Killer Instinct Gold
Rare was a prominent second-party developer for Nintendo, and produced the Killer Instinct series exclusively for the company as their response to Mortal Kombat. Following the success of the 1995 Killer…
Killer Instinct Gold is a fighting developed by Rare, released 25 November 1996 on Nintendo 64.
What Killer Instinct Gold is
Killer Instinct Gold is a fighting game developed by Rare and released in 1996. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo 64 only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Killer Instinct Gold is a 1996 fighting game developed by Rare and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. It is based on the arcade game Killer Instinct 2. Players control characters who fight on a 2D plane set against a 3D background. Players press buttons to punch and kick their opponent in chains of successive hits, known as combos. Large combo successions lead to stronger attacks and brutal, stylistic finisher moves underscored by an announcer. Characters—including a gargoyle, a ninja, and a femme fatale—fight in settings such as a jungle and a spaceship. Killer Instinct Gold includes the arcade release's characters, combos, and 3D, pre-rendered environments, but excludes its…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Killer Instinct series
Killer Instinct Gold is the fourth of 6 entries we hold in the Killer Instinct series. It arrived a year after Killer Instinct. The next entry was Killer Instinct Classic in 2013.
How it was received
Killer Instinct Gold holds a critic score of 65 out of 100. That places it above 32% of the 981 rated fighting games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 1996 averaged 70, so it scored 5 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Killer Instinct Gold launched on 25 November 1996, within three weeks of Mario Kart 64, Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!, PaRappa the Rapper and Robotron X. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Mario Kart 64, Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!, PaRappa the Rapper, Robotron X.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Killer Instinct Gold yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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