KILLER INSTINCT - 30 Years Later: Arcade vs Console (Episode 6)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.ย. 2024
- The legendary fandom of Killer Instinct! Released in 1994, Killer Instinct took the arcade scene by storm. In this video, we’ll explore what made the original arcade version a game-changer and why fans lined up for hours just to get a taste of the action. But that's not all! We'll also contrast the arcade version with its console ports, examining the differences in hardware, gameplay, and overall experience. How did the Super Nintendo and other home versions stack up against the arcade powerhouse? Did the console ports capture the magic that made the arcade version so iconic? Join me, and find out, in the latest episode of Arcade vs Console!
Whether you're a long-time fan or a newcomer to the franchise, this video will give you a comprehensive look at Killer Instinct’s journey from the arcade to your living room.
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Killer Instinct | Promo, Preview, Trailer | Super Nintendo (SNES)
Killer Instinct Trailer Beta 1993 HD
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Chari Ruiz - Kurt Cobain and Daughter Frances' First Hair Cut
David Hoffman - The Early Days of Computer Shopping: A 1994 Betacam SP Video
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IntersportChicago - Nancy Kerrigan Attack - Raw Footage - January 6, 1994
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Lets admit . The SNES cartridges was probably the most badass looking cartridge out of all the SNES carts.
I really would like to see this VHS you made! It sucks they "lost" it, stupid kids lol. Great video, the editing was impressive! I love this game so much. I'll always remember the first time I saw it, my mind was truly blown. I was admittedly disappointed by the graphics on the SNES version but was stunned by how they made it feel like the arcade. Rare has to be one of the best developers of that time. My dream was to have the real thing at home but didn't think it would ever happen. Now that I do have the arcade, I'm still kind of stunned by it sometimes. Its so cool to make that childhood dream come true. Thanks for including me in the video!
Thanks for watching, and I’m really glad you enjoyed it! I am right there with you when it comes to the SNES version, it was a let down in many ways, but it was the best they could do 😂
My “VHS Edition” was my way of bringing the details home lol, I really wish I still had that tape too 😭
Love what you do on YT, and thanks again for watching! 🙏🏼
Ditto on the VHS! And like always great video Jayde! Quality is always top tier! I could watch this all day!
@SheLionGaming just 2nlet u know both classic ki is on xbox gamepass and u get the 2013 reboot aswell
Such an incredible video! VERY informative and nostalgic, a couple scenes actually gave me chills just from the music and nostalgia alone.. and thank you for the shout out near the end! I had no idea so that was a nice surprise. Again, I really like the work you put into this video, I would absolutely LOVE to see an MK2 Arcade comparison video like this if you ever get a chance, I really liked hearing about the other names of characters on this before release and I enjoyed seeing you touch on even the Gameboy version lol great work this was AWESOME!
Shang Fun 🐉
Thank you VERY much for the Super, Darryl! I'm so glad that you really enjoyed this episode, bringing back the nostalgia is what this series is all about :)
MK2 is a FANTASTIC suggestion for the next episode 😎🤓
@@NEONBattleBitch you’re welcome! You put a lot of effort into this video and again I really enjoyed it. If you make the MK2 vid you KNOW I’ll be your biggest fan lol
Great video! The time it took with all the edits made it enjoyable! Thanks for the shoutout! Also last but not least for people that didn’t know before the Ultra 64 was named and later changed to N64, the Ultra 64 was code named “Project Reality” in early development stages by Nintendo and Silicon Graphics.
Very true about PjR! Very glad you enjoyed it, KI will always be one of my all-time favs, and thanks for sharing your collection on YT as well!
Great video. I miss playing arcades back in the day. It was nothing like it.
So true!
I'll never forget the first time I saw this game. I watched some guy playing it with Cinder like a god, he pulled out amazing combos. Monster Combo, Killer Combo, Ultra Combo! Needless to say, 12 years old me was hooked instantly.
I really liked this episode, it was so nostalgic including all these 90's memories. Loved the beginning with all the hand drawings and story telling. You were the coolest kid for a 2 days, that was funny. What was fun to watch and even more hilarious was the side by side comparison of the gameboy version, lol. As much as the snes version was I could never get good with this game. I bought the snes game as a teen. I also got the Killer Cuts cd, but don't remember if I got it with the game or I got it in the mail because of my nintendo power subscription
I found Mk1, 2, and Killer Instinct 1 and 2 at this chinese buffet in San Antonio.
Do you remember the name of the restaurant? I first played MK1 in a Circle K in San Antonio but most of my arcade gaming was at Diversions! I still miss those arcades. One still exists and it has some good games but its not the same now.
@@KillerArcadeGames Oooo I believe it was called Teppanyaki Grill and Buffet
@@KillerArcadeGames You got a sub btw
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I am so there. I live about 2.5 hours away.
How's the food? I need an excuse to eat there with the fam. 😂
When I was hardcore into mame, Killer Instinct was the hardest game to emulate without a PC. I tried every version of pi available at the time to get it going but it just wasn’t working. I decided to buy a RecRoom Masters and I skinned it with KI art, colored buttons etc. I even recreated the opening as best I could in HD to pop up when the machine turns on. No I have the original arcade machine and it’s still got the best opening of any arcade machine ever. It’s a huge reason I went as hardcore into this hobby as I did. If you dig deep into my channel you can see my Killer Instinct Recroom Master which I still own.
YES! And thank you for sharing the HD intro with the community! 🙏🏼
Def going to go look for your RRM Killer Instinct cab now lol
Very nice editing. The intro was amazing!
I was 13 when this came out and played it a lot with my brothers on SNES! I miss the 90s.
Great video you just got a new sub, thank you!
Thank you!
Been a fan of KI since 1994. Loved it. Still do and it has one of the best soundtracks in video gaming history.
Just found your channel. Love Killer Instinct! Never mastered it. But I remember walking in to the Putt Putt arcade and hearing that iconic music and loud sound effects and was hooked! Thank you for discussing this amazing game
The Super Nintendo I got as a kid had this with it. I loved this game
Another great video Jayde.Not any next gen console can reach the excitement we had in our Arcade Halls in the 80's and 90's.Remember playing K.I. and M.K. on the arcades.I created my finisher notebook and took it everywhere to practice these finishers.Great time and i'm glad there's a community who recognise themselves in this nostalgic era.I was surprised how smooth the character movements are on the GB- Version.Thank you for giving us this goosebump video.Grts from Belgium.😎
I still listen to my Killer Cuts CD every now and then.
No one. I repeat. No one, "loses a VHS tape". So in a way, that should be somewhat flattering that someone enjoyed it so much, they'd lie about stealing it.
Yep. Just what a friend did to my pussyman 8 vhs tape that i borrow him in 1998.
Agree on the scaling, because the game didn't have grabs, there was a lot of close combat and the characters looking bigger helped a lot
I loved KI back in the day. Seeing it in the arcades was amazing. To this day it has to have one of the best OST of any fighting game ever. I still play KI Gold on my N64 as well as KI 1, KI 2 and the remake on my Xbox. Well done! I have to find a way to get that KI Arcade 1 Up machine.
Great job on this video! Wow! Your editing and research was top notch.
Thanks Nick, glad you enjoyed it!
Fantastic video. Very nostalgic, which, anyone that knows me KNOWS my life pretty much revolves around nostalgia. I was indeed a Killer Instinct fan and i remember the first time i saw the intro of the game at my local arcade. Standing there in awe, wishing i had a 2 quarters to actually play it. Well, i eventually did get the opportunity to play it and i really enjoyed it. Mortal Kombat 1,2,3 and UMK3 are my go to games but K.I. was definitely a close 2nd back then. I remember playing K.I. for hours with my cousins and a few friends and was very impressed at how great the quality turned out to be on SNES. This brought back some Great memories. Blockbuster, EB games and other great classic establishments mentioned in your video made it even better. Great Upload. ✌️
I remember being blown away by this game and traveling far distances to arcades to play it. Fortunately the local bowling alley got it a few months later and I played it many times there. I remember being disappointed by the watered down port we got on the SNES. I wish the N64 would have been CD or 64DD cart based so we could have had proper versions of KI 1+2. I think the Sega Saturn with 4meg expansion cart could of pulled it off as well but too bad it was an exclusive Nintendo game.
I remember playing KI at the arcade as a teen. I loved trying for larger and larger Ultra combos. Orchid was my jam, loved her aggressive rushing style.
I got the SNES version and sure it wasn’t arcade perfect but at the time no game was when it came to the home console conversions cause consoles just didn’t have that sort of power. Still though as a home port it’s pretty good.
I still got that music CD that came with the SNES version!
Awesome video. I played so much Killer Instinct at the arcade and on my N64 on the 90's. It was really a great time 😎
Awesome video! I love the story of KI VHS. I really wish I had given KI a chance during that time. I played a little bit of it on SNES and N64 but never really bothered it in the Arcade. It was Mortal Kombat that had me occupied, and sadly, because of MK's popularity, I wrote off KI as an MK knockoff. Well-edited video, too!
Lol! Nooooo! 😂 (j/k)
The arcade version was def what got me hooked, and chasing a good port. So if the SNES was your intro I can see why your weren’t very interested. But hey, there’s always “one day” for the arcade version ;)
Thanks for checking the video out, and sharing your KI story! 🫶🏻
@@NEONBattleBitch Yea, well KI arcade made me realize how much different Arcade vs Console was at the time. The technology wasn't there for consoles to be 1:1 when it comes to experience because KI arcade is definitely much better than what I played on console.
@@MugenLord 100%. It is crazy though, all the tech we have now makes it so easy. Essentially, I got everything I wished for, I'm just old now lol!
Remember playing the snes version back in the day, always looked great pulling of the combos but had absolutely no idea how to😅
I love MK and Street Fighter, but KI hits different, brings out more nostalgia out of me than the other two and the music is unforgettable.
I had the gameboy version because at the time I didn't have an SNES. I thought it was ok, but not great. Then I got the SNES version and I really enjoyed it. I remember trying to replicate the combos printed in a video game magazine, and it was tricky because it was just a long string of X Y B and A's. I also remember listening to the CD that came with the game, it was a really nice touch. I didn't get to play the arcade version at that time, but when I finally discovered it a decade later, I was really impressed : it was so impressive with its massive characters and animated pre rendered 3D stages. I wonder how people who got to know the SNES version after the arcade felt ? Thanks for the video, it was really enjoyable and I'm all for the 90's retro vibes.
The gameboy version is rather fun on the super gameboy. You get a really cool boarder and you can have two player. The SNES port is decent. I played the arcade original the other week at a retro arcade here in the U.K. and that voice over saying about the Ultra 64 is still very cool.
Awesome video! I was a huge Fulgore fan, always drawing characters with claws on their fists or putting some on toys. New subscriber.
I'm really glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for supporting the channel!
I remember getting a glimpse of KI with that Donkey Kong Country VHS. At the end of the tape, they showed a teaser of a group of people playing the game.
Is it been 30 years already? Where did the time go haha
Ultra Mega Killer Super Maximus Combo!
Like many great fighting games of its time, I remember being blown away by this game in the arcade. Thanks for covering this as I really enjoy this series.
Just got into Killer Instinct! Having fun playing all the versions on 405V
Love this game, played it in the arcades, also enjoyed it for the Snes, but its not the same.
Great video , great content!
I thought you were going to mention Maximilian Dood for a KI reference
Saving him for KI2 :)
There's a snes msu1 hack that has the sprits moving 60 fps, fmv from the arcade, and 2 different soundtracks: the arcade and the killer cuts. I saw that and i was like "This is what it should've looked like."
I enjoy KI 1 a lot, because my favorite character Fulgore has a very solid moveset in that version, but in KI 2 and then the Xbox One Remake, they just changed Fulgore's moveset too much for my liking, I think that the design they chose to go with for the remake is the coolest version of his appearance, but I just can't get behind his playstyle especially how his reactor mechanic works, or how far different the character feels compared to KI 1, I can still have a good time in the other games, but I just prefer the original KI 1 if I want to play that character.
The funny thing about my history with KI though, and especially with my favorite character being Fulgore, is that as a kid I was terrified of him, because the SNES cartridge was black and they had Fulgore on the cover basically jumping towards you, and I did everything I could to stay far away from that cartridge, as I only liked playing colorful games like the Mario ones, and my favorite game growing up had been Yoshi's Island, but as I started joining social groups that were into competitive gaming and such, I was reintroduced to KI and after trying out the characters and such, the only one that stuck with me was Fulgore, because he always had something to counter the enemy with built in his kit, and even though that made him a little more complex than other characters, once you got used to the moveset and became pretty good with him, you just felt like an actual unstoppable killing machine.
The SNES port is one of the best 16bit fighting games imo. Of course, its graphics and sound aren't comparable to the arcade, but they nailed the gameplay and it's still an impressive title, even more considered the huge hardware differences.
I’m sure Nintendo confiscated that VHS and they still trying to was it from the future 😅
Love this game
Always used to get a ultra combi with cinder
1:40 a guy at school made animation in edge of his book the orchid stage knockdown, with scaling and rotating camera. It was cool at shit, different camera angles in paper animation, like real.
6:39 first time i see this beta gameplay, where did they hide it these years?
ps your voice pitched down matches with the ki announcer enviroment/universe, especially in 5:20 history part.
Something like the outer limits 1995 announcer in the start of each episode
Killer instinct 2 was the game you waited for but never got released on console.
There was KI2 on console as KI Gold on N64
KI was the game that got me banned from my local arcade in the summer of 1994
Excellent video! Thank you!!
Missed out on the SNES version back in the day (although do have a copy today) but I did have the GameBoy version and still have my original cart. It was amazing back in the day for what it was. The GameBoy has some really good ports, MK2 was amazing, Toshinden is excellent as are the SNK ports. Heck I even have a soft spot for SF2.
@SheLion Gaming You forgot to mention in 1994, Playstation came out in Japan.
The Gameboy version actually had Spinnals 6 feet under the S Nes didn't
Love KI and the SNES is fantastic. It was a game I had to own on my system and I love the arcade which I have on my modded Xbox classic.
ULTRA!!!! Jiggly Physics. :) 🎉😂
Where can u buy a arcade version of this in the world
15 year ago ago i sold my Killer Instinct Arcade but i i play on mame on sony pvm cr tv
What you know about EB games going way back I love your story the way you telling
As a kid I was only able to rent this game And I was always jealous of my friend who owned killer instinct and had the CD Soundtrack to go with it. But I didn't play the arcade version until a year later and when i did, some girl😂i never seen before destroyed me with THUNDER.... It was.
The first time I ever seen an ultra combo pulled off.After that i walked away and just tried out wargods😂
I might be the exception. I like the original K.I. cabinet and SNES port. Didn't like K.I. 2 or Gold as much. Felt like combos and move sets were narrowed down a bit and the pacing of the matches slowed down a bit.
I agree, KI was the most balanced version of the game with the best combo systems imho. But I still have a nostalgia for KI2, although it doesn’t compare to the first :)
Killer Instinct 1 Arcade first came to the U64 emulator years before Mame had it.
There are some YT channels of some Oldschool people who were around then during KI1 first ever emulation appearance and the other builds of U64 emulator after, those were prehistoric dinosaur times no one mainstream for KI these days was there back then.
Not sure if you’re assuming I wasn’t there, but to clarify, I was 😆
I remember U64, but MAME is currently mainstream and an easy understandable reference. If the videos purpose was to discuss or compare emulators I would’ve brought it up and discussed the evolution of its emulation.
I was around and donating to NO$GMB dev., and other emulator devs in the beginning. It was an exciting time in gaming.
@@NEONBattleBitch i meant KI players that stream or upload regular KI content on YT, whenever i mentioned the u64 emulator in the year 2000 the very first version, none of them have said they were part of the KI community at that time.
It definitely was an exciting time i used to play Arcade Killer instinct on u64 emulator with my Ps1/N64 Liksang converter in this huge internet cafe called EasyEverything, it was 24/7 internet cafe with the option to buy a 1 month unlimited pass for £15 during the year 2000 up until summer 2002, then they went and upgraded EE and f..ked up everything taking away the ability to use Usb ports. Were you on RWD KI forum back then SheLion
@@AC-LING666 okay gotchya 😆
Thats awesome that you got to experience that though! KI forum was so long ago, I don’t think I was a member but I used to lurk. I was mainly on arcadeathome and lurked in most others. There was also a time where I was in the military and deployed from 07-18 so a lot of blur in there gets lost in translation. I’d come back or maybe have time and see there was something new or updated. But I didn’t fully catch back up until I was discharged. It’s always nice to run into other people who around in the beginning!
@@NEONBattleBitch thanks, cool talking about the early days with you
Killer Instinct. The number two reason that I bought a Xbox-Series-X.
Amo el juego y gabinete de midway.
En 1994 tuve la suerte de conocer en persona el arcade Killer Instinct pero pocas veces jugué a esto por qué habian chicos malos muy buenos en esto y me sentía intimidado, contaba con tan solo 13 años me dejó tan impresionado que obtuve la versión de Snes pero me lleve una gran decepción por sus gráficos degradados aún así segui jugando no fue motivo para prolongar la vida en SNes rápidamente me olvidé de el 😂.
Ahora en 2024 gracias a mi habilidad con la carpintería construí una réplica de midway KI arcade por emulación y no puedo diferenciar a ambas mientras juego agregue sonido 2.1, la hice multijuegos me permite jugar a todos los juegos de arcade y consolas, hice mi sueño realidad❤. Esta réplica KI personalizada es de buena calidad.
Puedes ver mi réplica KI aquí mismo busca; arcade Killer instinct 1994 ( construí réplica parte 1). Shelion ;)
¡Gracias por compartir tu historia! buscaré tu vídeo 😎
i had the GB version 😅❤
Absolutely biblical.
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If it wasn't planned to hit consoles, why did it say "coming to your home in 1995 only on ultra 64 (which became Nintendo 64)? Cruisin' USA did the same thing. I thought the intention was to always bring these home and they were showcase pieces for the N64.
This must be MAME footage using some weird shader that doesn't do the visuals in this game any justice. Characters look smeared.
🤔 you sound like you're around my age, go out with me 😍🥰❤️. I saw your Street fighter alpha anthology video, you're smart, because of you, I will make my cabinets what they need to be, and smart equals sexy, you're good at this stuff. But ki #1? Bah! On who's list? I like ki it's "ok"I think fulgore is the closest thing to Ryu, But let's face it, super Street fighter 2 turbo came out that year the sf II animated movie also came out that year and then you had the Van dam Street fire movie that December, so if anything, that year sf dominated the planet 😂. I was 14 that year by the way.
Pretty close! I was 13 :))
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ok, y is there so much random bs in this video?
This video is about 14 min too long
Walking in the arcades KI was sooo loud(on purpose) snes version was meant for practicing 😜
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