Killer Instinct 1994 HD Remake

[ShinHisako]

Pretty sure the current KI is a remake of the old games. What you’re thinking of is maybe a remaster with better models.

[DARKNOVAFORCE]

Its not its a rebootquel.

[GHOSTBUSTERS64]

I have the textures, I traced it from the images in the KI SNES strategy guide.
I’ll apply it when the model is complete.

[VladKravich]

I met a person on youtube recently who said that he really wants to make an enhanced version of KI1, specifically a match between jago and fulgore to start off. And he has demonstrated that he can do it, it’s very impressive.

[MrHatStick1]

best thing about the original game was the no mercy’s. I miss them.

[JEFFRON27]

@BigBadAndy

I’m not against it, in principle, but a HD remaster of a 2D game is tough to do for a lot of reasons and KI was a game that was hitting way above it’s weight class in terms of visual impact compared to it’s actual on-board technology. It looked unbelievable in 1994, but you look at the same thing today and it’s just meh.

You can bring the sprites into HD resolution, but unless you go back to the source (in this case Silicon Graphics models) and re-capture those images, you aren’t going to see much improvement. And if you do, then the flaws in the CG models - their lack of detail compared to today’s graphics, their weird proportions and the generally poor way they animate - are just going to be emphasized. Or, you could just create 3D models (for example all the Retros from this game) and program the game to play the same way as the original. But that just highlights the fact that the gameplay doesn’t really stand the test of time either. Why would I play that game (with it’s broken and obscure rules, difficult controls and huge inconsistencies in character balance) when I could play KI 2013? I love KI (original) but a lot of that love is best filtered through nostalgia. If they released a HD version, then that nostalgia doesn’t carry over nearly so well.

my sentiments exactly