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| Date Created: | Jan 29, 2008 |
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In the first few arcade versions of Mortal Kombat, there was a listing in the audit menu for "ERMACS". In Revision 3.0 it was actually listed directly underneath "Reptile Battles" giving the appearance that they were grouped together. It was believed to reference a hidden character the same way "Reptile Battles" does which led people to believe that Ermac was also a secret character. The Ermac listing is a shortening of the term "Error Macro". This is referenced in a hidden reversed message in Mortal Kombat: Deception's Konquest mode which states "It is a little known fact that Ermac is short for Error Macro." Electronic Gaming Monthly published a photo to accompany a letter from Tony Casey reporting an alleged encounter. However, Ermac did not appear in any version. There is also no naturally occurring default character palette that would provide a full palette swap for Ermac.
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The MK crew denied that he existed in Mortal Kombat II with one of the jumbled messages that appeared at the bottom of the screen after beating the game: CEAMR ODSE NTO EXITS (an anagram of "Ermac does not exist"), and the occasional appearance of the secret character Jade with the message "Ermac Who?" The numerous rumors of his existence led to his debut as an official character in Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3. His storyline is even based on his original status as a combination of Sub-Zero and Scorpion. Until Mortal Kombat: Deception, he was just another palette swapped ninja. Around the time of Deadly Alliance, the creators made the choice to give all the ninjas their own look and more fleshed-out identities.
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Cage was the last character in the original MK to be given a Fatality. Until a last-minute brainstorm by co-creator John Tobias that later evolved into the uppercut Fatality, he was simply going to throw his opponent across the screen as a finishing move.
Ed Boon
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Edward J. Boon (born March 30, 1964 in Chicago, Illinois) is a video game programmer. Boon, along with John Tobias is a co-creator of the Mortal Kombat fighting game series. Boon is generally credited as the lead programmer while Tobias is lead designer. Boon graduated in 1986 from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics and computer science.
John Tobias
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John Tobias (born August 24, 1969 in Chicago, Illinois) was one of the creators (along with Ed Boon) of the groundbreaking Mortal Kombat fighting game series for Chicago-based Midway Games.
Tobias was an artist for The Real Ghostbusters comic book series before joining Midway. He was credited with developing the detailed Mortal Kombat storylines and designing many of the characters. Following its arcade debut in 1992, the MK franchise exploded into an overwhelming phenomenon and merchandising bonanza, spawning a host of additional games, as well as two movies, toy and apparel lines, a comic book series, and a 1996 live tour, among others.
By the end of the 1990s, however, the MK series, due to several disappointing releases and the ill-received 1997 film Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (the sequel to the successful 1995 original), hit a low ebb. Dissatisfied with the downward direction in which the franchise he helped bring to life was heading, John Tobias, along with other prominent Midway staff members such as Dave Michicich and Josh Tsui, left Midway in 1999 during the production of Mortal Kombat: Special Forces, which flopped upon its release.
John Tobias went on to form Studio Gigante. Tao Feng: Fist of the Lotus was the first game Studio Gigante created. Tobias would also later develop the WWE WrestleMania 21 video game. After Studio Gigante ceased operations, Tobias has been recently doing various freelance work.
Despite being one of the original creators of the MK series, Tobias has never been mentioned in any sort of commentary or description on how Mortal Kombat began, such as the ones found in Deadly Alliance and Deception. However, he can be seen in the commentaries for Mortal Kombat 2 and Mortal Kombat 3 in the Midway Arcade Treasures 2 game.
Tobias was an artist for The Real Ghostbusters comic book series before joining Midway. He was credited with developing the detailed Mortal Kombat storylines and designing many of the characters. Following its arcade debut in 1992, the MK franchise exploded into an overwhelming phenomenon and merchandising bonanza, spawning a host of additional games, as well as two movies, toy and apparel lines, a comic book series, and a 1996 live tour, among others.
By the end of the 1990s, however, the MK series, due to several disappointing releases and the ill-received 1997 film Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (the sequel to the successful 1995 original), hit a low ebb. Dissatisfied with the downward direction in which the franchise he helped bring to life was heading, John Tobias, along with other prominent Midway staff members such as Dave Michicich and Josh Tsui, left Midway in 1999 during the production of Mortal Kombat: Special Forces, which flopped upon its release.
John Tobias went on to form Studio Gigante. Tao Feng: Fist of the Lotus was the first game Studio Gigante created. Tobias would also later develop the WWE WrestleMania 21 video game. After Studio Gigante ceased operations, Tobias has been recently doing various freelance work.
Despite being one of the original creators of the MK series, Tobias has never been mentioned in any sort of commentary or description on how Mortal Kombat began, such as the ones found in Deadly Alliance and Deception. However, he can be seen in the commentaries for Mortal Kombat 2 and Mortal Kombat 3 in the Midway Arcade Treasures 2 game.
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Mortal Kombat, the Dragon Logo, and all character names are trademarks and copyright of Midway Amusement Games.
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