Retro Rewind: Top 10 Most Violent 16-Bit Games

May 19, 2008 | By: Robert Workman

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Bloody fatalities, decapitation and maiming were all the rage back in the 16-bit days. We tear open our 10 favorites.

Mortal Kombat II (SNES)

Nintendo quickly learned its lesson from the cleaned-up version of Mortal Kombat and allowed Acclaim to restore the vivid blood-soaked goodness for the sequel, Mortal Kombat II. As a result, the smash hit game flowed with plenty of fatalities, uppercuts and red stuff to go around. For those preferring a non-violent route, however, there's always the ability to perform Friendships.

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strongbadmun at 6:42 pm on July 18th 2008

and yes I'm aware it's retro rewind, as I'm sure someone will point out, doesn't make it less of a waste of time.

strongbadmun at 6:37 pm on July 18th 2008

How come no matter how many top 10s I see on this site they always include the same 30 or so games over and over, most controversial, most violent, blah blah blah. Yeah I get it, here's an idea, news about new games not "no duh" stories about the same ones over and over? K thanx bai.

cooljay3333 at 6:55 am on May 22nd 2008

I have every game that was up there for super nentendo but i love those games

jestafizzle at 1:49 am on May 22nd 2008

obviously you missed the 16 bit part

flipdynamo187 at 12:31 am on May 22nd 2008

Obviously none of these people have played "Loaded" or "Re-Loaded" for the PS1. That games makes these all look like crap-fests.

antidote1984 at 11:14 pm on May 21st 2008

I cant believe Smash TV was not on here. To this day i cant believe i am not messed up in the head from playing that game.

gamesruler369 at 10:59 pm on May 21st 2008

The origional GTA's were 8bit and 16bit games. I am actually surprised that i didn't see Bloody Roar up there (the origional bloody roar was a 16bit fighting game).

bruins116 at 10:10 pm on May 21st 2008

wow,you guys totally missed on "chiller"...maybe the most grotesque game of all time...and it was released in 1986!!

chatnoir917 at 10:08 pm on May 21st 2008

For those wondering about why GTA is not on here, read the title. It says "Top 10 Most Violent 16-Bit Games".

garagemage at 9:40 pm on May 21st 2008

as usual, a dissapointment. Darkthrone? You considered that one of the most violent video games? Ever hear of Chiller? I'm kinda suprised GTA wasn't up on here.