Sal DiVita
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"Cooking with Scorpion" was one of many clever skits the Midway Creative Media department came up with! I got to play a crazy, cheezy Scorpion that time, and even better, got to swing a real metal weapon at raw meat! That last "chop" broke off the axe head and sent it flying!
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@MaxPower11286
Ha! Thanks for that pic! Actually, I still have those white contact lenses! I also have a bunch of behind the scenes pics of MKM that I need to scan and share with the community at some point.
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Not only was that ending axe break "accidental" (or was it?!), it nearly caused a real life FATALITY as it came inches away from hitting one of the Creative Media team members! Seriously ... like, inches from ... horror. True story. I think Rigo
@NinjaBoy66
was there for that.
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John Tobias
@therealsaibot
and the rest of the MK team has always understood the powerful impact of dramatic visuals ... even way back in the olden-days! It was a pleasure to learn from them and incorporate whatever aspects of their brilliance I could into all my future games.
Sal DiVita as Cyrax on the set of Midway's Mortal Kombat 3.
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@noobde
Old-man Nightwolf's reaction to the glimpse of NEW Nightwolf ...
Not sure why Robert DeNiro from "Analyze This" came out there at the end :) ..."You're good!" Great job
@MK_NetherRealm
team!
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The way the WrestleMania Arcade game characters were integrated into the MK 3 gameplay was so well done! I was actually hoping to see how Doink the Clown was going to do in his next match against Nightwolf 😂.
Doink the Clown vs. Baraka in Mortal Kombat, with Vince McMahon, Jerry Lawler, and Shao Kahn on commentary.
MUGEN is truly a godsend
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Everyone's got their "gameface" on!
Actually, those were expressions of "exhaustion" due to the crunch-mode of trying to squeeze in as much stuff as possible before the final hard drive was pulled from Mark's fingers and delivered for manufacturing 😂.
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That was another great skit concept by the Midway Media crew! With their concept in mind, they pretty much just unleashed Carlos
@CarlosPesina
and I to run amuck throughout the studio. We caused a lot of chaos, especially around the employees that we surprised in the cafeteria!
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@insertcoindoc
And that image was BEFORE I put the prosthetic on! 😉 The artist who created it did an amazing job.
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@noobde
What face? You mean this face? I'm an old man. Let's give the new Nightwolf a chance to shine and carry the torch forward!
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Those outfits are on display at NetherRealm Studio. Oddly enough, last year I unearthed a few original MK outfits (MK II Raiden and MK 3/Mythologies Scorpion) I stumbled across in a random plastic bin I had in my "Raiders-esque" storage site, and I sent them "home" to NRS.
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@nbajambook
"Cooking with Scorpion" was one of many clever skits the Midway Creative Media department came up with! I got to play a crazy, cheezy Scorpion that time, and even better, got to swing a real metal weapon at raw meat! That last "chop" broke off the axe head and sent it flying!
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@TonyHL2
@Arcadeology
@JoshYTsui
A fun-fact about the Wrestlemania cabinet art that nobody knows is that
@therealsaibot
helped me out by designing that side panel concept with Undertaker dramatically posed to fit its outline so perfectly. I then continued that dark, dramatic theme on the rest of the cabinet art.
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@noobde
Shouldn't be that difficult to get a new pic, dig up my Pentium 3, fire up Deluxe Paint to create the 256 color palettized image, import it into Image Tool, rebuild the latest source code, burn new EPROMS, and distribute 26,000+ sets to everyone that has a game. I'll call Mark.
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@tabmok99
@CubbieXX
Haha! Ya, that image above was me pretending to be
@CarlosPesina
. I filled in as a body double for various characters here and there out of the convenience of being in the same hallway as
@therealsaibot
and
@noobde
. But make no mistakes ... Carlos IS Raiden!
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@KerriAnnGallery
@noobde
@therealsaibot
@TonyGoskie
We had a great time and laughed a lot, just like old times! It's weird, whenever we get together it's like no time has gone by and we just pick up where we last left off! We missed
@noobde
though, but we did keep him involved and check on him from afar. Glad everything is ok!
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Yep. That's the second set he sent us. He first sent a series of pics based on his "best guess" from just observerving the game (very clever), but they weren't workable, so we sent him back our head angle diagram for guidance, and he nailed it!
I have tons more pics like that.
Ken Griffey Jr. getting his head shots taken circa 1993 so Midway could turn him into a NBA Jam secret character.
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@insertcoindoc
Ya, our tools allowed for some really slick palletization algorithms, color re-ordering, and enhancement of the colors as well. That's why the colors are so vibrant. That's a game I look back on and still appreciate the visual craftsmanship we were able to achieve as a team!
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@JoshYTsui
@KingSireSolomon
@bbaker2004
@JRdeGuz
@90sWWE
That was one of my favorite games to develop. We had great experiences (ehh ... mostly, anyway) working with the Superstars, and have great stories to tell! Even photos! Josh
@JoshYTsui
was integral to the development and quality of the character art and animations of that game!
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@TonyHL2
Congrats! There's no higher honor than to know that people appreciate a game you've worked on all these years later! Every time I see the game in action, it reminds me of all the development challenges we had, and clever solutions the team came up to get the final result we see.
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@MK_habit_addict
@noobde
@FlavioLuccisano
@tabmok99
@ToastyStudios_
@StormCollectUs
@nbajambook
@ShiraiRyu1791
@EsauThirteen
@Wazminator
@DKirtzic
@UppercutLLC
@domcianciolo
Great images! Nice compositions and lighting. I've always loved
@therealsaibot
's concept designs for the cyber-ninjas, and the sculptures for those figures are top notch too!
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@JoshYTsui
@Arda
Man, could you imagine getting that team back together again? ... With everything we've all learned over the years? I'm in!
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The crazy thing is, after a game was completed, outfits just sat in a box all piled up willy-nilly. I mean, what good were they anymore, right? 😂 ... So we used to rummage around that box and mix and match those outfits to wear for Halloween. That's how I ended up with them :).
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@JoshYTsui
@mrDonVanDam
@The_CobraDragon
He exists on ROMs, but not selectable or playable. I know I have those images somewhere ...
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@insertcoindoc
And a little known fact is that Adam Bomb gave really good scalp massages! ... as is being demonstrated on Jamie Rivett in that photo 😉
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@insertcoindoc
Thanks Josh! I'm still shook to my core from that impact with Yoko! It's so funny that we were on such a shoestring budget and timeframe that THAT was our best idea of capturing that turnbuckle impact in our camera's viewpoint 😅. Do we get any points for resourcefulness?
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@nbajambook
OMG! I haven't seen that footage in forever! I was trying to make myself (Scorpion) look bigger than John Turk (Sub-Zero), but clearly I didn't succeed 😂. So my strategy was to make Scorpion appear "crazier" than Sub-Zero ... which I think did succeed 😜.
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@insertcoindoc
Yep. There's no question that those ending stories were ... different than expected. That's most definitely on me. I'll have to tell the story of how that came to be, at some point (if there's interest). I always knew that someday someone would ask ... "Wait, WTH?!" 😂
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@nbajambook
LOL! That was spectacular! Great job! Clearly Doink is OP!! 😂 Watching these matches reminded me of when
@JoshYTsui
and I worked with Matt Osborne (Doink) and captured all the footage of his gameplay combat, and painstakingly cut out every frame for those moves!
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@nbajambook
John Tobias
@therealsaibot
and the rest of the MK team has always understood the powerful impact of dramatic visuals ... even way back in the olden-days! It was a pleasure to learn from them and incorporate whatever aspects of their brilliance I could into all my future games.
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@NRS_NNicastro
Here's a few memories for old time's sake. If enough people are interested in seeing more "behind the scenes" history, I'll do some postings and tell some stories. This shoot's mocap talent was
@AJStylesOrg
,
@facdaniels
,
@XavierWoodsPhD
, and
@iPeteyWilliams
! 🔥🔥🔥
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@insertcoindoc
My entire endoskeleton shattered on that ending impact, I just had to hide it so we could keep shooting.
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Yep. Mark and I joked with Ed
@noobde
that our sports game team was a boot camp for developers before they could get the chance to work on the game they REALLY came to Midway for! 😂
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@insertcoindoc
Looks like I was the "hit" man that day 😉. That was a totally unplanned and spur-of-the-moment thing, and Jason reacted perfectly in the moment! Glad he didn't file assault charges against me for that.
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@UncannyCarlos
@therealsaibot
@noobde
@realMKscorpion
@JustMKollum
@game_oxygen999
@osakakingu
@tabmok99
@MK_habit_addict
@MortalKombat
@MK_XTRA
@mortalkombatorg
@nbajambook
@UppercutLLC
@Osu16Bit
My pleasure to sign it! Great to meet you and thanks for appreciating the characters and the game!
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@insertcoindoc
Haha! Don't judge. (Great job on that!)
Thank you so much! Another year older, and feeling good!
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@gameism
@JoshYTsui
Every one of the wrestling performers we worked with always made me feel puny when standing next to them! ... They were all fairly ginormous, both in height and mass, and even made Mark Turmell look like a hobbit by comparison. Even
@ShawnMichaels
was unexpectedly huge!
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@tabmok99
@Peina81
@osakakingu
@insertcoindoc
@MK_habit_addict
@UncannyCarlos
@therealsaibot
@noobde
@realMKscorpion
@JustMKollum
@game_oxygen999
@MortalKombat
@MK_XTRA
@mortalkombatorg
@nbajambook
@UppercutLLC
@Osu16Bit
@masterpesina
Oh ya! I remember taking that pic. Thanks for coming out to see us there and getting into the spirit of the character!
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Notice that Princess Jennifer
@Jhedrick66
is the only one smiling because no matter how hard she crunched, she was basically like Snow White ... with perfect hair, the sun shining upon her, butterflies floating around her, and birds sitting on her shoulder singing as she worked!
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@insertcoindoc
@DanHevia
I still have all the animations we shot with the superstars at the time, so to update it, we could triple the framerate of the animations for all the moves ... for starters
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It's great to see Tim's extraordinary talents being appreciated! I petition that
@Tim_Kitzrow
becomes a full time NBA announcer!
Fun-fact: That type of dunk show is what inspired the "double-dunk" system in NBA Hangtime and NBA Showtime!
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@JoshYTsui
@thememanxx
@KingSireSolomon
@bbaker2004
@JRdeGuz
@90sWWE
@insertcoindoc
I know ... I know ...
@Tim_Kitzrow
has been bugging me to be more active. Again, if there's enough interest, I'd be happy to start sharing some good stories we have. I can't guarantee their truthfulness though, depending on some of the sources :). You understand, right Josh?
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@Tim_Kitzrow
@emporiumsfbay
@insertcoindoc
What a great time and a great venue! The
@emporiumsfbay
facility is top quality and Danny and partners were excellent hosts to us all! ... except for when he beat me 2 games to 1 on NBA Jam ;). They also did justice to
@insertcoindoc
displaying it on the big screen!
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@insertcoindoc
@Japa_Artes
@TheSpineRip
@MK_habit_addict
@tabmok99
@eduqueve
@MKWarehouse
That's so funny! Never even knew that existed!
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@MK_habit_addict
@UncannyCarlos
@therealsaibot
@noobde
@realMKscorpion
@JustMKollum
@game_oxygen999
@osakakingu
@tabmok99
@MortalKombat
@MK_XTRA
@mortalkombatorg
@nbajambook
@UppercutLLC
@Osu16Bit
@insertcoindoc
Likewise! Always happy to meet and personally thank our supporters.
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@MrTonyMaurizio
@noobde
Probably not necessary, but I'd do it just for the nostalgia! That mullet had magical powers. It even saved my neck on my failed backflp while goofing off for Yokozuna during our shoot for WWF WrestleMania Arcade! Without that cushion, who knows what would've happened?
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@insertcoindoc
It's a longer and more convoluted explanation than I can post here on Twitter, but at some point I'll attempt to explain where my mind was, and why I wrote them that way ... not that it will justify anything 😅. I'll work out some way of communicating it with
@JoshYTsui
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@MK_habit_addict
@insertcoindoc
@Japa_Artes
@TheSpineRip
@tabmok99
@eduqueve
@MKWarehouse
OMG! That's custom?! Looks totally professional and legit! Great work! ... and yes, sometimes I'm aloof and an idiot 😅.
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@nbajambook
Aw, thanks! I tried to make Scorpion special because he was always my favorite character in the earlier games. I wanted to give him some "dimension" since we had the opportunity! And also since Rich Divizio
@rdivizio
was demonstrating his great acting skills as Quan Chi!
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@insertcoindoc
Not your fault
@JoshYTsui
, I shouldn't have put you in that position of responsibility.
Coincidentally though ... I'm at a doctor's office at this very moment trying to get those neck joints back in place ...
#dontfeelguiltyjoshimfine
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@MisterRadon
Hi
@MisterRadon
, thanks for playing some of my games! Can you believe that I can't remember how to do that?! It was 20 years ago and my brain is filled with all kinds of other nonsense that overwrote those memories 😂. Hopefully there's an online search that can help. Good luck!
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I deserved that.
In retrospect, I wish I would've sold that backbreaker better!
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@eduqueve
@osakakingu
@MaxPower11286
@TrainerJohnTurk
Thank you for the kind words.
Does it make me a narcissist for "liking" a tweet that says something nice about me? I'm still learning proper "Twitter etiquette" 😂
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@JhonatasBatalha
@nbajambook
@tabmok99
@GameArtHQ
@UppercutLLC
@insertcoindoc
Great artistic piece
@JhonatasBatalha
! Nice job!
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Go Tim!
@Tim_Kitzrow
That's not surprising to me at all. Your witty commentary and delivery is unrivaled in the industry! I can't wait to hear your latest work!
CRITICS HAVE GONE INSANE...For
@MutantFootball
-“play-by-play commentary from legendary voice actor Tim Kitzrow...known for his infamous lines in NBA Jam, such as
#BOOMSHAKALAKA
.Hearing Tim’s commentary is thrilling, hilarious, and enjoyable”- please retweet and spread the news!
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@TotalMK
Ohhhh, I wish I still had those cutoff shorts. I kinda forgot about Beefcake Boy! 😅 Thanks for coming out and seeing us for that MK event. I remember taking that picture with you!
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@JoshYTsui
I had no idea anyone still remembered it. That being said, I'm still super proud of the work we all did, the tech we developed, the problems we solved, the production quality and craftsmanship (perhaps a little OCD at times), and the way the team didn't end up killing each other.
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@MrTonyMaurizio
@NBA
@noobde
@nbajambook
@KerriAnnGallery
Ya, it's not like we animated boiled fleshy klumps dripping off the players charred bones afterwards! They were totally fine to continue on playing ball! It was just a little graphical (firey) pizzazz! 😉
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@nbajambook
@insertcoindoc
Doh! I knew there was something I was supposed to do tonight! Gotta go!
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@insertcoindoc
@KarelHering
OMG! I totally forgot about that. No, I don't remember at all ... but ... that's hilarious that we chose to take the time to pixelate his face instead of just replacing him! Clearly, we were being brats.
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@Arda
I had my reasons at the time for writing these endings the way I did. Basically, in the spirit of the pro-wrestling universe, imagine that they were written by a "heel" writer! 😂 If I remember correctly, some characters had positive endings ... maybe there's a connection?? ;)
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@JoshYTsui
Yep, you got that right. You have to be a little insane and reasonably masochistic to want to make wrestling games, and well ... you know me Josh ...
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@JoshYTsui
Ok
@JoshYTsui
, here's my mullet at its peak mulletness from art school, all feathered and styled! Let's see yours!
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@thememanxx
@JoshYTsui
@KingSireSolomon
@bbaker2004
@JRdeGuz
@90sWWE
Correct. Wait for
@insertcoindoc
! After that, if there's enough interest to hear more, I'll dig up some old photos, rummage through my memory banks, and start sharing some goodness on Twitter and Instagram (in bite-sized morsels).
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@JoshYTsui
@nbajambook
I know ... I know ... and I've already apologized for a lot of that 😂. At the very least, it built "character", and made for lots of great stories. Without some, the
@insertcoindoc
wouldn't be as interesting! ... So, You're welcome! 👍
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@KerriAnnGallery
@MrTonyMaurizio
@nbajambook
We'll just render it like that in "post-production" 👍 ... Oh! ... or we'll use an AR filter! I forgot it's 2020 now!
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@TG_POPO
@Tim_Kitzrow
@insertcoindoc
@WhoSaidWhatNow3
@MutantFootball
Ya, those hits were an experiment that worked out well on a few levels. On a strategic level, the element of "active combat" added another risk/reward layer to cement the outcome of a play. On another level, it was just oddly therapeutic to slug a player and see their reactions!
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@insertcoindoc
@TheJoeZoneLayer
Oh yaaaa ... Sorry, I can't recall at the moment. I remember we had to pixelate him though because either we didn't have his release form signed, or we were being silly ... or we stopped liking him and didn't want to see him in our game 😜.
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@JoshYTsui
@gameism
Yep. Our philosophy was definitely to make sure the impact sounds and key announcing calls were crafted and amplified to stand out in an arcade. I remember that we took a lesson from Rocky III and mixed in deep explosion sounds to the mat-slam sounds for heavier sounding impacts.
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@djtatsujin
@insertcoindoc
Right?! Like The Simpsons and South Park, sometimes entertainment developers can predict the future of celebrities to an uncanny accuracy. We either sense things, or it's a case of the "million monkeys on a million typewriters" theorem taking effect ... i.e. - Dumb luck ;)
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@TwoHighPunch
@KerriAnnGallery
@noobde
@therealsaibot
@TonyGoskie
I so would do another one! Loved working on those games and especially with all the wrestling talent! Actually planning on incorporating that style of combat in the project I'm currently working on ... but I can't talk about that yet 🤐
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@gameism
@AntonHand
Yep. I was just telling someone else the same thing about being able to recognize each other's movements strictly by the mocap-isms of the data! We all had our "isms" 😂
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@gameism
Steve ... Just come to southern California already! This was my sunrise this morning. And it's a lot warmer than -500F or whatever is going on there! I still love Chicago, but not THAT much ...
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@TonyHL2
@RealKevinNash
Thank you for appreciating that game! It boiled down to who the WWF chose, and how much time and memory we had. But we put
@RealKevinNash
in WWE All Stars and had him at our studio for recording a major story role. We had a great time and he NAILED the story lines he performed!
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@Sekretsu
@nbajambook
As memory serves, I'm fairly sure that BMX protector was custom-altered by the person who created the helmet to personalize it for the game. Maybe
@therealsaibot
remembers better though.
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@NRS_NNicastro
@RetrosoftStudio
,
#WWE
All Stars was one of my favorite games to develop! With devs like
@NRS_NNicastro
and the rest of the talented team, we had the opportunity to work with amazing pro wrestling mocap talent in creating a unique gameplay experience! I hope players enjoyed it.
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@gameism
@insertcoindoc
@JoshYTsui
Confirmed. I still sleep cuddling up with that juicy shirt every night after all these years. Is that weird? ;)
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@RaikouRosario94
@KerriAnnGallery
@therealsaibot
Yep, doing what I can! ... but not sure if it shows. You can be honest with me if it doesn't.
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@zpaul2fresh8
@travistyoj
@jeffgerstmann
That's great that you have that cabinet! I'm pretty sure the card reader works with 2K, as we anticipated people would kit 2K into '99 cabinets, but I'm not positive. I'll ask Mark if he remembers. It was too many years ago and too many lost braincells! ... Or corrupted ones 😂
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@NinjaBoy66
@tabmok99
Glad you saw there, rather than permanently part of TimMoran's forehead 😉.
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@eduqueve
@osakakingu
@MaxPower11286
@TrainerJohnTurk
Yes please do post a pic of it with yourself included! Again, I appreciate the continued interest and support!
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