History VideoGame / KillerQueen

** If by some chance all five members of the winning team are visible in the iris, it gains a golden border and the phrase "[[AC:Family Portrait]]" appears.

* {{Mascot}}: The Queens themselves. The CharacterTitle is named for them, and they both appear in silhouette in the game's official logo.

** The Drones (as with the Warriors) are identical in shape, but can be distinguished by the patterns on their clothes. Fans have taken to calling them "Skull", "Checkers", "Stripes" and "Abs" (the last because he goes shirtless).

* '''Economic Victory:''' Scattered throughout the playing field are piles of nectar pellets, often referred to as "berries" for their shape and color. The team must bring home enough pellets to fill twelve empty slots in their base. The nectar pellets can also be used at various stations on the playing field to upgrade a Drone into a Soldier, who cannot carry nectar but who has wings and a weapon that Drones do not.
* '''Military Victory:''' Here's where the Soldiers come in handy. Unlike her endlessly-respawning minions/teammates, the Queen has only three lives (which hatch out of eggs in the team's base); a military victory consists of killing all three enemy Queens.
* '''Snail Victory:''' [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext There's a giant snail on the playing field.]] Drones can ride it toward a team-colored net placed at the end of the snail's platform; getting it all the way into one net or the other ends the game with a win. A Soldier or Queen can kill a Drone mounted on the snail; an enemy Drone can sacrifice himself by running into the snail's mouth, which kills him but immobilizes the snail while it's busy swallowing him.

* CastFromMoney: Nectar is the only thing resembling currency in the game. It is used as payment at the upgrade stations to transform a Drone into a Soldier or a faster Drone, and it does not respawn after being used up -- meaning it's entirely possible to have a game where there's not enough nectar left for either side to score an economic victory.

** The Drones (as with the Soldiers) are identical in shape, but can be distinguished by the patterns on their clothes. Fans have taken to calling them "Skull", "Checkers", "Stripes" and "Abs" (the last because he goes shirtless).

* SprintShoes: Some transformation stations (marked by stylized lightning bolts) turn Drones not into Soldiers, but into faster Drones.

* VideoGameFlight: Only Queens and Soldiers can fly.

'''''Killer Queen''''', created and designed by Josh [=DeBonis=] and Nik Mikros, bills itself as the world's first ten-player arcade strategy game. It is a single-screen[[note]](two cabinets, simultaneously showing the same screen)[[/note]] PlatformGame in which two teams of five, each consisting of four Drones and one Queen, struggle for dominance.

** The Drones (as with the Soldiers) are identical in shape, but can be distinguished by the patterns on their clothes. Fans have taken to calling them "Ghost", "Checkers", "Stripes" and "Abs" (the last because he goes shirtless).

* UnexpectedGameplayChange: There's a level currently being tested in which there are no slots for nectar, and thus no economic victory is possible; however, there are more upgrade stations, Queens now have six lives instead of three, and there are ''three'' snails on platforms in the middle of the stage.

* {{Retraux}}: Combines modern technology with sprite animation and 8-bit sound design.

* CastFromMoney: Nectar is the only thing resembling currency in the game. It is used as payment at the transformation stations to make a Drone into a Soldier or a faster Drone, and it does not respawn after being used up -- meaning it's entirely possible to have a game where there's not enough nectar left for either side to score an economic victory.

* '''Snail Victory:''' There's a giant snail on the playing field. Drones can ride it toward a team-colored net placed at the end of the snail's platform; getting it all the way into one net or the other ends the game with a win. A Soldier or Queen can kill a Drone mounted on the snail; an enemy Drone can sacrifice himself by running into the snail's mouth, which kills him but immobilizes the snail while it's busy swallowing him.

* '''Snail Victory:''' There's a giant snail on the playing field. Drones can ride it toward a team-colored net placed at the end of the snail's platform; getting it all the way into one net or the other ends the game with a win. A Soldier can kill a Drone mounted on the snail; an enemy Drone can sacrifice himself by running into the snail's mouth, which kills him but immobilizes the snail while it's busy swallowing him.

'''''Killer Queen''''', created and designed by Josh [=DeBonis=] and Nik Mikros, bills itself as the world's first ten-player arcade strategy game. It is a single-screen[[note]](two cabinets, simultaneously showing the same screen)[[/note]] PlatformGame in which two teams of five, consisting of four Drones and one Queen, struggle for dominance.

The basic rules were originally worked out as a physical game, played on a field by two teams with props (which why why the arcade version is frequently referred to as ''Killer Queen Arcade''). Gameplay in the arcade version resembles a cross between ''VideoGame/{{Joust}}'' and the original ''VideoGame/MarioBros''; the controls are simple -- a joystick and a button to either jump or flap your wings (if you have them). There are three paths to victory:

* '''Economic Victory:''' Scattered throughout the playing field are piles of nectar pellets, often referred to as "berries" for their shape and color. The team must bring home enough pellets to fill twelve empty slots in their base. The nectar pellets can also be used at various stations on the playing field to transform a Drone into a Soldier, who cannot carry nectar but who has wings and a weapon that Drones do not.

The basic rules were originally worked out as a physical game, played on a field by two teams with props. Gameplay in the arcade version resembles a cross between ''VideoGame/{{Joust}}'' and the original ''VideoGame/MarioBros''; the controls are simple -- a joystick and a button to either jump or flap your wings (if you have them). There are three paths to victory:

* GreenHillZone: Both day and night stages fit this description.

** The Drones are identical in shape, but can be distinguished by the patterns on their clothes. Fans have taken to calling them "Ghost", "Checkers", "Stripes" and "Abs" (the last because he goes shirtless).

** If by some chance all five members of the team are visible in the iris, it gains a golden border and the phrase "[[AC:Family Portrait]]" appears.

The basic rules were originally worked out as a physical game, played on a field by two teams with props. Gameplay in the arcade version resembles a cross between ''VideoGame/{{Joust}}'' and the original ''VideoGame/MarioBros''. There are three paths to victory:

* IrisOut: When a victory is achieved, the screen {{FreezeFrame}}s, irises on the player who scored the winning point, then zooms in to show them either killing the Queen, crawling out from a wall entirely loaded with nectar, or riding the snail.

* DashAttack: The Queen can dive to attack, essentially dashing ''downward''. Frequently results in a GoombaStomp.
* DeathFromAbove: As in ''Joust'', the higher player wins in a face-to-face fight.

* PlayerVsPlayer: The entire premise of the game.

'''''Killer Queen''''' is an arcade game, created and designed by Josh [=DeBonis=] and Nik Mikros, that bills itself as the world's first ten-player arcade strategy game. It is a single-screen[[note]](two cabinets, simultaneously showing the same screen)[[/note]] PlatformGame in which two teams of five, consisting of four Drones and one Queen, struggle for dominance.

* PaletteSwap: Teams Gold and Blue are the same sprites recolored.
** The Drones are identical in shape, but can be distinguished by the patterns on their clothes. Fans have taken to calling them "Ghost", "Checkers", "Stripes" and "Abs" (the last because he goes shirtless).

'''''Killer Queen''''' is an arcade game, created and designed by Josh [=DeBonis=] and Nik Mikros, that bills itself as the world's first ten-player arcade strategy game. It is a single-screen[[note]](two cabinets, showing the same screen)[[/note]] PlatformGame in which two teams of five, consisting of four Drones and one Queen, struggle for dominance. Gameplay resembles a cross between ''VideoGame/{{Joust}}'' and the original ''VideoGame/MarioBros''. There are three paths to victory:

* MercyInvincibility: A player who's just respawned, transformed, or finished delivering a pellet is invincible for three seconds, to prevent enemy players from taking an unfair advantage.