<s>
Time	B-Application
Killers	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1992	O
weapon-based	O
fighting	O
arcade	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Incredible	O
Technologies	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Strata	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Along	O
with	O
Allumer	O
's	O
Blandia	B-Application
,	O
Time	B-Application
Killers	I-Application
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
earliest	O
weapon-based	O
fighting	O
games	O
modeled	O
after	O
Capcom	O
's	O
Street	B-Application
Fighter	I-Application
II	I-Application
(	O
1991	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
later	O
overshadowed	O
by	O
the	O
success	O
of	O
SNK	O
's	O
1993	O
weapon-based	O
fighting	O
game	O
,	O
Samurai	B-Application
Shodown	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Time	B-Application
Killers	I-Application
,	O
eight	O
warriors	O
from	O
different	O
periods	O
in	O
history	O
face	O
off	O
with	O
each	O
other	O
,	O
and	O
then	O
Death	O
,	O
for	O
a	O
chance	O
at	O
immortality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
home	O
port	O
for	O
the	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
was	O
released	O
four	O
years	O
after	O
the	O
arcade	O
version	O
,	O
after	O
having	O
been	O
delayed	O
and	O
even	O
cancelled	O
for	O
a	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Time	B-Application
Killers	I-Application
plays	O
much	O
like	O
Mortal	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
,	O
with	O
some	O
similarities	O
to	O
Street	B-Application
Fighter	I-Application
II	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
attack	O
buttons	O
involving	O
respective	O
arms	O
and	O
legs	O
are	O
also	O
the	O
basis	O
of	O
BloodStorm	B-Device
as	O
well	O
as	O
Namco	O
Bandai	O
's	O
Tekken	B-Application
series	O
,	O
the	O
2011	O
Mortal	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
game	O
,	O
and	O
Bio	O
S	O
..	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
of	O
these	O
moves	O
differ	O
from	O
the	O
"	O
Fatalities	O
"	O
in	O
Mortal	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
in	O
that	O
they	O
may	O
be	O
attempted	O
at	O
any	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ports	O
were	O
announced	O
for	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
and	O
Genesis/Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive	I-Operating_System
,	O
with	O
an	O
intended	O
release	O
in	O
Spring	O
1994	O
,	O
but	O
Nintendo	O
had	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
version	O
cancelled	O
early	O
that	O
Spring	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
Genesis/Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive	I-Operating_System
version	O
's	O
release	O
date	O
was	O
pushed	O
back	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
months	O
later	O
the	O
Genesis/Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive	I-Operating_System
version	O
was	O
cancelled	O
entirely	O
,	O
even	O
though	O
developer	O
THQ	O
had	O
already	O
completed	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
early	O
1997	O
a	O
THQ	O
spokesperson	O
stated	O
that	O
all	O
plans	O
for	O
further	O
ports	O
of	O
Time	B-Application
Killers	I-Application
had	O
been	O
cancelled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
Play	O
Meter	O
listed	O
Time	B-Application
Killers	I-Application
as	O
the	O
eighth	O
most-popular	O
arcade	O
game	O
in	O
February	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Ralph	O
Melgosa	O
of	O
Incredible	O
Technologies	O
,	O
Time	B-Application
Killers	I-Application
sold	O
roughly	O
7,000	O
units	O
,	O
which	O
for	O
a	O
small	O
company	O
like	O
Incredible	O
Technologies	O
was	O
a	O
major	O
success	O
.	O
</s>
