Killer Instinct 2

Killer Instinct 2
Arcade flyer for Killer Instinct 2
Developer(s)Rare
Code Mystics (Classic)
Publisher(s)Midway Games
Microsoft Studios (Classic)
Director(s)
Producer(s)Chris Stamper
Designer(s)
  • Chris Tilston
  • Kevin Bayliss
  • Mark Betteridge
Composer(s)Robin Beanland
SeriesKiller Instinct
Platform(s)Arcade, Xbox One
Release
  • NA: January 1996
  • EU: 1996
Classic
October 15, 2014
Genre(s)Fighting
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer
Arcade systemKiller Instinct MIPS Based Hardware System

Killer Instinct 2 is a 2.5D fighting game developed by Rare, published by Nintendo and manufactured by Midway for arcades in 1996 as a sequel to Killer Instinct (1994). A modified version of Killer Instinct 2 was published for the Nintendo 64 as Killer Instinct Gold the same year. A Super Nintendo Entertainment System version of Killer Instinct 2 was developed and completed, but never released.[1] A digital port of the game for the Xbox One is bundled with the second season of Killer Instinct (2013), under the title Killer Instinct 2 Classic in 2014.[2]

  1. ^ Retro Gamer magazine Issue 84: 25 Years of Rare.
  2. ^ Matulef, Jeffrey (August 13, 2014). "Killer Instinct Season Two gets a release date". Eurogamer.net. Retrieved September 2, 2024.