I remember being at a Toys R Us in 1995 Miami,FL with my mother shopping. They had the Super Nintendo game console on display to be sampled and them having Killer instinct as the game of choice to be demoed. We bought it. What a luxury it was back then to own that combo. I’m 32 now crazy how time fly’s. But that intro is powerful bro!
It really doesn't. I haven't played this game since I was 4(26 now) and as soon as I heard that character selection music. all those memories playing this with my cousins just flushed back to me.
Back around late 1995, early 1996, my dad used to say up all night playing Killer Instinct until morning and later on him and my older brother used to compete against each other. Fast forward to present day today I still play it on the SNES today which I’m currently 27 and my little brother is 6 and I’m going to teach him how to fight on Killer Instinct.
This game was like a mixture of Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter with eerie music mixed with arcade car games, with Donkey Kong Country background style with a weird Monsanto evilness haha
I remember as a kid going to the arcade where my big bro use to work at to play this. Then i got it for Xmas and it was the best ever! love this game even to this day.
best soundtrack in a game ever ! i can still remeber the fight location of every oponent and its soundtrack ... sooo good memories playing this game together as a kid with my friends back in the days :)
The dark, aggressive, metal opening theme...takes me right back to the end of elementary school 1996. That was one of the first time periods when you start feeling like you're "growing up". The opening theme feels so familiar, yet a relic from the past at the same time. It sometimes feels like only yesterday
It's impressive how they jammed a super powerful arcade game to a 16 bit cartridge. And this came before Street Fighter Alpha 2 was on the console. This runs way smoother.
SFA actually resembled arcade, while this falls way short. No Zooming or 3d here, characters limited while alpha looked very clear. This is the most overrated port ever because it baited kids
When you first put this game in after buying it, you didn't hit start right away, cause the theme music was that badass. You hovered over it for a while like this guy did and were just like.."Whoah..."
3:25 Spinal "An unprecedented discovery in cell regeneration. Ultratech has recreated an ancient warrior from the past. Having no memory and lacking in purpose, he fights regardless."
"You're not afraid to get hurt, are you?" Hours of fun. Used to play it with my sister and the kid next door (in fact for a short time my sister insisted on being called Jago *facepalm*). My fave was Orchid, I was so good at her special moves. Always had to do the thing where you hold all buttons plus down on the d pad on the VS screen to make it superfast. Thanks for doing the humiliation on Jago and Thunder, we only managed it once by accident, made Sabrewulf dance and we pissed ourselves laughing :)
thats a really neat and cute story. i actually think i got this game near the end of the snes life cycle and i think that the n64 was about ready to come out. if it has not come out already i honestly do not remeber what year i got the snes or n64 :( but i have extremely fond memories of playing this game. actually i think i maybe got the snes in 1996-1997 n64 came a year or 2 later i think.
Not only was this the first fighting game I ever played, this was the first video game I ever played. I am a massive fighting game fan and it's all thanks to Killer Instinct.
i remember the first time when i saw it in the arcades back in 90's i returned at home without my jaw and thinking about it for days...that's how amazing it was and still is the best fighting game ever made..
I remember playing this in arcades and absolutely being blown away. I gotta say though that its remarkable how good the SNES port turned out when you compare it to the arcade version.
This game made me shit myself when I was 6. I'll watch old horror movies like, house on haunted hill, or play Silent Hill in the dark. HO HO HO but NOT this.
What's with the floating skull under Spinal's health bar around 14:26, again?... I loved this game as a kid & because it's been so long since I last played this game, I can never remember.
I remember this game. I was young and I was trying to play it, and then I lost. When the game over screen popped up, and I heard that creepy music, i turned it off and never played it again. XD
Uhh... that might read harsher than intended. Oh well. It was a nice play, ScHlAuChi. After all, 10 minutes later I'm still watching! Love Jago's "NOTAHADOUKEN" fireballs.
Shop clerk: How can I help you? 90's kid: I want a game where I can be a monk, but also a dinosaur, a skeleton, a werewolf, an ice monster, a robot ninja, and a guy who is always on fire for some reason. Shop clerk: hmmm... I think I have the game for you.
Awesome game.. A real challenger for Mortal Kombat in those days, I really liked the combo-move system of the game. But I never really understood why they only gave you a handful of moves and let you sort out the rest for yourself... I mean, Internet wasn't much of a thing back then, so there was no solid source to exchange this info and there were like a million possible combinations to try... so the odds of finding the correct combination with the right character are really really slim. I do remember I got lucky once.. by finding the humiliation move for Cinder, but after spending hours of trying I never found another one.
11:09 Sabrewulf reks for 75% of your health. This shit always used to happen especially when you get to the final 4, I never finished the game as a kid because this shit would happen EVERY TIME.
Think this game was a bomb with a big b from Nintendo's side, when it came out. The company who until that point had delivered child-friendly games, now breaks through the market with a violent fighting game (well, not sure if Mortal Kombat came on SNES before KI did...). Total new face. ^^ Loved the arcade-version, and the console one did real well.
The arcade version of the game contains blood during gameplay. The SNES and GB versions do not contain this due to the family orientation. In addition, the SNES version is released in a black (rare) cartridge.
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That golden R is responsible for so many childhood memories. Good times.
the original rare developers arent with rare under microsoft anymore they work independent now under the name playtonic games
This is very true!
Too true, especially in my case. This, and all three SNES Donkey Kong Country games were a HUGE part of my childhood.
007 goldeneye as well
You knew you were getting quality with Rare.
I fucking love how 90s this is.
i just thought that, while watching eyedol burn in the flames : )
Silrian777 Hell yeah
Same here, this was my childhood
That riff in the intro is an absolute killer. The nostalgia it evokes is overwhelming
And the Xbox One version of it isn't too bad either
I remember being at a Toys R Us in 1995 Miami,FL with my mother shopping. They had the Super Nintendo game console on display to be sampled and them having Killer instinct as the game of choice to be demoed. We bought it. What a luxury it was back then to own that combo. I’m 32 now crazy how time fly’s. But that intro is powerful bro!
dude yes, I got the game with the Killer Cuts CD too, the music on that CD is total nostalgia bomb
Can't replace a classic like this. One of the best fighting games of the 90s.
terrencej18 the best *
Better than Mortal Kombat for sure.
@@gumdeo I was just about to comment the same thing then I saw you already said it for me
not only in 90's
FACTS
The music when you're choosing a character is just fucking intense af.
Milly Solis you're so cute😍😍😘
Richard Mejia you ain't lying about that
milly solis Same thing here!
The nostalgia is real. This game was so fucking good. Thank you for allowing the music to play through at the start screen.
The music gives that nostalgic feeling, even without having played the game. Nerd chills
It really doesn't. I haven't played this game since I was 4(26 now) and as soon as I heard that character selection music. all those memories playing this with my cousins just flushed back to me.
I’ve never played this but I’m gonna buy it
The SNES game came with a terrific soundtrack too. Good times...
Back around late 1995, early 1996, my dad used to say up all night playing Killer Instinct until morning and later on him and my older brother used to compete against each other. Fast forward to present day today I still play it on the SNES today which I’m currently 27 and my little brother is 6 and I’m going to teach him how to fight on Killer Instinct.
One Of My Favorite Childhood Games!
This game was like a mixture of Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter with eerie music mixed with arcade car games, with Donkey Kong Country background style with a weird Monsanto evilness haha
So true. :)
its such an underrated game and franchise.
And that curious mix gave the best damn fighting game of 16-bits era.
I always imagined this as a
Perfect SF vs MK. Rare had the formula
I remember as a kid going to the arcade where my big bro use to work at to play this. Then i got it for Xmas and it was the best ever! love this game even to this day.
Masterpiece and one of my favorite game off all time , i was 15 when i buy snes and that black, original cartridge...so many good youth memories.
The fact that I can just watch this and enjoy every minute of this classic game... sigh memories!!
Back when they released full games
TheRandomDude
Agreed
@John Muhleisen DLC characters... ringing bells? :-)
@@capcom23 Counter argument, Street Fighter 2
My very first fighting game. So badass.
Mortal Kombat II is truly a better game , more mature , more serious , more deadly lethal
@@markhamilton3215 is better in all..........
@@markhamilton3215 absolutely NOT. KI was KING.
My brother's favorite since childhood times.
sigh...childhood memories. Nothing like it
I had this game when I was a kid and I loved it! I also used to think the announcer was saying *Frederick* instead of Ready, lol.
best soundtrack in a game ever ! i can still remeber the fight location of every oponent and its soundtrack ... sooo good memories playing this game together as a kid with my friends back in the days :)
definitivamente esto es parte de mi niñez , que buen juego fue .este marco una etapa de la vida.un gran juegazo. buenos tiempos.
Most epic intro music EVER.
Did anyone else get the special edition copy with the CD for the music to the game?
yep still got it.
Killer cuts. I did
Let your body rock
Let your body move
Let your body rock
To the killer groove
I remember A B C D killer instinct theme
i did but actually it was cuz the game killer instict came bundled with snes i got lol.
OMG... So nostalgic, playing with my older brother when I was a kid (I'm 14 now). We still own that SNES and we have to KI cartridges... So awesome.
Shit home you 21 now you still got that?
0:00 nostalgia hits even before the music starts.
Game scared me as a kid. My brothers used to play it while I looked on in abject fear.
The dark, aggressive, metal opening theme...takes me right back to the end of elementary school 1996. That was one of the first time periods when you start feeling like you're "growing up". The opening theme feels so familiar, yet a relic from the past at the same time. It sometimes feels like only yesterday
This is one of my top 3 Super Nintendo games.
Man, oh man! I knew I've seen this game somewhere before. I thought I remember playing this game when I was younger, so now I do.
The game, music, noise effects and sounds the opponents make when they die are dope too!!
Thumbs up if u have this game
i have it I'll probably do some gameplay soon!
I still have this on SNES since 1995
Rashon Allen I gotta get a snes man
I have this game but it lent it to my sister.
acctually all my snes games are at my sister's house. lttp and super metroid.
It's impressive how they jammed a super powerful arcade game to a 16 bit cartridge. And this came before Street Fighter Alpha 2 was on the console. This runs way smoother.
SFA actually resembled arcade, while this falls way short. No
Zooming or 3d here, characters limited while alpha looked very clear. This is the most overrated port ever because it baited kids
When you first put this game in after buying it, you didn't hit start right away, cause the theme music was that badass. You hovered over it for a while like this guy did and were just like.."Whoah..."
OrangeAsp 🤘
3:25 Spinal
"An unprecedented discovery in cell regeneration. Ultratech
has recreated an ancient warrior from the past. Having no
memory and lacking in purpose, he fights regardless."
"You're not afraid to get hurt, are you?" Hours of fun. Used to play it with my sister and the kid next door (in fact for a short time my sister insisted on being called Jago *facepalm*). My fave was Orchid, I was so good at her special moves. Always had to do the thing where you hold all buttons plus down on the d pad on the VS screen to make it superfast. Thanks for doing the humiliation on Jago and Thunder, we only managed it once by accident, made Sabrewulf dance and we pissed ourselves laughing :)
thats a really neat and cute story. i actually think i got this game near the end of the snes life cycle and i think that the n64 was about ready to come out. if it has not come out already i honestly do not remeber what year i got the snes or n64 :( but i have extremely fond memories of playing this game. actually i think i maybe got the snes in 1996-1997 n64 came a year or 2 later i think.
24 years later, this music still holds up
I think 1994 was golden year snes they released Mk2 , Donkey Kong Country , Killer Instinct and many more
KI came out in 1995 js
Mk2 was 1993
Earthworm Jim too
The ultimate competitiveness with your friends in 1996 was too fucking intense!!! Loved it!
My first mission game..thank you brother for sharing. I'm happy to watch again and I'm completed in this life.
Not only was this the first fighting game I ever played, this was the first video game I ever played. I am a massive fighting game fan and it's all thanks to Killer Instinct.
I used to play this with my sister and our childhood friends; thanks for the memories! 😁👍👍👍👍
Gotta love that SNES synth guitar sound
I remember wanting this for Christmas ♡
I love how the new one looks but I wish it had the same type of dark atmosphere and theme
I miss this game. I never knew which one I loved the most but I loved mortal kombat equally. Now I love watching both walk throughs.
i remember the first time when i saw it in the arcades back in 90's i returned at home without my jaw and thinking about it for days...that's how amazing it was and still is the best fighting game ever made..
im getting chills ! nostalgia has taken over ....
I used to play this with my younger cousin, man those good times.
Alex Cuevas me and my brother used to play this game constantly those wrere some glorious times .
very amazing video because you actually showcase all the characters as the beautiful selection music plays
I remember playing this in arcades and absolutely being blown away. I gotta say though that its remarkable how good the SNES port turned out when you compare it to the arcade version.
This game made me shit myself when I was 6. I'll watch old horror movies like, house on haunted hill, or play Silent Hill in the dark. HO HO HO but NOT this.
This game should've been on the snes mini :(
PaloPinto indeed, i was so sad when i found out it wasn’t
This or turtles in time
You can add it... google.
Mc Mouskewitz it isn’t in the snes Classic But Microsoft owns Rare now
Hackchi ce ;)
I want this theme for ringtone.
When i get a North American NES, this will be my mom's Mothers Day gift to her. She loved this game when she was younger.
I do not remember orchid barking every time she received damage.
Brenda Boyd yeah she did haha
That’s cause she was dominating you lol
Now that's the kinda gal I'd like to meet
Most certainly a decent cross mix between Street Fighter 2 and Mortal Kombat.
With donkey kong graphics.
What a great game. Still absolute worth to play.
Please Hollywood make the movie version!!!!! Start petition lol
Those backstories are horrifying.
What's with the floating skull under Spinal's health bar around 14:26, again?...
I loved this game as a kid & because it's been so long since I last played this game, I can never remember.
I love when the game boots up and says killer instinct and that guitar kicks in. Game has a good soundtrack
Childhood memories...
That Intro.. Sweet Sweet memories
I remember this game. I was young and I was trying to play it, and then I lost. When the game over screen popped up, and I heard that creepy music, i turned it off and never played it again. XD
hard to believe this is nearly 20 yrs old shit
oh mah gard
the nostalgia
I used to play this game. alot.
6:58 Green Jago decides to dance after being defeated
God I wish i was born in the 90's, games looked like a lot of fun to play with friends after some school day
id say the 80’s would be the most ideal to have been born
Just beat this game today with cinder!
Oh my god. The soundtrack is so freaking good
This game blended SF+MK concepts well while managing to have its own identity.
I wish I could summon cars.
Cartridge was black and inside the box there was a CD with the soundtrack. Awesome times!
one of the.most atmospheric and visually appaling fighting game of the 90's ,period,despite what people might think of the combo system
Noobs favorite move/combo, with Cinder: forward, forward, medium punch(Y)
Had this as a kid but the arcade version at the local bowling alley had most of my attention (and pocket money!)
This game , street fighter 2, donkey kong country , and super mario were my first games I ever played memories :) back in the 90's early 2000's
The music hits like a 20ton truck of nostalgia.
Damn this takes me back, iwas 4 playing this
Me and my brother played this daily…ahhh I miss the 90s so much 😩
Honestly as far as ports go, this is surprisingly solid.
Rare at the time were able to push the hardwar really far
I would ALWAYS play this game but I never liked turning the game off because the music was too spooky for me and I think I even cried once LMAO
haha game music made you cry! cry baby. (just kidding)
how old are you?
I was scared of the characters in childhood. xD
milly solis u played it on xbox1?
boom G Nintendo 64
Fantastic game. It obviously looked quite a bit better in the arcade but the SNES port is still really good.
Uhh... that might read harsher than intended. Oh well.
It was a nice play, ScHlAuChi. After all, 10 minutes later I'm still watching!
Love Jago's "NOTAHADOUKEN" fireballs.
It feels so freaking awesome to do at least 1 combobreaker considering how hard it is.
I like how in the snes they added a background for Jagos stage.
Dude, you play like a legend. Awesome video.
thanks for the blast from the past
The pioneer of fighting combo system
Good old days man. back when I played it on a emulator and now is hard af to get a snes emu to play killer instinct :, (
I feel this.. I emulate it on my psp but its slow and glitchy
Shop clerk: How can I help you?
90's kid: I want a game where I can be a monk, but also a dinosaur, a skeleton, a werewolf, an ice monster, a robot ninja, and a guy who is always on fire for some reason.
Shop clerk: hmmm... I think I have the game for you.
Awesome game.. A real challenger for Mortal Kombat in those days, I really liked the combo-move system of the game.
But I never really understood why they only gave you a handful of moves and let you sort out the rest for yourself...
I mean, Internet wasn't much of a thing back then, so there was no solid source to exchange this info and there were like a million possible combinations to try... so the odds of finding the correct combination with the right character are really really slim.
I do remember I got lucky once.. by finding the humiliation move for Cinder, but after spending hours of trying I never found another one.
11:09 Sabrewulf reks for 75% of your health. This shit always used to happen especially when you get to the final 4, I never finished the game as a kid because this shit would happen EVERY TIME.
Everyone who watched this video is a legend, because i know you searched for it
never an ultra combo? However, it will never be a console like SNES. This was an epic game, from every point of view.
Man I got a CD with my cartridge with the sound track it was unreal.
Think this game was a bomb with a big b from Nintendo's side, when it came out. The company who until that point had delivered child-friendly games, now breaks through the market with a violent fighting game (well, not sure if Mortal Kombat came on SNES before KI did...). Total new face. ^^ Loved the arcade-version, and the console one did real well.
Wizzrobotix Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter came out before Killer Instinct. KI just rivaled and ripped off MK.
Only the ultracombo was missing! but it was worth the video.
loved using jago, riptor, and spinal
The confusion and chaos among friends this game would ensue because after somebody combos you would ask how they did that and they’d never remember.
The arcade version of the game contains blood during gameplay. The SNES and GB versions do not contain this due to the family orientation. In addition, the SNES version is released in a black (rare) cartridge.
what are you talking about the snes version was bloody you're thinking of MK
@@haroldflower8008 Not MK, but Killer Instinct.