View Full Version : Did nintendo get sega introuble with Sen. Leiberman in 90s
googlefest1
11-28-2005, 02:16 PM
this article seems to claim that http://www.allps2.com/gamewatcher/closerlook/mkdeception.asp
it is mainly an article about the mortal kombat series but i was surprised about the nintento conspirasy coments
also - did any one ever see the MK live action TV show? - i never knew one existed?
Haoie
11-28-2005, 05:04 PM
Steve Kent's book [The Ultimate History of VG, go read it now if you haven't] too, had a whole chapter about that. It was called Moral Kombat.
Daltone
11-28-2005, 05:48 PM
also - did any one ever see the MK live action TV show? - i never knew one existed?
Yep. It had the best series ending ever. Up to that point it was kinda lame, but that ending...
Dire 51
11-28-2005, 07:25 PM
Speaking of those hearings, does anyone either have or know where I can get a complete transcription of them? Specifically, I'm looking for the segment they did on Splatterhouse 3.
googlefest1
11-29-2005, 09:09 AM
thanks Haoie - ill have to find that book -- i heared of it but i thought it was just a bunch of release date stories
rbudrick
11-29-2005, 02:57 PM
The hearings ended with some rather nasty (and hilarious) back-and-forth between Nintendo's Howard Lincoln and then-Sega director of communications Richard Brudvik-Lindner - the intensity of which surprised even the mud-slinging veteran politicians in the room
Now I really want to know what was said....
-Rob
Haoie
11-29-2005, 06:39 PM
Not just violence, there were issues regarding sex too. Night Trap, I'm almost certain, was mentioned during the hearings [thus leading to a huge jump in demand].
Memnon
11-29-2005, 08:44 PM
Night Trap, I'm almost certain, was mentioned during the hearings [thus leading to a huge jump in demand].
That's funny you mention that, because I bought Night Trap and Mortal Kombat thinking that they would become banned, making the games rare and valuable. It actually did increase the value of the original Night Trap a bit, it probably would've been moreso if the game hadn't been re-released...
Austin
11-30-2005, 08:28 AM
Steve Kent's book [The Ultimate History of VG, go read it now if you haven't] too, had a whole chapter about that. It was called Moral Kombat.
I've got to also give my full reccomendation for the book. It made up a good chunk of my summer reading, and was incredibly interesting. There's so much drama that went on behind the scenes of all these classic games.