♪ (old-school video game music) ♪ (Finebros) Today you'll be playing this. "Mortal Kombat." I don't know anything about this game. I don't know what it is, honestly. I know what it is,
but I've never played it. (excitedly) Mortal Kombat. (ecstatic) Mortal Kombat! ♪ (imitating theme) ♪ Oh, Mortal Kombat. Okay. This is a great game. I mean, I haven't played the original one. (Finebros) Have you ever played it
on a Sega Genesis before? No, never. Never, never. I don't think I've even seen them before. I've never played this on a Sega Genesis. I haven't played
Sega Genesis in general, no. (Finebros) For this, you'll
be playing in a three-round eight-person tournament
against other reactors. Oh my goodness. I need to win. I need to prove this to myself
that Mortal Kombat is my game. I'm always the one that comes in last, so I'm probably getting
my ass kicked right now. Eight-person tournament? Damn, okay. I need
to advance to the finals. I will win. I will succeed. I will be champion. ♪ (action music) ♪ (Seth) I don't even know what this is. I've never seen this before. (Labib) Yeah, I'm just gonna button-smash and just hope for the best. My heart's beating pretty fast,
I'm not gonna lie. This is intense. (Finebros) Okay, so that you
have at least some idea on how to fight,
we're gonna let all of you look at the guidebook
to see the special moves - of the characters you chose.
- (both) Okay. (Seth) I have Deep Freeze and Slide. (Labib) Johnny Cage. My stuff low-key sounds pretty hype. Okay, I've got Lightning Bolt. I got the Shadow Kick. And I got the Split Punch. (Seth) They sound lame. - (Finebros) Are you ready?
- (Labib) I'm ready. (Finebros) I hope you memorized it, - because it's time to give it back.
- (Seth) Okay. Oh gosh. I forgot the move already. I forgot the move. I forgot the move. - (announcer) Fight.
- (Seth) Okay. Oh god, oh god. (in game: grunting) (Labib) Woo! Oh! Throw-- Boom. Oh, shoot. I'm frozen! I'm frozen! Hey, don't-- hey, okay.
Oh, get out of here! (stutters) Oh, the John Cena
move. Oh, [bleep]. Oh, the knees? Gonna throw knees now? You're gonna throw knees now? - (Seth) Oh, come on.
- (Labib) We're not hitting each other. Oh, head kick. Head kick. - (Seth) No!
- (Labib) Yes! (Seth) Oh, I was trying to do
the Deep Freeze again. I don't remember which one it is though. (Labib) Woo! Dude, my heart rate's
going up right now. (Seth) Come on, come on, come on. (Labib) All right, come on,
one more. Let's get this baby. Oh no! Snap! Chill, chill, chill! Oh, a sidekick. Oh, I got to-- ooh. - What?!
- (Seth) Ooh. Come on! Come on! - (Labib) No, side up.
- (Seth) Yes! (Labib) Side up.
Oh, shoot, this is clash-- (Seth) Okay, okay, here we go. Come on. (Labib) All right. Head kick, head kick. Can use some strategy-- okay. Oh, sweep! Sweep the legs! Sweep, sweep! - (Seth) Come on!
- (Labib) No! No, chill, chill, chill, chill. Head kick, head kick,
head kick, head kick. (Seth) Come on. One more hit! Aah, no! Yes! Okay. Oh, that was lame. I tried-- I tried to do-- (Labib) No! (Seth) I'm the winner! Woo! (Labib) No, bro, that was so close. - (Chelsea) I'm a bit nervous.
- (Sam) I'm nervous. (Chelsea) I feel like
he's gonna be really good. This guy in the blue's got it. (Sam) I'm gonna be this guy. (Finebros) You have
one minute to look over your character's special moves. (Sam) I'm most excited
about Flying Thunder God. You don't have that over there. (Chelsea) I got a Deep Freeze. He's got more things
than me. Wait a second. (Sam) I can do a Flying Thunder God. (Chelsea) This isn't fair. (Finebros) Okay,
we're taking the list away. Hope you remember your moves. - (Sam) I forget everything.
- (Chelsea) Me too. (Sam) Just remember F everything. - (Chelsea) F everything, okay.
- (Sam) F everything. (Chelsea) Just done with it all, F it all. - (Sam) Oh my god.
- (Chelsea) Oh my... (smashing buttons) No, no! What is going on?
I feel like it's freezing. (Sam) Wait, I want to do a Flying God. (Chelsea) Oh! Oh, look at me.
Did you see that jump? (Sam) Did you see that kick? - (Chelsea) Stop! No!
- (Sam) You're freezing me. Wait, am I killing you? - You're almost dead.
- (Chelsea) He's like a dancer. (Sam) Oh my god,
kill him, kill him, hill him. - Yay! Woo!
- (Chelsea) What? What? - How--
- (Sam) I told you, F everything. - You obviously didn't F everything.
- (Chelsea sighs) Okay. I'm gonna catch up. I'll catch up. No. (Sam) It's his little hat.
His little hat's good luck. (Chelsea) No, come on, come on. Work, work, work. (Sam) You know, the kicking does it.
I'm such a good kicker. (Chelsea) Hey, I got some of--
hey, stop kicking me. - (Sam trills)
- (Chelsea) Stop it! Don't finish me. Don't finish me. (Sam) Wait, I-- Oh my god! I love Rayden! (Chelsea) You have more
tricks than me. This isn't fair. (Sam) I won. I kicked a lot. That's the key: F everything and kick. (Chelsea) It's like life right there. ♪ (action music) ♪ (Morgan) I never played before.
I don't know what to expect. I feel like I'm gonna get
freaked out by the controls. I want the girl. There has to be one girl. She probably has the biggest boobs
and the tiniest waist and she probably sucks. And I feel like I get gypped every time I play Peach on Mario Kart. I feel like she's just the bad character. I have Leg Grab, Energy Rings,
and Flying Punch. (Jeordy) Deep Freeze, which is down-- (Morgan) Deep Freeze?
Oh, she has a cool one. She has every one. She has
cool ones. I want Deep Freeze. I can't get pumped because I'm scared. - (Jeordy) You're going down, sister.
- (Morgan) I probably am. I probably am going down. - (announcer) Fight!
- (Morgan) Oh [bleep] I forgot everything. (in game: grunting) (Jeordy) Oh my god. Dude, stop. - (laughs) What even are you doing?
- (Morgan) I don't know. - (Jeordy) Oh my god!
- (Morgan) Oh, did I just win? Woo! (Jeordy) She just did like the-- (Morgan) I was just doing crazy [bleep]. I was like, woo, high kick,
low kick, punch face. Oh. I'm just doing
all kind of acrobatic stuff. What? I don't know what's going on. This is really funny. Oh, am I blocking? Why aren't I hitting? - (Jeordy) Ha, ha, ha.
- (Morgan) Oh, I died. - I don't know what's going on.
- (Jeordy) Now we're even. (Morgan) Now I'm gonna
be really nervous, you guys. (Jeordy) I'm so scared. (Morgan) Oh no,
I'm getting so nervous. Oh! - I'm trying to contain myself.
- (Jeordy laughs) (Morgan) How do I block? Am I blocking? "Finish her"? No, don't finish me! (Jeordy) Yeah! That's what's up. I'm so sorry. It's okay. (Morgan) You guys always
want to make me lose. Oh, I'm gonna get some
McDonald's right now. - (Jeordy) Bye, Morgan.
- (Morgan) Don't talk to me. - (Tori) I'm really nervous.
- (Jasser) More nervous. (Tori) And I don't know
how to work these controls. (Jasser) I've never touched it, if that makes you feel any better. (Tori) You're gonna give us
the cheat things? (Jasser) Greatest moves ever.
Freeze, just go uppercut, easy win. I already-- I just told her my strategy. Okay. Fight. Block. (Tori) Oh, okay.
That's a thing. That's a-- No! Don't freeze me! What? (Jasser) I was trying
to do the high punch. (Tori) Low, low, low. Okay, forward. Got to punch in. What? That was so much. These graphics are just kind of terrible. - Okay, Jasser, you need to calm down.
- (Jasser) I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. - (Tori) Ugh!
- (Jasser) High punch. Yeah, there we go. Block, hit-- it was like these two. - Yeah, okay, cool.
- (Tori) Are you kidding me? - (Jasser) Do it again.
- (Tori) Okay. - No
- (Jasser) Yes! All right, round one. Test out the controllers, like-- - I'll only help you a couple times.
- (Tori) Okay. Okay, oh. - (Jasser) Oh, see? You got that.
- (Tori) That's Teleport. I say let's just go for it. - (Jasser) Oh my god!
- (Tori) I didn't even mean to! - (Jasser) Oh my god! Tori!
- I was just-- I don't know. (Jasser) Tori, calm down! (Tori) I don't even know
what I'm doing right now. (Jasser) That is crazy. - I'm sorry. I know it's kinda cheap.
- (Tori) Okay, I ducked, and then he got up
at the worst possible moment. (Jasser) Uppercut, uppercut,
uppercut, uppercut, uppercut! - (Tori) Aah!
- (Jasser chuckles) (Tori) What did I do? - You're joking!
- (Jasser) Oh, I messed it up. It was forward, down, forward, low punch. It was a good game, a good try. - (Tori) Play for me.
- (Jasser) Okay. (Tori) Play for me. (Jasser) Tori, for you, I will
win this tournament, okay? (Tori) Thank you. ♪ (action music) ♪ (Sam) My heart's pounding. (Jasser) Yeah, I know.
No, I feel you, bro. (Sam) I feel like you're gonna win. (Jasser) I made a promise
to Tori that I would win, so even more pressure. - (Sam) Oh, really?
- (Jasser) Yeah. Did you make a promise? (Sam) No, I didn't.
I was like, "get out of here." - (Jasser) I'm Sub-Zero.
- (Sam) I'm starting with-- - (Jasser) Raiden.
- (Sam) Raiden. - (Jasser) Good luck, Sam.
- (Sam) Good luck. Oh my god. No! I was kicking the-- Okay, wait. This is,
like, not a good start. (Jasser) Hey, it's okay. (Sam) Oh my god.
You're totally gonna beat me. This is not cool! No! (Jasser) Okay, you can block.
You can block. It's Y. - (Sam) Oh, you can block?
- (Jasser) Yeah, hold Y. Hold Y, like one of these,
and you can block it. - Sorry. I'm sorry.
- (Sam) I already died? (Jasser) That is so cheap; I feel so bad. (Sam) No, it's okay. Do your best. I'm doing my best, so you do your best. (in game: grunting) (Jasser) Dude, that kick, see? (Sam) Yeah, that kick.
That's the golden kick. - That's Raiden's golden kick.
- (Jasser) Got to do that. (Sam) Oh my god. I don't understand. I can't hold down Y. No, oh my god, no. I need to-- (Jasser) That was a good game. (Sam) No! (Jasser) It was a good game. (Sam) Oh my god! (Jasser) All right, Tori.
Keeping my promise. (Sam) But now I'm a loser.
I have to go like this all day. (Jasser) No. You learn
from this experience. Now you know that I should block more. Just take it as a positive experience. (Sam) I hope you win for me and Tori. (Jasser) You and Tori.
I got two promises I got to keep. ♪ (action music) ♪ (Jeordy) I know he's
really good, so I'm nervous. But I'm determined to beat him. So... (Seth) Yeah, do you have a Teleport?
'Cause I have a Teleport. (Jeordy) Whatever. Let's do this. (Seth) Oh! (in game: grunting) - Ooh!
- (Jeordy) Hoo-hoo! (laughs) (Seth) Come on. I'm trying to teleport. (Jeordy laughs) You're not
doing very well, are you? - (Seth) Oh no. Okay, okay.
- (Jeordy) That's what's up. (Seth) I was figuring out
my character, it's all right. You beat me, but it's okay. Oh, I'm still confused. (Jeordy) Ooh, okay. All right. Nope. Nope, nope. Nope. - (Seth repeating) Come on.
- (Jeordy repeating) Nope. - (Seth) You're cheating.
- (Jeordy laughs) I'm not cheating. (Seth) No! You're cheating. You're cheating. That was cheating. (Jeordy) How did I cheat? (Seth) You were just spamming-- (Jeordy) I wasn't. I really wasn't. (Seth) You were just spamming
the kick the whole time. (Jeordy) Did I just beat Seth? (Seth) That wasn't supposed to happen. (Jeordy) Finals. ♪ (action music) ♪ (Jasser) I have a lot on the line. I made a promise to Tori and Sam that I would win this tournament, so... (Jeordy) See, I have a promise
to all the women in the world. (Jasser) Oh. Oh god. (Jeordy) So I think
that might outweigh it. (Jasser) Okay, we're
playing the women card. Well, Tori's a woman. Sub-Zero. You choose Sub-Zero too? Yeah! Sub-Zero's the best! - She knows! That's why she won.
- (Jeordy) It's true. (Jasser) That's how she
got all the way over here. Am I on the right or left? Shoot. (Jeordy laughing) Oh my god! (Jasser) We won't know. Okay, can we not-- - Just move. Just move. Move.
- (Jeordy) Yep, I got you. (Jasser) Okay. Now, three, two, one, go. (Jeordy) Wait. So which Sub-Zero's which? (Jasser) I'm on the right,
you're on the left. (Jeordy) I know, but on the-- (Jasser) Oh shoot! No! No! I did the-- oh, okay. She didn't notice. You're good at blocking.
You're the first person to block. (Jeordy) Really? That's
how I've won, basically. (Jasser) I'm trying to do
that one move. There we go. - Oh. Oh no.
- (Jeordy laughs) - Come on.
- (Jasser) Yes. - (Jeordy) No. No!
- (Jasser) Oh my god! - That was so close!
- (Jeordy) No! (Jasser) I didn't even notice that! - That was so close! (falls over)
- (Jeordy growls) - Oh, are you okay? I'm so sorry!
- (Jasser) I'm okay. Yeah, I'm good. It's fine. - Okay, all right.
- (Jeordy) I'm so sorry. (Jasser) Oh, you froze me. - (Jeordy) Oh, what?
- (Jasser) Oh, payback. - (Jeordy laughs)
- (Jasser) If you do the ice ball twice-- If you do the ice ball twice,
you freeze yourself. (Jeordy) Oh, that's a good thing
to know. Thank you. (Jasser) I'm still focused right now. Okay. Okay. Uppercut. Uppercut. - Uppercut.
- (Jeordy) Nope. Nope. - (Jasser) Freeze ball!
- (Jeordy) No! - (Jasser) Uppercut!
- (Jeordy) You're gonna kill me! - (Jasser) Okay.
- (Jeordy) Son of a bitch! (Jasser) I want to do
the fatality. I messed it up. Good game. It was fun. I'm pretty happy. (Finebros) So who did you win for again? Uh, Tori. Uh, Sam. Uh, Jeordy. Uh, women all over the world. Thanks for watching
this episode of Retro Gaming on the React channel. Hit that Like button, or I'll finish you. Who's your favorite
Mortal Kombat character? Let us know in the comments. Bye! See ya!
(deep voice) Get over here! ♪ (old-school video game music) ♪
