ultimatemk
Noob
Before anyone posts anything about Ermac on this board, this thread shall be placed. No one is to argue with it, or make any other Ermac related posts.
Ermac, ErMac, ERMACS, Error Macro, Error Machine, and Red Scorpion never occurred in any version of MK, ever. The entire concept was fan based, created on the basis that "ERMACS" in the audits for the first few versions of MK appeared under REPTILE BATTLES. This was then cemented by EGM magazine, which published not only a picture of "ERMAC' in MK, but along with it, an in-game storyline similar to that of Reptile, by performing a specific method of fighting to find him. This is, of course, 100% false. The entire story was a fabrication.
The player in question is "Tony Casey", who (possibly not even a real person) claimed to have been given the chance to fight Ermac in the game and even received messages/tips from him. This is the only instance in the history of Mortal Kombat where evidence of a rumor presented under such false pretenses, led to the creation of an actual character, whose storyline is even based off its own rumor as well, later changed to become a legit character in Mortal Kombat Trilogy. Later, Blaze was turned into a character based on the flaming man in the background of Pit II, who was originally, and popularly referred to as "Torch". This character is evident, as he is viewable on the screen, vs a green Liu Kang, often referred to as "Hornbuckle".
The way EGM presents this character, is as if it was intentionally put in the game to find. If this was true, you would be able to search the game's raw data, and find the clues, Ermac's name's energy bar image file, etc. None of this can be found in any romset of MK. The rumored method of finding Ermac spanned several ways, with the most popular word of mouth method being a double flawless, with a fatality, using all punches, no blocking, and doing a Fatality in front of your statue on the Warrior Shrine. This is very possible to reproduce, but it is impossible to attain the desired result because it simply does not happen. There is also no naturally occurring default character palette that would provide a full swap for an Ermac character.
The other argument is that it was a "glitch," based off the system Midway introduced to correct errors that often occurred in Smash TV, which boasted the most on screen sprites of any arcade game. The most concurring idea of the ERMACS system brought you to a "secret" stage that merely reset the game on the fly, and allowed you to continue without the entire machine resetting, which even still may be a load of BS. ERMACS was never implemented in MK because there was no reason to, the reference is a joke. The game can still be reset and crashed, and the ERMACS counter will never increase, ever. The glitch rumor was, "There's a one in a billion chance playing MK, that Scorpion would appear in a red costume at random." and that was it. The only palette that Ermac could have possibly stumbled upon was the red palette for blood, which is three colors, and would make the character an uneven mess of red hues, not a solid character with an intended palette, as every single person who has claimed it to be. This also never happened to anyone, ever, as this rumor developed after the EGM magazine publication.
ERMACS is a similar audits joke, along the lines of Kano Transformations, Johnny Cage Transformations, and Shawn Attacks. None of these counters can be increased in the game, because they relate to nothing in the actual game.
- EGM faked photo.
"Ermac's" colors are saturated and over exposed, coincidentally matching the flags in the background, which, when shown in the proper colors, are yellow, like Scorpion's player 2 costume. The photo is merely a doctored image of P2 Scorpion.
The very first appearance, in any way shape or form, be it glitched, or intentional placement of a red male ninja in the MK series, is UMK3, and not before. Ermac's presence was established in MK history in the minds of players, and their ability to drop enough quarters into the slot to find him, alas, no one ever has.
In MKII, there is a secret message that is read as "ERMAC DOES NOT EXIST" when the letters are unscrambled. It was a shot at the stupidity of the fans for wasting so much time trying to find Ermac in both MK and MKII, as this message was added to a later revision of MKII.
Ed Boon has stated, in a joking manner, "No one has found Ermac in MK1 yet." This is because you cannot find him.
There is now a hack for MK on MAME that allows you to play as a red male ninja.
Ermac, ErMac, ERMACS, Error Macro, Error Machine, and Red Scorpion never occurred in any version of MK, ever. The entire concept was fan based, created on the basis that "ERMACS" in the audits for the first few versions of MK appeared under REPTILE BATTLES. This was then cemented by EGM magazine, which published not only a picture of "ERMAC' in MK, but along with it, an in-game storyline similar to that of Reptile, by performing a specific method of fighting to find him. This is, of course, 100% false. The entire story was a fabrication.
The player in question is "Tony Casey", who (possibly not even a real person) claimed to have been given the chance to fight Ermac in the game and even received messages/tips from him. This is the only instance in the history of Mortal Kombat where evidence of a rumor presented under such false pretenses, led to the creation of an actual character, whose storyline is even based off its own rumor as well, later changed to become a legit character in Mortal Kombat Trilogy. Later, Blaze was turned into a character based on the flaming man in the background of Pit II, who was originally, and popularly referred to as "Torch". This character is evident, as he is viewable on the screen, vs a green Liu Kang, often referred to as "Hornbuckle".
The way EGM presents this character, is as if it was intentionally put in the game to find. If this was true, you would be able to search the game's raw data, and find the clues, Ermac's name's energy bar image file, etc. None of this can be found in any romset of MK. The rumored method of finding Ermac spanned several ways, with the most popular word of mouth method being a double flawless, with a fatality, using all punches, no blocking, and doing a Fatality in front of your statue on the Warrior Shrine. This is very possible to reproduce, but it is impossible to attain the desired result because it simply does not happen. There is also no naturally occurring default character palette that would provide a full swap for an Ermac character.
The other argument is that it was a "glitch," based off the system Midway introduced to correct errors that often occurred in Smash TV, which boasted the most on screen sprites of any arcade game. The most concurring idea of the ERMACS system brought you to a "secret" stage that merely reset the game on the fly, and allowed you to continue without the entire machine resetting, which even still may be a load of BS. ERMACS was never implemented in MK because there was no reason to, the reference is a joke. The game can still be reset and crashed, and the ERMACS counter will never increase, ever. The glitch rumor was, "There's a one in a billion chance playing MK, that Scorpion would appear in a red costume at random." and that was it. The only palette that Ermac could have possibly stumbled upon was the red palette for blood, which is three colors, and would make the character an uneven mess of red hues, not a solid character with an intended palette, as every single person who has claimed it to be. This also never happened to anyone, ever, as this rumor developed after the EGM magazine publication.
ERMACS is a similar audits joke, along the lines of Kano Transformations, Johnny Cage Transformations, and Shawn Attacks. None of these counters can be increased in the game, because they relate to nothing in the actual game.
"Ermac's" colors are saturated and over exposed, coincidentally matching the flags in the background, which, when shown in the proper colors, are yellow, like Scorpion's player 2 costume. The photo is merely a doctored image of P2 Scorpion.
The very first appearance, in any way shape or form, be it glitched, or intentional placement of a red male ninja in the MK series, is UMK3, and not before. Ermac's presence was established in MK history in the minds of players, and their ability to drop enough quarters into the slot to find him, alas, no one ever has.
In MKII, there is a secret message that is read as "ERMAC DOES NOT EXIST" when the letters are unscrambled. It was a shot at the stupidity of the fans for wasting so much time trying to find Ermac in both MK and MKII, as this message was added to a later revision of MKII.
Ed Boon has stated, in a joking manner, "No one has found Ermac in MK1 yet." This is because you cannot find him.
There is now a hack for MK on MAME that allows you to play as a red male ninja.
