King of the Monsters
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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 films. 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.
Players choose 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 (8 in the 16-bit ports) which takes place in 6 cities in a futuristic 1996 Japan. Each city is featured twice with the game beginning and ending in Tokyo. Other cities include Kyoto, Okayama, Osaka, Kobe and Hiroshima (the latter two are omitted from the SNES port. The Sega Genesis port only features Tokyo with the other cities being 'Mega Port', 'Dragon City', and 'Castle City'). 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.
Characters:
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Keyboard controls
| SNES | Player 1 | Player 2 |
|---|---|---|
| D-pad | ↑↓←→ | IKJL |
| A | Z | M |
| B | X | N |
| X | A | U |
| Y | S | H |
| L | Q | Y |
| R | E | O |
| Select | Shift | B |
| Start | Enter | Space |
Hotkeys
- 1 Quick save state
- 2 Quick load state
- 3 Change save slot
Gamepads are detected when you press a button. Remap any key from the emulator’s Controls menu (gear icon).
Online, both players use the Player 1 keys (or a gamepad) on their own computer. Saving, loading and pausing are off while you play online.
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Keyboard controls
| SNES | Player 1 | Player 2 |
|---|---|---|
| D-pad | ↑↓←→ | IKJL |
| A | Z | M |
| B | X | N |
| X | A | U |
| Y | S | H |
| L | Q | Y |
| R | E | O |
| Select | Shift | B |
| Start | Enter | Space |
Hotkeys
- 1 Quick save state
- 2 Quick load state
- 3 Change save slot
Gamepads are detected when you press a button. Remap any key from the emulator’s Controls menu (gear icon).
Online, both players use the Player 1 keys (or a gamepad) on their own computer. Saving, loading and pausing are off while you play online.
Play online
Play with a friend on another computer. Host a room and send them the link; they join as Player 2 and you both see the same game.
Press Start Game first.
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