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 movies.

King of the Monsters
Developer(s)	SNK Genki Co., Ltd. (Super NES) SPS (Genesis) DotEmu (PC)
Publisher(s)	SNK Super NES WW: Takara Genesis NA: Takara EU/JP: Sega D4 Enterprise (Virtual Console) HAMSTER Corporation (PS4/Switch/Xbox One)
Producer(s)	H. Hamachi
Designer(s)	Mitsuzo I. Tomomi M. Toshiaki Joe
Artist(s)	Sakai Goma
Composer(s)	Kazuhiro Nishida Toshikazu Tanaka
Series	King of the Monsters
Platform(s)	Arcade Linux, Macintosh, Microsoft Windows, Neo Geo AES, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Sega Genesis, Super NES, Virtual Console, Xbox One
Release	1991 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 Virtual Console JP: 3 June 2008 NA: 7 June 2008 EU: 27 June 2008 AU: 27 June 2008 PC WW: 30 May 2017 Xbox One WW: 8 June 2017 PlayStation 4 WW: 20 July 2017 Nintendo Switch WW: 4 January 2018
Genre(s)	Fighting, wrestling
Mode(s)	Single-player Multiplayer
Cabinet	Upright
Arcade system	Neo Geo MVS
CPU	M68000 (@ 12 MHz), Z80A (@ 4 MHz)
Sound	YM2610 (@ 8 MHz)
Display	Raster, 320 × 224 pixels (Horizontal), 4096 colors

The Monster Geon is made to resemble Godzilla (pictured). Godzilla is also known as "The King Of The Monsters"

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.

Characters

• Geon: A dinosaur like monster that resembles Godzilla.
• Woo: A gorilla like monster that resembles King Kong.
• Poison Ghost: A creature composed of toxic waste that resembles Hedorah.
• Rocky: A giant Moai-like golem made of boulders.
• Beetle Mania: A large beetle-like creature that that resembles Megalon
• Astro Guy: A giant Ultraman-like superhero.