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Time Killers is a fighting game widely released in arcades, produced by a game company named Strata and developed by Incredible Technologies in 1992, most likely in an attempt to cash in on the success of Mortal Kombat.

Story

(Note: As told directly from the Time Killers Handbook)

---- Life and Death, the two prime forces of nature, have fought a timeless struggle for dominance over All That Is. The incarnate forces of Life and Death clash constantly, within and without all dimensions, planes and times. Both Life and Death enjoy victories and mourn losses in their struggle, but for the most part the two entities are evenly matched.

Death is not content with this celestial balance and craves power and domination over all things. Throughout time Death has launched his most devious, brutal and destructive plans in pursuit of the elimination of Life and the gaining of Eternal Domination. Death infused a portion of his being into mortal creatures of power and evil who performed his horrible machinations. And, to his eternal chagrin, Death has been soundly defeated by an individual and seemingly inconsequential agent of the Life Force.

Throughout time, these warriors have triumphed over Death's earthly incarnations, weakening Death's cosmic balance and enraging it to unfounded heights of frustration and resolve. From these great losses Death plots a devious new scheme that will exact his revenge on those who defeated it and severely weaken the Life Force at the same time.

Death plucks each hero from the time stream at the moment of victory. He approaches the heroes separately, disguised as Chronos, Master of Time and Messenger for Good. Death lies to each mortal, spinning moral fantasies and catering to individual secret desires. Death convinces each warrior to fight seven messengers of Death throughout the time stream in order to defeat evil and preserve Life. A promise of immortality is offered to each mortal if he or she is successful in this false mission. The TIME KILLERS heroes, still fatigued and disoriented from their previous encounters, believe the Master of Deceit and agree to meet the challenge.

Death has orchestrated events that will pit eternity's greatest warriors and Death's greatest enemies against each other. Whichever TIME KILLERS warrior survives these bloody battles will have to face a fully powered and vengeful Death in his own dark underworld. Will Death be victorious and reclaim a hold on All That Is? Or will one of the TIME KILLERS heroes overcome the power of this prime force and become forever immortal? Only time will tell...

Gameplay

Much like the game it followed, Time Killers plays much like Mortal Kombat except its slightly more complex and plays somewhat like Street Fighter II. Rather than the standard layout, a specific button is used to attack with the corresponding body part; Left arm, right arm, left leg, right leg, and the head. A stronger attack can be executed by pressing both limb buttons at the same time.

One of the most notable aspects of the game is how damage is sustained to the characters during battle. If enough damage is done to an arm, that limb will be torn completely off from the character's body, rendering it useless in combat, and it is possible for both limbs to be lost, thus forcing the character to fight with their legs and head and any attacks involving that limb will be useless. Damage can also be done to the legs, but to a much lesser degree.

Another aspect of Time Killers which has made it notorious for is its Instant Kills or 'Death Move', which, if executed and hit successfully, will lop off the opponent's head and immediately end the round. It is simply done by pressing all five buttons at once. Unlike MK's 'Fatalities', they can be done at any time the player desires, except for a 'Super Death Move', which can only be done while next to the opponent and by pressing all five buttons while s/he is stunned. This attack removes both the arms and the head.

When the round ends, if any limbs lost between the players, and even if s/he were decapitated, in the next one the character is 'magically' restored in full form like as if it never happened in a deus ex machina effect.

The game had a large amount of gore and violence, but also unlike Mortal Kombat, for its time, this factor can be adjusted through the game's service mode to make it more friendly to younger audiences.

A majority of these same features would also appear in a much later game, Bio F.R.E.A.K.S.

Characters

Each of the characters in the game hail from a different time period and bring with them their own origins and weapons into the battle. The handbook that was made for the game goes into well-done detail that explains the origins and background of each. A few of the characters are based on historical figures and legends.

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