![]() ![]() That’s in addition to the “nudalities” (stripped-down competitors still covered up their privates) and flamethrowing fart-alities that burnt foes to a crisp. But in an effort to make good on a claim of “2,196 fatalities,” defeated opponents would turn into barely recognizable, digitized images of Elvis Presley, a sea lion, a car, a knight in shining armor, and other random items. Like Mortal Kombat and Mortal Kombat 2, Tattoo Assassins had (or was supposed to have) unapologetically outlandish fatalities and snide humor. Survival Arts (1993)ĭata East brought in Bob Gale - who co-wrote Back to the Future with Robert Zemeckis - to head up this direct match of everything that had made Midway millions in 19. Black Pearl Software eventually published the game in 1996, but by then it looked seriously dated, on top of being a gratuitously violent, un-fun trash heap. ![]() Nintendo bailed on a port around the same time. It was actually reviewed by Electronic Gaming Monthly six months before it launched, and the poor marks caused THQ to shitcan the actually finished project. Time Killers’ time as a Super Nintendo/Sega Genesis port didn’t go so well. He’s from 2024 A.D., so look for him in the next presidential election. The closest fighter to our time is Rancid, basically Duke Nukem with a prison tattoo carved into his forehead. Time Killers’ roster of heroes ranged from Thugg (20,000 B.C.), who battled alien invaders in his time, to Mantazz (4002 A.D.), a magenta praying mantis with two blade-like appendages. ![]() ‘Tis but a scratch! Image: Python Pictures/EMI Films Two, it was a “weapons-based” fighting game, and the combatants could fight on even after having both arms severed, which makes me wonder if this seed of an idea could have found better purchase with a Monty Python license. Time Killers is noteworthy for two reasons: One, it’s a fighting game brought to you by Incredible Technologies, the same people who make Golden Tee. ![]()
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