" Let me tell you of the days of high adventure!" (Tusk's original appearance in Killer Instinct 2, 1996) He was forged by the gods for the sole purpose of destroying another god, and he has lived for over 10,000 years, waiting to fulfill his divine task. He usually doesn't pursue human relationships of any kind, for every other person he meets appears destined to become just a tiny speck in his unending life. He speaks languages which no longer exist, and has lived among peoples and cultures that are lost forever to the mists of time.
He's seen the use of tools progress from sharpened stones tied to wooden sticks all the way up to the internet and modern smartphones. Tunth-ska watched in stoic silence as the human race gradually went from disjointed tribes of hunter-gatherers to colonies of farmers, to settlements, to city-states, to kingdoms, to empires to the governments of today. He wandered the land before the rise of the ancient Sumerians, the ancient Egyptians and the ancient Greeks, participated in their civilizations, and outlived all of them. His sword Warg-gram, which was created alongside him, was the only hardened steel in existence for at least 7,500 years. He saw creatures now long extinct, ate the flesh of mammoths and fought with saber-toothed cats and short-faced bears. He was alive before farming was developed.
Though he lived among Vikings and took a liking to their ways, Tusk predates recorded history. Often mistaken for a Viking who lives in the modern age, Tunth-ska is an ancient barbarian who was uplifted into immortality by angelic beings and was reborn an undying watchman to our world. He wears a necklace made from the canine tooth of a saber-toothed tiger, which can also be seen in his default costume. Tusk's retro costume largely mirrors his original KI2 outfit, including the long locks of blond hair, but with a few changes: He no longer dons his black war face paint, and instead features two golden arm bracelets and a leather strap on his right thigh. In combat, the sword will begin to heat up and glow red-hot due to the friction caused by the sheer force of Tusk's strikes. Tusk now features an elaborate set of tattoos across his massive torso, representing a Viking motif with rune markings that blaze a fiery red when Instinct Mode is full, and his new greatsword Warg-gram similarly has intricate runic designs etched into its blade. He retains his fur-trimmed leather boots, and has gained fur and a leather vambrace on his forearms. He also has a brown belt and a gold buckle with several pouches strapped to his back, and wears a baldric over the right shoulder. He wears black, modern-looking cargo pants that are torn off at the knees, along with an ancient, tattered green tartan and a white sash tied around the waist. Tusk's face appears more elderly and stern than before, reflecting the immortality he shoulders.
He retains his blond hair, but it has become shorter and now features a braided beard. In Killer Instinct (2013), Tusk takes on a more Viking-like appearance. I don't use it all that much in MAME cheats as there is no value size limitation (unlike home consoles like the N64 & PSX where only 16 bits can be written at a time with the Gameshark).In Killer Instinct 2, Tusk has the appearance of a bare-chested Germanic tribal warrior, who is dressed only in fur leather boots, a belt with a skull for a buckle, a fur-lined loincloth around the waist, and who has a large tattoo of a green dragon painted across his torso his long locks of blond hair are drawn tightly against the back of his head and are cinched closely together. Activate before profile loads.Įnable before match or it will not method writes what we call a "Short NOP" to cancel all 32 bits of the address' value with a 16 bit opcode. Kim dependent on character select screen. "Recycle it, Don't Trash It" Screen dependent on character select screen. "Winners Don't Use Drugs" Screen (Unused) Use on Diagnostics> Sound Board Test> Play Samples Screen (F2).Īnnouncer "Killer Instinct" Credit Screen AnnouncementĪnnouncer "Killer Instinct 2" Announcement (Unused)Īnnouncer KI 1 "Danger Danger Danger" (HDD Error Code)Ĭharacter Select w/o "Thump Thump" (Unused)Īfter Fight FMV/Name Entry/Statistics/Continue MusicĮnding Credit Music Mix (Orchid, Maya, Combo)Ħ Chords Used in Killer Instinct 2 Intro/Ending (Unused by Select all Įnding "TJ Combo Rich \w Car/Mansion" (Unused)Įnding "Jago/Orchid Victory Side by Side"Įnding "Spinal Holding Gold Skull" (Unused)Įnding "Sabrewulf Cured in Glacius Ship" (Unused)