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Ed Boon reveals rig used to animate Goro in original MK photo

Ed Boon is making quite the splash on Twitter. Two days ago the Midway Games head honcho and brain behind the Mortal Kombat series confirmed the next Mortal Kombat wouldn’t carry a girlie rating. Earlier yesterday, the man shared the below gallery image with all his followers. It’s Goro. A tiny Goro, that is.

As our friends at Giant Bomb and Ed Boon note, this is the stop-motion rig that Midway used to make Goro spring to life in the original Mortal Kombat.  It’s cute and frankly, it freaks us out. Games used to be made this way, man. Talk about a time warp.


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Dexter345's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/21/2009 05:04
Dexter345
Well, they did use digitized actors for the rest of them. I'm not exactly surprised that this is how they got Goro in the game.
Kalmah's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/21/2009 05:38
Kalmah
What are you talking about? All they had to do was find a giant 4-armed man to act the role of Goro. Shouldn't have been too hard :\
Jaffacakelover's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/21/2009 05:46
Jaffacakelover
I never really thought about how they made Goro: Just assumed they'd put a guy in a rubber suit, the copied and pasted another pair of arms on. Didn't they do that for the later 4-armed people?
Vrynix's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/21/2009 06:38
Vrynix
Is it me or is there a lot of a mortal kombat news lately?
Maybe it's a sign that the next podtoid commentary is drawing near.
lastSKYsamurai's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/21/2009 07:30
lastSKYsamurai
But the combat is soooooo CHUNKY! Chunky I tell you! MK Deception on Xbox was my first & last. It's hard to think that last one sold so well....

- Hey, I've got an idea. How about the internet just ignore any MK info for a year or two. ,just to see what would happen.... Come-on, it could be fun!
The Young Scot's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/21/2009 08:33
The Young Scot
I would pay cash monies for that Goro model
mrplow8's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/21/2009 08:59
mrplow8
I've known this since I was a kid.
007's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/21/2009 09:24
007
That's some high-tech stuff right there. Years ahead of their time...
zod000's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/21/2009 09:29
zod000
MK Deception on Xbox was my first & last.

Fail

Any MK made after Mortal Kombat 3 was not representative of the series at all.
DaedHead8's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/21/2009 10:28
DaedHead8
Hey, that's pretty cool! Any chance we'll see it on ebay some day?
Los255's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/21/2009 11:13
Los255
It would sell for a shit ton I bet.
Kuma XL's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/21/2009 13:42
Kuma XL
WOW that's actually really neet. :)
mr spooky's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/21/2009 14:10
mr spooky
Goro kept falling apart sometimes.
mudkip5000's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/21/2009 16:42
mudkip5000
Ever since I was a child I wondered how they animated Goro.

Now I know. And knowing is half the battle..

the other half is "Rockets are badass".
BattyAdroit's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/21/2009 17:03
BattyAdroit
I knew it would look something like this. Awesome, awesome stuff. <3
CrocBox's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/21/2009 18:23
CrocBox
Thats really awesome!
Rammstein's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/21/2009 19:55
Rammstein
"MK Deception on Xbox was my first & last."

"Fail"

This ^

Also, I saw his post on twitter the other day, didn't think I would see it on front page, lawl, twitter.
Artemus's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/21/2009 21:13
Artemus
That is why Mortal Kombat is kool...
Right?
Kome on!
Faubio's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/21/2009 23:30
Faubio
LOLZ, I have that same cookie tin.
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