King of the Monsters

King of the Monsters

SNK · 1991

How you play it

Couch co-op

Splitscreen

What it does best

  • fighting

  • sport

  • arcade

  • science fiction

The setup

What you are walking into

Players get to choose any one of six monsters (four in the 16-bit ports) for battle, and two players can join forces to fight the monsters together. Battles end when one of the monsters is pinned for a three count or if time expires (in which case the player loses). The game consists of 12 total levels: the player first must defeat all six monsters, with the last monster being oneself, but in a different palette. Then the player must defeat the six monsters again, in the same order, but this time in different cities

Where it lives

ArcadeNeo Geo AESSuper Nintendo Entertainment SystemLinuxWiiSega Mega Drive/GenesisPC (Microsoft Windows)MacSuper Famicom

Genre

FightingSportHack and slash/Beat 'em upArcade

Vibe

ActionScience fiction
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