King Of Fighters 94 For Pc Series Of Fighting

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King Of Fighters 94 For Pc Series Of Fighting

The first in a long-running series of fighting games, The King of Fighters 94 was developed as a crossover featuring not only characters from SNKs other fighting franchises ( Fatal Fury and Art of Fighting ), but also from some of SNKs pre-Neo Geo games ( Ikari Warriors and Psycho Soldier ).

It introduces the seriess standard Team Battle System, a form of team elimination matches where players form a team of three characters and must fight subsequent one-on-one rounds until all enemy opponents are knocked out.

The story of the game revolves a revival of the King of Fighters martial arts tournament, hosted by the mysterious R (later revealed to be ruthless arms dealer Rugal Bernstein ), to bring together the strongest fighters from all over the world.

Along with new rules for teams, this tournament also introduces a mysterious team of newcomers (led by pyrokinetic Japanese high school student Kyo Kusanagi, who serves as the series main protagonist).

The game received yearly sequels between 1995 and 2003, followed by additional numbered sequels and spin-offs.

Ports Re-releases Unlike later games in the series, The King of Fighters 94 did not receive a port to other consoles at that era.

However, it later received a Japanese-exclusive enhanced port to the PlayStation 2 (dubbed The King of Fighters 94 Re-Bout ) on December 28, 2004.

Made for the games 10th anniversary, Re-Bout adds higher-definition graphics, 3D backgrounds, an arranged soundtrack, the Team Edit option from the later games, and online multiplayer.

The original game later received numerous digital re-releases, first for the Wii (by D4, as a Virtual Console title) in Japan on November 6, 2007, in Europe on November 23, 2007, and in North America on January 7, 2008.

It was then digitally re-released (as a NEOGEO Station title) for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, and PlayStation Portable worldwide on December 21, 2010.

It was later digitally re-released by HAMSTER as part of the ACA NeoGeo series for the PlayStation 4 (on October 27, 2016), Xbox One (on March 9, 2017), Nintendo Switch (on March 16, 2017), and PC (via Microsoft Store on December 15, 2017).

The original game was also included in two compilations (both for the PlayStation 2, Wii, and PlayStation Portable ): SNK Arcade Classics Vol.

The King of Fighters Collection: The Orochi Saga.

As the Japanese version of the King of Fighters Collection is part of the NeoGeo Online Collection series, that version of the game features online multiplayer.

Gameplay The King of Fighters 94 plays like a traditional 2D fighting game, using four buttons (Light Punch, Light Kick, Strong Punch, and Strong Kick).

The winner of each fight receives some of their vitality back and goes on to fight the next person on the opposing team, continuing until all fighters from one team are eliminated.

Advanced Techniques Holding forward on the joystick wile pressing Strong Punch at a close distance can make the fighter perform an unblockable throw.

This can also be used to punish the Attack Avoidance manuever.

Double-tapping forward or backward on the joystick can make the fighter perform a hopping dash, allowing players to close (or widen) the gap between both fighters.

Pressing both Light buttons simultaneously can make the fighter perform a standing dodge (called an Attack Avoidance), shifting the players fighter to the background to avoid attacks (including projectiles).

Pressing both Strong buttons simultaneously can make the fighter perform a knockdown attack (called a High Damage Attack) that pushes away opponents (knocking them down in the process).

While stronger than normal Strong attacks, it has a lengthy animation that leaves the fighter vulnerable to attacks.

When in a dizzied state (after being damaged by numerous consecutive attacks), pressing Light Kick and both Punch buttons simultaneously while close to the fighters allies (and at least one of those allies have not fought in the match) can make that fighter perform an assist attack, where one of those allies jumps in for a knockdown strike (buying the fighter time to recover).