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Instruction booklet · December 1994

Power Instinct

FightingArcade1–2 playersESRB T

The story

The console version of Power Instinct released on the Super Nintendo and Super Famicom. There are various minor features removed from the Super Nintendo release of the game. A Japanese exculsive Sega Mega Drive version was also released with minor changes and an extra game mode.

Specifications

Released
December 1994
Developer
Atlus
Publisher
Atlus
Players
2
Genre
Fighting · Arcade
Rating
ESRB T
Series
Power Instinct
Themes
Action
View
Side view
Multiplayer
2+ players

What the magazines said

No magazine scores on record yet.

BE KIND, REWINDDecember 1994
#1 songOn Bended KneeBoyz II Men#1 albumHell Freezes OverEaglesAdmit one · #1 movieThe Santa Clause$11,390,638 weekend
Vol. 4 · No. 172Omaha, Nebraska · Late edition25¢
The Omaha World-Pixel
Week of December 2, 1994
Dec. 1

Home & Garden Television debuts.

💵 A Super NES was $199.99 at launch · about $473 today

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