King of the Monsters (video game)

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.

This article is about the video game. For the fictional character also known as "the King of the Monsters", see Godzilla.
King of the Monsters
Developer(s)
SNK
Publisher(s)
SNK
  • Super NES
    • WW: Takara
    Genesis
    • NA: Takara
    • EU/JP: Sega
Producer(s)H. Hamachi
Designer(s)Mitsuzo I.
Tomomi M.
Toshiaki Joe
Artist(s)Sakai Goma
Composer(s)Kazuhiro Nishida
Toshikazu Tanaka
SeriesKing of the Monsters
Platform(s)
  • Linux, Macintosh, Microsoft Windows, Neo Geo AES, Sega Genesis, Super NES
Release
  • Arcade
    • WW: 25 February 1991
    Neo Geo AES
    • JP: 1 July 1991
    • NA: 1 July 1991
    • EU: 1 July 1991
    Super NES
    • JP: 31 July 1992
    • NA: October 1992
    • EU: 1992
    Genesis
    • NA: March 1993
    • EU: June 1993
    • JP: 26 November 1993
    PC
Genre(s)Fighting, wrestling
Mode(s)
Arcade systemNeo Geo MVS

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.

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