Insert Coin (2020) | Making of Mortal Kombat, NBA Jam & other 90s Hits | Full Movie
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- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
- 🔥 The Untold Story of Arcade Legends! 🔥
Step into the chaos, creativity, and wild success of the '90s arcade boom! 🎮💥 From the gritty backroom of a Chicago factory, a scrappy team of developers brought Mortal Kombat, NBA Jam, and other arcade legends to life-turning quarters into **BILLIONS**! But just as they hit their peak, a powerful enemy emerged... and everything changed.
This is the jaw-dropping rise (and fall?) of the team that shaped gaming history. Are you ready? 👊✨
Release date: 2020
Directed by Joshua Tsui
Music by Savant
Featuring:
Ernest Cline
Paul W.S. Anderson
Eugene Jarvis
George Petro
Jeff Gerstmann
Andrea Rene
John Tobias
Warren Davis
Tony Hawk
#mortalkombat #arcade #90s #retrogaming #documentary #nbajam
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This was an epic watch. Pure nostolgia trip. Nothing like the arcades back in the day.
Being in my 40's allows me to really appreciate the interviews in this doco, but at the same time allows me to remember everything they are talking about. I still remember my first time playing T2 at my local arcade. It was the first game I felt ripped off because I died so quickly, but also didn't hesitate putting more money in just to see what scenes from the movie were in the game 😄
I remember that time me and a friend of mine were at a pizza place where they had an MKII machine setup. We had so many quarters in change from our pizza order that after finishing our meal we went to try the arcade out. My friend was getting so good with Reptile that we were at the arcade way longer than anyone thought and soon there was like 4 to 5 other guys coming to the arcade with us watching my friend going up the ladder getting close the ? opponent that when he actually get to Shang Tsung and Kintaro whenever he won a round everyone would cheer. Since we had to use all our quarters, we were basically at the arcade for about 3 hours at that point even to the point where the pizza place is already closed but the manager of the shop wanted to see through the end of the game that he let everyone stay until the game is beaten. Once we finally defeated Shao Kahn everyone was jumping for joy and giving us high fives. The manager even gave us a coupon for a free pizza the next time cause we made the night fun for everyone. That was the best time of our life back then.
The most believable "and everybody clapped" story I've ever read.
@@spiteu9272 ever beaten an arcade game in the golden era of arcades?
@ Yeah, that's why I believe the story.
This doc is an absolute gift. I sure do miss Williams arcade games and pinball. Looking back, the 90s were as amazing as the 80s in a slightly different way due to the advancement in tech.
I totally agree!
This needs to go viral!
Let's do it!
@@insertcoindocno offense but that’s he most npc thing I’ve heard today
I would LOVE a remastered version of each Midway game ever released, like: NARC, Mortal Kombat 1, Smash TV... to see what it would look like using today's technology that has evolved in the last 30 years. I would gladly give you all my money to playing the remastered versions.
What i love is seeing how these guys aged amazingly - proof that working on your passion, being creative and never really growing up is an elixir of life! Thanks or creating some amazing experiences of my youth fellas!
Thanks for making my childhood amazing!
In the 90s the three Mortal Kombat games on arcade was such a huge deal for those of us alive and there at the time. Revolutionary games, so much fun was had.
That was so good! Hearing Tim Kitzrow do the NBA Jam announcer voices put an ear to ear smile on my face. 😃
Glad you liked it! Please share this film out!
@@insertcoindoc I shared it on my work slack. I work at a fairly large video game studio and there's a lot of older gamers like myself that would also enjoy this trip down memory lane! Cheers
Check out the GDC presentation. Seems like a really top dude, great sense of humor.
Incredible documentary - please keep making these
Thanks for posting this doc and allowing me to re-live all my best childhood years.
Really enjoyed this. These games ate so many of my quarters. Great memories. Glad there are arcades rehabbing and rebuilding these relics so we can still enjoy them with our children.
This was my childhood Midway/ Williams games were anyways a go-to any time I went to Silverball arcade THANK YOU for all the great memories
Thank you for doing this. Those were the days, so... happy!
That's a good ass documentary.
I grew up in the coin op era and the early to mid 90s were basically when society peaked.
Street Fighter 2 and MK basically kept the arcades alive for 10 extra years.
Love those games
One is a fighting game, and one is a joke. I like fighting games, I like jokes.
Capcom ruled the arcades after SFII
Fighting games need to come back at places like Dave & Busters.
Let’s not forget Dance Dance Revolution
This hits in so many different ways happy to sad bring a 45 year old who grew up with all of this, thank you to everyone in this video and who participated in making this. Bitterfrickingsweet
I still remember when I streamed it through one of those virtual cinemas and then finally got a hold of my BluRay copy, pin included. I lost count of how many times I've watched this, thank you so much for putting it together and sharing it again!
Pure nostalgia, felt like I went back in time. Loving this documentary
This really took me back. Amazing movie.
I’ll never forget the feeling i had when I seen a flyer from Electronics Boutique with Mortal Kombat. I took it home, cut it out and pinned it on my wall. It was coming to Super Nintendo and I was there on Mortal Monday in September. I have the flyer framed on my wall now!
A knockout documentary! Thank you for this!
Excellent documentary - really tells the behind the scene story of the arcade era - I absolved loved 💕 watching this, brought back the best memories of an awesome time
Awesome documentary. Both the early Mortal Kombat games and WWE WrestleMania the Arcade game were games that had a gigantic impact on my childhood and my life overall. Also gotta give a huge shoutout to Acclaim for making the home ports of these games and other games as well, and of course NetherRealm Studios and WB games. MK is still going strong today and I'm having a blast just like I had back then.
This is a great documentary. I worked in coin-op in the 90s. This brought back so many memories. Thank you so much!
$1 billion in quarters is insane! And I definitely practiced driving for my license on Cruisin. 😂
hi is a very good docu. alright thanks i luved all your games williams and midway.....wow miss these days damn!!!!😎📱📲📺💯💯
Was not expecting to see NARC in this documentary! Very cool! I've actually seen a lot of young kids recently play it on PC and they still find it to be a great game so many years later so that should tell you something!
1992 I was 12 and my brother 8. When I was 18 I bought the Trilogy for PS and the magazine game guide. His fave was Scorpion and mine was Kitana. We used to scream at eachother while playing worse than gamers now days😅. I just got throwned at Memory Lane and tossed around. 90’s forever. 😭😭😭🙌
Fuckin' Awesome!! Great documentary Thank You all!!
So many memories. We had a video rental spot in our town with a decent arcade, we’d always be in there playing MK!
Grown-ups didnt want us kids to play Mortal Kombat. So naturally Mortal Kombag was the ONLY thing on my mind for years, I had to find a way to get it, and then get good at it so i didnt get my butt kicked every time. I had a friend who had the game, and a MK magazine guide that had all the fatalities. My favorite point in time of my MK history, was MK Trilogy on Playstation 1, i couldn't stop playing this game until i unlocked every character, and performed every one of their fatalities.
I remember brutalitys being super difficult. But that era was when i was the most addicted.
Fast forward to Mortal Kombat on PS3 with the Krypt that game is still fn amazing. I spent a lot of time on that game.
I Might have to pick up the new Mortal Kombat now. I always forget how great the game is
Gotta love those classics!
I worked at Pop's video arcade in Mpls when Mortal and nba jam came out. I sat and played those games all night after hours. I used to hustle drug dealers on NBA jam for 100 a game. Nostalgia....
excellent documentary! great job. The world of gaming thanks you!
Loved this doc, thank you.
I loved Arch Rivals as a kid.
I can't get past the fact that these games were notorious quarter-stealers. I remember having to bail on Narc and go play Double Dragon with my last 4 coins since I wanted them to last.
Man I loved Cruisin' USA. I played it first on N64 but I loved it in the arcade also. I had so much fun with it.
that one guy looks like the perfect marriage of henry rollins and patton oswalt; great doc
This is an awesome documentary!!!
I watch it 4 years ago of this Insert Coin documentary. Whenever i still like Midway Games especially with its franchise Spy Hunter and Mortal Kombat, then i still like this documentary video as well. Great stuff! 🎮 🧢 😁 👍
Great film, I’ve always loved midway and Williams since I was a kid
this is SO good. i love this so much. thanks for such an amazing doc, two thumbs up!
Thank you! Please share out!
I loved this! It was fun to hear all the backstories about my favourite games that I never knew about as a kid/teenager. After the Mario games years prior, Mortal Kombat 1-3 were my next great gaming obsessions. I used to study all of the moves and couldn't wait to try them out at the arcade at the weekend. My parents wished I'd studied for school with that kind of energy, haha.
I had NARC on NES before I ever knew it had been an arcade game and loved it. Definitely had to use the Game Genie to get to the end, but I got stuck. Couldn't figure out how to beat Mr. Big. I got so irritated that I put a little "FOR SALE" sign on my copy of the game and didn't touch it for a few months. Haha I did eventually figure it out :) I played it in the arcade for the first time earlier this year!
I loved all of these games. Thanks for uploading this!
Thank you! Please share out!
Ahh the days of Williams/Midway/Bally. We need these companies today. Best gaming times for me was because of them. Now we got WB etc and its not near the feeling of what made it so good once upon a time. I always go back to these older gaming goodness when I game. Great doc!
And seeing the creator of the game that got me hooked on gaming as a kid (Q-Bert) speak on it was a treat! I'll take a new War Gods, Cruisin USA, Hydro Thunder, etc made by them any day.
This was awesome! Thank you. I was supposed to go to bed 1 hour 42 mins ago!!!
Thank you for watching! Please share with others!
Amazing doc! Loooove it. Wish there was a mention of the MK movie soundtrack, I had that on repeat.
cool doc! loved it. Thanks so much for sharing (and doing it)!
This is a very informative documentary! Well done!
Its funny but I can even remember the smell of the video store I first played MK at 🤣
I met Mark Turmell a few years back when he was at a convention (his first, actually). That was when he first revealed the truth about NBA Jam and the Bulls/Celtics matchups. NBA Jam was the one and only sports game I've ever enjoyed. Mark was super cool and signed my SNES copy of the game and had endless interesting stories.
Man- I loved street fighter. But MK 2 & 3 were legendary also.
Loved many Williams Midway games !! Awesome video !! Love Narc !!! So happy Narc was not cancelled !! It’s a very tough business to either make video games and own an arcade !! How about inventing the hardware plus the software !! We should all appreciate the hard work involved to bring us gamers great entertainment !!
Thank you! Please share out!
Modern tech may be light years ahead of what they had back then. However this doc once again shows me that the Rebel, Renegade and Rockstar spirit of game dev is gone. Everyone is playing it wayyy to safe nowadays.
Just watched it. Excellent work! I really enjoyed seeing the story of how some of those games were made. Thank you!
Thank you! That is super cool of you. Please share this out!
The original dual PacMan and Galaga sit down machines would always be at Pizza Huts. I used to enjoy those as a kid when we were waiting for a table.
No one ever cleaned them. I wonder how much bacteria I ate as a kid. No wonder I have ADHD.
I'd like to thank these nerds for playing a huge part in my childhood. And yes we knew all the fatalities by the first weekend.
Thanks for the great content
Great documentary. Thank you for sharing it.
Robotron was phenomenal !! So was Smash TV !! Arch Rivals was great !! Terminator 2 was fantastic !! Plus -- Mortal Kombat !!! Fascinating video !!
Thanks! We tried to include as many games as possible, so glad you liked those!
The NBA Jam philosophies of “rubberbanding,” simplified rules, over-the-top entertainment, and easy-to-approach gameplay feel much like the story of the Savannah Bananas and Banana Ball.
Everything about this is a great! Galloping Ghost (the best place on earth) featured! All the stories. Gerstmann. On and on. Warms the heart.
Would love solo documentaries on WrestleMania and Mortal Kombat. Please make them and make a Kickstarter.
Couple of my favorites too. That would be awesome.
There is a Wrestlemania segment on the blu-ray!
@@insertcoindoc nice! is that the one available on Amazon? I don't think it mentions bonus features...
@ I know. I purchased it a long time ago. I just wish you had a documentary that covered solely WrestleMania and one that covered Mortal Kombat.
@@gaipsWas the Blu Ray worth it?
I've been a fan of many Williams, Midway and Capcom games for over a decade since I've had a PS2...now that I'm 30 years old, I still like arcades and own these games on MAME.
The games still hold up! Thank you!
As turns out on November 18th i did watch this Insert Coin documentary again during my birthday, but i still like this documentary and Midway Games (With its series Mortal Kombat and Spy Hunter). 🧢 🎧 🎮 😁👍
dudes this is incredible!
Great doc! I remember seeing it in 2020.
This was entertaining and educational . More please 🙏
Definitely great times playing those games back in youth. I played almost all the games, but MK 1 and 2 the most by far. Those were the gems. The MK fatigue makes sense, because I lost interest after MK 2. After that it got overly complex and lost its authenticity and legendary status. I liked Street Fighter 2 but the gameplay wasn't as good and it was a little bit more unpredictable. MK you could build real skill. And everyone here knows the guys who could beat anyone at an arcade with people waiting at the machine were revered. Kinda funny looking back but it was kind of important as a kid back then, like a status symbol. NBA Jam would be next favorite for me. Very cool and well done innovative game. 4 players was a great idea financially there. Those machines always had huddles of kids lined up around them. No wonder so much money was made.
These games were HUGE in my younger years in the arcades I remember where I was exactly when I played some of these in the arcades
Like from Russia❤ MK the most important part of my childhood.
Rock & Roll!
Joe Perry: I won't say that
did in the most perfectly subdued way. i loved that too. this was SOOOOO good
Thanks
Amazing! Thank you!
I know i did watch this Insert Coin documentary and i will watch again during my 24th birthday in November 18th, but my favorite Midway game is Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks (My childhood game played on my PS2 back then as a pre-teen), SpyHunter (Arcade) and Terminator 2: Judgment Day (Arcade. For what i know, the console or the SNES version published by Acclaim's LJN, but i more prefer of the arcade version of it). As i said it again, great stuff and great documentary! 🎮 🧢 😁👍
Credit to raw thrills. Their arcade games are fantastic. All of them are so fun to play.
Awesome video. Thx
Great doc! Thanks!
I’m glad Midway got shut down just because of how poorly they treated their designers. The fact that Universal would be able to out lawyer Midway is a bit of cosmic justice.
Its interesting how arcades in US were kind of family friendly. Here in my country arcades were for thoughy kids, we had working class guys smoking and gaming, thieves, some places had drug dealers and so on. We had arcades in botecos and grocery stores, but most of them had to be covered in backstage of the store, because in many cities arcades were prohibited around the schools, and were prohibited for minors. It was very common the owner of the arcades been some older guy that smoke a lot, or some rock guy.
Very interesting. I heard that NARC was the first 32 bit arcade game.
I vividly remember Mortal Monday.
38:23 - That's so badass watching the real kick
This is epic! I love it so much.
Please make a better custom thumbnail (unless you already have by now). Also, in the future please make sure your audio mix is good to go with MeterPlugs Loudness Penalty. Commercial breaks are LOUD!
Thanks for the feedback!
For the algorithm!
Thank you!
I always thought that in the future games would be for free for all and it would be the best moment ever, and i couldn't be more wrong
I remember when everyone thought arcade was dead, Golden Tee popped up in bars everywhere. I would see tons of grown men playing it wherever there was a cabinet. That roller ball on the console whizzing. I think the sound of it, the pairing of it as an ergonomoc stimulus with a ball being crushed, that was an entertaining design for adult men.
Whoever created that machine was brilliant.
Good documentary. I like the story of when NBA Jam popped off.
I still remember Street Fighter, Double Dragon, and Mortal Combat. I was never really into them. I liked pinball, pool, and R-Type, but R-Type is still too hard. It's like Mario Lost Worlds, absolutely frustrating.
i mean it was a golf game. grown men play golf but more importantly they bet on it too
@poindextertunes yeah, I would see dudes on it betting for sure
I had no idea Linda Hamilton had a twin ! 🤯
This was awesome. I would give anything for a movie adaptation of Smash TV.
I remember going on Christmas holiday with my family in 1994 to the coast and as a 12 year old getting to walk around and finding a "computer store" with a n64 and game doctor 64 and it was playing Japanese War Gods. I played for like 30 minutes and really liked it at he time. But when I eventually bought it gosh is sucked.
Never was able to beat any arcades when I was a kid (too poor) but this was a great documentary. I remember how MK stole a lot of the thunder from Street Fighter 2, and MK2 took all of it. IMO Mortal Kombat performed a fatality on the Street Fighter arcade dominance!
You said it dude!
Just Childhood ❤️
21:16, man with a ciggy playing arcade games, image burned into head. such a vibe.
I remember the Narc hubbub. They almost got canceled just as quickly as they came back
I hope midway rerelease all the midway classics on modern consoles or at least the switch 😎🤙🏾
14:15 Virtual On was another great dual joystick game. Basically Mech Warrior for the arcade. In the vain of Robot Jox(1989) the movie and mor recently the Pacific Rim franchise which is SUPER underrated imo
Shoutout to Savant. Been listening to him for well over a decade now. SWOUP
Dan Amrich awesome writer ....
What a great docu. Thanks!