krillin appears in multiple "dragon ball"-related video games, sometimes as a playable character. he also appears in the crossover game "jump superstars". in the 1992 videkko game "dragon ball: get together! goku world", krillin along with goku, trunks, bulma, and gohan travels back in time to examine event in the past. in the 2002 game "", cell has a nightmare where he accidentally absorbs krillin and becomes , the form making him weaker. in the 2015 video game "", krillin serves as a mentor to the player character, teaching his "kienzan". he also appears during android 18's mentorship of the player, fighting them alongside her. in the frieza arc, krillin and vegeta being defeated by frieza, leaving gohan alone to fight the tyrant, causes goku to exit the healing chamber still wounded. in the final fight against demigra, krillin gives energy to the player. in the 2016 game "dragon ball xenoverse 2", during the frieza arc, the player assists krillin in battling zarbon, and krillin later leaves the player to fight lord slug and turles alone per the player's request. in the 2018 game "dragon ball fighterz", after clones of various heroes and villains from the series appear, krillin investigates the origin of them before being knocked out by his own clone. following goku rescuing him, the two rescue various allies from clones until encountering cell, who krillin becomes aggressive toward for his defeat of android 18.