May 1998's News


Saturday May 30, 1998

Gamespot's MK4 E3 Playstation Preview
Gamespot has an MK4 Playstation Preview and they had some rather interesting news like that their is a theater. There are slots on the theater screen for two more endings, which leads me to believe that Goro and Noob Saibot have their own endings. 

Ed Boon and Dave Michicich Interview at E3
Well as all of you should know Ed and Dave had an interview at Midway's E3.  If you want to see this Interview you have to have Real Player. Here it is: Ed/Michicich Interview.

Goro and Noob Saibot Codes Found at E3
Well the Goro and Noob code rumors have been true, except they have to be unlocked with the Secret Menu Code.  Special thanks to Dharmesh who found out the whole code.

Secret Menus
 Nintendo64: At the Options menu go to Continue Options and then hold BL+RUN for about 10 secounds and the cheat menu will apear.

Playstation: Same as N64 but go to the Vs Screen Enabled option.

Characters
Goro: Select the Hidden button on the bottom of the select screen, move up 3 and over 1, to Shinnok's icon, then press RUN+BL together.

Noob: Select the Hidden button on the bottom of the select screen, move up 2 and over 1, to Reiko's icon, then press RUN+BL together.

MK NFL Blitz Codes
Well some of MK's design team and characters are in NFL Blitz. Thanks to MK Extreme.

Raiden
Name: RAIDEN
Pin #: 3691

Demon Shinnok
Name: SHINOK
Pin #: 8337

Dan Forden (MK Sound Editor)
Name: FORDEN
Pin #: 1111

Wednesday May 27, 1998

Official MK4 Site Updated with E3 Info
Finally there was an update for the Official MK4 site.  They have added some cool animations one of Goro and the other previewing the characters endings.  Both the Playstaion and Nintendo64 versions will be playable at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) held in Atlanta, Georgia.  It started today and will end Friday the 30th.

MK: Special Forces Page Up
The MK: Special Forces Page is up with only a little bit on it.  Thanks to GamePro and John Tobias for the information.

First Mortal Kombat 4 Review
The first review of MK4 are online at  Video Game Spot.  They gave it an overall of 8.9!  It was lacking in the Gameplay and the Graphics.

Monday May 25, 1998

Ed Boon Updates
Noob.com, Ed Boon's site with a Behind the Scenes MK Commercial Page, which has some cool pictures of the actors in costume and he has a  movie of the commercial.

Friday May 22, 1998

Interview With Ed Boon and Dave Michicich At E3
     Midway.com has put up a webcast schedule which can be located at Webcast Schedule They will be conducting an interview with Ed Boon and Dave Michicich at 1:00 PM EST on May 29th. This interview will be live on the internet along with many others. Thanx to Kombat Konnection.

New Pics Of MK4 N64
    Videogame spot has updated with some new pictures from the N64 Home version of MK4. There are some nice shots of Goro in action and many others including one that shows the Choose Your Destiny Towers with Goro now in them! They also have some pictures from some of the characters endings.

Tuesday May 18, 1998

Mortal Kombat 4 Commercial
For all of those who haven't seen the sneak preview of the MK4 commercial, Kingdom MK has converted it to a downloadable avi file.   If you do not already have Indeo 5.0, then you will need it to view this file! Thanx to MK Nightmares.

MK4 Media Campaign
According to a report at Midway's Press Release, Midway Home Entertainment prepares for the launch of MK4 with the announcement of a price reduction for the N64 version plus a multi-million dollar national TV advertising campaign. This reduction will result in a new suggested retail price of $49.95 as opposed to the previous MSRP of $59.95. The ad campaign began last Night with the sneak previews of the "music video" style ad during the airing of the Mortal Kombat movie on TBS. The largest portion of the multi-million dollar MK4 TV campaign will coincide with the launch of the game, and can be seen on cable networks including Comedy Central, USA, TNT, TBS, and MTV.

Thursday May 14, 1998

Ed Boon updates
Noob.com, Ed Boon has updated his MK4 Home with more pics and a preview movie of the Playstation's FMV Endings. The  pictures show Quan Chi surrounded by 3-d fire fighting against Noob Saibot, Scorpion without mask and wearing light blue spearing Kai in his new alternate outfit.

New MK 5 Information
MK Nightmares let me use some of the information from their exclusive Ed Boon Interview.  If you want to read it it is in my MK5 Section.