Description The King Of Fighters

The first game in the series, The King of Fighters 39;94, was released by SNK on August 25, 1994.1 The game featured characters from SNK39;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 lead SNK to release yearly installments of the series and numbered the games for the year they were released. The King of Fighters 39;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 quot;The Orochi Sagaquot;. KOF 39;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.2 The King of Fighters 39;96, released on July 30, 1996, establishes the second part of quot;The Orochi Sagaquot; 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.3 The King of Fighters 39;97, released on July 28, 1997, concluded quot;The Orochi Sagaquot; story arc.4 The King of Fighters 39;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 quot;Dream Matchquot; 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.5

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