Killer Instinct

ReleasedOct 28, 1994

Arcade

About

Killer Instinct is a fighting game developed by Rare and published by Midway and Nintendo. It was released as an arcade game in the fall of 1994 and, the following year, ported to the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) and the Game Boy. The game's plot involves an all-powerful corporation organising a fighting tournament. The story was adapted in a limited comic book series published under the short-lived Acclaim Comics imprint. Killer Instinct features several gameplay elements unique to fighting games of the time. Instead of fighting enemies in best-of-three rounds bouts, each player has two life bars. The player that depletes the other player's life bars first wins the match. The game also introduced "auto-doubles", a feature which allows players to press a certain sequence of buttons to make characters automatically perform combos on opponents. Also featured in the game are "combo breakers", special defensive moves that can interrupt combos.

Developer: Rare
Publisher: Midway
Genres: Fighting
Themes: Action, Fantasy, Science fiction
Modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Perspective: Side view
Age ratings: ESRB E
IGDB rating: 72 / 100 (112 ratings)
Also known as: KILLER INSTINCT