Mortal Kombat Behind-the-Scenes: How Scorpion's Iconic "Get Over Here" Spear Move was Filmed
Ed Boon, co-creator of the Mortal Kombat game, shared insight into how they developed one of the movements featured in the game. In a Twitter thread, Boon shared a clip of him and his colleagues going over different possible movements that could be coded into a game.
The clip, which was titled “Mortal Kombat video shoot,” was taken in 1992, 30 years after the release of the game, and shows how the team brainstormed while filming. According to Boon, some ideas came over them while filming the reference movements for Scorpion, one of the characters in the game. The video shoot is how they created the character’s iconic “Get over here!” spear move. Boon details that they had to consider how fast Scorpion threw the spear, so they kept the animation simple and at a few frames.
Image credit: Ed Boon
