King of the Monsters

King of the Monsters

Console: Arcade
TV Standard: Region Not Set
Developer(s): SNK
Publisher(s): SNK
Release Date: 1991-07-01
Players: 2
Co-op: No
ESRB: E - Everyone
Type: Fighting
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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.
Mega criticised the game, awarding it a score of 10%, with Andy Dyer making the comment "unforgivably bad. There should be laws to protect us from crud like this".