King of the Monsters

Overview

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

Developed by

SNK

Published by

SNK, D4 Enterprise

Facts

Game modes

Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen

Player perspectives

Side view

Themes

Action, Science fiction

Series

King of the Monsters

Game engine

Neo Geo MVS

Release dates

• Arcade: Jan 25, 1991
• Neo Geo AES: Jul 1, 1991
• Super Famicom: Jul 31, 1992
• Super Nintendo Entertainment System: Oct 1992
• Sega Mega Drive/Genesis: Mar 1993
• Wii: Jun 3, 2008
• Linux: Dec 8, 2015
• Mac: Dec 8, 2015
• PC (Microsoft Windows): Dec 8, 2015