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The King of Fighters '98: The Slugfest / King of Fighters '98: Dream Match Never Ends

1997 1-2 Players 89% Not Rated

The All-Star dream battle is here at last: It's King of Fighters '98! Here come 38 of your favorite characters from the King of Fighters series. Your favorite characters and teams are back! Filled with new surprises like the Roulette Team Edit and Advantage System, King '98 will pop your cork with unrelenting excitement! The King of Fighters '98 (given the subtitle Dream Match Never Ends in Japan and The Slugfest in the U.S.) is a 1998 fighting game released by SNK released for the Neo Geo arcade and home console. It is the fifth game in The King of Fighters series. This installment was advertised by SNK as a "special edition" of the series, as it featured most of the characters who appeared in the previous games (from KOF '94 to '97), regardless of whether the character was killed off in the series' ongoing storyline.

Release date
December 31, 1997
Developer
SNK
Publisher
SNK
Players
1-2

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The King of Fighters '98: The Slugfest / King of Fighters '98: Dream Match Never Ends

The All-Star dream battle is here at last: It's King of Fighters '98! Here come 38 of your favorite characters from the King of Fighters series. Your favorite characters and teams are back! Filled with new surprises like the Roulette Team Edit and Advantage System, King '98 will pop your cork with unrelenting excitement!

The King of Fighters '98 (given the subtitle Dream Match Never Ends in Japan and The Slugfest in the U.S.) is a 1998 fighting game released by SNK released for the Neo Geo arcade and home console. It is the fifth game in The King of Fighters series. This installment was advertised by SNK as a "special edition" of the series, as it featured most of the characters who appeared in the previous games (from KOF '94 to '97), regardless of whether the character was killed off in the series' ongoing storyline.

Genres

Fighter / Versus

Modes

2-Player Simultaneous

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Developer
SNK
Publisher
SNK

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Release date

WorldwideDecember 31, 1997 · Not Rated

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