as well as having unique dark and sinister atmosphere created by it's stages and soundtrack. Other games lacked those important factors and instead only focused on carnage, which is why most of them became forgotten almost as soon as they came out, while MK survived to this day.
Primal Rage is more of a gem than most people realize.
As someone old enough to remember when these were new, it's funny to think about how hyped these games were in the GamePro and EGM type magazines back in the day. Every time one of these turds came out, it was previewed as the Mortal Kombat killer.
I was intrigued when I seen these back in the day. So many copycats lol
That super Nintendo killer instinct is looking ROUGH
But it was glorious lol…and funny part, it was the only home port of killer instinct
That thumbnail........why rimururu?
cause she's annoying?.....
I am genuinely amazed that I had never heard of Red Earth before. I used to live and breathe Capcom games back in the day.
It was only released in the arcade and never had any home ports until this year on the "Capcom Fighting Collection".
Man BioFreaks was a great game.
I want to point out that Time Killers was actually a response to the success of Street Fighter, TK came out roughly at the same time as MK. You could say this is like the case of Fatal Fury being a SF clone when they came out at the same time too.
If I were to give MK Like an attempt I would go in a Red Earth and SamSho direction that harks back to Ninja Scroll and other violent anime from the 90s and 2000s.
Mace the dark age was a badass game I loved that game, it was like MK but like in ancient times
I remember playing bloodstorm and mortal kombat everyday after school in the arcade. Kids now have more impressive tech, but will ever beat the feeling of those newly violent arcade games.
I like your videos, always nice lists of cool games! But, Eternal Champions does a better job than Mortal Kombat? Not agreed!
It did. The portrayal of blood and gore, and the creativity put into them ups even most of modern hyper violent games
@@neintimesthegeek1337 your opinion 🤷🏻♂️
@@greensun1334 dude... It's not an opinion, it's a legit fact.
@@neintimesthegeek1337 they handle it different. I like the MK fatality system. Dude.
@@neintimesthegeek1337 a legit fact you say? can you prove it? Where is the evidence, stats, history, mechanics and the general consensus on what people thought about the game. If you can show us these things they you will have proven that it is a legit fact otherwise what you are stating is nothing more than an opinion no different from the other guy.
The Thumbnail....
BRUTALITY!!!
4:00 that monk in the background XD
Darkstalkers also had some gory attacks that basically ended the match in a NRS-style Brutality.
It's kinda like a cartoony violence though. The Capcom 2d game with gory finishers was Red Earth.
Thank you for the lovely trip down memory lane....back in a time when people wheren't so namby pamby about video game violence,
Thank you! I'll definitely check some of them.
One of these games, ks notorious for NOT having finishers, yet is in the list.
Did they just use the SNES version of Killer Instinct instead of the arcade version? What on bloody hell?
The SNES port is basically for anyone who can't afford a good PC to emulate the arcade version.
The list has many arcade games, I wanted to make a diverse and representative selection. I agree that the arcade version is the original and most brutal, although the SNES version is the most popular
The Mortal Kombat Impact Is Real Yo💯
I love your videos, they bring back a lot of memories playing these obscure games in my childhood. I wish you would keep the little blurbs at the bottom of the screen just a few seconds longer. I always have to go back or pause to read them fully.
hello there! nice video! Tattoo Assassins and Blood Warrior have been crossed in the timeline
We need more brutal games. I love brutal bloody dismemberment games. Can't wait for MK12
4:10 That Ojou laugh tho
Whether good or bad, if you grew up when these games were relevant, it was a good fun time. Wish they would release blood storm, time killers ect today digitally. Still my fingers are crossed
mace the dark age
The Last Blade
Wow. Naruto really did let himself go 4:15
Best with me in this list is RED EARTH! I wish I can play BLOODY ROAD with brutal gore fatalities like those games
Brutal! A couple of games I wasn't aware of, but an interesting list.
'Blades of Gory' on Steam has some decent 8 bit styled gore.
I think Eternal Champions came pretty close to what we got in the Mortal Kombat series.
can we all agree that cosmic carnage had kick ass music
2:36 that was funny 😂
Good ol' Fighters Destiny as well had the finisher moves, honorable mention worthy I reckon for those who aint seen it
...ignore the second game
Time Killers is sooo underrated. I wish they would release an arcade perfect version.
Hearing "ULLLLTRRAAA" is none of the greatest sounds in a video game!!
red earth looks crazy impressive for 96
What a great list of games. I would love to see some of these on the Nintendo Switch.
NOT RIMURURU ON THE THUMBNAIL 😭😭😭
I always used the Long hair Samurai in Samurai Showdown.
Virtua Fighter has these all beat… probably the most brutal game ever
I got exposed to Time Killers after the SF and MK games, and I was so terribly confused when the AI cut my head off in the middle of a round when my healthbar was still full. I still don't think I get it.
Disappointed that you didn't use the arcade version of Killer Instinct.
6:27 girl just used the Rosus axe from elden ring 🙃
Lol the thumbnail
… was not expecting to see ballz on this…
The one with hundreds of fatalities gets really creative
Ballz 3D. Possibly the weirdest game I ever owned for the Sega Genesis lol 😆
And that game was practically Accolade's response to Virtua Fighter
god the 90's pumped out so many fighting games to cash in on the MK street fighter fans
Killer instinct, primal rage and samurai showdown what i have played before.
Eh...People calling Red Earth and Samurai Showdown "MK clone" in the comments is a bit of an insult to their actual roots imo.
Eternal Champions 🔥🔥
Outside of weaponlord, eternal champions, primal rage, red earth, killer instinct and samurai showdown, these are basically just mk clones.
Wait Wu Tang had another fighting game back then...with finishers!?
Graphic but cool
Mace: The Dark Age reminds me of For Honor.
Holy shit, I thought I wouldn't find anything worse than Time Slaughter, but Blood warrior is definitely a fuckup... well, it's made by Kaneko, the same company that produced Power Athlete... they should be imprisoned for that.
Ese de las pelotillas fue sensurado? Jaja
Sometimes i don't understand. I remember people complain about yu-gi-oh about nudity and weapon. Why people never complain about these kind of game? It's not appropriate for child. The creator of these game are psychopath?
They did. In fact, Mortal Kombat (indirectly) led to the forming of the ESRB.
There was no decent clone, but besides the killer instinct
Cool
Thrill kill should be released its tame by today's standards, plus how many games had a 4 way fight with violence most is one on one fights or a team of one of one fights, never 4 characters fighting in a stage. The only game that comes to mind is Def Jam fight for NY for the Ps2.
04:15: "Now, let's brainstorm here: How do we get people to take our fighting game seriously? Wait, I've got it! One character will make squeaky fart sounds when they jump and dash, and the other character will make wet, whoopie cushion fart sounds when they get knocked over! HOLY S*** I'M A GENIUS!"
What about Clay Fighter 63 1/3?
I am not used with Time Killer's damage meter instead of life meter.
Y'all still sleeping on CARDINAL SYN...
WU-TANG CLAN 4EVAH 👐
A chibata canta!
Why was Cardinal Sin not in this list?
METHOD man...! ^^;
I wish what people want to be real get it.
Yeah I think and I hope so
Where's Cardinal SYN?
Brutal like MK I hardly doubt that smh.
Eternal Champions was one of my goriest first games I ever played
Was samurai showdown before mk?
Good vid, but text is to little to read
So you display Killer Instinct...a game which has actual MK style fatalities, but you associate it to MK with a stage out finish???
Way to miss on Guilty Gear’s instant kills.
ガキを真っ二つなんてことは本邦ですらヤバくて規制されたくらいだから、西洋では尚更衝撃でたまらなかっただろうな。
児童虐待防止団体から苦情が相次ぐだろうしデモまで発展するかもしれない。
That was a fatality in survival arts??
If you had the handgun and shot at your opponent while you're in the air, you could blow his/her head off, provided that it's your last hit.
Wow, Ballz was brutal, I cannot sleep without having nightmares again
Something you aren't telling us, Kishimoto?
Look at the roster of Kabuki Klash
Maybe its alternate post apocalyptic universe
Someone I know actually got a copy of Thrill Kill from one of the developers at an E3 show after it got cancelled, and I got a copy from that dude. It wasn't banned, EA cancelled it after buying Virgin Interactive.
It was actually turned into a wu tang clan fighting game. It wasn't terrible.
This is a nice list and there were even a few games that were new to me in there. The ultraviolent fighting game phenomenon was quite a mixed bag. On one side you had great games like Eternal Champions: Challenge from the Dark Side, Weaponlord, Killer Instinct, and Samurai Shodown V Special; on the other side you had garbage like Time Killers, Way of the Warrior, and Tattoo Assassins. The 90s could be pretty funny.
The sad thing is that Tatoo Assassins had an interesting idea, poorly executed, but that maybe a Remake would make a difference.
@@giulyanoviniciussanssilva2947 Sadly Data East no longer exist
You should have shown the arcade version of Killer Instinct, because that one was more instense.
The arcade version also showed how Nintendo got away with some surprising stuff by working with Rare and Midway.
And unlike the SNES version it doesn't look like ass
@@Oscar97o Yeah, let's compare an arcade machine with a Super Nes... totally fair and not stupid at all.
@@redacted2275 Well I'm not saying the SNES version could look better than it did, but the arcade version obviously looks better.
I certainly remember "Eternal Champions". Good Lord are the finishers in that game very gruesome. Hell, I think it outright exceeds the Mortal Kombat games at that time and now... 😗
The game also had some very good and well-written character lore. SEGA needs to revive that series. I think they're letting a sleeping giant slumber there...
Eternal Champions (the Sega CD version) was awesome. It had a nice soundtrack, cool characters, great fatalities and lore for the characters. The gameplay is kinda clunky, but manageable
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Weapon lord and Eternal Champions more than deserve to be resurrected.
I absolutely agree 100%. Those games were ill.
is there a game that contain gore like mortal kombat + nudity ? (just askin)
bcs if i see mk 9, its like they kinda want to get into it but still not wanted to cross the line yet (talkin about mileena design).
@@kellenmoon3084 Battle Slave Fantasia by StudioS had both very graphic violence and very graphic sexual content.
@@BridgetGX thanks mate ! i try to see it.. other than this maybe ? or is it just this one ?
but thankk you so much for ur recommendation!
Mace the dark age too
MK: "Don't scream out loud, call for attention with good gameplay and story, get rid of fatalities if you don't need them, they're just the cherry on an already good cake"
Clones: "Get rid of gameplay and story, focus on fatalities and call for attention by screaming out loud, got it."
You forgot one thing the Clones said: "And for the most part be ugly as sin to look at."
Samurai shodown, killer instinct and Mace the dark age are not even mk clones just because they had finishers like mk doesnt mean they were trying to be like mk youd know that if you ever played them, killer instinct added combo breakers and more complex combos, mace implemented the 3d fighting style much better than mk4 ever did it was more like tekken than mk, samurai shodown is more like street fighter with fatalities than it is like mk, primal rage is its own thing too, you should try playing some of them before talking out of your ass
@@rockk9753 Red Earth especially has absolutely nothing to do with Mortal Kombat.
@@Oscar97o most of these games arent even mk clones just because they have finishers that are like fatalities theyre now "mk clones"