I was a youngster when it came out and hid behind the couch because I was scared of the game. Even though I was scared I still tried to fight like the characters on the screen. This didn't stop me loving and playing the game, ofcourse!
I myself am a youngster but my Dad was smart and kept the SNES and 64 for ages after I was born in 2000. Let's just say if I had to pick one, I'd take KI over SF or MK any day. Thanks Dad.
Same, there had to be at least 15-20 people crammed together watching someone play as Sabrewulf, dude even did an ultra combo and everyone went nuts. Then I finally get the game for SNES and it's the most watered-down thing I've ever seen. Still kinda salty about that.
For me too, seeing a video game looking like that back in 1994 when all I knew were NES, SNES and Genesis games... blew my mind to orbit. I could simply not believe that it was an actual game I could play and that it wasn't any sort of "movie" or some kind of demonstration. Those graphics, sounds and overall game presentation remained top notch for at least 2 or 3 years to follow, or more. I don't think a game blew my mind like that for a couple of years until maybe I saw something like Star Wars Arcade (Trilogy) in around '98 or early '99. From what I recall the RARE developers who worked on KI1 for Arcades somehow got access to the same computers that the guys who worked on the first Jurassic Park movie had; and NO ONE in the entire gaming industry had anything like that at their disposal to make video games in '93 / '94, they were the literal only ones with it (at least for a time, because it was extremely expensive obviously). It explains why KI1 (Arcade) remained untouched and was way ahead of its time for at least 2 years post-release, if not more. I would argue even games on the Nintendo 64 didn't look anywhere as good (but that's debatable I guess). To this day I think that Killer Instinct is one of those genuine "HOLY SH_!!!!" moments, along with the likes of my first time seeing DOOM, or Star Fox, Super Mario 64 and a few select others.
The most impressive thing was that the characters were actually 2D sprites digitalized from highly detailed 3D models while the different stages were actually FMV movies that moved according to the movement of the sprites, thanks to those tricks this game looked much better than the real 3D games that competed with it at the arcades.
I remember how loud this game was at the arcades in a good way. That fulgore machine gun would completely make everyone turn their heads toward the arcade.
Stellar graphics and sfx, incredible 3d backgrounds, innovative combos, legendary commentator. Needless to say this was my favourite arcade in late 90s
Yea the damage scaling is ridiculous in this game lol 😂 But it took me a lil bit to realize that Fulgore and Spinal are sub bosses in the game so they do more damage than the average fighter on 1P
the memories… I was 9 my 1st time playing this was at a fair and OMG it blew me the f*** away i didn’t care about any rides there or any food 😂 the 4 games that blew me away as a kid •Mortal kombat 2 •Street fighter 3rd strike •Samurai showdown amakusas revenge •Ultimate mortal kombat 3 •mortal kombat 4 •Jackie Chana fist of fire •killer instinct But the games that hypnotized me the most were mk2 Ki and sf3rd strike The best of those 3 KILLER INSTINCT BRO THAT GAME WAS F’n crazy imagine seeing this shit at the age of 9! 😂
@@aceorking31 I agree f the rides haha, mk and killer instinct best games ever made. If it wasn't for our generation bro these new games wouldn't exist.
Imagine seeing this intro in 1994 in arcades and witnessing the in-game announcement of the eventual successor to the Super Nintendo. This still gives me chills.
this game is insane, together with MKI and MKII. We used to play it after school to the max, we were high level players. Losing in public was a great humiliation and a week of bullying was ahead if you did
This game is incredible in many ways, but its combo mechanics will always be the main highlight, there is nothing more satisfying than applying and hearing the narrator "scream" Ultra Combo.
Still dreaming on making a remake of ki1 that's exactly the same as the arcade but with better graphics and the same sounds but remastered in Dolby Atmos or something.... Kinda like the resident evil 4 remake
I suddenly have the urge to go back in time and tell my younger self what a great decade the 90s and 2000’s is. Not to worry and enjoy the moment. Thoroughly. We had it made!
So dope watching someone who’s mastered the game play through it. Thoroughly entertaining all the way through. I grew up playing this game as a kid and had no idea stage had fatalities.
The arcades man the memories, you knew it was a new game out at the mall cause it would be damn near 30 people if not more hovering around the game and what always got me 😅 you always had a smart ass that knew all the moves , the combos , like how tf you know and the game just came out 😂
The first time I saw this game and witnessed someone execute an ultra combo I was dumbfounded, thinking "how the hell can anyone ever come back from that!" at a time when 3 hit combos in MK were a thing.
I remember walking into the arcade at crabtree valley mall in Raleigh, NC and I see like 10 folks at this machine, then all of a sudden I hear "ULTRA COMBO" it was so loud I had to see what it was!
This channel-friendly action fighting game: Retro Fighters was a huge success, 1994 when there were game shops, those with tube TVs, I don't know if you got to know them, they sold for hours, I watched a lot of the fights that the guys from that time played, I went crazy to play too, but: at that time money was hard, I watched many of my colleagues play; 1 hour, 1 hour and 30 Half, very good video play of this super nintendo classic.
That intro. I remember playing this game the year it came out. I still cant believe this is the game that Nintendo switched their no violence policy with.
I always found Fulgore's laser sight finisher to be hist most brutal one. It looks wicked. Also thanks for not killing Glacius. He's my favourite! :D GG!
When this game came out, the soundtrack (which the Arcades always had the volume up pretty high on) & the graphics blew people away. It wasn't Mortal Kombat & it wasn't a Capcom fighter but it definitely generated a lot of interest. Of course, the game is full of bugs & glitches but back then, that didn't really matter so much. Especially when it was new & people were trying to add numbers to their combos. I can't explain easily how big a deal it was, in example, to get a 30-hit Ultra with Jago instead of a 29. The 80-hit combos (where the hit counter would max out) were done solely via finding exploits. You can look them up on UA-cam as well. So even the bugs/glitches kind of worked in favor for the game when people were playing solo & going for big numbers to put their name on the scoreboard. This game stayed really popular at my local arcade even after WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game & Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 showed up a year later. It wasn't until probably X-Men Vs. Street Fighter that interest started to wane which was a full two years later. Our local crowds didn't get into Killer Instinct 2 so much.
The Arcade version of KI & KI 2 were always better then the console versions, because the animations and graphics were way better, even though I grew up playing them on console.
3:53 When you would do this Fulgore “Fatality” kill in the Arcade the machine would vibrate like it was about to explode. It was so loud. It was such a bad ass experience just standing around one of these machines and watching when it came out. It wasn’t as exciting as SF or MK for me, but it was damn close.
The Arcade game was designed to maximize the volume of sound so as to gather a crowd in a strategic way. Let me explain: It was a strategic move by the developers, where the arcade owners would test out the volume before putting the game in service -- the volume was designed to appear to be maximized, when it really wasn't. As the battles intensified , the volume increased, surpassing the initial test. 😅 Everyone gathered around because of it.
Awesome game! This and mortal Kombat 2 was loud as hell at my mall 😅 I remember my bro got K.I. for the snes at Toys R Us came with a pretty kick ass cd 🤘✌️
I remember crowds at the arcade playing this when it came out. Winner stays. Graphics look basic today, but I can still see it with the same eyes I had in the past. This and mk1-2 were the best. Killer instinct gold on n64 was great too, but those arcade memories are the best. Picture a dark arcade with fluorescent lights and the crowd around this game….pure happiness.
The facts that this game still holds up today against modern fighters is insane. My all time favorite fighter game. Just goes to show u dont need a roster of 50+ characters to make a quality game 👌🏽 take me back to that snes bu dle with the killer kutz cd😂
The thing that doesn't feel right with me about the KI on xbox is that the screen doesn't zoom out when you move away (Thunder's stage as an example in the original), or how it does a crazy spin around (Cinder's stage). I rmb being so blown away when I first saw these features in the original arcade!!!!
Considering the limitations the snes had at the time when this game was released for it the snes version was about 90 percent accurate to it's arcade predecessor.
Yo solo tuve la posibilidad de ver la version del Cerebro de la Bestia y recuerdo que venia con un CD con la banda sonora del juego pero flipaba solo con ver las imagenes de la recreativa en revis como Super Juegos, Micromania o Hobbyconsolas. Los 90 fueron increibles y se disfrutabamos de los juegos al igual que los desarrolladores que hacian los videojuegos porque les gustaba y no solo por dinero como es hoy en dia, siempre echare de menos los 90.
Strange that the 'family friendly' Nintendo that censored the blood in SNES mortal Kombat put their name to such a brutal fighting game back then, but i'm so glad they did.
I first see this in 94 it could still be the biggest jump in graphics from the street fighter and mk days I was blown away still could never do the combos.
The soundtrack of this game is still legendary
I had the "Killer Cuts" CD. Loved it.
I’ve still got the cd soundtrack and play it regularly
Killer Kuts got me into techno
I sooooo regret throwing away my Killer Kuts when I was a kid. Man, a piece of history was in my hands and I didn't know any better 😥
They got one of the best guitarists of all time for it
FOR ALL U YOUNGTERS, THIS GAME WAS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE BEST FIGHTING GAMES OF ALL TIME NEXT TO MORTAL KOMBAT
I was a youngster when it came out and hid behind the couch because I was scared of the game. Even though I was scared I still tried to fight like the characters on the screen. This didn't stop me loving and playing the game, ofcourse!
Many great memories 👍🏻
03 kid here my brother hated me and wouldnt let me touch his ps2 gave me his snes with this game in it as "garbage" boy did he get me right
I still play this game til this day!!!
I myself am a youngster but my Dad was smart and kept the SNES and 64 for ages after I was born in 2000. Let's just say if I had to pick one, I'd take KI over SF or MK any day.
Thanks Dad.
I remember seeing this at the arcades as a kid. The graphics and sounds blew my mind to pieces!!!
same reaction i got when i saw SF 3 for the first time.
@@ED-le1pr Same reaction for Primal Rage. For KI, I think the announcer sold this game for them. Amazing audio effects
Same, there had to be at least 15-20 people crammed together watching someone play as Sabrewulf, dude even did an ultra combo and everyone went nuts. Then I finally get the game for SNES and it's the most watered-down thing I've ever seen. Still kinda salty about that.
For me too, seeing a video game looking like that back in 1994 when all I knew were NES, SNES and Genesis games... blew my mind to orbit. I could simply not believe that it was an actual game I could play and that it wasn't any sort of "movie" or some kind of demonstration. Those graphics, sounds and overall game presentation remained top notch for at least 2 or 3 years to follow, or more. I don't think a game blew my mind like that for a couple of years until maybe I saw something like Star Wars Arcade (Trilogy) in around '98 or early '99.
From what I recall the RARE developers who worked on KI1 for Arcades somehow got access to the same computers that the guys who worked on the first Jurassic Park movie had; and NO ONE in the entire gaming industry had anything like that at their disposal to make video games in '93 / '94, they were the literal only ones with it (at least for a time, because it was extremely expensive obviously). It explains why KI1 (Arcade) remained untouched and was way ahead of its time for at least 2 years post-release, if not more. I would argue even games on the Nintendo 64 didn't look anywhere as good (but that's debatable I guess).
To this day I think that Killer Instinct is one of those genuine "HOLY SH_!!!!" moments, along with the likes of my first time seeing DOOM, or Star Fox, Super Mario 64 and a few select others.
@@lyrand6408 Exactly. There's no way N64 games looked this good. Just compare it to Mortal Kombat 4.
The most impressive thing was that the characters were actually 2D sprites digitalized from highly detailed 3D models while the different stages were actually FMV movies that moved according to the movement of the sprites, thanks to those tricks this game looked much better than the real 3D games that competed with it at the arcades.
I remember how loud this game was at the arcades in a good way. That fulgore machine gun would completely make everyone turn their heads toward the arcade.
That intro still gives me chills and goosebumps till this day.
I can't believe this gem is 30 years old. The graphics and sound are still amazing by today's Standards.
Yup
For sure! I’ve only been able to find ki2 in texas but haven’t found the first killer instinct yet!
You HEARD and FELT this game in the arcades and was MEZMERIZED by its presence.
Este juego salió adelantando a su tiempo. ❤
Stellar graphics and sfx, incredible 3d backgrounds, innovative combos, legendary commentator. Needless to say this was my favourite arcade in late 90s
With this damage scaling, you're never truly out of hope for a come back!
The fight with Spinal it took literally 2 seconds and fulgore was almost dead in the beginning lol
Yea the damage scaling is ridiculous in this game lol 😂 But it took me a lil bit to realize that Fulgore and Spinal are sub bosses in the game so they do more damage than the average fighter on 1P
Best game ever made. Brings back memories (teen years, damn I'm old ha)
you just made me realized im old too 😭
@@yurilon4125 we had the best years before this generation mate
@@aussiedude9167 Yeah buddy lost many good quarters in the battles but good times , good times.
the memories… I was 9 my 1st time playing this was at a fair and OMG it blew me the f*** away i didn’t care about any rides there or any food 😂 the 4 games that blew me away as a kid
•Mortal kombat 2
•Street fighter 3rd strike
•Samurai showdown amakusas revenge
•Ultimate mortal kombat 3
•mortal kombat 4
•Jackie Chana fist of fire
•killer instinct
But the games that hypnotized me the most were mk2 Ki and sf3rd strike
The best of those 3 KILLER INSTINCT BRO THAT GAME WAS F’n crazy imagine seeing this shit at the age of 9! 😂
@@aceorking31 I agree f the rides haha, mk and killer instinct best games ever made. If it wasn't for our generation bro these new games wouldn't exist.
Take me back please.
Imagine seeing this intro in 1994 in arcades and witnessing the in-game announcement of the eventual successor to the Super Nintendo. This still gives me chills.
Maaan goosebumps everytime
Truer words were never spoken.
Only this never happened. Ki2 was released later, with no cutscenes, 3d backgrounds and ugly 2d sprites
We all thought back then in 1994 that KI would look and play like the Arcade on the Ultra64 (N64) but sadly never did.
One of the biggest lies in video game history man, pretty sure many people bought a N64 thinking this game will be in the N64 with these graphics.
this game is insane, together with MKI and MKII. We used to play it after school to the max, we were high level players. Losing in public was a great humiliation and a week of bullying was ahead if you did
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insane ?
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This game is incredible in many ways, but its combo mechanics will always be the main highlight, there is nothing more satisfying than applying and hearing the narrator "scream" Ultra Combo.
COMBO BREAKER!
Best fighting game of all time.
Original arcade, ki2 is awesome but not the same
Still dreaming on making a remake of ki1 that's exactly the same as the arcade but with better graphics and the same sounds but remastered in Dolby Atmos or something.... Kinda like the resident evil 4 remake
And the guy's voice was perfect, but they went away from it for some reason.
The loud music caught my attention while walking through Westwood mall back in the mid 90s
I remember this and mk3 both were packed at the arcades back in the days
Spinal was like "fuck the protocols"
bruh spinal was like fuck ready shit damn the match just started
😂
I suddenly have the urge to go back in time and tell my younger self what a great decade the 90s and 2000’s is. Not to worry and enjoy the moment. Thoroughly. We had it made!
I was stuck in McDonough Georgia, from 1998-2004… and the only jobs I could get were fast food, retail, and warehouse… I don't miss those times.
So dope watching someone who’s mastered the game play through it. Thoroughly entertaining all the way through. I grew up playing this game as a kid and had no idea stage had fatalities.
What made this game legendary was the announcer… co co co co co combo breaker!!
6:04 that damage my guy!
9:49
I have so much nostalgia for a game I never played lol
KI Arcade is the greatest fighting game ever. sorry for Soul Calibur, SFT/SFA2, MK2 or KOF97
Fulgore with the Randy Orton pose at 2:04 tho 😅
LOL 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I love this game, i still keep it in SNES
I still have the music CD that came with the cartridge
The arcades man the memories, you knew it was a new game out at the mall cause it would be damn near 30 people if not more hovering around the game and what always got me 😅 you always had a smart ass that knew all the moves , the combos , like how tf you know and the game just came out 😂
Tips and Tricks magazine.
Remember playing this as a kid thinking how can computer graphics get any better 😅
yeah their use of pre-rendered 3d backgrounds was pretty clever
Los gráficos, esa música, lo vistoso de su gameplay, su estilo de combos… ufff, una joya inmortal.
UUUULLTRRAAAAA UUUULLTRRAAAAA... ECE sonido m lleva Amis tiempos, de adolescencia...
I could never pass up a KI game. Jago will forever be my go to
fulgore for me 👍
Chief thunder 🪓
The intro of this game's arcade version may be the best ever !
Hells yeah, the arcade version is the best version. Will you be doing all the characters?
Really special time with games. Everything is crap now.
My grandma bought me a Super Nintendo with Killer Instinct. Played this game for hours! Also enjoyed playing it on Gameboy too 😊
The first time I saw this game and witnessed someone execute an ultra combo I was dumbfounded, thinking "how the hell can anyone ever come back from that!" at a time when 3 hit combos in MK were a thing.
Back then we didn't think video game graphics could get any better. Now we have better graphics on our cell phones.
SF 2, Mortal Kombat and Killer Instinct were the trifecta fighting games in the arcade back then. I remember the 82 combo by cinder
10:44 WOW!!! Spinal rampage combo right off the bat!!!!!!
Never saw a 90 percent combo in KI
I remember walking into the arcade at crabtree valley mall in Raleigh, NC and I see like 10 folks at this machine, then all of a sudden I hear "ULTRA COMBO" it was so loud I had to see what it was!
That first Spinal combo was pure madness.
This channel-friendly action fighting game:
Retro Fighters was a huge success, 1994 when there were game shops, those with tube TVs, I don't know if you got to know them, they sold for hours, I watched a lot of the fights that the guys from that time played, I went crazy to play too, but: at that time money was hard, I watched many of my colleagues play; 1 hour, 1 hour and 30 Half, very good video play of this super nintendo classic.
That intro. I remember playing this game the year it came out. I still cant believe this is the game that Nintendo switched their no violence policy with.
You had to be a badass to pull off those combos. It was like MK on steroids.
It's so precious! It just makes you want to play it again.
Street fighter, Mortal Kombat, Killer Instinct = Legends
I always found Fulgore's laser sight finisher to be hist most brutal one. It looks wicked. Also thanks for not killing Glacius. He's my favourite! :D GG!
The first, the BEST...
When this game came out, the soundtrack (which the Arcades always had the volume up pretty high on) & the graphics blew people away. It wasn't Mortal Kombat & it wasn't a Capcom fighter but it definitely generated a lot of interest. Of course, the game is full of bugs & glitches but back then, that didn't really matter so much. Especially when it was new & people were trying to add numbers to their combos. I can't explain easily how big a deal it was, in example, to get a 30-hit Ultra with Jago instead of a 29. The 80-hit combos (where the hit counter would max out) were done solely via finding exploits. You can look them up on UA-cam as well. So even the bugs/glitches kind of worked in favor for the game when people were playing solo & going for big numbers to put their name on the scoreboard.
This game stayed really popular at my local arcade even after WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game & Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 showed up a year later. It wasn't until probably X-Men Vs. Street Fighter that interest started to wane which was a full two years later.
Our local crowds didn't get into Killer Instinct 2 so much.
This game was ahead of its time
So proud to have that cabinet.
The new KI isnt as good as this.
Ver esto después de 15 años de haber jugado, en Super Nintendo me da nostalgia. 😢
I remember everyone in line loosing their fucking minds when someone pulled off an ultra
The best fighting game then and probably still rates high to this day.
The Arcade version of KI & KI 2 were always better then the console versions, because the animations and graphics were way better, even though I grew up playing them on console.
Estos graficos se ven mejor que los actuales
1995 my head explode seeing this game for the first time, i cant explain the sensation😮
3:53
When you would do this Fulgore “Fatality” kill in the Arcade the machine would vibrate like it was about to explode. It was so loud.
It was such a bad ass experience just standing around one of these machines and watching when it came out. It wasn’t as exciting as SF or MK for me, but it was damn close.
This was a mind-blowing arcade game in the 90s.
I remember as I bought it there was a soundtrack CD in it as well. I loved this game. Wow games were so amazing In the past
"Killer Cuts" CD.
The Arcade game was designed to maximize the volume of sound so as to gather a crowd in a strategic way. Let me explain:
It was a strategic move by the developers, where the arcade owners would test out the volume before putting the game in service -- the volume was designed to appear to be maximized, when it really wasn't.
As the battles intensified , the volume increased, surpassing the initial test. 😅
Everyone gathered around because of it.
Awesome game! This and mortal Kombat 2 was loud as hell at my mall 😅 I remember my bro got K.I. for the snes at Toys R Us came with a pretty kick ass cd 🤘✌️
Amigo...esses gráficos ficaram simplesmente incríveis!
I remember playing this on the hardest difficulty, the moment you touch them it's "COMBO BREAKER" and you weren't even trying to do a combo
Supreme....killer instinct arcade🇧🇷🕹
Et Xbox ! 😉💚
The soundtrack is one of the best
I love playing Killer Instinct 1! It’s my favorite!
that intro gets the blood boiling! 🔥
I remember crowds at the arcade playing this when it came out. Winner stays. Graphics look basic today, but I can still see it with the same eyes I had in the past. This and mk1-2 were the best. Killer instinct gold on n64 was great too, but those arcade memories are the best. Picture a dark arcade with fluorescent lights and the crowd around this game….pure happiness.
The facts that this game still holds up today against modern fighters is insane. My all time favorite fighter game. Just goes to show u dont need a roster of 50+ characters to make a quality game 👌🏽 take me back to that snes bu dle with the killer kutz cd😂
same time as samurai shodown 2 my all time favorite arcade. KI was ahead of its time because of its 3D graphics.
This game was LIGHTYEARS ahead of its time
The thing that doesn't feel right with me about the KI on xbox is that the screen doesn't zoom out when you move away (Thunder's stage as an example in the original), or how it does a crazy spin around (Cinder's stage). I rmb being so blown away when I first saw these features in the original arcade!!!!
I still remember the hoards of teens that were crowded around this arcade with their arms folded, watching the players battle.😅
Made me wanna buy an snes and hook this up in my basement and literally go back in time 😎
10:45 That damage was obscene!
Considering the limitations the snes had at the time when this game was released for it the snes version was about 90 percent accurate to it's arcade predecessor.
Damn! Jago and Spinal were disrespectful AF in the beginning 😳
Mortal Kombat vs Killer Instinct 🎮🎮
Yo solo tuve la posibilidad de ver la version del Cerebro de la Bestia y recuerdo que venia con un CD con la banda sonora del juego pero flipaba solo con ver las imagenes de la recreativa en revis como Super Juegos, Micromania o Hobbyconsolas. Los 90 fueron increibles y se disfrutabamos de los juegos al igual que los desarrolladores que hacian los videojuegos porque les gustaba y no solo por dinero como es hoy en dia, siempre echare de menos los 90.
6:03
WTF WAS THAT DAMAGE MY GUY?!?!?!
AVALIABLE FOR YOUR HOME IN 1995 ONLY ON NINTENDO ULTRA 64
Wow, that ending....
Até hoje impressiona pela velocidade e gráficos😮
Strange that the 'family friendly' Nintendo that censored the blood in SNES mortal Kombat put their name to such a brutal fighting game back then, but i'm so glad they did.
Neca, Super7 or Ramen Toys make figures of THIS GAME, PLEASE!!!!!
This game was EPIC. How come it didn't become a franchise like MK and Street Fighter?
The game became like a dirty little secret 🤨
I mastered this game learned all of the combos and know every code from this game alone
Combos of Fulgore are the best
Me acuerdo como en 1996 jugaba en pueblo nostalgia
This was a great moment to be a child
10:45 that's bastard took lots of health during in the begining of the round!
this was a real steal, the fight had barely begun 🤣🤣
Went from “Ready” to 80% + damage IMMEDIATELY. I would be tight.
Glacius was my goto next to Cinder and Sabrewulf
WE NEED A REMASTER OF THIS GAME (I'm not talking about the other killer instinct, WE NEED THIS ONE, the real one)
I first see this in 94 it could still be the biggest jump in graphics from the street fighter and mk days I was blown away still could never do the combos.
Ultra !!
SUPREMO Victory
Till this day still unmatched for a game in 1994. Killer Instinct 2 for ps5 needs to be done.
I think Microsoft still owns it.
The first match is straight up the Predator movie.
AWESOME 🥰🥰🥰🥰