The MAD Story of KILLER INSTINCT - An Important Game!? - RETRO GAMING HISTORY
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Today, Top Hat Gaming Man discusses the history of Killer Instinct, the classic Super Nintendo and Arcade game by Rare and why it was important.
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Mannnn walking into an arcade in the mid 90's and hearing those KI cabinet speakers blare ULTRAAA COMBOOOOOOOOO used to give me fuckin' chills. Damn, I miss those days
Damn, it changed your topography? Epic.
I REmember COOMMBBOOOOO BREAAKKKKEERRRR and we would loose our minds.
FIGHT ON
Who wasnt interested and intimidated by that Voice that came booming out in stero.. Think of it now in 5.1or higher Surround sound..😳👏👍
Thinking of that makes me crave pizza since they were always in restaurants!
I remember the bowling alley that we went to all the time. It had MK3, SFA, KI, and X-men Children of the Atom. You couldn't go wrong with that combination.
So true and if that didn't float your boat you had time crisis , the terminator 2 ( what a coin eater ) upright and does anyone else remember T Mech ?
T-Mech oh yes saw it many times but was heavily distracted by X-men C.O.A , The Simpsons Aerosmith Revolution X. House of the dead Turtles in time..Oh man I miss Arcades
Only on the Ultra64 ! This game was as popular as Street Fighter 2 in the arcades here in the Midwest U.S. back in 95.
I still remember the amazing KI soundtrack pumping throughout the arcades and making the whole arcade feel more alive than any other arcade game attract mode.
In California arcades, Killer Instinct was almost as popular as Tekken 3, Mortal Kombat 3 & Marvel vs Capcom.
@mPky1 the arcade version only officially came out in the US so that's probably why. This game was massively popular
@@BoozeAholic Should Killer instinct Be turned into a Animated Film 🎥 🎞 🎦 🎬 🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿
KI is still my all time favorite, there was nothing else like it at the time. The graphics, music, combo system were so innovative.
I Still have the Audio CD that came along with the SNES version of the game in the UK.. !!
America too
i made the mistake to let a friend borrow it and he lost it.... should have know better
That soundtrack was iconic
I no longer have the game, but I definitely still have Killer Cuts!
I bought it on cassette. Didnt own a cd player yet
The soundtrack has to be one of the greatest gaming tracks
It fits so well with the game
That can be said about the whole series to be honest.
I still remember when we would start the game with my brothers and friends the music was already setting the mood for the merciless bloodbath that was ready to happen and everyone suddenly becomes as serious as all those characters lol
This game was bad ass for the time. The SNES version I bought came in a black cartridge and had a free sound track CD..I also loved the arcade version. Characters were huge and great detail.
I remember walking around randomly saying C-C-C-C-C-C-Combo Breaker! And ULTRAAAA Combooooooooooooo!!
I remember playing this with friends as a kid and on someone achieving an ultra combo for the first time, the room fell silent for about 10 seconds afterwards, with everyone staring at the screen in shock.
Yes this blew my mind as a kid, And doing it was so fun it didn't feel cheap.. by the way Paolo Nice pic I really like those style mask..
Lol. Your friend officially unlocked/achieved "Hawk Status". Lol.
The Soundtrack was and still is awesome!!!
yeah man, the soundtrack rocked
It’s so cool that it’s now on vinyl and also streaming services.
This game is a classic and I still play thr SNES version to this day
me too
I’ve always considered KI as a ‘sibling’ or ‘cousin’ to Mortal Kombat.
yes when my was that fast paced,MK Trilogy was prob the last fast paced real human game.
shouldve beeeeennnn had MK vs KI. Jay go was my face he was alot like RYU from SF
KI>MK. When KI was new I absolutely loved it but didn't like MK because classic MK has terrible fighting mechanics.
I didn't know KI was made originally in the UK. I done learned today!
Yeah Bruh Rare is a UK based company..
I had no idea either!
I didn't even watch 5 seconds of the video before I hit the like button. Great work!
I loved KI (all three iterations). My favorite memory was accidentally doing an ultra combo on my friend and he got mad and started screaming which made me laugh hysterically. Good times.
Killer Instinct (Xbox One) is still my favourite fighter of this console generation. Looks extra lovely running on the Xbox One X.
Yeah I haven't played that in years, wonder if anyone's still online playing it
Xbox killed it tho nobody knows about it like that cause they let shit ass Xbox get it exclusive it was over before it started PlayStation should of had this game it would a popular just like in the 90s I was so pissed part two was better too
@@imyanigmw yeah the online is still up
I Want A Season 4 2 Happen🤞🏾
On Somethin Serious!!!!!!!
(It's NOT Fair😤How Characters
Like Kim Wu,Orchid,
Cinder N Spinal Lack Ultimates
Along Wit Missing
Stage Ultras N Classic Stages😒)
Yes..... Finally. This game needed some love. Good job sir. I still remember the day trocadero got this. Mind blown
I remember playing KI in arcades. The character designs were fascinating, detailed, and flow of moves were seamless. Amazing how far this series has come, then and now.
I'm so happy I have this game on the rare collection for my Xbox One. I play this game a lot at Deep River Waterpark
@Slipknotpimp 666 I had to use the download Killer Instinct on to my game it also has Battletoads and Conker's Bad Fur Day
And the added bonus CD Soundtrack would be my first peice of video game music and cement Rare as a cut above most when it comes to sound
Who else still has their *Killer Cuts* CD???? I dont think I've listened to a CD more than that one lmao.
i had the game second hand never had it :(
I still listen to Cinder's theme when I go running :)
I still have in my SNES game collection
@@mau5083 Ayeeeeeee
Man I'm now glad you made this vid. I'm happy you too are a fan of KI! I still feel it did things that was way ahead of it's time. I can't forget the game blaring soo loud in my local arcade that even on a highway you will hear UUUUULLLLLLTTTTTTRRRRRRAAA!!!!!!! Thanks dude.
I only played the SNES Killer Instinct at a school friend's house going back to my elementry school years.
To my memory, it was the first Fighting Game I ever played going back as far as I could remember.
Before that, I remember seeing an Arcade version of Street Fighter 2 at a Ice Creamery near the beach while I was on holidays with my family but my mum never allowed me to play Arcade games back in the day, so all I could do is watch the starting screen and the demo game-play screens over and over to know what it was about.
So the SNES version of Killer Instinct that I played at a friend's place was my first real experience of a fighting game.
Years later when I was old enough to save up for my own gaming system, the N64, I brought Killer Instinct 2 Gold and I loved it just as much as those brief memories I had of playing the SNES Killer Instinct.
I have gone on to play other fighting games like the Smash Bros series, as well as Soul Calibur and the Dead or Alive series as well as catching up with other series of fighting games on the PS3 and XBox 360 era of consoles but I still have fond memories of Killer Instinct being the first fighting game I ever played.
Hope to see your video on Killer Instinct 2 as I was sure that was quite a different game compared to the original Killer Instinct.
Man I miss the old rare days. I know they are still around but it’s not the same.
Xbox killed rare
Rare killed itself when they decided to leave Nintendo for Microsoft you mean.
They choice, they mistake.
They were hoping that Nintendo would buy them before anyone else
Killer Instinct was the very first game I played on Super Nintendo back in 1995.
It's unusual black shell, packed in with my SNES, the Killer Cuts OST CD and two controllers!!!
Killer Instinct was definitely an important part of my childhood. With so many memories of me playing the sound track over and over again, and countless hours learning combos and having my butt handed to me.
I remember my older cousin playing KI Gold for N64 alot but I honestly always favored the SNES version(maby cause i was better at it lol).
I still have my childhood copy along with the SNES and the CD soundtrack. And I even have my cousins copy of KI Gold for N64 after inheriting his N64 and games.
Thanks so much for the Video!!!!
Definitely my favorite fighting series and that was just from the first one. I still loved the second one as it is the best traditional fighter on N64
I totally dug the Booker T reference bro🔥 5 TIME!!!!!!
I very much enjoy your videos sir. Thank you for taking the time to bring them to us. I remember the long lines at the arcade to play KI. And then the sweet black SNES cart I could only rent at the time.
Every Character highlight has their ass being handed too them hahaha
yea lol. Kinda annoyed me a bit
Great episode! Loved this game in the arcade in the 90s and got it on SNES when it came out too! Great times!
Loved this on the SNES as a kid!
Black Orchids finish move is funny, if you do it against another Orchid she gets angry and jealous over the winning girl. This game is fun, glad they released the arcade port on Xbox 1
It's almost the only game I play on my XB1 lol
That is a funny finishing move but that's no girl, Google what an Orchid flower looks like / hint: think Final Fights Poison! Secrect Agenet with a changed identity! Ace Ventura also comes to mind! Sorry fellas but there is grass on that playground!
She’s Caitlyn Jenner?
Man I just love your damn videos. And it's not like there is a shortage of video game related content out there. They are just so fucking interesting. Fantastic work dude!
The snes version might be a downgrade but playing KI at home was amazing and the Killer Cuts cd was a great extra.
Killer Instincts on the snes and n64 killer instincts gold they my personal favorite rareware games of my childhood of 1994
And to conker bad furr day
I still love both even the killer instincts on smes is the supreme
This review on killer instinct on both snes and n64 is lovely review on this sir
I absolutely loved KI when I was younger. Heck, I still love it, and have the sequel for the N64.
I love Killer Instinct! Bought my Xbox One just to have it. :)
Yeah they did a great job on that reboot
@@imyanigmw Indeed! :)
One of the few bright spots of the XBone launch.
And they killed it not that popular anymore cause it's on a dead console
@@mobetterent.gamerzunited2529 - I'm still pissed @ M$ for shitting on this series. They got nothin' & abandon a great series like this! They're complete idiots & why I primarily game on PS4. They hate their original fans. I don't wanna play woke Gears & Sea of Cheese.
Killer Instinct is still one of my Favorite Arcade games. Id play it all the time at the roll a rena. Big fan KI 2 as well but i played more gold on n64.
The snes version also had an amazing soundtrack cd packaged in the box. I still play that cd now a days.
This was the game that helped me understand how to do combos in gameplay and how to make them work. Until KI I was just a lil bit slow in inputs and could never combo right. Then Killer Instinct shows up with a beautiful tutorial on combos and the combo system right there for the reading, right on the machine! It was normal for a fighting game to have a sticker with the characters specials, possibly their super moves, right on the coin op machine, but a full on tutorial of the combos?! Never seen that till KI and then after that I saw at least nominal combo info on future games from Capcom and Midway. This game made me a better fighter!
i can absolutely relate to KI and the autodouble system "unlocking" fighting game mechanics for my young brain. i made a similarly storied comment on this video a couple mins ago.
@@rawbertdogler while it didn't invent the combo, it was the first game that I can remember that brought combos to the Forefront of its gameplay. The special moves were in service of furthering the combo, not just the finish of one. It really was kinda revolutionary.
Dude, I just discovered your TH-cam content and I love it (as well as I love Killer Instinct :)).
You're doing a great job.
Good luck and best regards.
I loved this game, but probably haven't thought of it in 20 years. Great video, and thanks for the nostalgia rush.
Please, Please, Please do a review/backstory for Killer Instinct 2 and Killer Instinct Gold. Us poors need it!
KI was my top game at the arcade and I was in love with it. It invaded my imagination as a teenager. It was very popular with the regulars, while others would be generally impressed with it. Fascinating game! How sad it was never ported properly on the N64 as promised!
I mean any version of the game was going to get cut back.
Even though the N64 version was based off 2 that became killer instinct gold it too had issues going to the N64 do to cartridge issues/restrictions.
@@JohnDoe-yf9wk Yes and for My money the SNES controller was made for this game! imo Compared to playing Gold on the 64 pad, where honestly I felt like a scrub! :(
I've never loved Street Fighter and Tekken but I adore the Killer Instinct, Mortal Kombat, SoulCalibur and Virtua Fighter franchises
Dark Stalkers
acck virtua is garbage..... tekken was so-so.... street fighter was awesome... so was soul calibur etc
I love this game! It was certainly one of my favourites from back in the day that I still pop in and play with. I remember being blown away by how it looked and sounded and the black cartridge was a welcome stand out from my other games too. I was hoping you'd talk about this one soon, Thank you! :)
The arcade version is almost the only game I play on my XB1 lol
Nice to learn more about Rare's early beginnings in your intro. I previously only knew them for DK and KI.
*"C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!!"*
I still remember standing around arcades with a pad of paper and writing down every move I came across. Great video! Do the sequel!
Quality content, another great in-depth video, keep it up top hat man
Playing the arcade in that time was memorable! This is for me the game that miss the most because i met a lot of good players and everyone knew all the combos! Good times!
Once again Rare proved themselves more adept at squeezing every last of power out of the SNES than Nintendo themselves.
A bit like Argonaut too - The Brits were better at getting the best out of the Super Nintendo. It must have been all that practise on those micros!
@@TopHatGamingManChannel That's why I love Rare Replay, even has their Spectrum games on it. So you can see just how adept they were even on such a modest machine.
Please cover Killer Instinct 2. I didn't have an N64 but curious how well this game did.
Killer Instinct was my favorite arcade game of all time I put enough quarters in that machine to buy it outright and some of my favorite childhood memories were in front of that cabinet
The major disappointment for me about the Super Nintendo port wasn't the graphics or the frame rate or any of the other visual sacrifices they had to make but it was simply the alterations to the characters combo diversity with some combos being completely taken out
I think they really missed a huge opportunity not giving the original Killer Instinct Arcade a port on the N64 people would have bought it like popcorn
It's a shame you didn't mention the Killer Instinct remake in 2013 it still to this day has a healthy online community if you were to hop on it right now you would not have to wait long for a match and it is truly a magnificent fighting game with some of the best online play any fighting game has ever had
It's hard to believe that I still have the soundtrack disk that came with the game. It still sounds as good as it did when I bought the game so long ago.
Great video and awesome game classic.
Been sleeping on this game, will revisit it soon! Thanks, man!
I loved killer instinct so much as a kid, and I even grew up to be a pro player for the most recent Xbox one version. On top of that, Mick Gordon, the composer for season 1 and 2 gave me a shot to be a vocalist on the soundtrack after I submitted some of my old band days tracks. I landed the part for the Herald Of Gargos track and I'm still in shock to this day that I am a part of this games legacy. Super honored as I still love everything about the series.
Personally, I still feel shafted all of us 'Ultra 64' players were waiting for Killer Instinct 1 and still got 2.
This 👆. Nintndo bait & switch bullshit. Nintendo was such a letdown, with their watered-down home console hardware. I wanted this game & the Cruis'n series on a powerful home console, like they were promising! What they gave us was vastly inferior to Sony's already-released, PS1. It's no wonder Sony is so dominant in the console market, now. Nintendo wasn't delivering on their promises.
Great video. I played this game in the arcades and on the SNES so much. I loved it.
Killer video n fun to watch, cheers dude!
I loved Killer Instinct, the story, the characters, the music, the graphics everything! It is such a great game! The black cartridge, and it came with the soundtrack CD! I mean their character stories, designs and moves are so good too great video man!
Definitely make the sequel video too - this was a nice trip down memory lane, and very informative and educational
I was just playing this last night, it's still one of my favorite fighting games of all time👊
I remember mowing a bunch of grass to affor this game for the snes ... it didn’t let me down either , was a great port . Great vid too thgm!
Great video, what a fun game to play and a go to when I'm at a retro arcade
thank you for this. I adored this game on snes growing up (still have my original cart) and I had no idea about any of that story (especially the character backgrounds) until I saw this. looking forward to firing it up again now
One my OG homies used to always play this... he was so happy when it was rereleased on Xbox One a couple years back
Haven't thought about this arcade game in a really long time (25 years or so) and I remember the awesome combo's and fantastic graphics. I would play it over street fighter and Mortal Combat too. Then, I went on a very long NeoGeo kick (also at the arcade) playing King of fighters and Samurai Showdown. I loved all these games because you would play against total strangers and it was a blast of fun. Remember...there was no online play back then..no internet either. You would meet up at the Arcade and then square off on one of these machines. Thanks for the walk down memory lane!
I remember spending hours trying to defeat idol. His hits took so much of your power bar. One of the greatest feelings is performing a combo breaker when he starts beating up on you.
I think you meant to say "C-C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!"
I still love the hell out of this series . The snes version was a decent port and I played the hell out of it back in the day.
I don't usually sub to too many people, but you sir make fantastic content! I'm subbed.
Thanks for making the video! Would love to see the sequel on KI2!! Great memories and nostalgia from my youth playing this with my older brother! :) Cheers!
Skillful lead in with the back story of rare. Educational video as always.
The intro sequence takes me back to 1994, it was the greatest time to be a gamer🙌🏾 I almost tear up because I really wanted an Ultra 64... That announcer is the best ever ☝🏾
This game was great and unique. Amazing video
Absolutely love Killer Instinct and appreciate all the hard work rare has done over the years. It's a shame about the falling out with them but I still wish him the best.
Refreshing change indeed! Loved it!
Playing with a group of friends decades ago when I was a kid in the 90's. Playing against each other I was using Cinder, I button bashed a string of random movements and ended with a attack, Cinder raised his fist in the air and a bolt of lighting struck my friends character killing him instantly. We all freaked out, I was never able to pull that move off again, despite looking in the manual to try it. Always wondered which specific move it was, I should look for it as I imagine it'll be on youtube somewhere.
Fond gaming memory of mine :)
This game was HUGE in Argentina...back in the day we had lots of fantastic KI players who memorized every freaking combo and finisher (me included). The graphics and gameplay were out of this world!
I played KI in mid 90s in Belgium Arcades as a teen... those were the days! Street Fighter 2 and 3, Mortal Kombat 1-3, Killer Instinct.. all playable in the arcades! Awesome!
If the N64 had cd storage they probably could have done a perfect port and added the cool fmv cg
I have to say, the arcade version of the original Killer Instinct looks a lot better than the original Virtua Fighter. Would have been interesting to have seen this on the Sega 32X or on PCs of the time. Even if this game was never going to be on a Sega platform of all places! And I think the Saturn was Sega's current platform at the time.
First time I played killer instinct was in a pizza hut and I was immediately addicted to it. One of my favorite series of all time
There were giant crowds around this game for over a year in my local arcade, couldn't get anywhere near close enough to actually play
I can remember the first time I walked into the arcade and seen a small mob around the noisy cabinet. And when I finally could see what the he'll was going oni think my face melted. It was everything I wanted in a fighter..
I grew up in suburbs of Chicago. I remember when the TEST machines hit the arcade. You could barley get close to the machine there was some many people around it. But I wanted to mention some of the early changes to the code. Cinder was originally called "Meltdown". I spoke to one of the Midway employees when they were updating the machine. They had said the change was made due to a similar name in a Capcom game. Also some of the other changes were Chief Thunder being able to endlessly juggle with his head spike move. That same update that changed Cinders name also added things like amiable fire balls with Thunder as well as others. Also the link move for long combos was added at this time. These were the glory days of the local arcade. I do miss them.
Snes Killer Instinct is still so much better than the hacked N64 KI Gold.
The N64 controller was a Nightmare for anything but FPS and Racers and Mario 64.
Indeed sir either i compete n64 killer instinct gold i used the Ultra Combo even the snes version will be Superior
I make the best of it by using the d pad on the n64 controller. The analogue stick just isn't suited to these kinds of games.
I agree 100%! Unfortunately for Me My friend Chuck made it look easy playing Gold! I still can't play like that with the N64 controller! :(
I remember how much me and my friends were into KI when it first smashed the arcade scene in the mid 90s. For a while it overtook MKII as the defacto western 1on1 fighter. Was also one of the games that made me crave an upcoming N64 at the time.
Love playing this at my local bowling alley and I was so happy when I got this on SNES for Christmas Orchid was my main
Please do a review on the sequel. I fondly remember walking into the arcade in downtown Los Angeles, and seeing this game for the very first time. The spark effects from the fireballs were mind blowing! The detail! This game changed lives all over the world
That Booker T reference though...
5 time! 5 time! 5 time! 5 time! 5 time!
Now can you dig that SUCKAAAAAAA
Was going to do a spinarooney too but did not get round to filming it.
KI is still my favorite fighting game! Hearing the announcer scream ULTRAAAA COOMMBOO always brings a smile on my face.
One of my favorites from back in the day, should've showed each players combo breakers as u were explaining their story
Thank you for the nostalgia buzz. Great writin.
Definitely Killer Instinct was an amazing game for its time and the latest Killer Instinct is just phenomenal so thank you for reminding me of this game I definitely will play it again on my Super NES.
My best memory has to be playing it on SNES with my cousin, and his brother, being my older cousin, who was an avid local industrial band leader. We loved the built in soundtrack to the game but you should know how amazingly it pairs with a good Skinny Puppy album
I love the Killer Instinct franchise, somewhat of an expert in the SNES port, spent hours learning combos with each and every character and this was back then when the internet was in its baby stages and not everyone had it, non stop grinding, only ones I never mastered was chief thunder and riptor, when I finally discovered a local “barcade” had this cabinet I didn’t leave it all night lol since I was used to the snes port I was just in awe cause I had never played the arcade version
such is the impact of this game - it taught me how to properly pull off special moves when i returned to street fighter, made rare replay the first of only a handful of xbox one titles (the other being the newest KI incarnation, the special edition no less) and even now, decades on, still play my killer cuts CD.
Dude, my first main console that I got was the Super Nintendo that I won for being a good student in First Grade. And my Super Nintendo came with Killer Instinct bundled in it, with a music CD I think.. It was a great experience
There's a new version out in the arcade. Saw it at an expo, looked pretty good.
What expo? I want to see this
It was at the Houston Pinball Expo.