Killer Instinct Gold (N64)

Anyone who remembers the launch of the original Killer Instinct will remember that it was not originally conceived as a game for the Super Nintendo, as it ended up being. The game was created to display that Nintendo could handle 'mature' games, and their second party games developers Rare released the game originally to the arcades, where it proved a moderate hit, although it never truly attained status comparable to that of Streetfighter 2 or Mortal Kombat 2, despite what some Nintendo fans would tell you. However, while the game wasn't intended for the SNES, it was intended for a home console; it was originally conceived to show off what Nintendo's upcoming 'Ultra 64' ...

Okay this game is possibly one of the worst games on the N64. This may be due to the poor graphics and sound, but also the playablity is extremly poor. I mean 99 hit combos that is a bit over kill on the old combo front. The characters are new and seem well thought out but the graphics let them donw. I know you cant count a game out on the graphics alone but these graphics go a long way to letting this game down. The levels are extremly bad with all these new beatem up's this game should have tryed to be more inventive, i know its a remake of a classic but that classic was bad in my eye's. Give me Street fighter Alpha any day please. Avoid this ...

I wouldn't buy this game but it came free with my Nintendo and I just cannot see any good points about it. Oh yeah, at the start there are some impressive graphics which show off the pottential for the game. From here it all goes down hill. The charachters are nothing special, nice but not excellent but its when you begin to fight that you really realise that this is not a good game. The fighters are blocky and the detail poor. This game would be more at home back on the snes. The special moves arn't that special and the controlls are puplexingly difficult to master. This one went straight to the second hand shop! ...