I owned Killer Instinct for the snes and n64 as a kid, I know they're before my time maybe not KI Gold but I'm only 29. How old is SMUG I thought this was his time??
Speaking of arcade tournaments, here's a fun fact: In arcade tournaments (back in the day), Cinder used to be banned, partly because of his infinite air juggle, but also because, with a then-secret code, you could select Eyedol with Cinder (who was also banned, in part also because of his infinite air juggling).
@@maisumpai9551, that's the Super Nintendo version. I'm talking about the actual MAME arcade version. There were a few different arcade variations, two of which became popular, and one of which served as the basis for the Super Nintendo port (the other of which was one of the earlier versions). In that earlier version (version 1.5A, I think?), instead of Cinder, you selected Riptor instead and put in a different code on the Vs. screen to choose Eyedol.
I was the reason why Eyedol was banned at my local arcade and I never used the infinite juggle combo. Eyedol is awesome offensively but he's almost untouchable if you play him as a defensive character. Everytime someone uses a move block it and counter it with the big club swing.
“available for your home in 1995 only on the Nintendo ultra 64!” This is Maximillian Doods favorite fighting games. Love the original game so much TJ Combo is my favorite fighter. Got the code mystics version on Xbox series S. The arcade version released 1994. SNES was 95. UUULLLTTRRAA CCOOMMMBBOO!! This game was originally called Brute Force I think and they changed it to Killer Instinct. And the game was supposed to be on N64 (at the time called the Nintendo Ultra 64) but was moved to the SNES console. Don’t remember why. May have been the console delay where the N64 released in 96. Eyedoll is so hard you land one hit and he goes beserk mode almost KO’s you on arcade hardest difficulty and on top of that I think he has a move where he can heal himself when he slides or stomp his hoof down and don’t remember which one.😂 Smug you should check out the arcade version of the game.
You could get crazy high combos on the original SNES version. I remember cooking people with Orchid once you found that near-infinite links into an Ultra.
@@esmooth919 Infinitely better. VIsually stunning still to this day, very high quality audio (sounds and music), very smooth framerate and Jago cpu was no joke, he still terrifies me today ^^
Killer instinct was the first fighting game I ever practiced just so so i could beat my dad on it, me being a saberwulf player and my dad on orchid The day I discovered i could do a charge move, hit normals, and have time to charge another special something changes in my life.
@@javi994, you may want to scour YT a bit. There are a number of South American and Central American FGC'ers that have been breaking K.I. on SNES. Brazil, Peru, and Venezuela supposedly (from what I've seen so far online) have had pretty live environments in the last couple of years.
@@javi994no they didn't the only things that got cut was the infinite combos, Glacius and Jago's extra hits after the Ultra. It still irks me that the SNES didn't keep the shadow moves.
Man you should totally take a look at the arcade combo showcases. People getting 50+ hit combos with the cast is amazing. I love KI and seeing people be amazed by it makes my day.
TJ combo would be your dad that game came out in 94 in the arcades. This is the SNES version is 95, i would play this on my bros SNES as a kid in the early 00s.
Bro, this was my second fighting game. The original Mortal Kombat was the first (that game sucks for real) but when i found this i was blown away. It's still good to this day. At like 7 years old I would sit in training mode for hours and hours. It was my Aunts game, and she would always go "WHY DON'T YOU PLAY THE GAME INSTEAD OF SITTING IN TRAINING MODE" Today, I have had the pleasure of fighting some of the best players in the world in UNI. Big Black always knocks me out of everything lol. This game is so special to me. Good stuff Smug. Much love, with the greatest of ease
Wish you could experience walking into a dimly-lit arcade and see this running the Attact Mode running for this game (look it up!) The 90s was such a special time for fighting games in the arcades. Mortal Kombat 2 dropping was a HUGE deal. Everyone huddled around the new machines, trying to figure out everything without the internet around to help... "Coming Soon to your home on Nintendo ULTRA 64"...legendary stuff.
It reminds you of MK because during the time of MK3 the marketing of the game was doo doo, they then brought Trilogy by using KI's combo system and then created the Ultimate version... So because MK used KI's combo system it revived the game and it became a classic. Many parodies of the game were created after that. Without KI there would be no MK.
Why do people do this...? Both games went for a more realistic look. Both games also borrowed from each other. MK borrowed from the combo system and KI borrowed the fatalities/finishers. That has a lot to do with the fact that they were both published by Midway. MK came out 2 years before KI. Maybe the combo system wouldnt exist in MK without KI, but MK itself definitely would be there if there was no KI.
@@smoothsavage2870 dude....its history. I'm telling you what literally happened. There's a documentary on it...look it up. MK got it second wind from KI. They had to figure something out...and they did. MK3 came out the year after, people didn't buy the game, so the needed a new market strategy so they introduced the combo system and then the infamous cheat codes.
@@PatonREDDD You're trashing MK to give props to KI. They both had a realism aspect and they were both published by the same company, so naturally they would share ideas. That's why someone will see KI from that era and be reminded of MK. There also has to be a first wind in order for there to be a 2nd one.
Smug I really like the vibe of your studio with your flower picture frame and regular curtains. It makes it feel like visiting an old friend's house playing video games and having fun back in the school days. Keep up the great work!
Hi. I'm TJ. You damn right I played TJ Combo in this classic known as Killer Instinct. And yes, I too had a high top fade and flat top as a youngster. In fact, I damn near used everyone in this game. Thus, this made me come up with depth charts no matter the fighting game. For those who have never played this game, go to an arcade that has a Killer Instinct cabinet, and invest $10 to it. Make it a pilgrimage if you have to. Why? Well, all of a sudden, nearly ev'very fighting game is combo based and the music has to be perfect. Thanks To... KILLER INSTINCT. You will get hooked and make sure the owner is cool that he or she will turn the game all the way up on the volume. IYKYK.
I remember playing KI on the SNES using that one internet modem adapter and playing against people across my phonelines in the early hours of weekend mornings.
KI was the perfect blend of SF and MK back in the day. It took the best of each game and made its own thing on top of that, truly one of the unsung pillars of the FGC Golden Age.
I am going to be doing playthroughs once I get a Nintendo Switch! This is the very first fighting game in which I was introduced to and haven't looked back since! It's awesome to see greatness finally getting it's exposure!
A meduim height flat top looks good, but it's hard to find a barber that can do it. They always make it look like a Kid and play eraser head or an ugly short military skin fade one. The white version of a good flat haircut is Ivan Drago. I forgot to mention that people with receding hairline can't pull off a flat top.
Seeing ultra combos with the arcade music and sound Effects turned up with the bass and music/ combo was insane in the arcades. Ullltraaaa would be so fucken loud. The whole game was extremely loud and wild.
The greatest comeback in any fighting game happened in Killer Instinct. At Evo, My God Vs. Sleep. Greatest comeback ever. You would break the table reacting to it. Maximilian Dood on the call too.🎉
The SNES version of Killer Instinct has a very special place in my heart. It was the first game I ever beat and the first fighting game I learned combos. I've still got my older brother's SNES copy that he gave me after I finally beat him.
I never thought I would enjoy a third party gamer. The was actually a fire video. The nostalgia of watching those killer combos and seeing someone experience it for the first time. It was cool.
One the main gimmick in KI1 - if character ducking - you can do overhead attack. But AI here try to spam overhead attack if you are ducking even if you outside of range
KI - Orchid KI2 - Sabrewulf Killer Instinct back in the day was Mortal Kombat’s rival game. Though the franchise wasn’t as ambitious in perusing sequels, it stood eye to eye with most fighting games. The SNES and N64 versions were “okay” but nothing like the arcade!
bro, thank gosh you went back to your old music lol that song you were experimenting with in some videos had such a depressing mood to it. Dope Video man!!
This takes me back to when I was 10 or 11 years old playing this in the arcade was amazing! Orchid and Cinder where my mains, Spinal and Fulgore came next. KI was meant for N64, but they released it on supe NES. The graphics were let down compared to what the arcade had.. the arcade would say ultra 64 cause that was the code name for the N64 before release. Loved the video!
For those who dont know, Killer Instinct was a Spoof video game to kinda pick jokes at Street Fighter which ended up being a pretty good game ...AND it was also the first Fighting game wit a Combo system...
He should have been advised to look up only the arcade version, that looks very good even today. Also videos of the snes version, if really old, are extra downgraded because of the YT compression and because the own original videos probably are fairly low quality. Oh and also the fact this is him watching a video on stream.
I remember using the SNES version of Killer Instinct to practice combos to use at the Arcade. And I loved the audio CD 💿 that came with the game… I listened to the soundtrack for months!
Lots of 30 year olds this year: Tekken, Killer Instinct, King of Fighters, Darkstalkers and Marvel (Xmen COTA). And of course, the real old ones are us.
Stahp! How have you never heard of Killer Instinct or at least seen/played. Even the remake back in 2013?! C'mon, bro. Stop trolling. KI was the sh*t back in the 90's and when it was brought back in 2013, it was even crazier. Out of all the fighting games out there, this is a game, that played at the top level, you cannot get sick of watching. There's no formula. There's no predictable combos. The mental meta is unreal with the combo breaker system. It's what sets it apart from all the other games. There are no guarantees in this game unless you mess up and get locked out or counter-breaker'd. Truly a treat to watch every time.
See the thing about KI is the CCCCOMBO BREAKER!! Getting SmackAttacked by your opponent and then in the midst of them doong their hits, you say STOP....and stop the combo. Plus it gives you access to shadow moves that are linger versions of your move so combos get longer as well as multiple juggle hits at the end The variety in the characters and see the combos pop off isa delight in Killer Instinct (Arcade, SNES) KI2, KIgold, and the rebirth of the KI on Xbox One and PC. Check em out and remember that the secret to the best combos in the series is to get that Breaker and then unleash on your foe
When I was a kid I used to play Cinder because his combos where extremely easy to do. Years later I emulated the game on my Wii and I got obsessed with Fulgor, crazy nasty combos.
This was basically their character of Mike Tyson for this game in case anybody didn't know that. That's why they made the character but they didn't want to make it exactly like Mike cuz they didn't want to pay him so they derived this character up. Gave him a flat top as you noticed he has the American colors on. They basically was representing Mike Tyson when he was going for the Olympics Golden gloves back when he was a beast
Back in 1994 (when this game came out), EVERYONE had a flat top. So many people had flat tops that they started getting artistic with it, like adding stairways.
this game will always be a freaking classic !!!!!!!!!!, hands down one of the best fighting games of the 90s.... my favorite was Sabrewulf, Spinal, and Tusk, and Orchid ! so fun !
I played this like crazy as a kid on the SNES, just practicing combos and seeing how many hits my ultra combo can go to, or just figuring rumors such as shadow combos and playing as the boss Eyedol...simpler times and so much fun
I played with Thunder on the original KI from 1995. I played Jago in KI2 in 97, since Thunder wasn’t in KI2. I played with Thunder, Jago, and Shadow Jago in the new KI on Xbox.
Spinal and Cinder were my mains for a _LONG ASS_ time. Spinal was my original and the first character I learned to do Ultra Combos with but Cinder was the one I got best with.
This is the first game I ever owned and it is certified fire. Game was so cool it even came in a black colored cart for the SNES. Thanks for putting this up and having me realize this is on fightcade
This game was so epic when it came out! The graphics were very advanced for the time... I used to play this in the Arcade and later on console when it came out. It's still a thing in the fight game scene and I believe there was even a recent new version. The combo's were crazy especially the ultra's... i there were even some infinites. It's basically MK with other characters (fancier graphics at the time) and a better combo system (64+ hit combo's). At the time you could only get the combo's from game magazines or watching other players. No internet...
My favorite was always Jago. Remembered dropping plenty of quarters in this game when I was on deployment exercises in Yuma AZ. You need to watch this game when they CPU can actually fight back. Great combo breaker mechanic for it's time...
&Jago & Thunder was the 1st characters ultra combos I learned how to do on accident on this game lol 😅😅😅 ever since that I was addicted to this game...definitely was a top tier fighting game in 90's that alot of folks slept on because Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat was more popular*
TJ combo is definitely Smug's spirit animal. I'm glad he found him. I'm not gonna lie, I'm 36, so I def played this game, and it was so fun getting that ultra combo
Like seriously when I'm playing pool and shoot a really hard combo I always yell out "TJ Combo!!!!!" The younger guys have no idea what I'm talking but the guys in their 40s like me that played him in the arcades get a kick out of it lol
Fun fact about KI1, grabs were so universally hated and considered cheap by the fgc back then that the KI team made KI1 with absolutely no grabs or throws at all, it wasn't until KI2/ gold when they finally implemented grabs at all.
Hey Smug, watch the arcade version. The graphics are waaay better. And you actually follow the characters fly off the screen. This is the super Nintendo version
Fighting Games in 94-95 was on 🔥🔥 After SF2. You’re watching the SNES version, the arcade cabinet is where It’s at 😂. KI2 and the XBox reboot is dope too. The great part about this game is that all the characters are 🔥🔥. Spinal, Fulgore, Thunder and Jago I feel were top tier.
this game is peak 90s edge, flattop and all. and the thing of KI is, it's not that the characters are necessarily spammy, it's more that the game system puts a HUGE emphasis on combos. you can play it like every other fighting game, to be sure, but knowing how to combo is the real key to victory in KI. i recommend that you look up the Arcade version, though. as serviceable as the SNES port was, the Arcade had some pretty mind-blowing tech for 1994. and i wouldn't watch TAS, i feel that's just weak. but hey, you do you. by the way, believe it or not, KI is rated T. it has blood and fatalities, but these are generally less violent than MK (nobody gets mutilated or disemboweled, for example).
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Killer Instinct is such a classic. The soundtrack alone is 🔥
Tj combo was s tier l o l
FACTS that intro theme is strate fuckin 🔥🔥🔥
The game came with a T Shirt & a CD!
Play the arcade version. 🔥🔥🔥
Specifically the SNES verification
Cannot believe Smug never played Killer Instinct before.
I never played it either or even heard of it
@@Ronin-kk4bt KI2013 is up for debate of greatest fighting game ever made
@@leukashot123 yeah but the game dont sell to well i think
@@thegreatlordbardotit’s locked to Xbox and PC
He's got to be lying
The fact that SMUG said that Killer Instinct was "before his time" makes me feel old. LMAO 🤣
I felt that in my soul lol
I owned Killer Instinct for the snes and n64 as a kid, I know they're before my time maybe not KI Gold but I'm only 29. How old is SMUG I thought this was his time??
@@SpaghettiJoBayBayhe was still a baby on diapers.
Right makes us feel extremely old but blacks don't Crack we stay young forever and you don't raisin if your Asian.😂
Lol I was like 12-13 when this came out I had it on SNES
If Smug played modern KI, TJ Combo is exactly who he'd use. Duff City with a command grab? Oh that's it right there.
I feel like we're about to see it
SMUG and Nicky in KI Top 8 Finals one day.
Would watch that content
Speaking of arcade tournaments, here's a fun fact: In arcade tournaments (back in the day), Cinder used to be banned, partly because of his infinite air juggle, but also because, with a then-secret code, you could select Eyedol with Cinder (who was also banned, in part also because of his infinite air juggling).
Yes!!! The code is hold ➡️, on character screen VS : L,R,X,B,Y,A. 😂😂😂
@@maisumpai9551, that's the Super Nintendo version. I'm talking about the actual MAME arcade version.
There were a few different arcade variations, two of which became popular, and one of which served as the basis for the Super Nintendo port (the other of which was one of the earlier versions). In that earlier version (version 1.5A, I think?), instead of Cinder, you selected Riptor instead and put in a different code on the Vs. screen to choose Eyedol.
I was the reason why Eyedol was banned at my local arcade and I never used the infinite juggle combo. Eyedol is awesome offensively but he's almost untouchable if you play him as a defensive character.
Everytime someone uses a move block it and counter it with the big club swing.
Eyedol was unfair to play with he was so op
“available for your home in 1995 only on the Nintendo ultra 64!”
This is Maximillian Doods favorite fighting games.
Love the original game so much TJ Combo is my favorite fighter. Got the code mystics version on Xbox series S. The arcade version released 1994. SNES was 95.
UUULLLTTRRAA CCOOMMMBBOO!!
This game was originally called Brute Force I think and they changed it to Killer Instinct. And the game was supposed to be on N64 (at the time called the Nintendo Ultra 64) but was moved to the SNES console. Don’t remember why. May have been the console delay where the N64 released in 96.
Eyedoll is so hard you land one hit and he goes beserk mode almost KO’s you on arcade hardest difficulty and on top of that I think he has a move where he can heal himself when he slides or stomp his hoof down and don’t remember which one.😂
Smug you should check out the arcade version of the game.
T.J. Combo, Orchid, Spinal and Glacius were my favorite characters from that game.
I only played Orchid because she was the only one I could an Ultra Combo with.
Back in the 90s flat top was a thing for every culture
Huh
@@Areaninetyone it was the killmonger of the 90's
And NOBODY COMPLAINS ABOUT IT!
FACTS
That’s a lie
You could get crazy high combos on the original SNES version. I remember cooking people with Orchid once you found that near-infinite links into an Ultra.
What about the original ARCADE version?
I love the DK style graphics
@@esmooth919 Infinitely better. VIsually stunning still to this day, very high quality audio (sounds and music), very smooth framerate
and Jago cpu was no joke, he still terrifies me today ^^
@esmooth919 Never played it, to be honest! I was a big DDR kid in arcades. Only really played fighting games on console.
I remember this kid doing that to me in the arcade and then I quickly realized I could break it my sleep.
Killer instinct was the first fighting game I ever practiced just so so i could beat my dad on it, me being a saberwulf player and my dad on orchid
The day I discovered i could do a charge move, hit normals, and have time to charge another special something changes in my life.
TAS videos are always fun to watch. especially fighting games with frame perfect inputs
Wait until he discovers TAS's for the Arcade version of KI.
Now that's where you get into the real busted stuff.
Yeah the SNES version patched out the glitched ultras I believe
@@javi994, you may want to scour YT a bit. There are a number of South American and Central American FGC'ers that have been breaking K.I. on SNES.
Brazil, Peru, and Venezuela supposedly (from what I've seen so far online) have had pretty live environments in the last couple of years.
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@@javi994no they didn't the only things that got cut was the infinite combos, Glacius and Jago's extra hits after the Ultra. It still irks me that the SNES didn't keep the shadow moves.
@georgejackson4426 prolly not enough data or processing power for it
Y'all know SMUG has that Killer Instict CD which is why the music in this video slaps so hard!!
Killer Kuts still slaps today.
How would he have a soundtrack to a game hes never played.
@@dirtkills Could have got if off a friend. I did.
You can literally download it or UA-cam it. I doubt many at all have that cd
@@dirtkills Yeah, this is not a smart question. Ask me how I have the soundtrack to DMC5, Street Fighter 5 and 6 and never played any of them.
Man you should totally take a look at the arcade combo showcases. People getting 50+ hit combos with the cast is amazing. I love KI and seeing people be amazed by it makes my day.
TJ combo would be your dad that game came out in 94 in the arcades. This is the SNES version is 95, i would play this on my bros SNES as a kid in the early 00s.
Bro, this was my second fighting game. The original Mortal Kombat was the first (that game sucks for real) but when i found this i was blown away. It's still good to this day. At like 7 years old I would sit in training mode for hours and hours. It was my Aunts game, and she would always go "WHY DON'T YOU PLAY THE GAME INSTEAD OF SITTING IN TRAINING MODE" Today, I have had the pleasure of fighting some of the best players in the world in UNI. Big Black always knocks me out of everything lol. This game is so special to me. Good stuff Smug. Much love, with the greatest of ease
But forreal you should play this, it's really not anything like MK
Someone link SMUG a TAS of the Arcade Killer Instinct.
Minds will be (more) blown.
Wish you could experience walking into a dimly-lit arcade and see this running the Attact Mode running for this game (look it up!) The 90s was such a special time for fighting games in the arcades. Mortal Kombat 2 dropping was a HUGE deal. Everyone huddled around the new machines, trying to figure out everything without the internet around to help...
"Coming Soon to your home on Nintendo ULTRA 64"...legendary stuff.
HE FINALLY PUTS KI CONTENT ON HIS CHANNEL.
In the year of KI's 30th anniversary
the soundtrack, amazing.
The soundtrack for this game is absolute fire!!🔥 🔥🔥🔥
It reminds you of MK because during the time of MK3 the marketing of the game was doo doo, they then brought Trilogy by using KI's combo system and then created the Ultimate version... So because MK used KI's combo system it revived the game and it became a classic. Many parodies of the game were created after that. Without KI there would be no MK.
Why do people do this...? Both games went for a more realistic look. Both games also borrowed from each other. MK borrowed from the combo system and KI borrowed the fatalities/finishers. That has a lot to do with the fact that they were both published by Midway. MK came out 2 years before KI. Maybe the combo system wouldnt exist in MK without KI, but MK itself definitely would be there if there was no KI.
@@smoothsavage2870 dude....its history. I'm telling you what literally happened. There's a documentary on it...look it up. MK got it second wind from KI. They had to figure something out...and they did. MK3 came out the year after, people didn't buy the game, so the needed a new market strategy so they introduced the combo system and then the infamous cheat codes.
I never knew that, but it kinda makes sense in retrospect. That combo aspect really changed arguably all fighting games after that.
@@PatonREDDD You're trashing MK to give props to KI. They both had a realism aspect and they were both published by the same company, so naturally they would share ideas. That's why someone will see KI from that era and be reminded of MK. There also has to be a first wind in order for there to be a 2nd one.
@@smoothsavage2870 yea you're weird
Smug I really like the vibe of your studio with your flower picture frame and regular curtains. It makes it feel like visiting an old friend's house playing video games and having fun back in the school days. Keep up the great work!
I used to love playing as Orchid, Jago and Riptor back on the SNES. Man I feel old now.
Play the new one on Xbox or PC it’s hella slept on now
This ☝🏾💯
Has Smug never gotten into that one?
New one? It's 11 years old 💀
KI3 is trash....Classic > New $H!T
@@tenkrow New compared to the other one that's 30 years old
4:28 This was my exactact reaction watching an Ultra combo for the first time as a kid 😂
He was like “the heck was that?
Me: “an Ultra Combo, not a Brutality…”
Hi. I'm TJ. You damn right I played TJ Combo in this classic known as Killer Instinct. And yes, I too had a high top fade and flat top as a youngster. In fact, I damn near used everyone in this game. Thus, this made me come up with depth charts no matter the fighting game. For those who have never played this game, go to an arcade that has a Killer Instinct cabinet, and invest $10 to it. Make it a pilgrimage if you have to. Why? Well, all of a sudden, nearly ev'very fighting game is combo based and the music has to be perfect. Thanks To... KILLER INSTINCT. You will get hooked and make sure the owner is cool that he or she will turn the game all the way up on the volume. IYKYK.
I'd absolutely love to see you play KI 2013, it's so sick
I remember playing KI on the SNES using that one internet modem adapter and playing against people across my phonelines in the early hours of weekend mornings.
KI was the perfect blend of SF and MK back in the day. It took the best of each game and made its own thing on top of that, truly one of the unsung pillars of the FGC Golden Age.
Oh man I need to see you play TJ Combo in KI 2013
The SNES version came with a cd with a banging soundtrack.
I am going to be doing playthroughs once I get a Nintendo Switch! This is the very first fighting game in which I was introduced to and haven't looked back since! It's awesome to see greatness finally getting it's exposure!
A meduim height flat top looks good, but it's hard to find a barber that can do it. They always make it look like a Kid and play eraser head or an ugly short military skin fade one. The white version of a good flat haircut is Ivan Drago. I forgot to mention that people with receding hairline can't pull off a flat top.
There is actually a dinosaur fighting game in this style... it's called Primal Rage (1994).
In high school we would play KI and KI2…but only in training mode.
This game was all about showing off your execution. It’s the perfect smug game.
The whole roster is fun dude! My personal favorites are combo, fulgore, and Sabrewulf.
Orchid then later Tj combo. I like his semi mui tai style. Reminds of Michael jai white in undisputed.
Seeing ultra combos with the arcade music and sound Effects turned up with the bass and music/ combo was insane in the arcades. Ullltraaaa would be so fucken loud. The whole game was extremely loud and wild.
The greatest comeback in any fighting game happened in Killer Instinct. At Evo, My God Vs. Sleep. Greatest comeback ever. You would break the table reacting to it. Maximilian Dood on the call too.🎉
I’m glad you like killer instinct, bro you should definitely Ki 2013 man It’s a really fun game and you’ll really like TJ combo in that game🔥🔥🔥
The SNES version of Killer Instinct has a very special place in my heart. It was the first game I ever beat and the first fighting game I learned combos. I've still got my older brother's SNES copy that he gave me after I finally beat him.
Ki is such a nice game, my man smug gotta play tj combo in KI 2013
I haven't smiled this hard in awhile. Living your reaction man!
I never thought I would enjoy a third party gamer. The was actually a fire video. The nostalgia of watching those killer combos and seeing someone experience it for the first time. It was cool.
Wow killer instinct was a classic Smug
My favorite game as a child 💙🥲
One the main gimmick in KI1 - if character ducking - you can do overhead attack. But AI here try to spam overhead attack if you are ducking even if you outside of range
KI - Orchid
KI2 - Sabrewulf
Killer Instinct back in the day was Mortal Kombat’s rival game. Though the franchise wasn’t as ambitious in perusing sequels, it stood eye to eye with most fighting games. The SNES and N64 versions were “okay” but nothing like the arcade!
bro, thank gosh you went back to your old music lol that song you were experimenting with in some videos had such a depressing mood to it. Dope Video man!!
This takes me back to when I was 10 or 11 years old playing this in the arcade was amazing! Orchid and Cinder where my mains, Spinal and Fulgore came next. KI was meant for N64, but they released it on supe NES. The graphics were let down compared to what the arcade had.. the arcade would say ultra 64 cause that was the code name for the N64 before release. Loved the video!
For those who dont know, Killer Instinct was a Spoof video game to kinda pick jokes at Street Fighter which ended up being a pretty good game ...AND it was also the first Fighting game wit a Combo system...
He should have been advised to look up only the arcade version, that looks very good even today. Also videos of the snes version, if really old, are extra downgraded because of the YT compression and because the own original videos probably are fairly low quality. Oh and also the fact this is him watching a video on stream.
Now this made arcades in the 90s. You became the the talk of arcades when you hit them ultras. My favorite is cinder i was unstoppable with him.
I remember using the SNES version of Killer Instinct to practice combos to use at the Arcade. And I loved the audio CD 💿 that came with the game… I listened to the soundtrack for months!
30 year aniversary coming up
Lots of 30 year olds this year: Tekken, Killer Instinct, King of Fighters, Darkstalkers and Marvel (Xmen COTA). And of course, the real old ones are us.
BTW, Eyedol is such a pos because he can literally recover health by stomping his hoof.
Stahp! How have you never heard of Killer Instinct or at least seen/played. Even the remake back in 2013?! C'mon, bro. Stop trolling. KI was the sh*t back in the 90's and when it was brought back in 2013, it was even crazier. Out of all the fighting games out there, this is a game, that played at the top level, you cannot get sick of watching. There's no formula. There's no predictable combos. The mental meta is unreal with the combo breaker system. It's what sets it apart from all the other games. There are no guarantees in this game unless you mess up and get locked out or counter-breaker'd. Truly a treat to watch every time.
See the thing about KI is the CCCCOMBO BREAKER!!
Getting SmackAttacked by your opponent and then in the midst of them doong their hits, you say STOP....and stop the combo.
Plus it gives you access to shadow moves that are linger versions of your move so combos get longer as well as multiple juggle hits at the end
The variety in the characters and see the combos pop off isa delight in Killer Instinct (Arcade, SNES) KI2, KIgold, and the rebirth of the KI on Xbox One and PC.
Check em out and remember that the secret to the best combos in the series is to get that Breaker and then unleash on your foe
When I was a kid I used to play Cinder because his combos where extremely easy to do. Years later I emulated the game on my Wii and I got obsessed with Fulgor, crazy nasty combos.
Going to the arcade in the 90s and getting blown by the loud sounds was something special.
90s Arcade was hype over this game! Great times!
This was basically their character of Mike Tyson for this game in case anybody didn't know that. That's why they made the character but they didn't want to make it exactly like Mike cuz they didn't want to pay him so they derived this character up. Gave him a flat top as you noticed he has the American colors on. They basically was representing Mike Tyson when he was going for the Olympics Golden gloves back when he was a beast
Back in 1994 (when this game came out), EVERYONE had a flat top. So many people had flat tops that they started getting artistic with it, like adding stairways.
this game will always be a freaking classic !!!!!!!!!!, hands down one of the best fighting games of the 90s.... my favorite was Sabrewulf, Spinal, and Tusk, and Orchid ! so fun !
A Rare Game😎😎😎 perfection ahead and beyond the time
I played this like crazy as a kid on the SNES, just practicing combos and seeing how many hits my ultra combo can go to, or just figuring rumors such as shadow combos and playing as the boss Eyedol...simpler times and so much fun
I played with Thunder on the original KI from 1995. I played Jago in KI2 in 97, since Thunder wasn’t in KI2. I played with Thunder, Jago, and Shadow Jago in the new KI on Xbox.
TJ combo is the best in Killer Instinct💯🥊🥊
Straight 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Yo this combo was hilariously godlike 😂 4:28
Spinal and Cinder were my mains for a _LONG ASS_ time. Spinal was my original and the first character I learned to do Ultra Combos with but Cinder was the one I got best with.
2:16 the best one ever my friend
Once you see your first 30-hit Ultra on the SNES, , you're hooked.
You may never look at a fighting game the same way, again.
That ending uppercut on the ultra is just chefs kiss it makes the combo I still remember cinders ultra to this day lol
I like the way that everyone has been liked from smug but expect for you
This is the first game I ever owned and it is certified fire. Game was so cool it even came in a black colored cart for the SNES. Thanks for putting this up and having me realize this is on fightcade
I was in middle school when this game dropped. It's a classic fr. I can't believe I didn't peep all the MK comparisons until right now
Yeah, until some kid plunked two quarters in the machine, hovered over Riptor, and started holding left+qp+qk ... If you know you know.
TJ Combo was my main when it came to KI in the arcade. Loved his style and the Ultra was amazing.
This game was so epic when it came out! The graphics were very advanced for the time... I used to play this in the Arcade and later on console when it came out. It's still a thing in the fight game scene and I believe there was even a recent new version. The combo's were crazy especially the ultra's... i there were even some infinites. It's basically MK with other characters (fancier graphics at the time) and a better combo system (64+ hit combo's). At the time you could only get the combo's from game magazines or watching other players. No internet...
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Killer Instinct will always be my favorite. First fighting game I ever played
4:29 when that hot sauce start kicking in
My favorite was always Jago. Remembered dropping plenty of quarters in this game when I was on deployment exercises in Yuma AZ. You need to watch this game when they CPU can actually fight back. Great combo breaker mechanic for it's time...
&Jago & Thunder was the 1st characters ultra combos I learned how to do on accident on this game lol 😅😅😅 ever since that I was addicted to this game...definitely was a top tier fighting game in 90's that alot of folks slept on because Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat was more popular*
Back in the 90's Killer Instinct was the First Game in that Time that Had Combos like this..
@SMUG You should play some Killer Instinct. You'd really enjoy TJ Combo.
This game is GOAT’d soundtrack was fire back then and now!
TJ combo is definitely Smug's spirit animal. I'm glad he found him.
I'm not gonna lie, I'm 36, so I def played this game, and it was so fun getting that ultra combo
Like seriously when I'm playing pool and shoot a really hard combo I always yell out "TJ Combo!!!!!" The younger guys have no idea what I'm talking but the guys in their 40s like me that played him in the arcades get a kick out of it lol
That fatality is called the Arm Break.
You must see the a TAS in the arcade version. The graphics was out of this world back then
It’s some live characters on this game. Jago, combo, saberwolf. Killer Instinct Gold was live too on N64
Fun fact about KI1, grabs were so universally hated and considered cheap by the fgc back then that the KI team made KI1 with absolutely no grabs or throws at all, it wasn't until KI2/ gold when they finally implemented grabs at all.
.... TJ Combo Alway Been My Favorite .... That They Were Able To Put This On Super Nintendo Is Insane ....
Hey Smug, watch the arcade version. The graphics are waaay better. And you actually follow the characters fly off the screen. This is the super Nintendo version
The sounds were FIRE in this game man, damn... I so much love Killer Instinct YEEEEEEAH!!!
Fighting Games in 94-95 was on 🔥🔥 After SF2. You’re watching the SNES version, the arcade cabinet is where It’s at 😂. KI2 and the XBox reboot is dope too. The great part about this game is that all the characters are 🔥🔥. Spinal, Fulgore, Thunder and Jago I feel were top tier.
OG Killer Instinct has one of the greatest OST in videogames ever
This was the SNES version. The arcade version would zoom in and out depending on how far away from each other you were.
this game is peak 90s edge, flattop and all. and the thing of KI is, it's not that the characters are necessarily spammy, it's more that the game system puts a HUGE emphasis on combos. you can play it like every other fighting game, to be sure, but knowing how to combo is the real key to victory in KI.
i recommend that you look up the Arcade version, though. as serviceable as the SNES port was, the Arcade had some pretty mind-blowing tech for 1994. and i wouldn't watch TAS, i feel that's just weak. but hey, you do you.
by the way, believe it or not, KI is rated T. it has blood and fatalities, but these are generally less violent than MK (nobody gets mutilated or disemboweled, for example).