Killing Zone is a fighting developed by Scarab, released 29 March 1996 on PlayStation.
What Killing Zone is
Killing Zone is a fighting game developed by Scarab and released in 1996. It was published by Acclaim. It is available on PlayStation only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In a mythical realm, in some unheard of dimension, all of the world's greatest monsters and mythological creatures have gathered to battle it out through this one-on-one 3D fighting game. Frankenstein, Medusa, Wolfman, the Minotaur, and a half-dozen others join this cast of classic monsters. Fighting mechanics mix elements from both Street Fighter II and Virtua Fighter, with directional combinations and button-tap sequences used for all of the special moves.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are fantasy and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Killing Zone holds a critic score of 20 out of 100. That places it above 1% of the 981 rated fighting games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 1996 averaged 70, so it scored 50 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Killing Zone launched on 29 March 1996, within three weeks of Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, Resident Evil, Duke Nukem 3D and Kirby Super Star. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, Resident Evil, Duke Nukem 3D, Kirby Super Star.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Quick answers
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