The King of Fighters '94

A fighting game released by SNK for the Neo Geo in 1994. It gathers characters from SNK franchises such as Fatal Fury, Art of Fighting, Ikari Warriors and Psycho Soldier, and pits them against each other in teams of three.

A prototype called Survivor began as a side-scrolling beat 'em up before the team pivoted to an all-star crossover fighting game.

Developer

SNK

Publisher

SNK

Players choose one of eight preset three-member teams (24 fighters in total) and battle opposing teams in elimination-style matches.

Platform

Neo Geo AES

CPU

Motorola 68000 @ 12 MHz + Zilog Z80A @ 4 MHz

Media

ROM cartridge / Memory card (PCMCIA-standard, 2 KB)

Bits (period term)

Marketed as 24-bit (68000 16/32-bit CPU with Z80 coprocessor; 24-bit graphics data bus)

Platform specifications are sourced on the console page.

Japan — Arcade (Neo Geo MVS)

25 Aug 1994[1]

Japan — Neo Geo AES (ROM cartridge)

1 Oct 1994[1]

North America — Neo Geo AES (ROM cartridge)

1 Oct 1994[1]

Director

Masanori Kuwasashi

Producer

Takashi Nishiyama, Eikichi Kawasaki

Designer

Toyohisa Tanabe, Haruo Tomita, Yosisi Hashimoto

Composer

Masahiko Hataya

Credits are limited to what the sources state.

• GAME1994

  PlayStation

  Ridge Racer

  リッジレーサー

  Release

  JP 1994.12.03

  Dev

  Namco

  Genre

  Racing

• GAME1994

  Sega Saturn

  Virtua Fighter

  バーチャファイター

  Release

  JP 1994.11.22

  Dev

  Sega AM2

  Genre

  Fighting

• GAME1995

  Super Famicom

  Chrono Trigger

  クロノ・トリガー

  Release

  JP 1995.03.11

  Dev

  Square

  Genre

  RPG / JRPG

In September 1994 it ranked as the second most popular arcade game in Japan and third in North America (English Wikipedia).

Series: The King of Fighters

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