Killer Instinct

Killer Instinct is a 1994 fighting game developed by Rare and published by Nintendo for consoles. It was originally released for arcades by publisher Midway in October 1994, and ported to both the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and the Game Boy the following year. The game's plot involves an all-powerful corporation organizing a fighting tournament. The story was adapted in a limited comic book series published under the short-lived Acclaim Comics imprint. According to Ken Lobb, during his time at Namco Hometek, the groundwork for Killer Instinct started as a Namco's fighting game project in the early planning stages, titled Melee (which itself later became WeaponLord).