History VideoGame / TimeKillers

* PuzzleBoss: [[FinalBoss Death]] is sort of like this. It's impossible to beat him by knockout; you can only win by decapitating him with a Death Move or a Super Death Move. Even if you ''do'' land the move, though, you still need to win two rounds out of three.

The game has an unusual control scheme: two punches, two kicks, and a head button, laid out in the shape of the human body. But it really distinguishes itself by featuring a healthy amount of [[BloodierAndGorier violence]]. Every character carries some sort of bladed weapon, and it is possible to cut of one or both of the opponent's arms, potentially leaving them unable to block. Not only that, but there are Death Moves, which are activated by pressing all five buttons at once and, if they connect, will [[OffWithHisHead cut the opponent's head off]] and immediately end the round (even at the very beginning). Super Death Moves take off not only the head, but also any remaining arms.

The game has an unusual control scheme: two punches, two kicks, and a head button, laid out in the shape of the human body. But it really distinguishes itself by featuring a healthy amount of [[BloodierAndGorier violence]]. Every character carries some sort of bladed weapon, and it is possible to cut off the opponent's arms and legs. Not only that, but there are Death Moves, which are activated by pressing all five buttons at once and, if they connect, would [[OffWithHisHead cut the opponent's head off]] and immediately end the round (even at the very beginning).

%%* ActionGirl: Matrix. (zero context example)

%%* BugWar: Mantazz's story. (zero context example)

%%* {{Expy}}: Wulf (of Myth/ArthurianLegend). (does not describe how the character is an expy.)

%%* TheGrimReaper: Death. (zero context example)

* PuzzleBoss: [[FinalBoss Death]] is sort of like this. It's impossible to beat him the standard 2 out of 3 way. You can only win by decapitating him with a Death Move or a Super Death Move. Even if you ''do'' land the move, though, you still need to win twice.

* AnAxeToGrind: Leif wields a metal axe, while Thugg wields stone axe.

* ActionGirl: Matrix.

* AnAxeToGrind: Leif (metal axe) and Thugg (stone axe).

* BugWar: Mantazz's story.
* ChainsawGood: Rancid's weapon of choice.

* {{Expy}}: Wulf (of Myth/ArthurianLegend).

* TheGrimReaper: Death.

* HornyVikings: Leif.
* InsectoidAliens: Mantazz.

* KnightInShiningArmor: Lord Wulf.
* LaserBlade: Matrix and Orion.

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''Time Killers'' was a FightingGame released in arcades in 1992 by Strata, around the same time as ''Franchise/MortalKombat''. The game's [[ExcusePlot story]] featured eight characters (Rancid, Matrix, Orion, Musashi, Lord Wulf, Leif, Thugg and Mantazz) [[TimeTravel from throughout time]], hand-picked by [[GrimReaper Death]] to battle each other before facing Death himself.

The game had an unusual control scheme: two punches, two kicks, and a head button, laid out in the shape of the human body. But it really distinguished itself by featuring a healthy amount of [[BloodierAndGorier violence]]. Every character carried some sort of bladed weapon, and it was possible to cut off the opponent's arms and legs. Not only that, but there were Death Moves, which were activated by pressing all five buttons at once and, if they connected, would [[OffWithHisHead cut the opponent's head off]] and immediately end the round (even at the very beginning).

Because the game's violence was more accessible than that in ''MK'', ''Time Killers'' was briefly popular, but its fame soon died down. There was also a UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis port released in 1996. [[PortingDisaster The less said about that, the better]].