Saisyu Kusanagi also makes his first appearance as a non-secret playable character.

Separate from the KOF story line, this dream match contains fighters from all previous King of Fighters games except for Eiji Kisaragi, Kasumi Todoh, Goenitz and the Boss Team ( Geese Howard, Wolfgang Krauser, and Mr.

SNK refitted the Dreamcast version (renamed The King of Fighters: Dream Match 1999) with an extended hand-animated introduction, link-up capability with KOF R-2 for the Neo Geo Pocket Color, and 3D backgrounds.

Ported to the PlayStation and Dreamcast.

In addition to the remakes of individual games such as Re-bout, Ultimate Match, and Unlimited Match, SNK Playmore has released compilations of their KOF games. Several characters from the series also appear in cross-over video games such as the Capcom vs. The game, and its two sequels, revises much of the backstory for characters and settings from previous games. In 2004, SNK produced the first 3D installment of the series, The King of Fighters: Maximum Impact.

By 2004, SNK abandoned yearly releases of the series and numbered future games in a more traditional manner. Sequels from the series have been released each year until The King of Fighters 2003. The game was originally designed to be a dream match of characters from the company's various arcade titles, particularly Fatal Fury, Art of Fighting, Ikari Warriors, and Psycho Soldier. The first game in the series, The King of Fighters '94 was released by SNK on August 25, 1994. SNK Playmore has since stated that it will release its latest arcade titles for the Taito Type X2 arcade system. This would continue to be the main platform for King of Fighters games until 2004, when SNK Playmore adopted the Atomiswave arcade system as its primary board. Originally, the series was developed for SNK's Neo Geo MVS arcade systems. The King of Fighters is a series of fighting games developed by SNK.

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