The Killing Game Show
First prize is your life! Suited in limited-protection armor you're the unwilling contestant on The Killing Game Show. In front of a TV audience of millions you must battle your way to the top of 16 Pits of…
The Killing Game Show is a platform developed by Bizarre Creations, released 31 December 1990 on Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Amiga and Atari ST/STE.
What The Killing Game Show is
The Killing Game Show is a platform game developed by Bizarre Creations and released in 1990. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Amiga and Atari ST/STE.
The premise, in the publisher's words
First prize is your life! Suited in limited-protection armor you're the unwilling contestant on The Killing Game Show. In front of a TV audience of millions you must battle your way to the top of 16 Pits of Death infested with hostile artificial life forms specially created by The Killing Game Show's manic scientists to give you a hard time. But... don't forget the rising fluid or it's 'next contestant time'. Give the viewers their value for money- collect the awesome weapons and tools- if you can. The Killing Game Show will have you climbing the walls- it's the only way out!
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
The Killing Game Show launched on 31 December 1990, within three weeks of Sengoku, A-Train and The Amazing Spider-Man.
Released around the same time: Sengoku, A-Train, The Amazing Spider-Man.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Quick answers
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