Trivia
The Playstation 1 version of the game can be seen played during the very first scene of an episode of the science fiction series The X-Files. Series 5 episode 9 "Schizogeny" starts with a full close up of the games running, and then it pans across to the main character of the story who is playing it.
The first minecrawler you must fight is heading towards Laguna beach. This is where Shiny's development studio was located at the time.
Contributed by
Maw (827) on Mar 13, 2007.
The PC version does not have an intro movie (only the Playstation version does), but you can clearly see pieces of the intro in the final video after beating the game, albeit in black in white (intro was made in glorious color).
Contributed by
Dmichal (491) on Mar 13, 2006.
Another possibility for the name MDK comes from a 1973 record from a german progressive rock band called Magma. The name of the album is Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandoh (Mechanic Destructive Commando).
Also, there is a hip-hop artist named MDK, but I don't know what the reason for.
Contributed by
fabricioz (1) on Dec 17, 2003.
In the sled-surfing sequences you'll find a unique power-up not found elsewhere in the game (sometimes hidden on an overhead opening you can jump to instead of continuing through the main courses, sometimes laying in plain sight). These power-ups are actually the face of Jim from Shiny's Earthworm Jim. Get them and for each one you catch a cow will fall on top of your enemies!!
Contributed by
Zovni (9138) on Nov 24, 2003.
The PC version of MDK sold in North America and Canada had a bright yellow sticker proclaiming 'Exclusive North America Edition!' (see Cover Art section)
What the difference is between this edition and any other, I haven't been able to figure out.
The music video that plays at the end of the game is from the song "Non, non, rien n'a change" specially recorded for the game by BILLYZKICK aka Nathalie Cousin (the singer) and whom apparently the development team are fans of (they even urge you to buy her cd's on the readme file... good luck finding any!).
Contributed by
Zovni (9138) on May 08, 2001.
According to MDK developer diary (August 1st, 1996), one level of the game was developed by demosceners.
There was a plan to make a Hollywood movie based on MDK, but obviously this didn't come about. Shiny also got an offer for an animated series, but they didn't accept since they were holding out for the movie. Life is full of little ironies.
When asked, each MDK developer said that MDK stands for something different:
- My Diary something beginning with K
- My Dog Ken
- Million Dollar Ko
- Massive Dollops of Ketchup
Early ads for MDK appeared with the slogan: "Prepare for a religious experience."
The game's slogan was later changed to: "On a good day, 2.5 billion people will die".
There is a soundtrack for MDK game by Tommy Tallarico. It was released in 1997. The soundtrack can be bought at http://www.synsoniq.com
Tracklist:
- Prologue
- Stranger Things
- The Enemy Among Us
- Facing the Inevitable
- An Upscale Affair
- Vengeful Alien
- Grenich Time
- Portrait of an Insane Asylum
- A Padded Cell
- New Territories
- Dreaming of Victory
- Starship
- Gunter Planet
- World Militia
- Tribal Unity
- Crossfire
- Bounty Hunter
- MDK (Planet Trax Remix)
Contributed by
MAT 
(35327) on Aug 04, 2000.
MDK does NOT, in fact, stands for Murder Death Kill. In the FAQ section of the readme.txt file of MDK, the developers state that "MDK" does not stand for anything special, and can be whatever you want it to stand for, such as Mother Day's Kisses.
"MDK" as "Murder, Death, Kill" comes from the action movie "Demolition Man" (starring Sylvester Stallone, if you really want to know...) which came out in 1993.
The initials M.D.K. are REALLY to stand for:
MAX,
DR. HAWKINS and
KURT,
the three heroes of the game.
The 'Murder Death Kill' and 'Mission: Deliver Kindness' explanations are mostly due to the violent inbreast of the people who made them up. The Shiny people were quite amused by the many inquiries that they played along with the rabid question "what does MDK really stand for?" John Davidson (lead programmer of MDK) mentioned 'Massive Dollops of Ketchup' and 'Million Dollar KO' as the true nature of the acronyms.
Contributed by
shifter (52) on Jun 27, 2000.
Many of Shiny's employees, perhaps in order to avoid the violent overtones, would claim early on in interviews that the initials stood for the three protagonists:
'M'ax, the wonder dog
'D'r. Fluke Hawkins, the genius behind the suit, and
'K'urt, the man in the suit (and whom you play).
