Mortal Kombat Rip-Offs – Angry Video Game Nerd (AVGN)
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Angry Video Game Nerd (AVGN) episode 178: Mortal Kombat Rip-Offs. Mortal Kombat was a defining moment for fighting games. With it came a ton of sequels and even more rip-offs trying to ride on its success. Today the Nerd reviews rip-offs such as Time Killers (arcade and Sega Genesis), Jackie Chan Fists of Fire (arcade), Street Fighter the Movie: the Game (arcade), Tattoo Assassins (arcade), and Shadow: War of Succession (3D0).
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@JamesNintendoNerd
February 2, 2026 at 4:48 pm
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@Machine6666SecondChannel
February 2, 2026 at 4:48 pm
“This is what people look like in 4 year, we’re doomed as a society” – AVGN
Me: Yeah, this unfortunately predated the infamous Generative AI
@elgringoloco4094
February 2, 2026 at 4:48 pm
that is what they look like in 2024
@TheTrueDoomSlayer
February 2, 2026 at 4:48 pm
Who cares about the year we watch this.
It's a bona fide classic either Way.
@hardmodefbl
February 2, 2026 at 4:48 pm
It's 2026 now!!!!!
@ArchvilleRSPS
February 2, 2026 at 4:48 pm
"If this is how people look in 2024, we are doomed as a society" Oh man that aged well…
@1872patty
February 2, 2026 at 4:48 pm
Where's pit fighter?
@porkchopexpress84
February 2, 2026 at 4:48 pm
4:30 and people do look like that now and….yes we are doomed 😅😭😅
@djesterweapon1611
February 2, 2026 at 4:48 pm
Oh ya, who be chillin here 2026?
@alexharms9145
February 2, 2026 at 4:48 pm
butthole turkeys and it isn't half-life 2? amazing! lolol
@jaxxh6529
February 2, 2026 at 4:48 pm
if you want real mk rip off, tri killer instinkt (snes)
@jeremyrice1463
February 2, 2026 at 4:48 pm
FLAMING FART FATALITY YEEEAAASSSSS
@VicariousOne
February 2, 2026 at 4:48 pm
God damn the voice overs in that last one are GOLDEN. The one masked dude that just yells "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@heathen264
February 2, 2026 at 4:48 pm
2026 🎉
@SiCbandit
February 2, 2026 at 4:48 pm
People look like time killers in 2024
@philto9999
February 2, 2026 at 4:48 pm
2:00 to skip ads
@samiensalgado9198
February 2, 2026 at 4:48 pm
… funny how the nerd called it with rancid…
@XadielNova
February 2, 2026 at 4:48 pm
13:16 This kinda reminds me of Audrey 2 from Little Shop Of Horrors
@NickMayweather
February 2, 2026 at 4:48 pm
I don't care what the game is good it's Jackie f**** Chad agreed I absolutely agree😂
@luckydog1919
February 2, 2026 at 4:48 pm
here
@jurasicoreprime3038
February 2, 2026 at 4:48 pm
2026 here
@bruhchamp16593
February 2, 2026 at 4:48 pm
10:41 thought that said “SHit” up there
@AveragePastaConsumer
February 2, 2026 at 4:48 pm
rancid looks like a hotline miami character
@eddiemoney1093
February 2, 2026 at 4:48 pm
Rancid actually looks fairly normal compared to 2024 freakshows
@spidermankush8
February 2, 2026 at 4:48 pm
December 31st, 2025. Happy new years!
@shredenvain7
February 2, 2026 at 4:48 pm
Auditory anus fisting has to be a Cannibal Corpse song title
@matebeeba3985
February 2, 2026 at 4:48 pm
2026 gonna be lit. Bless you all!!!
@GFAWapollo
February 2, 2026 at 4:48 pm
Who's watching in 2026?
@titanjde
February 2, 2026 at 4:48 pm
People do in fact look like that in 2024 and beyond.
@TheDracioN
February 2, 2026 at 4:48 pm
4:35 This didn't age well…
@EdoardoIacopini
February 2, 2026 at 4:48 pm
I'm actually play dr.jeckill and mr.hide… ( ' _ ' )
@dustineffler7658
February 2, 2026 at 4:48 pm
The Brightest part of a Bkack Cat is the @$$hole and it Glow's in the Dark? lmao 😂😂😂😂😂😂
@camf33
February 2, 2026 at 4:48 pm
Best part of the video – ‘They forgot the fatalities’ Lmfao. Seriously they couldn’t afford the QA department before release. 😂
@GodKaiserHell
February 2, 2026 at 4:48 pm
Thank you for the episode.
@waveygravey9347
February 2, 2026 at 4:48 pm
Rancid looks like a sane person in 2025
@gb9884
February 2, 2026 at 4:48 pm
2:01 start
@Ghost3lite21
February 2, 2026 at 4:48 pm
god dammit thats not the titanic its a cruise liner lol
@Jevgein
February 2, 2026 at 4:48 pm
well … commenting it in 2025 is kinda… yeah some of them do look like those people with chainsaws^^
@joey69d
February 2, 2026 at 4:48 pm
Tattoo Assassin's saw a limited arcade release in Chicago back in '94. I remember this at Dennis' Game Room on Belmont.
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