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Time Killers

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A versus fighter where you can dismember limbs and perform instant decapitations.

Time Killers was originally released in arcades in 1992 by Strata/Incredible Technologies. The Sega Genesis version was published by Black Pearl Software and released in 1996.


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Released
1996
Original release
1992
Genre
Perspective
Side view
Visual
2D scrolling
Size
1.26 MB
Rating
0 votes

About Time Killers

Time Killers is a fighting game where two combatants face off in one on one matches. Its roster consists of eight distinct fighters, each representing a different historical or futuristic era and equipped with a unique weapon. For example, a caveman wields a stone axe, while a samurai carries a traditional blade, and a bounty hunter from the future uses an electro sword.

The combat system allows attacks using the head, arms, and legs. A notable mechanic is the persistent damage model, where limbs can be severed during a fight, though a fighter can continue without them. The matches are characterized by exaggerated, cartoonish violence and copious bloodshed.

A defining and challenging feature is the ability to execute a decapitation move at any point, which instantly ends the round by killing the opponent. In the single player mode, after defeating the standard lineup of fighters, the final opponent to confront is Death itself.

Time Killers Screenshots

8 images
Title screen
Character select screen
The death moves are particularly gory as one can see.
Rancid doesn’t take the refusal of his ‘tea & biscuits’ offer with good humour.
Thugg is winded after that precision jump kick.
Sir Wulf schools Orion in the art of duelling.
A super-death-blow. Note how the incisions are perfectly cauterized.
Gib, gib, gib...