Killer Instinct

Killer Instinct (arcade)  1994

Highest quality pre-rendered fighting, advanced backgrounds, first arcade game with hard drive, first pre-rendering graphics with 3D elements.

Arcade system: Midway Killer Instinct

Gameplay video

Trivia:
1) Killer instinct mentioned in Earthbound manual.
2) Jago is considered as Killer Instinct's version of Ryu from Street Fighter II.
3) Processor 110 mhz.

4) For more prerendered games watch Ancient Ys Vanished (1991).

5) "Thriller Instinct" - proposed early name for the game.

6) Emulated in: MAME