Edward J. Boon (born February 22, 1964 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American video game programmer who had been employed for over 15 years at Midway. He now works for Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, where he is the executive producer of the Mortal Kombat series.

Contents 1 Biography 2 List of works 2.1 Video games 2.2 Pinball 2.3 Film 3 Trivia 4 External links

[edit] Biography

Boon, along with John Tobias is a co-creator of the Mortal Kombat fighting game series. He continues to work on the ongoing series of games, movies and TV shows. Boon is generally credited as the lead programmer while Tobias is lead designer. He has also provided voice acting and motion capture for the games.

Boon graduated in 1986 from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics and computer science.

[edit] List of works

[edit] Video games

• Smash TV (All Voices)
• Mortal Kombat
• Mortal Kombat II
• Mortal Kombat 3
• Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
• Mortal Kombat Trilogy
• Mortal Kombat 4
• Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero
• Mortal Kombat Gold
• Mortal Kombat: Special Forces
• The Grid
• Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance
• Mortal Kombat: Deception
• Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks
• Mortal Kombat: Armageddon
• Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe
• Mortal Kombat 9 (in development)

[edit] Pinball

• F-14 Tomcat (1987; effects)
• Space Station: Pinball Rendezvous (1987; software and effects)
• Banzai Run (1988; effects)
• Taxi (1988; software and effects)
• Black Knight 2000 (1989; software and effects)
• FunHouse (1990; Voice of Rudy)

[edit] Film

• Mortal Kombat (as the voice of Shang Tsung)
• Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (as the voice of Shang Tsung)

[edit] Trivia

Lists of miscellaneous information should be avoided. Please relocate any relevant information into appropriate sections or articles. (January 2008)

• One of the characters in Boon's Mortal Kombat video games is named Noob Saibot (Ed Boon and John Tobias' last names spelled backwards.)
• In the Mortal Kombat Trilogy(as well as MK3 & UMK3) level "Subway" the sign in the back says "←Boon/Tobias→"
• His favorite Mortal Kombat character since the beginning of the franchise has been Scorpion.
• Boon named two characters after family members. Both Tanya and Sonya Blade are named after his sisters, Tonia and Sonya, respectively.
• Boon is a longtime fan of recording artist Prince; this has long been attributed to the selection of ninja Rain's purple palette swap since the character's debut appearance in Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3.
• As a nod to another one of his favorite bands, Genesis, a code for the original Mortal Kombat on the Sega Genesis is "Abacabb", in reference to a Genesis album.
• Before he became famous for his work on the Mortal Kombat series, he worked at Williams in the pinball division and also helped out with the development of Smash TV and Pigskin 621 A.D. arcade games.
• He has a younger brother, Mike Boon. Mike is known for programming pinball games (including the 1992 classic The Addams Family), and was involved in several Mortal Kombat projects.
• He has faced the winner of GameSpot's Scream It! contest in an MK battle. Users had to show that they were the biggest fan of the series by putting together a video and uploading it to the site. [1]
• Boon has stated that he would like to see a Mortal Kombat vs. Street Fighter. [2]

[edit] External links

• Ed Boon's profile at MobyGames
• Ed Boon at the Internet Movie Database
• E3 Video Interview
• Ed Boon at Twitter

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NAME	Boon, Ed
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	video game creator
DATE OF BIRTH	March 30, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH	Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH