History VideoGame / MDK

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* GainaxEnding: The original releases ended with...[[spoiler:a music video]] of all things. [[spoiler:You end with a music video of French musician ''Billy Ze Kick'' performing a cover of ''Non Non Rien N'a Changé'', a French song ''written to protest the Vietnam War''. [[YouBastard Take that]] [[WhatTheHellHero as you will]].]] Later releases, such as the UsefulNotes/PlayStation version and even the UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} re-release, removed this, [[AWinnerIsYou but left a sense that it was incomplete as a result]].

* RealSongThemeTune: ''Non Non Rien N'a Changé'' actually appeared on ''Billy Ze Kick's'' album ''Paniac'' that was released one whole year before ''MDK'' was released.

* GainaxEnding: The original releases ended with...[[spoiler:a music video]] of all things. [[spoiler:You end with a music video of French musician ''Billy Ze Kick'' performing a cover of ''Non Non Rien N'a Changé'', a French song ''written to protest the Vietnam War''. [[YouBastard Take that]] [[WhatTheHellHero as you will]].]]
** Later releases, such as the UsefulNotes/PlayStation version and even the UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} re-release, removed this, [[AWinnerIsYou but left a sense that it was incomplete as a result]].

''MDK'' is a third-person shooter game developed by Creator/ShinyEntertainment and released in 1997 by Playmates Interactive Entertainment in North America and Creator/InterplayEntertainment in Europe for the PC, Macintosh, and subsequently UsefulNotes/PlayStation. It was one of the first PC games to require a Pentium or equivalent processor, and did not initially have a GPU requirement. The game soundtrack, composed by TommyTallarico, was also separately released.

* AliensInCardiff: The targets of the city minecrawlers are Laguna Beach, Lindfield, Livingston, Kirkaldy and Sparrow Pit.

* AWinnerIsYou: Some rereleases of this game removed [[spoiler: the music video at the end]]. So we see [[spoiler:the Minecrawler base being destroyed]], Kurt jumps on the ''MDK'' logo and...the credits roll. Fortunately, ''VideoGame/{{MDK2}}'' gives us something closer to a proper ending in its [[PreviouslyOn recap]] of this game.

* TheCameo: In some places (including at least one secret area), there are some ''VideoGame/EarthwormJim'' heads laying around. Furthermore, if you touch one, a cow will appear and fall on an enemy (or you, if there is none).

* TheFaceless: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] with Kurt, which you can see his face during his IdleAnimation, [[TimedMission but most people tend not to wait around for long enough to see.]] Completely [[AvertedTrope Averted]] in [[VideoGame/{{MDK2}} the sequel]].

* FunWithAcronyms: Applies to [[VideoGame/{{MDK2}} the sequel]] as well, for neither [[Creator/ShinyEntertainment Shiny]] or Creator/BioWare have explicitly said what the [=MDK=] in the title stands for, but popular theories/jokes include ''Murder Death Kill''[[note]]a possibility, as it was released four years after ''Film/DemolitionMan'', which featured the phrase extensively[[/note]] and, in the spirit of the original game's release date, ''Mother's Day Kisses''.

** Later releases, such as the UsefulNotes/{{PS1}} version and even the UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} rereleases, removed this, [[AWinnerIsYou but left a sense that it was incomplete as a result]].

* RealSongThemeTune: ''Non non rien n'a changé'' actually appeared on ''Billy Ze Kick's'' album ''Paniac'' that was released one whole year before ''MDK'' was released.

* InitialismTitle: Possibly one of the more famous examples. See FunWithAcronyms, above.

* FunWithAcronyms: Applies to [[VideoGame/{{MDK2}} the sequel]] as well, for neither [[Creator/ShinyEntertainment Shiny]] or BioWare have explicitly said what the [=MDK=] in the title stands for, but popular theories/jokes include ''Murder Death Kill''[[note]]a possibility, as it was released four years after ''Film/DemolitionMan'', which featured the phrase extensively[[/note]] and, in the spirit of the original game's release date, ''Mother's Day Kisses''.

** Later releases, such as the {{PS1}} version and even the UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} rereleases, removed this, [[AWinnerIsYou but left a sense that it was incomplete as a result]].

''MDK'' is a third-person shooter game developed by Creator/ShinyEntertainment and released in 1997 by Playmates Interactive Entertainment in North America and Creator/InterplayEntertainment in Europe for the PC, Macintosh, and subsequently PlayStation. It was one of the first PC games to require a Pentium or equivalent processor, and did not initially have a GPU requirement. The game soundtrack, composed by TommyTallarico, was also separately released.

* AttentionDeficetOohShiny: Can be induced on a room of enemies with "The World's Most Interesting Bomb", which is an otherwise unremarkable grey box they all just walk over to investigate once thrown.

*** Never mind, WordOfGod confirmed it ''does'' stand for Murder Death Kill, but ExecutiveMeddling forced it out of confirmation for years.

* RealSongThemeTune: ''Non non rien n'a changé'' actually appeared on Billy Ze Kick's album ''Paniac'' that was released one whole year before MDK was released.

** Later releases, such as the {{PS1}} version and even the {{Steam}} rereleases, removed this, [[AWinnerIsYou but left a sense that it was incomplete as a result]].

A sequel, ''{{MDK2}}'' was developed by Creator/BioWare and released by Interplay for the PC and Dreamcast in 2000, and later for the PlayStation 2 (titled ''MDK 2: Armageddon'') in 2001. An enhanced HD remake of ''MDK2'' was released at the end of July 2012.

* AllThereInTheManual: Most of the plot of this game, as well as the characterizations, for it doesn't show a proper beginning movie. ''{{MDK2}}'' also begins with a recap of the story, with some key details from the manual being put in.

* AWinnerIsYou: Some rereleases of this game removed [[spoiler: the music video at the end]]. So we see [[spoiler:the Minecrawler base being destroyed]], Kurt jumps on the ''MDK'' logo and...the credits roll. Fortunately, ''{{MDK2}}'' gives us something closer to a proper ending in its [[PreviouslyOn recap]] of this game.

* TheFaceless: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] with Kurt, which you can see his face during his IdleAnimation, [[TimedMission but most people tend not to wait around for long enough to see.]] Completely [[AvertedTrope Averted]] in [[{{MDK2}} the sequel]].

* FunWithAcronyms: Applies to [[{{MDK2}} the sequel]] as well, for neither [[Creator/ShinyEntertainment Shiny]] or BioWare have explicitly said what the [=MDK=] in the title stands for, but popular theories/jokes include ''Murder Death Kill''[[note]]a possibility, as it was released four years after ''Film/DemolitionMan'', which featured the phrase extensively[[/note]] and, in the spirit of the original game's release date, ''Mother's Day Kisses''.

* OvershadowedByAwesome: MDK was released at almost the exact same time as the original {{VideoGame/Doom}}, which didn't do any favours for it's sales figures.

* AlmightyJanitor - Kurt Hectic, who is literally a janitor who prefers to shirk the eyes of the public.

* BottomlessMagazines - Kurt's Chaingun.

* OvershadowedByAwesome: MDK was released at almost the exact same time as the original {{Doom}}, which didn't do any favours for it's sales figures.

* GainaxEnding: The original releases ended with...[[spoiler:a music video]] of all things. [[spoiler:You end with a music video of French musician ''Billy Ze Kick'' performing a cover of ''Non Non Rien N'a Changé'', a French song ''written to protest the Vietnam War''. [[YouBastard Take that as you will]].]]

* GainaxEnding: The original releases ended with...[[spoiler:a music video]] of all things. [[spoiler:You end with a music video of French musician ''Billy Ze Kick'' performing a cover of ''Non Non Rien N'a Changé'', a French song written to ''protest the Vietnam War''. [[YouBastard Take that as you will]].]]

* GainaxEnding: The original releases ended with...[[spoiler:a music video]] of all things. [[spoiler:You end with a music video of French musician ''Billy Ze Kick'' performing a cover of ''Non Non Rien N'a Changé'', a French song written to ''protest the Vietnam War''. Take that as you will.]]

* GainaxEnding: The original releases ended with...[[spoiler:a music video]] of all things. [[spoiler:You end with a music video of French musician Billy Ze Kick performing a cover of Non Non Rien N'a Changé, a French song written to protest the Vietnam War. Take that as you will.]]