INFORMATION
The
King of Fighters Game Collection List
The
King of Fighter 94
The
King of Fighter 95
The
King of Fighter 97
The
King of Fighter 98
The
King of Fighter 99
The
King of Fighter 2000
The
King of Fighters officially abbreviated KOF, is a series of fighting games by
SNK Playmore (formerly SNK). The series was originally developed for SNK’s Neo
Geo MVS arcade hardware, which served as the main platform for the series until
2004, when SNK retired the MVS in favor of the Atomiswave arcade board. Only
two King of Fighters games were made on the Atomiswave platform (The King of
Fighters Neowave and The King of Fighters XI) before SNK decided to discontinue
using the platform for the series. The current arcade hardware for the series
is the Taito Type X2, with its first usage coming with the release of The King
of Fighters XII. Ports of the arcade games and original The King of Fighters
games have been released for several video games consoles.
The
first game in the series, The King of Fighters ’94, was released by SNK on
August 25, 1994. The game featured characters from SNK’s previous fighting game
series Fatal Fury and Art of Fighting, as well as original characters
(including characters from older games such as Ikari Warriors and Psycho
Soldier, adapted for a versus fighting game). The success of the game led SNK
to release yearly installments of the series and numbered the games for the
year they were released. The King of Fighters ’95 was released on July 25,
1995, with several ports being released the next year. In addition to adding
new characters, this game also began the first story arc of the series titled
“The Orochi Saga”. KOF ’95 was also the first game in the series that allowed
the players to create their own team of three members, out of any character in
the game. The King of Fighters ’96, released on July 30, 1996, establishes the
second part of “The Orochi Saga” and replaced the character sprites from the
previous two years with newly drawn ones, improving the gameplay of the series
as well. Depending on the playable characters in a team, an exclusive ending
will be played. The King of Fighters ’97, released on July 28, 1997, concluded
“The Orochi Saga” story arc. The King of Fighters ’98 was released on July 23,
1998, and unlike the previous games of the series, it did not feature a story.
Instead, the game was promoted as a “Dream Match” game that allowed players to
choose most of the characters available from the previous titles, including
ones that were supposedly dead. SNK refitted the Dreamcast version and renamed
it The King of Fighters: Dream Match 1999 with an extended cel animated
introduction and 3D backgrounds.
On July
22, 1999, The King of Fighters ’99 was released, which introduced a new story
arc known as “The NESTS Chronicles”. The game introduces several new characters
into the series, as well as the rule of a fourth member being added to each
team and that a new tactic is introduced in this game as well. The tactic would
be that a specific person from a team would be an assistant called a “Striker”
and that this person would be able to aid the team for a few seconds in combat.
The Dreamcast version was titled The King of Fighters: Evolution, with several
improvements in the game such as new strikers and better animation. The King of
Fighters 2000 was released on July 26, 2000, and is the second part of “The
NESTS Chronicles”.
SCREENSHOTS
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
System=
Pentium III CPU 500 MHz
RAM=
128 MB
Size=
279 MB
Video
Memory= 32 MB
OS=
Windows 98, 2000, ME, XP, Vista, 7 and Windows 8
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