Killer Instinct (SNES)

At a loud and smoky discotheque, flashing lights of acid-tripping haze are blanketing the room. People around me are gyrating and flirting and sticking their tongues down each other’s throats. My dancing shoes are burning to get used on the dance floor, my arms aching to move to the rhythm of the beat. This was the congregation of courtship, a place to let down your hair, move to loud music whilst stalking a potential mate for the night. I was prepared to backslide, spin, and c-walk my way across the floor to the awesome tunes the DJ was churning out. A loud robotic voice echoes across the ... more

The first console I owned was the fabled Super Nintendo Entertainment System or 'SNES' as it would later be dubbed. For my birthday, the special edition SNES was accompanied with the brutal fighting arcade game 'Killer Instinct'. Now I must have only been around 7 when I acquired it, which admittedly would be frowned upon by todays standards considering the games violent nature, but its impact was great enough to push me into the world of video gaming. As soon as I slammed the cartridge into the console, saw the RARE logo, hear the atmospheric music grow in stature as a masculine voice ... more