So what did MDK really ever stand for?

Jaysun · February 11, 2003, 11:39pm

Maybe this bit of trivia was answered sometime long ago and maybe not, but I remember back in the heyday of this game when speculation was rampant on what the name meant. Does anyone know?

My favorite: Murder Death Kill

anonymous_user · February 11, 2003, 11:45pm

Great. Games. Max, Dr. Hawkins, and Kurt. The three characters in the game (although you only play Kurt in the first).

Matthew_Gallant · February 12, 2003, 12:01am

Mr. Dave’s Koala

(Dave as in Dave Perry)

anonymous_user · February 12, 2003, 12:41pm

It was, in fact, originally murder-death-kill, then murder-death-kill was dropped, and it was changed to a meaningless acronym, presumably because it was considered too offensive or too graphic for a young game-playin’ audience.

anonymous_user · February 12, 2003, 1:48pm

Funny actually. If you check out the Moby Games entry ([/img]http://mobygames.com/game/trivia/gameId,344/) it’s obvious that there’s no real answer. Looks like it means whatever you want it to mean.

anonymous_user · February 12, 2003, 4:35pm

Well, it was certainly advertisted/pushed in the UK before launch as “murder death kill”.

anonymous_user · February 12, 2003, 4:38pm

If it makes you feel better I remember it the same way :)

Gladguy · February 12, 2003, 4:59pm

Wasn’t Murder-Death-Kill originally from Demolition Man?

anonymous_user · February 12, 2003, 5:22pm

Yup!

anonymous_user · February 12, 2003, 5:57pm

Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandoh

anonymous_user · February 13, 2003, 1:21pm

It was, in fact, originally murder-death-kill

This is correct… In fact I still have previews of the game from 1996/97 where it is called Murder Death Kill.

anonymous_user · February 13, 2003, 1:25pm

Eh, I’ve also just found previews saying that it is Max, Dr. Fluke Hawkins and Kurt… Seems to be whatever the developers wanted it to be on that particular day :)