Only 'Cruis'n USA' would actually appear on the Nintendo 64. This was due to the Nintendo 64's development falling severely behind schedule. Killer Instinct was the first game to be ported to a home console NOT to the Nintendo 64, as intended, but to the Nintendo Super NES. 'Cruis'n USA' and Killer Instinct were both released as public previews for the then upcoming 'Nintendo Ultra 64' console (later renamed the 'Nintendo 64'). The character Sabrewulf appears as an enemy in the game 'Sabre Wulf', released by Rare (known at the time as 'Ultimate Play the Game) on a variety of home computers during the 1980s, and later resurrected for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance. The Glacius character design is rumoured to be influenced by the T-1000 from the Hollywood film 'Terminator 2'. Jago is considered as Killer Instinct's version of Street Fighter's Ryu.

Killer Instinct was the first game to feature 'auto-combos'. In addition to this, the backgrounds themselves were pre-rendered as a 'movie', which simply adjusted frames based on your current location. The entire game was pre-rendered using SGI computers (Silicon Graphics Incorporated). Killer Instinct's superbly-rendered graphics were considered to be among the finest of their day. This is the first arcade game to use a hard disk drive for mass storage. Manufactured & sold by Midway, under license from Nintendo. TECHNICAL Main CPU: R4600 100 Mhz) Sound CPU: ADSP2105 10 Mhz) Sound Chips: DMA-driven 10 Mhz) Screen Orientation: Horizontal Video Resolution: 320 x 240 Pixels Screen Refresh: 60.00 Hz Palette Colors: 32768 Players: 2 Control: 8-Way Joystick Buttons: 6 → QP, MP, FP → QK, MK, FK TRIVIA Killer Instinct was released in October 1994. Killer Instinct introduced incredibly complex combos to the fighting genre, as well as including the Fatalities and Humiliations made famous by Midway's 'Mortal Kombat' Series. This gives an advantage to the player who wins the first round. The player who wins the first round gets to keep their remaining energy, and still has the second bar to use in future fights. A voice will subsequently announce either 'Round Two' or 'Killer Instinct!'.

Once the first bar is depleted, the player falls, gets up and starts to use the second energy bar. Each player starts the game with 2 energy bars, which represent the amount of health each player has for the entire game. The tournament soon turns into a battle for survival. 10 genetically engineered fighters engage in 1-on-1 combat in a tournament arranged by the sinister 'Ultratech', the organization behind the genetic creation of the fighters. Arcade Video game published 27 years ago: Killer Instinct © 1994 Midway Mfg.

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