# Killer Instinct Gold

> Killer Instinct Gold is Rare's 1996 Nintendo 64 version of Killer Instinct 2, with combo breakers, Ultra combos and 3D-rendered stages.

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- Console: Nintendo 64
- Released: 1996
- Developer: Rare

Killer Instinct Gold is a fighting game developed by Rare and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64 in 1996. It is the home version of the arcade game Killer Instinct 2, with its cast, including Jago, Fulgore, Orchid and the new fighters Kim Wu, Tusk and Maya, and its combo-driven fighting of auto-doubles, combo breakers and Ultra combos.

The arcade game streamed its stages from a hard drive, so Rare rebuilt them as real-time 3D scenes for the cartridge. It added a training mode, team battles and a tournament mode.

## Killer Instinct Gold PC Ports

- [Killer Instinct Gold: Recompiled](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/games/killerinstinctgold/ports/kigoldrecomp/index.md): Killer Instinct Gold: Recompiled is a native Windows port of Rare's 1996 N64 fighting game, made with N64: Recompiled and the RT64 renderer.