It’s a good week for fighting game fans fond of rollback netcode! The technology is included in the upcoming – and highly recommended – Capcom Fighting Collection, and is also the headline feature in the surprise release of The King of Fighters ’98: Ultimate Match Final Edition. To our knowledge, there are already at least three other versions of KoF ‘98 on the PS Store, but this is an all-time classic so we’ll give SNK the benefit of the doubt.
As the Final Edition of the 1998 arcade classic – which was ported to the PS1 in 1999 and later to the PS2 in its Ultimate Match guise – this promises to be the fighter’s definitive version, almost 25 years after its debut. There are over 64 characters, with nine player lobbies – all supporting spectator functionality. You’ll also find some gameplay and balance improvements, and a practice mode so you can tighten up your combos. The re-release is out now on the PS Store for £12.99/$14.99 – a fair price for a revamped Hall of Famer, we reckon!
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such an under rated series and game.
KOF 98 is still my favorite in the series. Nice surprise right here.
@shonenjump86
It’s my third favorite after XIII and 2002.
Great game.
@OrtadragoonX those are some good ones too. I’ll throw in 11 and 15 as well.
Yea very under rated series. I recall only using the snk characters mostly in cvs, cvs2 and svc. I must admit my most played kof was maximum impact though lol. There was just something about that game that kept me playing for so long.
Is the roll back netcode system owned by arcsys? was strive the first game to implement it?
Used to import the KoF games on my Saturn with the RAM carts, also had the Dreamcast version of 98 (or 'Dream Match 1999' as was called there) that added the 3D backgrounds. I really liked the SNK artwork, was so stylish.
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