King of the Monsters (video game)

King of the Monsters
King of the Monsters
Developer(s)	SNK Genki Co., Ltd. (Super NES); SPS (Genesis); DotEmu (PC);
Publisher(s)	SNK Super NES WW: Takara; Genesis NA: Takara; EU/JP: Sega; D4 Enterprise; (Virtual Console); HAMSTER Corporation (PS4/Switch/Xbox One);
Producer(s)	H. Hamachi
Designer(s)	Mitsuzo I.; Tomomi M.; Toshiaki Joe
Artist(s)	Sakai Goma
Composer(s)	Kazuhiro Nishida; Toshikazu Tanaka
Series	King of the Monsters
Platform(s)	Arcade Linux, Macintosh, Microsoft Windows, Neo Geo AES, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Sega Genesis, Super NES, Virtual Console, Xbox One;
Release	1991 Arcade WW: 25 February 1991; Neo Geo AES JP: 1 July 1991; NA: 1 July 1991; EU: 1 July 1991; Super NES JP: 31 July 1992; NA: October 1992; EU: 1992; Genesis NA: March 1993; EU: June 1993; JP: 26 November 1993; Virtual Console JP: 3 June 2008; NA: 7 June 2008; EU: 27 June 2008; AU: 27 June 2008; PC WW: 30 May 2017; Xbox One WW: 8 June 2017; PlayStation 4 WW: 20 July 2017; Nintendo Switch WW: 4 January 2018; ;
Genre(s)	Fighting, wrestling
Mode(s)	Single-player; Multiplayer;
Cabinet	Upright
Arcade system	Neo Geo MVS
CPU	M68000 (@ 12 MHz),; Z80A (@ 4 MHz)
Sound	YM2610 (@ 8 MHz)
Display	Raster, 320 × 224 pixels (Horizontal), 4096 colors

King of the Monsters is a fighting game developed by SNK, released for arcades in Japan in 1991, and ported to the Neo Geo AES later that same year. The game features playable giant monsters that are reminiscent of characters from kaiju and tokusatsu movies.

In 1992, a sequel titled King of the Monsters 2 was released for arcades. Months later, King of the Monsters was ported to the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It would then be ported to the Sega Genesis in 1993. It was included in the video game SNK Arcade Classics Vol. 1, which was released for the Wii, PlayStation 2 and PSP in 2008.

Characters

Geon: A dinosaur like monster that resembles Godzilla.
Woo: A gorilla like monster that resembles King Kong.
Poison Ghost: A creature composed of toxic waste that resembles Hedorah.
Rocky: A giant Moai-like golem made of boulders.
Beetle Mania: A large beetle-like creature that that resembles Megalon
Astro Guy: A giant Ultraman-like superhero.

References

↑ "SNK NeoGeo MVS Hardware (SNK)". system16.com. Retrieved 2019-06-02.

[s16-1] "SNK NeoGeo MVS Hardware (SNK)". system16.com. Retrieved 2019-06-02.

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