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| Acmlm's Board - I3 Archive - General Gaming - Ermac from Ultimate MK 3. |
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Deleted User Banned                 Since: 05-08-06 Last post: None Last view: 6309 days |
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| He has a surprising history. And his name is even mentioned before this game! Want to know how? This is an exerpt from the glorified wikipedia:
"In the arcade version of Mortal Kombat, a rare glitch occasionally caused two characters to be mixed together. Most often, these were ninja characters, resulting in a semi-red ninja character with the name "ERMAC" (short for "error macro")" Coolio, huh? |
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Sin Dogan   860  Uoodo Original Blend Armored Trooper Votoms Canned Coffee!       Since: 11-17-05 Last post: 6313 days Last view: 6312 days |
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That's quite a history to behold. I think I'll have to rewrite my highly acclaimed series on mortal kombat name origins because of that. And here I thought that Ermac was a legitimate name derived from Norse mythology... Silly me.  |
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Cynthia Uh-huh. Since: 11-17-05 From: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada Last post: 6308 days Last view: 6308 days |
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...I think that most people here who knew about Mortal Kombat knew that Ermac stood for that.  Plus you had him in the original...
In the arcade version of Mortal Kombat, a rare glitch occasionally caused Scorpion and Sub-Zero to morph together, resulting in a red (due to color, with which the original ninja animations were shot) ninja, named "ERMAC" (short for "error macro"). Discovering this, some players thought they unlocked a secret character, when in fact they had only uncovered a programming bug. |
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asdf Link's Awakening ಠ_ಠ  Since: 11-18-05 Last post: 6310 days Last view: 6308 days |
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| Yeah, I heard about this glitch before. No source of information has ever mentioned the details on it, though. Any of you wouldn't happen to know anything more about this rare glitch, would you?
Also, I believe that one of the quotes that one of the hidden characters in MK:II says when they are hinting about how to find them makes mention of Ermac as well. |
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Well, I didn't know about it. I thought it was some sorta nickname from Mac.  It excited ME at least. XD More things should be named after glitches. |
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Cynthia Uh-huh. Since: 11-17-05 From: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada Last post: 6308 days Last view: 6308 days |
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| If the original MK screwed up, you could be forced into fighting Ermac who was very difficult to beat because he had both Scorpion and Sub-Zero's moves I think. And a high AI level too.
It was just one of those unexpected things that happened, and it can be recreated but it's very rare to see playing normally. |
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asdf Link's Awakening ಠ_ಠ Since: 11-18-05 Last post: 6310 days Last view: 6308 days |
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| Oh, I see. I believe that Reptile also was like that, but of course, he was not a glitch and was normally accessable to battle. I only fought him once before and failed, but your description of Ermac is not unlike how Reptile behaved. If I remember correctly, he was also a lot faster than any normal character. That is probably the case with Ermac, too. (edited by asdf on 01-24-06 12:03 AM) |
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NSNick Gohma IF ALL ELSE FAILS USE BOOZE  Since: 11-17-05 From: Last post: 6310 days Last view: 6310 days |
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| He was also totally useless in MK Trilogy. |
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GeckoYamori Koopa  Since: 11-25-05 Last post: 6323 days Last view: 6308 days |
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| Noob Saibot! | |||
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Kingpin Since: 11-21-05 From: Amarillo, TX Last post: 6314 days Last view: 6308 days |
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| Hrm, I wonder if Ermac will be in Armageddon. | |||
Emptyeye Oneofthebiggestlegendsand starseverinthis...GOD! Ceremonial Full Moderator Since: 11-17-05 From: I DUNNOOOOOOOO!! Last post: 6308 days Last view: 6308 days |
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| I actually remember seeing him in an issue of EGM way back in the day, sent in from a reader. They didn't know the details of it at the time, though. So cool. | |||
drjayphd Torosu OW! BURNY!  Since: 11-18-05 From: CT Last post: 6311 days Last view: 6309 days |
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| Toasty! (It should be noted I didn't know that either.) | |||
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Cynthia Uh-huh. Since: 11-17-05 From: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada Last post: 6308 days Last view: 6308 days |
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| Ermac was like Reptile, yeah. Just harder and faster, plus there was no set way to unlock him (obviously) unlike Reptile; and even then everything had to fall into place. | |||
fzeroman Micro-Goomba Since: 01-15-06 Last post: 6640 days Last view: 6640 days |
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| for some reason i kick ass with rain
unfortinate for me hes only been in 1 game;( |
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asdf Link's Awakening ಠ_ಠ Since: 11-18-05 Last post: 6310 days Last view: 6308 days |
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Actually, if I remember correctly, Rain has been in two games. Both Mortal Kombat Trilogy and the console version of UMK3 had Rain as a playable character.  (edited by asdf on 01-24-06 11:25 PM) (edited by asdf on 01-24-06 11:25 PM) |
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Kingpin Since: 11-21-05 From: Amarillo, TX Last post: 6314 days Last view: 6308 days |
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| I dont want to start an argument or anything, but Ermac being in MK1 Arcade version was never confirmed. There is no current proof of the glitch, and back then the only proof was that picture sent in to EGM which could have easily been doctored. | |||
Koitenshin +∞ Moblin Since: 12-24-05 From: Misery Last post: 6310 days Last view: 6310 days |
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| I'm tempted to get MAME plus the MK games to see what characters (making codes of course) are on there. | |||
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Cruel Justice I have better things to do. Since: 11-18-05 From: At my house! Last post: 6309 days Last view: 6308 days |
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| I remember one of my friends mentioning there was a secret to fight Reptile in the first Mortal Kombat. I think you had to perform a pit fatality, then press a code right when the fatality starts. You end up jumping down to a lower part where you faced Reptile.
In UMK3, Ermac wasn't all that great. I put in the secret kode for single button fatalities. He had only 1 Fatality, "Telekinetic Slam" which became Kenshi's in Deadly Alliance. The other buttons caused the game to freeze. |
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Uncle Elmo Porcupo Loved up and ready to go :) Since: 11-24-05 Last post: 6324 days Last view: 6364 days |
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| To get Reptile, didn't you have to perform a pit fatality when there was a witch or something flying accorss the moon? I remember "look to la luna" |
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asdf Link's Awakening ಠ_ಠ Since: 11-18-05 Last post: 6310 days Last view: 6308 days |
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| To get Reptile, you had to get flawless victories on both winning rounds during a one-player fight on The Pit without blocking. Then, you had to perform a fatality. After you do that, you will go to the bottom of the pit to fight Reptile. Also, on the Arcade versions, things had to fly across the moon on both winning rounds, but this was not the case in the SNES and Genesis versions. |
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