Time Killers

April 13, 2023Sega Genesis

Time Killers

Console:	Sega Genesis
TV Standard:	NTSC-U
Developer(s):	Incredible Technologies, Inc.
Publisher(s):	Black Pearl Software
Release Date:	1996-04-01
Players:	2
Co-op:	No
ESRB:	M - Mature 17+
Type:	Fighting

Time Killers is a 2D weapons-based fighting game developed by Incredible Technologies and published by Strata for arcades on November 1992.

One of the earliest examples of a weapon-based fighting game after the launch of Street Fighter II, Time Killers takes eight fictional warriors from different time periods (both past and future) and pits them in a battle royale to gain immortality.

Released around the same time as the original Mortal Kombat, the game is known for its optional excessive violence as fighters could have their arms sliced off (and still fight) and can become decapitated through special "death moves", prematurely ending the round. It's also known for having the attack buttons corresponding to specific limbs (a mechanic later used in the Tekken series).

It is one of the few action-oriented arcade games from Incredible Technologies (who went on to make sports-oriented arcade games, primarily the Golden Tee Golf series). After the game's release, they would soon develop the game's spiritual sequel: BloodStorm.

The Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Sega Genesis were intended to receive ports of the game by THQ subsidiary Black Pearl at late 1993, but were shelved. The Sega Genesis version would later receive a release in July 1996 as part of THQ's "Arcade Classics" series.

Time Killers

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